Snakk norsk!

I dag skal de lære litt norsk – faktisk nynorsk – fordi det er viktig når ein skal reise til Noreg. So today we will have a little Norwegian lesson, in case you visit Norway someday. Obviously just a few words, but still it is nice to know because Norwegians appreciate it when you at least try to speak Norwegian. Even if it is Norwenglish (mixture out of Norwegian and English) or more English after all ;)

 

How to greet and say goodbye:

Hei! – Hello!

God dag! – Good day!

Hjartelig velkomen! – Welcome!

Ha det (bra)! – Bye!

På gjensyn! – Good bye!

 

Useful words:

ja – yes

nei – no

takk – thanks

Vær så snill! – please

Vær så god! – You are welcome!

Unnskyld,... – Excuse me,...

Skål! – Cheers!

Hjelp! – Help!

toalett/WC – toilett/WC

inngang – entry

utgang – exit

 

Useful phrases:

Korleis går det? – How are you?

Kva er klokka? – What time is it?

Kva kostar det? – What does it cost?

Kan du hjelpe meg? – Can you help me?

Eg heiter... – My name is...

Kva heiter du? – What is your name?

Kvar kjem du frå? – Where do you come from?

Eg forstår ikkje. – I don’t understand.

Eg snakkar ikkje norsk. – I don’t speak Norwegian.

Kan vi betale? – The bill, please.

Eg vil gjerne ha... – I want to have...

 

How to count:

1     ein

2     to

3     tre

4     fire

5     fem

6     seks

7     sju

8     åtte

9     ni

10   ti

20   tjue

30   tretti

40   førti

50   femti

60   seksti

70   sytti

80   åtti

90   nitti

100 hundre

 

The weekdays:

måndag – Monday

tysdag – Tuesday

onsdag – Wednesday

torsdag – Thursday

fredag – Friday

laurdag – Saturday

søndag – Sunday

 

So now you are able to speak Norwegian on the tourist level, but be careful: I am learning Nynorsk, the not so known language from the west coast. Most people speak Bokmål, like in Oslo. But in my opinion it is ridiculous to talk of two different languages, because they are almost the same. I can read and write both, just the pronunciation is slightly different and therefor sometimes not too easy to understand. But it sounds different in every part of Norway anyway :D

So that’s it for today, I hope you enjoyed the little insight in what I am occupied with besides my usual tasks in the community of Eid. Good luck practicing Norwegian!

 

Ha det bra!

Alisa

 

PS: Don’t talk of Bokmål and Nynorsk as one Norwegian language in front of Norwegians – you don’t want to put this up for discussion, trust me ;)