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Norwegian Classroom:Genitives

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Use of Genitives in Norwegian This page is about the genitive. And what’s the genitive? Answer: a grammatical form that indicates the possession of something. In English this is normally indicated by ‘s, or by a single apostrophe:

  • Lisa’s house
  • John’s car
  • James’ mother
But these phrases, let’s use the last one as an example, can also be said like this in English: The mother of James. In Norwegian an “-s” is added, as in English, but without the apostrophe. However, if the name is ending with an -s or an sound similar to s, only a single apostrophe is added, like in English. What now? Yes, the examples: Geirs mor = Geir‘s mother Annes hus = Anne‘s house Anders‘ biler = Anders‘ cars Note that this s-form is widely used in Norwegian, also in expressions like “The capital of Norway” (Norges hovedstad). Instead of the -s, you can add a whole word: “sin“. This is always optional, but can be especially useful when you are talking and the name is already ending with “-s”. If the object is of neuter gender, you don’t say “sin”, but “sitt“. If it’s plural you use “sine“. Compare with the adjective suffixes you just learned. Here you find them again, just with a double t. Geir sin mor = Geir‘s mother Anne sitt hus = Anne‘s house Anders sine biler = Anders‘ cars
There is also a third way to express possession, which is widely used as well. It’s a bit more complex, and looks like this: Definite form of the object + “til” + The owner Mora til Geir = Geir‘s mother Huset til Anne = Anne‘s house Bilene til Anders = Anders‘ cars An important thing to note is that this third way to express genitive can only be used when a person is the owner of the object, never in expressions like “The kingdom of Norway” and “The king of Norway”. These are special, and look like this: “Kongeriket Norge” and “Kongen av Norge / Norges konge”.]]>

Norwegian Classroom: Basic Adjectives

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Basic Adjectives .

Here is a vocabulary containing some important adjectives:

good god / bra
bad dårlig
big stor
small liten
nice fin
ugly stygg
Note that even god gets the -t ending in neuter gender, although godt might look stupid to you. There are of course some exceptions from the adjective rules:  
  • Bra always has the same form (oh yeah, true, a funny word for English speakers).
  • Adjectives ending with -lig do not get the -t suffix. The same rule is for some other words, like glad (happy) and all adjectives ending with -e.
  • Adjectives ending with two equal consonants lose one of them when they get the -t suffix (stygg – stygt).
  • Adjectives ending with a vowel do not get -e suffix, and get -tt instead of the normal -t suffix.
  • The adjective liten is conjugated like this:

    Singular

    Plural
    Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
    liten (m), lita (f), lite (n) lille små små
    The colors
    Here are the names of some of the colors in Norwegian:

    Grønn

    Gul

    Blå

    Rød

    Svart

    Hvit

    Oransje

    Lilla

    The colors are also adjectives, so when you describe a noun with a color, you must remember the suffixes. For example:

    Et rødt hus = A red house Grønne baller = Green balls
    Oransje and lilla are exceptions, and do never get any suffix. Remember that blå ends with a vowel, and therefore doesn’t take the -e suffix, and that its t-form is blått. Perhaps someday you’ll hear this on a football game in Norway: “Vi er røde, hvite, blå…” (We are red, white, blue…)
     
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Norwegian Classroom: Essential Phrases

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Speak NorwegianEssential Phrases in Norwegian

