Colors

Question 1

rød

[ʁu{l}]

Answer 1

red

Question 2

hvid

[vil]

Answer 2

white

Question 3

gul

[goohl]

Answer 3

yellow

Question 4

blå

[blo]

Answer 4

blue

Question 5

sort

[soat]

Answer 5

black

Question 6

grøn

[gʁoin or gʁun]

Answer 6

green

Question 7

farve (-n, -r, -rne)

[fow]

Answer 7

color

Question 8

lilla

[lee-luh]

Answer 8

purple

Question 9

brun

[bru{n}]

Answer 9

brown

Question 10

orange

[oo-ang-she]

Answer 10

orange (color)

Question 11

farverig

[fow-we OR fow-uh-ree]

Answer 11

colorful

Question 12

grå

[groh]

Answer 12

grey

Question 13

lys

[loos]

Answer 13

1. light / bright

2. Feel like it

Question 14

mørk

[murk OR me{r}k]

Answer 14

dark

Question 15

lyseblå

[loos-uh-blo]

Answer 15

light blue

Question 16

lysegrøn

[loos-uh-gʁoin ]

Answer 16

light green

Question 17

lyserød

[loos-uh-ʁu{l}]

Answer 17

pink / light red / bright red

Question 18

mørkeblå

[mur-guh-blo]

Answer 18

dark blue

Question 19

mørkerød

[mur-guh-ʁu{l}]

Answer 19

dark red

Question 20

mørkegrøn

[mur-guh-gʁoin ]

Answer 20

dark green

Question 21

TRUE OR FALSE:

Adjectives decline according to the grammatical gender and number of the noun that they modify.

Answer 21

TRUE

Question 22

TRUE OR FALSE:

There are three ways an adjective can be declined: -, -t, or -e.

Answer 22

TRUE:

• is used for common gender nouns
• t is used for neuter gender nouns
• e is used for plural in both genders.

Question 23

TRUE OR FALSE:

There are irregular adjectives that are missing one or more of the forms, such as blå and rød

Answer 23

FALSE:
Rød is a REGULAR verb
Blå and lilla are examples of IRREGULAR verbs

Question 24

TRUE OR FALSE:
While nouns normally express definiteness using a postfix, this changes to using an article (like ‘den’ or ‘det’) if any adjectives (such as a color) is attached to the noun.

Answer 24

True
‘En rød bil’ (a red car) becomes ‘den røde bil’ (the red car). In this case, the adjective is declined the same way as for the plural, no matter the grammatical number or gender of the noun.

Question 25

TRUE OR FALSE:

Variations of colors can be formed by prefixing lyse- or mørke- to describe light and dark colors.

Answer 25

TRUE

Question 26

TRUE OR FALSE:
If a color (or in general adjective) is used with a definite noun, then it is put between the definite article and the noun:

Answer 26

TRUE
Example: En rød bil (a red car) becomes “den røde bil” (the red car). In this case the adjective is declined the same way as for the plural, no matter the grammatical number or gender of the noun.