A CRASH COURSE IN NORWEGIAN Tonje Nore
NORWEGIAN CRASH COURSE 4x45 minutes of basic Norwegian language Monday - Alphabet - Introduction Tuesday - Basic question and polite phrases -Languages -Travel Thursday - Numbers - Food Friday - Uni words - Summary 3
THE NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE 3 official written languages; bokmål, nynorsk, sami - bokmål: most common eastern Norway - nynorsk: 25% - sami: marginal Might sound like different languages Swedish and Danish are similar languages
FIRST WORDS Do you know any words in Norwegian already?
Letter Pronunciation Description A a ah English "a" in father B b beh be in before C c seh c in celebrate D d deh d in detour E e eh e in enemy F f eff f in four G g geh English "g" in get H h haw h in haul/help I i ee ee in see J j yod or yeh y in yes K k kaw k in kitten/ca(ll) L l ell l in letter M m emm m in money N n enn n in no O o ooo o in oolalah P p peh p in pencil Q q koo qu in quick R r err English (or Scottish) "r" in ring S s ess s in something T t teh t in ten U u oo oo in balloon V v veh v in very W w dobbelveh v in vessel X x eks x in x-ray Y y iy say ee while pucking your lips Z z sett s in self Æ æ a English "a" in cat/bad Ø ø uh u in hurt Å å awe aw in paw
HELLO, MY NAME IS Hello = Hallo / Hi = Hei My name is Tonje = jeg heter Tonje What s your name? = Hva heter du?
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WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? Where do you come from? = Hvor kommer du fra? I come from Norway = Jeg kommer fra Norge I am from Norway = Jeg er fra Norge
ENGLISH NORWEGIAN ENGLISH NORWEGIAN Afghanistan Afghanistan Mexico Mexico Armenia Armenia Mongolia Mongolia Austria Østerrike Nepal Nepal Bangladesh Bangladesh Netherlands Nederland Bosnia Hertzegovinia Bosnia Hertzegovinia Nigeria Nigeria Bulgaria Bulgaria Norway Norge Cameroon Kamerun Pakistan Pakistan Canada Canada Palestine Palestina Chile Chile Philippines Filippinene China Kina Poland Polen Croatia Kroatia Russia Russland Czech Tsjekkia Serbia Serbia Denmark Danmark Singapore Singapore Eritrea Eritrea Slovakia Slovakia Estonia Estland Somalia Somalia Ethiopia Etiopia Spain Spania Finland Finland Sudan Sudan France Frankrike Sweden Sverige Germany Tyskland Switzerland Sveits Ghana Ghana Taiwan Taiwan Iceland Island Tanzania Tanzania India India Turkey Tyrkia Iran Iran U S A U S A Italy Italia Uganda Uganda Kenya Kenya Ukraine Ukraina Lithuania Litauen Vietnam Vietnam Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
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Nice to meet you! = Hyggelig å møte deg!
CONVERSATION A: Hei, jeg heter Manuel. Hva heter du? B: Hallo, jeg heter Anna. Jeg kommer fra Tyskland. Hvor kommer du fra? A: Jeg kommer fra Spania. Hyggelig å møte deg! Exercise Peter Germany Pierre- France Nina- USA Samuel- Ghana Karin- Sweden
HOMEWORK FOR TOMORROW Introduce yourself in Norwegian to the first Norwegian you meet
AND DON T FORGET Bye! = Ha det! Good luck and see you tomorrow
TUESDAY S AGENDA Basic questions and polite phrases Languages Travel
YESTERDAY S TASK Did you manage? Any volunteers???
WHAT S UP? How are you? = Hvordan går det? Good, thanks! = (Takk,) bare bra! What s up? = Hva skjer? Great ice breaker!