God morgen Good Morning Hallo / God dag Hello / Good Day
God kveld Good Evening God natt Good Night
Ha det bra Goodbye Hei / Ha det Hi / Bye
Vær så snill Please (Tusen) Takk Thank you (very much)
Ingen årsak / Vær så god Don’t mention it / You’re welcome Ja / Nei Yes / No
Herr / Fru / Frøken Mister / Misses Velkommen! Welcome!
Hvordan har du det? How are you? Hvordan går det? How it’s going?
Bra / Dårlig Good / Bad Hva heter du? What’s your name?
Jeg heter… My name is… (I am called…) Hyggelig å treffe deg! Pleased to meet you!
Hvor kommer du fra? Where are you from? Jeg er fra… I’m from…
Unnskyld Excuse me / Sorry Hvor bor du? Where do you live?
Jeg bor i… I live in… Jeg vil gjerne ha… / Jeg skulle gjerne hatt… I would like…
Hvor gammel er du? How old are you? Jeg er ____ år (gammel). I am ____ years (old).
Jeg vet [ikke.] I [don’t] know. Snakker du norsk? Do you speak Norwegian?
Jeg snakker engelsk. I speak English. Snakk langsomt Speak slowly
svensk, dansk, fransk, italiensk, spansk, tysk, nederlandsk, russisk, japansk Swedish, Danish, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Russian, Japanese
Hva heter … på norsk? How do you say … in Norwegian? Forstår du? Do you understand?
Jeg forstår [ikke.] I [don’t] understand. Vær så snill å gjenta / Vennligst gjenta Please repeat
Hva er dette? What is this? Hvor er … ? Where is … ?
Hvor mye koster dette? How much does this cost? Jeg er sulten I’m hungry
Jeg er tørst I’m thirsty Jeg er trett I’m tired
Jeg er syk I’m sick Jeg tror [ikke] det I [don’t] think so
Kom inn / hit Come in / here Ta plass Have a seat.
Stans! / Stopp! Stop! Straks! Immediately! / Soon!
Jeg har gått meg bort I’m lost Hjelp! Help!
Fare! Danger! Pass på! Watch out!
Vent litt! Wait a minute! Hvor langt er det? How far is it?
Det var synd. That’s too bad! Velbekomme! Have a good meal!
Skål! Cheers! (toast) Lykke til! Good luck!
Jeg elsker deg. I love you. Jeg savner deg. I miss you.
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Norwegian Classroom:Norwegian Numbers

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Norwegian Numbers

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1 en, ett 1st første
2 to 2nd annen, andre
3 tre 3rd tredje
4 fire 4th fjerde
5 fem 5th femte
6 seks 6th sjette
7 sju 7th sjuende
8 åtte 8th åttende
9 ni 9th niende
10 ti 10th tiende
11 elleve 11th ellevte
12 tolv 12th tolvte
13 tretten 13th trettende
14 fjorten 14th fjortende
15 femten 15th femtende
16 seksten 16th sekstende
17 sytten 17th syttende
18 atten 18th attende
19 nitten 19th nittende
20 tjue 20th tjuende
21 tjueen, tjueett 21st tjueførste
22 tjueto 22nd tjueandre
30 tretti 30th trettiende
40 førti 40th førtiende
50 femti 50th femtiende
60 seksti 60th sekstiende
70 sytti 70th syttiende
80 åtti 80th åttiende
90 nitti 90th nittiende
100 hundre 100th hundrede
1,000 tusen 1,000th tusende
million million
billion milliard
trillion billion
“Sju” can also be written “syv” (slightly more formal), and “sjuende” as “syvende.” Similarly “tjue” can be “tyve”, but this does seem less common and more formal.
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Norwegian:Essential Vocabulary

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Essential Vocabulary in Norwegian

sometimes noen ganger / av og til already allerede
always alltid perhaps kanskje
never aldri both begge
often ofte some noe(n)
usually vanligvis again igjen
now nå between mellom
and og a lot, many mye / mange
but men of course selvfølgelig / såklart
or eller a little litt
very veldig / svært not at all ikke i det hele tatt / slettes ikke / overhodet ikke
here her almost nesten
there der really? virkelig?
with med it is det er
each other hverandre there is/are det finnes

Question Words in Norwegian

who hvem how hvordan
what hva how much hvor mye
why hvorfor how many hvor mange
when når how long hvor lenge
where hvor where from hvorfra
which hvilken, hvilket, hvilke what kind of hva slags
Hvilken is used with masculine nouns, hvilket is used with neuter nouns, and hvilke is used with plural noun.

