A CRASH COURSE IN NORWEGIAN Tonje Nore 1
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 2
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 3
HELLO, MY NAME IS Hello = Hallo / Hi = Hei My name is Tonje = jeg heter Tonje What s your name? = Hva heter du? HVOR KOMMER DU FRA? 8 4
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 5
11 NICE Nice to meet you! = Hyggelig å møte deg! 6
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 7
AND DON T FORGET Bye! = Ha det! Good luck and see you tomorrow TUESDAY S AGENDA Basic questions and polite phrases Languages Travel 8
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 Solange- France Nina- USA Samuel- Ghana Karin- Sweden WHAT S UP? How are you? = Hvordan går det? Fine, thanks! = Takk, bare bra! What s up? = Hva skjer? Great ice breaker! 9
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 Nepali nepalesisk 19 CONVERSATION Do you speak English? = Snakker du engelsk? Do you speak Norwegian? = Snakker du norsk? Yes = ja No = nei Some = litt Jeg snakker norsk, engelsk og litt spansk. 10
TRAVEL Train tog Bus - buss Subway t-bane Car bil Tram - trikk Bicycle - sykkel Platform spor (1,2,4) Ticket billett Ticket machine billettautomat Next station neste stasjon Left venstre Right høyre The doors are closing - Dørene lukkes Map kart Train wagon without ticket control - Ubetjent (vogn) REMEMBER? 22 11
TRAVEL QUESTIONS Where are you going? = Hvor skal du? I m going to Oslo = Jeg skal til Oslo 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 23 POLITE PHRASES Can you help me (,please)= Kan du hjelpe meg? Please = vær så snill Thank you! = (Tusen) takk! You re welcome = bare hyggelig 12
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PRONOUNS Subject form I You He, she, it We You They Jeg Du Han, hun, det Vi Dere De 27 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 14
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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! 16
THURDAY S AGENDA Numbers Grocery shopping YESTERDAY S TASK Did anyone manage? How was Oslo? 17
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 REMEMBER? 36 18
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 38 19
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 39 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 20
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 TASK FOR TOMORROW Use the Norwegian food words you have learned and practice the numbers 21
AND DON T FORGET Good luck = Lykke til! Bye! = Ha det! FRIDAY S AGENDA Uni words Time Colours Summary 22
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 23
TIME Weekdays - mandag - tirsdag - onsdag - torsdag - fredag - lørdag - søndag Uke When? - today = i dag - yesterday = i går - tomorrow = i morgen COLOURS Blue blå Red red Yellow gul Green grønn Orange oransje Purple lilla Pink- rosa White hvit Black svart Brown - brun 48 24
REMEMBER? 49 SUMMARY - PHRASES Hei, jeg heter Jeg kommer fra Hva heter du? Ha det! Snakker du engelsk/norsk? Ja/Nei 25
SUMMARY - PHRASES How are you? Hvordan går det? What s up? Hva skjer? I come from France Jeg kommer fra Frankrike Can you help me, please? Kan du hjelpe meg, vær så snill? Nice to meet you Hyggelig å møte deg SUMMARY - WORDS Apple Bread Rice Crisps Wednesday Exam Computer lab Library Fredag 26
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! = Ha det! 27