ikkje sant

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • itj sainnt, itj saint, itj saintj (Trøndelag dialect)
  • ikkje sannt (nonstandard)

Etymology

Compare Norwegian Bokmål ikke sant, Danish ikke sandt, Swedish inte sant. Same construction as Russian не правда ли? (ne pravda li?).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iɕːə.sanːt/
  • (Trøndelag) IPA(key): /icː.saɲːc/

Phrase

ikkje sant

  1. (used as a tag question) right?, isn't it so?
    Det skjedde her, ikkje sant?
    It happened here, right?
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