Days of the week in Norwegian

Monday mandag this morning i dag morges
Tuesday tirsdag tomorrow morning i morgen tidlig
Wednesday onsdag tomorrow afternoon i morgen formiddag
Thursday torsdag tomorrow night i morgen kveld
Friday fredag day after tomorrow i overmorgen
Saturday lørdag tonight i kveld
Sunday søndag last night i går kveld
day dag yesterday i går
morning morgen day before yesterday i forgårs
afternoon ettermiddag week uke
evening kveld next week neste uke
night natt weekend helg
today i dag daily daglig
tomorrow i morgen weekly ukentlig

 Months of the Year in Norwegian

January januar
February februar
March mars
April april
May mai
June juni
July juli
August august
September september
October oktober
November november
December desember
month måned
last month forrige måned
monthly månedlig
year år (n)
this year i år
last year i fjor
yearly årlig

Norwegian Seasons

Winter vinter in (the) winter om vinteren
Spring vår in (the) spring om våren
Summer sommer in (the) summer om sommeren
Fall høst in (the) fall om høsten

Directions in Norwegian

north nord northeast nordøst
south syd northwest nordvest
east øst southeast sydøst
west vest southwest sydvest
to the right til høyre
to the left til venstre
straight ahead rett fram / frem
Frem is slightly more formal than fram.

Colours in Norwegian

orange oransje
pink rosa
purple lilla
blue blå, blått, blå
yellow gul, gult, gule
red rød, rødt, røde
black svart, svart, svarte
brown brun, brunt, brune
gray grå, grått, grå
white hvit, hvitt, hvite
green grønn, grønt, grønne
The first three colors do not change according to gender or number to agree with the noun they modify. The rest of the colors must agree, however, and they are listed in masculine, neuter, and plural forms: en grønn kjole – a green dress; et blått hus – a blue house; svarte sokker – black socks.

Weather in Norwegian

How’s the weather? Hvordan er været? What temperature is it? Hvor mange grader er det?
It’s cold Det er kaldt It’s foggy Det er tåke
It’s warm Det er varmt The fog is lifting Tåken letner
It’s beautiful Det er pent It’s snowing Det snør
It’s bad Det er dårlig It’s raining Det regner
It’s clearing Det lysner It’s going to storm Det blir storm
It’s icy Det er isete There’s thunder Det tordner
It’s windy Det blåser There’s lightning Det lyner
It’s cloudy Det er overskyet It’s freezing (cold as ice) Det er iskaldt
It’s humid/muggy Det er fuktig It’s hailing Det hagler

Norwegian Family and People

parents foreldre niece niese
mother mor nephew nevø
father far uncle onkel
son sønn aunt tante
daughter datter boy gutt
brother bror girl jente, pike
sister søster child / baby barn
grandfather bestefar adult voksen
grandmother bestemor man mann
grandson barnebarn woman kvinne
granddaughter barnebarn friend (male) venn
cousin (male) fetter friend female) venninne
cousin (female) kusine
Some family words have irregular indefinite plurals: mødre (mothers), fedre (fathers), sønner (sons), øtre (daughters), brødre (brothers), and søstre (sisters)

Telling Time in Norwegian

What time is it? Hva er klokken? now nå
It is 2. Klokken er to. early tidlig
6:20 tjue over seks earlier tidligere
half past 3 halv fire soon snart
quarter past 4 kvart over fire late sent
quarter to 5 kvart på fem later senere
10 past 11 ti over elleve in 10 minutes om ti minutter
20 to 7 tjue på sju in 15 minutes om et kvarter
noon middag in a half hour om en halvtime
midnight midnatt in an hour om en time
in the morning om morgenen right now akkurat nå
in the evening om kvelden at once med en gang
It’s exactly… Den er nøyaktig… immediately straks
About/around 8. omtrent åtte At 8. klokken åtte
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Norwegian Classroom: Verbs, Modal Verbs, Be Verb and Have Verb

