Norwegian/Lesson 1
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Lesson One
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[edit] Part One
[edit] Dialogue One
Arne: God Dag! (Go dahg)
Bente: God Dag! Hvordan har du det? (Go dahg! Vor-DAN har doo deh?)
Arne: Jeg har det bra, takk. Og du? (Yei har deh bra, takk. Og doo?)
Bente: Bare bra, takk. (Ba-re bra, takk)
Arne: Hva gjør du? (va yuhr doo?)
Bente: Jeg studerer. (Yei stu-derer.)
[edit] Vocabulary
Bare [Ba-re]: Just/Only
Bra [bra]: Good/Fine
Dag [dag]: Day
Det [de]: It
Du [doo]: You
Gjør [yuhr]: Doing
God [go]: Good
Har [har]: Have
Hva [va]: What
Hvordan [vor-DAHN]: How
Jeg [yei]: I
Og [oh]: And
Studerer [stu-DARE-er]: Study
Takk [tahk]: Thanks
[edit] Phrases
Hva gjør du? What are you doing?
Hvordan har du det? How are you? (literally: How do you have it?)
Jeg har det bra. I'm fine. (literally: I have it good)
God Dag: Good day
[edit] Exercises
Translate the following words/phrases from Norwegian into English.
1 - Jeg har det bra
2 - Du
3 - Hva
4 - God Dag
5 - Takk
[edit] Extra Vocabulary
Here are a few more words which will increase your Norwegian vocabulary.
Engelsk [en-gELSK]: English
Norsk [norshk]: Norwegian
Norge [NOR-yeh]: Norway
Oslo [Ohs-lo]: Oslo (The capital of Norway) [OHS-lo]
[edit] Dialogue Two
You should be able to understand this conversation fairly well now.
Bente: God Dag!
Arne: God Dag! Hva gjør du?
Bente: Jeg studerer.
Arne: Hva studerer du?
Bente: Jeg studerer norsk. Og du? Hva studerer du?
Arne: Jeg studerer engelsk.
[edit] Part Two
[edit] Dialogue Three
Emma: Hei! Jeg er norsk.
Bjørn: Hei, jeg er norsk også.
Emma: Hvor bor du?
Bjørn: Jeg bor i Oslo. Hvor bor du?
Emma: Jeg bor i Bergen, men jeg kommer fra Tromsø.
Bjørn: Hvor er Tromsø?
Emma: Tromsø er i Nord-Norge.
[edit] Vocabulary
Bergen [BAR-yen]: Bergen, A large city on the western coast of Norway
Bor [bore]: Live/Living
Er [are]: Is/Am/Are
Fra [fra]: From
Hei [hai]: Hi/Hello
Hvor [voor]: Where
I [ee]: In
Kommer [COME-mer]: Come/Coming
Men [men]: But
Nord [nort]: North
Nord-Norge [nort-nor-yeh]: Northern Norway
Også [OH-show]: Also
Tromsø [TROHM-srr]: Tromso, a city in far northern Norway.
[edit] Phrases
Jeg kommer fra... I come from...
Jeg bor i... I live in...
Hvor kommer du fra? Where do you come from?
Hvor bor du? Where do you live?
[edit] Gender
In Norwegian, every noun (a person, place, thing, or idea) has a gender assigned to it. There are three genders in Norwegian - Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter. There are very few feminine nouns used in Norwegian, and many people simply treat them as masculine nouns, so in this course, we will combine the masculine and feminine genders into the "common gender".
Below are two nouns - One neuter noun, one common noun.
Vin [vin or veen]: Wine
Øl [rrl]: Beer
Vin is common, and Øl is neuter. Why does this matter? It matters because it affects the way you treat these words. An example is with the Norwegian word for "one", which can either be "en" or "ett".
En vin [en vin]: A wine [en vin]
Et øl [eht rrl]: A beer
Common gender words use "en" for one, while Neuter gender words use "et" for one. We will cover more on gender later.
[edit] Forming Questions
To form a question in Norwegian, invert the verb and noun. For instance...
Du kommer fra: You come from (A statement) Kommer du fra: Do you come from (lit: come you from) (A question)
You can also form a question by adding a question word (what, where, who, etc). So far, you have learned the words "hvordan", "hva", and "hvor".
Hva lærer du? What are you learning? Hvordan har du det? How are you? Hvor kommer du fra? Where do you come from?
[edit] Exercises
Turn the following statements into questions.
1. Du er norsk.
2. Jeg er engelsk.
3. Du bor i Bergen.
4. Du har det bra.
5. Du studerer engelsk i London.
6. Jeg kommer fra Norge.
[edit] Extra Vocabulary
(En) Kaffe [KAH-fuh]: Coffee
(En) Fisk [fisk]: Fish
(Et) Kjøtt [shrrt]: Meat
Liker [LEE-care]: Like/Likes
[edit] Dialogue Four
You should be able to understand the following dialogue given your current knowledge of Norwegian.
Emma: God Dag! Hvordan har du det?
Bjørn: Bare bra, takk. Og du?
Emma: Jeg har det bra. Hva har du?
Bjørn: Jeg har en fisk.
Emma: Liker du fisk?
Bjørn: Ja, jeg liker fisk. Liker du kjøtt?
Emma: Nei, men jeg liker kaffe.
Bjørn: Jeg liker kaffe, også, og jeg liker øl og vin.
Emma: Hvor bor du?
Bjørn: Jeg bor i Oslo. Og du?
Emma: Jeg bor i Tromsø i Nord-Norge.
