NorWord
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NorWord
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/ / | / /_/ / /\__\| /| / /_/ / /\_/ /_/ / /***********
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Tema: Familie Nummer: 9. uke / 5.dag
Dag: Fredag Dato: 2. juni
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WRITING ASSIGNMENT:
Beginners/Intermediate/Advanced: Write a short description of your
immediate family. Include information about parents, grandparents,
siblings, spouse, and children (name, age, residence, work,
leisure, etc.)
Inter./Advanced: Write a short description of one of your favorite
or most interesting relatives.
E-mail your written texts and/or questions to Nancy Aarsvold
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PHRASE OF THE DAY:
Lever besteforeldrene dine?
Ja, besteforeldrene mine lever ennå.
Ja, bestemoren min lever ennå.
Ja, bestefaren min lever ennå.
Nei, besteforeldrene mine er døde.
Nei, bestemoren min er død.
Nei, bestefaren min er død.
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PRONUNCIATION:
(LEH-VEHR BEHST-EH-FOHR-EHL-DREH-NEH DEEN-EH?)
(YAH, BEHST-EH-FOHR-EHL-DREH-NEH MEEN-EH LEH-VEHR EHN-NOH.)
(YAH, BEHST-EH-MOOR-EHN MEEN LEH-VEHR EHN-NOH.)
(YAH, BEHST-EH-FAHR-EHN MEEN LEH-VEHR EHN-NOH.)
(NAI, BEHST-EH-FOHR-EHL-DREH-NEH MEEN-EH AER DUH-EH.)
(NAI, BEHST-EH-MOOR-EHN MEEN AER DUH.)
(NAI, BEHST-EH-FAHR-EHN MEEN AER DUH.)
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MEANING:
Are your grandparents alive?
Yes, my grandparents are still alive.
Yes, my grandmother is still alive.
Yes, my grandfather is still alive.
No, my grandparents are dead.
No, my grandmother is dead.
No, my grandfather is dead.
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RELATED WORDS:
en farmor (EHNN FAHR-MOOR / paternal grandmother)
en farfar (EHNN FAHR-FAHR / paternal grandfather)
en mormor (EHNN MOOR-MOOR / maternal grandmother)
en morfar (EHNN MOOR-FAHR / maternal grandfather)
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REVIEW WORDS:
Er du gift?
Ja, jeg er gift.
Nei, jeg er ugift / separert / skilt / enke / enkemann.
Hva heter kona di / mannen din /
samboeren din /
forloveden din /
kjæresten din?
Kona mi / Mannen min heter _______________.
samboeren min /
forloveden min /
kjæresten min
Har du barn?
Ja, jeg har ett barn / to barn / ____ barn.
en sønn / to sønner / ____ sønner.
en datter / to døtre / ____ døtre.
Nei, jeg har ingen barn.
Hva heter foreldrene dine?
Foreldrene mine heter _____________.
Hva heter faren din / moren din?
Faren min / Moren min heter _____________
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GRAMMAR
Both Norwegian and English have several nouns with irregular
plural forms of the nouns (ex. goose -> geese, foot -> feet).
INDEF. SG. DEF. SG. INDEF. PL. DEF. PL.
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en bestefar bestefaren bestefedre bestefedrene
(a grandfather) (the grandfather) (grandfathers) (the grandfathers)
en bestemor bestemoren bestemødre bestemødrene
(a grandmother) (the grandmother) (grandmothers) (the grandmothers)
besteforeldre besteforeldrene
(grandparents) (the grandparents)
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LIST OWNERS AND INFORMATION:
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.