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Norwegian Verbs

In this one we’ll focus on verbs. So, the first thing we’re gonna do is having a look at the verbs we have learnt so far:
to be å være er
to speak / talk å snakke snakker
to be called å hete heter
to learn å lære lærer
to live å bo bor
to have å ha har
to see å se ser
to walk / to go å gå går
to say å si sier
to do å gjøre gjør
And here you have some new ones:
to eat å spise spiser
to drink å drikke drikker
to play å spille spiller
to like å like liker
to love å elske elsker
Read this!
You know what that verb tense in the header is called? Imperative. It’s the tense you use when you tell someone to do something. In English, it’s a bit hard to spot, because there’s no obvious difference between the present tense and imperative. Look at this, and you’ll understand:
Present Imperative
I eat fish. Eat fish!
You come here every day. Come here every day!
I don’t speak Norwegian. Don’t speak Norwegian!
I’m sure you’re going to learn this. Learn this!
So in English, the present tense and the imperative look the same. In Norwegian they don’t. As you should have noticed, all Norwegian verbs in infinitive end with a vowel (turn back one page if you haven’t noticed). This vowel is always -e, as long as the word consists of more than one syllable. One-syllabled words can end with any vowel. The rule to form the imperative in Norwegian is:
  1. If the verb consists of more than one syllable, remove the last -e.
  2. If the verb consists of only one syllable, do nothing.
Easy! That means that the imperative form of the verb å se (“to see”) is… Se! And the imperative of the verb å lære is… Lær! To make it negative, put ikke in front of the verb: Don’t speak English! = Ikke snakk engelsk! Don’t see! = Ikke se!
Combining verbs
Fun fact: verbs can be combined. Not only in Norwegian of course. Check out these English phrases: I like to eat fish. I love to play football. The verbs are underlined. We have already seen these two verbs in Norwegian: å like, å elske. And in Norwegian it works in exactly the same way! I like to eat fish. = Jeg liker å spise fisk. I love to play football. = Jeg elsker å spille fotball. So the formula is that the first verb goes in present tense (if we are talking about the present), and then the second verb goes in its infinitive form, with the infinitive marker (å), exactly as it does in English.
Modal verbs
“Modal verbs” sounds hard, but it’s not. The modal verbs are used as the first of two combined verbs, and they work exactly like “like” and “love” in the previous examples, with one exception: you don’t use the infinitive marker.We can have a look at some examples from English: We must win this game! This will be the best vacation ever! As you see, we have combinations of two verbs, without “to” between them. Now we’ll give you some Norwegian modal verbs. We don’t really need them in infinitive yet, so you’ll have them only in the present tense, which is the tense we’ll be working with. Be aware that the English translations aren’t always modal verbs in English.
want to vil
must / have to må
can kan
This gives us the following examples: I want to eat fish. =  Jeg vil spise fisk You have to (must) learn Norwegian. = Du må lære norsk. We can speak Norwegian. = Vi kan snakke norsk. It’s the same as before, you just have to skip the “å” when the verb is modal.

Be Verb and Have Verb in Norwegian

The present and past tenses of verbs in Norwegian are very simple to conjugate. All the forms are the same for each personal pronoun. The infinitive of the verb to be in Norwegian is være, and the conjugated present tense form is er and the past tense is var. The infinitive of the verb to have is ha, and the conjugated present tense form is har and the past tense is hadde.
være – to be
I am jeg er I was jeg var
you are du er you were du var
he is han er he was han var
she is hun er she was hun var
it is den er it was den var
it is det er it was det var
one is man er one was man var
we are vi er we were vi var
you are dere er you were dere var
they are de er they were de var
ha – to have
I have jeg har I had jeg hadde
you have du har you had du hadde
he has han har he had han hadde
she has hun har she had hun hadde
it has den har it had den hadde
it has det har it had det hadde
one has man har one had man hadde
we have vi har we had vi hadde
you have dere har you had dere hadde
they have de har they had de hadde
To form the future tense of verbs, just add skal (am/is/are going to) or vil (will) before the infinitive. Jeg skal være = I’m going to be; hun skal ha = she will have; etc. (In simple sentences, either skal or vil are fine to express future actions, but in longer and more complex sentences, it is better to use vil.)
Per has many houses. Per har mange hus.
He lives in the red house. Han bor i det røde huset.
Where is Tom’s ball? Hvor er Toms ball? *
I have four nice watches. Jeg har fire fine klokker.
The big man is ugly. Den store mannen er stygg.
The girl is in the small tree. Jenta er i det lille treet.
Norway is a very nice country. Norge er et veldig fint land.
Arne and Kari are in a green car. Arne og Kari er i en grønn bil.
The twelve flowers are red. De tolv blomstene er røde.
Many days are nice. Mange dager er fine.
Anita’s clocks are not bad. Anitas klokker er ikke dårlige. *
We see Petter’s big house. Vi ser Petters hus. *
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Norwegian Classroom:Nouns-Genders and Plurals