CONVERSATION Do you speak English? = Snakker du engelsk? Do you speak Norwegian? = Snakker du norsk? Yes = ja No = nei Some = litt How are you? = Hvordan går det? Fine, thank you = (Takk), bra
DETTE ER TITTELEN PÅ PRESENTASJONEN Languages Norwegian- norsk English engelsk Chinese kinesisk Spanish spansk French fransk Arabic arabisk Russian russisk Japanese japansk Hindi hindi Swahili - swahili German - tysk 20
TRAVEL Where is the train station? = Hvor er togstasjonen? Where are you going? = Hvor skal du? I m going to Oslo = Jeg skal til Oslo When does the train leave? = Når går toget? How much is a return ticket to Oslo? = Hva koster en tur/retur-billett til Oslo? It costs 100 kroner = den koster 100 kroner One ticket to Ås, please = En billett til Ås
POLITE PHRASES Can you help me (,please)= Kan du hjelpe meg? Please = vær så snill Thanks! = (Tusen) takk! You re welcome = bare hyggelig
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PRONOUNS Subject form I You He, she, it We You They Jeg Du Han, hun, det Vi Dere De 25
QUESTIONS Do you speak English? = Snakker du engelsk? Do you speak Norwegian? = Snakker du norsk? Yes/no What = hva Where = hvor Who = hvem Where = hvor When = når Which = hvilken How = hvordan
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EXERCISE FOR TOMORROW Use Takk and Bare hyggelig every time you would normally say it in your language. Practice the travel questions.
AND DON T FORGET Have fun in Oslo! = Ha det gøy i Oslo! Bye! = Hade!
THURDAY S AGENDA Numbers Grocery shopping
YESTERDAY S TASK Did anyone manage? How was Oslo?
NUMBERS Numbers = tall 1 en 11 elleve 2 to 12 tolv 3 tre 13 tretten 4 fire 14 fjorten 5 fem 15 femten 6 seks 16 seksten 7 syv 17 sytten 8 åtte 18 atten 9 ni 19 nitten 10 ti 20 tjue
GROCERY SHOPPING Where is...? = Hvor er? How much is.? Hva koster? - milk = melk - bread = brød - cheese = ost - pasta = pasta - rice = ris - coffee = kaffe - apple = eple - carrot = gulrot - onion = løk - chicken = kylling - fish = fisk - crisps = potetgull - chocolate = sjokolade - egg = egg
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Some useful words Grocery shop = matbutikk Food = mat Buy = kjøpe Eat = spise Drink = drikke Trolley = handlevogn Cash register = kasse Money = penger Shelf = hylle To the left = til venstre To the right = til høyre 36
MORE NUMBERS Numbers = tall 20 tjue 30 tretti 40 førti 50 femti 60 seksti 70 sytti 80 åtti 90 nitti 100 hundre 500 femhundre 1000 (ett) tusen
COMBINATION 82 = åtti + to = åttito 64 = seksti + fire = sekstifire 43 = førti + tre = førtitre How old are you? = Hvor gammel er du? I am 21 years old = Jeg er tjueen år (gammel) Now practice
NOW YOU CAN ANSWER Hva koster bananen? The banana costs three kroner = Bananen koster tre kroner
CONVERSATION Practice asking for the price with numbers 1-20
TASK FOR TOMORROW Use the Norwegian food words you have learned and practice the numbers
AND DON T FORGET Good luck = Lykke til! Bye! = Hade!
FRIDAY S AGENDA Nouns Uni words Summary
YESTERDAY S TASK Did anyone manage? Or are you still hungry?
USEFUL UNIVERSITY WORDS - Study = studere - Exam = eksamen - Coursework = oppgave - Computer lab = datasal - Clock Building = Urbygningen - Tower Building = Tårnbygningen - Cafeteria = kantine - Library = bibliotek - Study advisor = studieveileder - Course catalogue = kurskatalog - Register = registrere
TIME Weekdays - mandag - tirsdag - onsdag - torsdag - fredag - lørdag - søndag Uke When? - today = i dag - yesterday = i går - tomorrow = i morgen
SUMMARY - PHRASES Hei, jeg heter Jeg kommer fra Hva heter du? Hade! Snakker du engelsk/norsk? Ja/Nei
SUMMARY - PHRASES Hvordan går det? Takk, bra! Hva skjer? Kan du hjelpe meg? Vær så snill! Takk! Bare hyggelig
SUMMARY - WORDS Eple Brød Ris Potetgull Banan Eksamen Datasal Bibliotek Fredag
NOUNS Single form Plural form En gutt (a boy) gutten (the boy) Gutter (boys) Guttene (the boys) Ei bok (a book) Boka (the book) Bøker (books) Bøkene (the books) Et eple (an apple) Eplet (the apple) Epler (apples) Eplene (the apples) 50
TASK FOR THE REST OF YOUR STAY Have fun in Norway! = Ha det gøy i Norge!
AND DON T FORGET Good luck = Lykke til! Bye! = Hade!