NorWord i reprise

NorWord re-runs

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TEMA: Identitet (Identity) NUMMER: 1. uke / 1. dag (første dag)
DAG: Mandag DATO: 3. april (den tredje april)

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PHRASE-A-DAY:

God dag / Morn / Hei! Jeg heter Marit. Hva heter du?
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PRONUNCIATION:

(GOO DAHG / MOHRN /HAI! YAI HEH-TER MAH-RIT. VAH HEH-TER DO?)
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MEANING:

Hello / Hello / Hi! I am named Marit. What are you named?
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RELATED WORDS AND PHRASES:

Mitt navn er Elisabeth
(MITT NAHVN AR EH-LIS-AH-BEHT / My name is Elizabeth).
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GRAMMAR:

Question Words: hva (what)

ex.) Hva heter du (What are you named)?
Hva studerer du (What do you study)?
Hva liker du å gjøre (What do you like to do)?

Verbs: hete (be named / Infinitive form)
heter (am,is,are named / Present tense )
het / hette (was,were named / Past tense)
har hett (has been named / Present Perfect tense)
ex.) Jeg heter Gro. Han het / hette Bjørn.

Pronouns: jeg (I)
ex.) Jeg heter Gro. Jeg liker pizza.

du (you, singular)
ex.) Du heter Erik. Hva heter du?
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CULTURE:

Popular women's names (1980): Anne, Marianne, Silje, Camilla, Linda,
Lene, Kristin, Elisabeth, Hanne,
Annette

Popular men's names (1980): Thomas, Lars, Stian, Anders, Jan,
Espen, Bjørn, Christian, Morten, Ole.

When two people meet each other for the first time, it is common
practice to shake hands.
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WORD LIST:

det (DEH / that, it) hvem (VEHM / who)

dette (DEHT-TE / this) jeg (YAI / I)
du (DO / you) like (LEE-KEH / like)
er (AR / am, is, are) mitt (MITT / my)
gjøre (YER-REH / do) morn (MOHRN / hello)
god dag (GOO DAHG / good day) navn (NAHVN / name)
hei (HAI / hi) studere (STU-DEH-REH / study)
hete (HEH-TEH / be named) å (OH / to)
hva (VAH / what)

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SPONSORS:

The Norwegian Teachers Association in North America (NorTANA)
Less Commonly Taught Languages Project, CARLA, U. of Minnesota
Louis Janus
Nancy Aarsvold

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Return to NorWord lesson index.
NorWord was originally written during summer and fall of 1995, by Nancy Aarsvold (currently at St. Olaf College) and Louis Janus, (currently at CARLA, U of Minnesota). The lessons presented above have been edited to use proper æ, ø and å characters on the web.
An updated and improved version with sounds and grammatical explanations is now available on KlikkNorsk published by Skandisk.

Contact Louis Janus with comments. Aarsvold and Janus hold the copyright © 2006.