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Norwegian Classroom:Nouns-Genders and Plurals

Nouns
Now we’ll move into something which is a little more complicated, and a little more different from English. You probably know what nouns are, and now we’re going to see how they act in Norwegian. As you might have noticed already, many words aren’t too different from English. Some examples of a few Norwegian nouns:
Hus Tre Ball Klokke
This is how you conjugate a noun in English:
Singular Indefinite Singular Definite Plural Indefinite Plural Definite
a house the house houses the houses

In English the -s ending means plural, and the is the definite article. The only thing that may cause problems for foreigners is the use of a / an, and some irregular plural forms.

The problematic thing in Norwegian is that it has, like most other Indo-European languages, several genders. And it doesn’t only have two, but three genders. They are called masculine, feminine and neuter.

It’s pretty impossible to know which gender a noun is, so in this tutorial we’ll always tell you the gender of the new nouns, by adding (m), (f) or (n) after the words. You’ll find this in most dictionaries as well.
Nouns in Norwegian (Bokmål) have two genders, masculine and neuter, which adjectives must agree with when modifying nouns. Technically there is a third gender, feminine (which Nynorsk retains), but since feminine nouns can be written as masculine nouns, I’m including feminine nouns in the masculine category. There are two indefinite articles that correspond with these genders: en for masculine nouns and et for neuter nouns. In the vocabulary lists, a noun followed by (n) means that it is a neuter noun and it takes the indefinite article et. The majority of nouns in Norwegian are masculine, so they take the indefinite article en. The only case of nouns that is used in Norwegian is the genitive (showing possession), and it is easily formed by adding an -s to the noun. This is comparable to adding -‘s in English to show possession. However, if the noun already ends in -s, then you add nothing (unlike English where we add -‘ or -‘s). Olavs hus = Olav’s house Masculine nouns generally add -er or -r to the indefinite singular noun to form the indefinite plural, and -ene or -ne to form the definite plural. The names of jobs ending in -er only add -e and -ne in these cases. Neuter nouns that are more than one syllable form plural nouns the same way as masculine nouns. Neuter nouns that are only one syllable, however, add nothing to form the indefinite plural and either -ene or -a to form the definite plural.
Singular
Indefinite Plural
Definite Plural
en fisk fisker some fish fiskene the fishes
en hage hager some gardens hagene the gardens
en baker bakere some bakers bakerne the bakers
et vindu
 vinduer some windows vinduene the windows
et hus hus some houses husene the houses
et barn barn some children barna the children

Irregular plural nouns in Norwegian

Singular
Irregular Indefinite Plural
Singular = Indefinite Plural
and ender duck(s) angrep (n) attack(s)
bok bøker book(s) besøk (n) visit(s)
bonde bønder peasant(s) eventyr (n) tale(s), story(ies)
fot føtter foot(feet) feil error(s), mistake(s)
hånd hender hand(s) forhold circumstance(s)
håndkle håndklær hand towel(s) høve (n) opportunity(ies)
kne (n) knær knee(s) kreps crawfish(es)
kraft krefter strength mus mouse(s)
ku kyr cow(s) mygg mosquito(es)
natt netter night(s) sild herring(s)
mann menn man(men) sko shoe(s)
rand render edge(s) spiker nail(s)
rot røtter root(s) ting thing(s)
sted (n) steder place(s) våpen weapon(s)
stang stenger bar(s)
strand strender beach(es)
tang tenger pincher(s)
tann tenner tooth(teeth)
tre trær tree(s)
tå tær toe(s)
øye øyne eye(s)
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Norwegian Classroom:Articles and Demonstratives

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Norwegian Articles and Demonstratives

There are two indefinite articles (corresponding to a and an): en and et. En is used with most of the nouns (words denoting people almost always use en), but you will just have to learn which article goes with which noun. The definite article (the) is not a separate word like in most other languages. It is simply a form of the indefinite article attached to the end of the noun. Note that en words ending in a vowel retain that vowel and add an -n instead of adding -en. And et words ending in -e just add -t. Furthermore, the t of et as an indefinite article is pronounced; however, the t is silent in the definite article -et attached to the noun. (For feminine nouns, the indefinite article is ei and the definite article that is attached to the noun is -a. In theory, this gender does still exist in Bokmål, but in practice, it is rarely used and the feminine nouns are inflected like masculine nouns, i.e. add -en instead of -a for the definite form.)

