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They do sound very similar in real speech too, but you will slowly learn to differentiate better as you listen to more and more Norwegian :) Imagine even in an English accent, the sound difference between "barnuh" and "barnah" is very subtle.
20'000 Norwegian points later, and I still think this particular recording sounds rather like barna than barnet...
Is there any advice you can give between differentiating between the two by ear? Or are there any additional resources that might make the distinction easier (beyond simply chatting more with my Norwegian friends)?
I am confused. Barn = child/children, Barnet means the child/children. So what does barna mean? And why do we need that word?
Et barn, a child
Barnet, the child
Barn, [some] children
Barna, the children
Note that the definite plural barna is irregular in its construction, as you would commonly expect it to be "barnene" but it's not.