Articles

En words (masculine)
Indefinite
Definite
en fisk a fish fisken the fish
en baker a baker bakeren the baker
en hage a garden hagen the garden
Et words (neuter)
Indefinite
Definite
et vindu a window vinduet the window
et barn a child barnet the child
et hus a house huset the house

Demonstrative Adjectives

masculine denne dressen this suit den dressen that suit
neuter dette skjerfet this scarf det skjerfet that scarf
plural disse skoene these shoes de skoene those shoes
Notice that the noun that follows a demonstrative adjective must have the definite article attached to it. (The feminine form of demonstratives is identical to the masculine; denne and den.)
 
Noun conjugation

Take a look at some Norwegian nouns:

Singular Indefinite Singular Definite Plural Indefinite Plural Definite
masculine en gutt a boy gutten the boy gutter boys guttene the boys
feminine ei jente a girl jenta the girl jenter girls jentene the girls
neuter et hus a house huset the house hus houses husene the houses
From the table we can figure out the following rules:
  • The indefinite articles in Norwegian are en, ei, and et.

  • A big difference from English is that the definite article is added in the end of the word as a suffix. The singular suffixes are -en, -a, and -et. If the nouns originally ends with a vowel, you remove it before adding the suffix.

  • To make the indefinite plural in Norwegian you add the suffix -er, except for most one-syllabled neuter nouns, which often don’t get any suffix at all.

    Everything can be illustrated clearly with a table:
     
    Gender Singular Indefinite Singular Definite Plural Indefinite Plural Definite
    masculine en – -en -er -ene
    feminine ei – -a -er -ene
    neuter et – -et -(er) -ene
     
    As you can see, this is not difficult if you know the noun’s gender. Try to memorize this, and write it down if you have a notebook.
Irregular nouns
Some nouns are irregular, which means that they don’t follow the rules in table we made earlier in this lesson. This is a well known problem also in English, for example “men“ and “women“. In both of them the vowel changes in plural, and they don’t get any -s in the end. These are the most important irregular ones in Norwegian:
man en mann mannen menn mennene
tree et tre treet trær trærne
brother en bror broren brødre brødrene
sister ei søster søstera søstre søstrene
These should just be memorized, but if you don’t bother doing that right now, you can write them down and take a look them when you need them.
Many nouns end with -er in Norwegian. These are always masculine (except “sister“, of course), and their conjugation is slightly different in plural:
player en spiller spilleren spillere spillerne
 
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Norwegian Classroom:Survival Norwegian

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Survival Norwegian (norsk)

Norwegian is a North Germanic language with around 5 million speakers mainly in Norway. There are also some speakers of Norwegian in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the UK, Spain, Canada and the US.

 Greetings in Norwegian
English Norwegian
Hello Hei!
Good evening God kveld
Goodbye Ha det
See you later Vi ses senere
Yes Ja
No Nei
Excuse me! Unnskyld meg!
Thanks Takk!
Thanks a lot Tusen takk!
Thank you for your help Takk for hjelpen
Don’t mention it Vær så god
Ok OK
How much is it? Hva koster det?
Sorry! Unnskyld!
I don’t understand Jeg forstår ikke
I get it Jeg har forstått
I don’t know Jeg vet ikke
Forbidden Forbudt
Excuse me, where are the toilets? Unnskyld, hvor er toalettet?
Happy New Year! Godt nyttår!
Happy birthday! Gratulerer med dagen!
Happy holiday! God Jul – God påske
Congratulations! Gratulerer!
Norwegian Greetings This is a list of greetings in Norwegian. Helpful when trying to check how others are doing or feeling during different times of the day.
Hi! Hei! Good morning! God morgen!
Good afternoon! God ettermiddag! Good evening! God kveld!
Welcome! Velkommen! How are you? (friendly) Hvordan har du det?
How are you? (polite) Hvordan har du det? What’s up? (colloquial)  Hva skjer?
I’m fine, thank you! Jeg har det bra, takk! And you? (friendly) Og du?
And you? (polite) Hva med deg? Good Bra
Bad Dårlig Happy glad / lykkelig
Sad trist Thank you! Takk!
Thank you very much! Tusen takk! You’re welcome! Ingen årsak / bare hyggelig
Have a nice day! Ha en fin dag! Good night! God natt!
See you later! Ser deg senere! Have a good trip! God tur!
It was nice talking to you! Det var hyggelig å snakke med deg!
                     Some more Greetings in Norwegian
English Norwegian
Hello Hei!
Good evening God kveld
Goodbye Ha det
See you later Vi ses senere
Yes Ja
No Nei
Excuse me! Unnskyld meg!
Thanks Takk!
Thanks a lot Tusen takk!
Thank you for your help Takk for hjelpen
Don’t mention it Vær så god
Ok OK
How much is it? Hva koster det?
Sorry! Unnskyld!
I don’t understand Jeg forstår ikke
I get it Jeg har forstått
I don’t know Jeg vet ikke
Forbidden Forbudt
Excuse me, where are the toilets? Unnskyld, hvor er toalettet?
Happy New Year! Godt nyttår!
Happy birthday! Gratulerer med dagen!
Happy holiday! God Jul – God påske
Congratulations! Gratulerer!

Norwegian Colors

This is a list of colors in Norwegian. This will help you find ways to describe the colors of clothes, objects and much more.
Black svart Blue blå Brown brun Gray grå
Green grønn Orange oransje Red rød White hvit
Yellow gul Dark color mørk farge Light color lys farge Colors farger
These examples show how colors are used in Norwegian. This is a good way to demonstrate how adjectives (colors) are used with nouns and verbs.
The sky is blue himmelen er blå Your cat is white katten din er hvit
Black is his favorite color svart er favorittfargen hans Red is not his favorite color rødt er ikke favorittfargen hans
She drives a yellow car hun kjører en gul bil I have black hair jeg har svart hår

Norwegian Family

This is a list of words about family in Norwegian. You can name people such as your relatives as well as extended family this way.
Daughter datter Son sønn Sister søster Brother bror
Baby baby Child (m) barn (gutt) Child (f) barn (jente) Father far
Mother mor Husband ektemann Wife kone Cousin (m) fetter
Cousin (f) kusine Aunt tante Uncle onkel Grandfather bestefar
Grandmother bestemor Nephew nevø Niece niese Man mann
Woman kvinne Boy gutt Girl jente People folk
These examples show how family words are used in a Norwegian sentence. Very useful when socializing with other people. This can also show you how to ask questions.
What’s your brother called? hva heter broren din? How old is your sister? hvor gammel er din søster?
Where does your father work? hvor jobber din far? Your daughter is very cute din datter er veldig søt
I love my husband jeg elsker min mann This is my wife dette er min kone

Norwegian Body Parts

This is a list of body parts in Norwegian. This can enable you describe parts of the human body with ease. We focused on the main used ones.
Mouth munn Nose nese Tongue tunge Teeth tenner
Ear øre Eye øye Face ansikt Head hode
Neck nakke Arm arm Shoulder skulder Chest brystkasse / bryst
Back rygg Fingers fingre Feet føtter Hair hår
Hand hånd Heart hjerte Leg bein / fot Stomach mage
These samples show how body parts are used in Norwegian. You will learn how to use nouns (parts of the body) with adjectives and prepositions (such as the preposition “with”).
She has beautiful eyes hun har vakre øyne You hear with your ears du hører med ørene
We see with our eyes vi ser med øynene I smell with my nose jeg lukter med nesen
He feels with his hand han føler med hånden She tastes with her tongue hun smaker med tungen
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