Norwegian Tutorial: Basic Phrases, Vocabulary and

Grammar
Note: Before heading to the tutorial I would Strictly recommend to download any
online dictionary which could easily translate the difficult Norwegian words
provided below so that you can understand them easily and learn quickly, if
you have one so thats good if not then Ill personally prefer Babelish
dictionary which is free so you dont need to buy it! "he download link is
provided below:
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There are two types of written Norwegian, Bokml and Nynorsk. This tutorial includes
Bokml only. Thanks to Dan for helping with this tutorial!
1. Basic Phrases
#od morgen
Good orning
$allo % #od dag
!ello " Good Day
#od kveld
Good #$ening
#od natt
Good Night
$a det bra
Goodbye
$ei % $a det
!i " Bye
&'r s( snill
Please
)"usen* "akk
Than% you &$ery much'
Ingen (rsak % &'r s( god
Don(t mention it " )ou(re
welcome
+a % Nei
)es " No
$err % ru % r,ken
ister " isses
&elkommen-
*elcome+
$vordan har du det.
!ow are you,
$vordan g(r det.
!ow it(s going,
Bra % /(rlig
Good " Bad
$va heter du.
*hat(s your name,
+eg heter!!!
y name is... &- am
called...'
$yggelig ( treffe deg-
Pleased to meet you+
$vor kommer du fra.
*here are you .rom,
+eg er fra!!!
-(m .rom...
0nnskyld
#/cuse me " 0orry
$vor bor du. +eg bor i!!! +eg vil g1erne ha!!! % +eg skulle
*here do you li$e, - li$e in...
g1erne hatt!!!
- would li%e...
$vor gammel er du.
!ow old are you,
+eg er 1111 (r )gammel*.
- am 1111 years &old'.
+eg vet 2ikke!3
- 2don(t3 %now.
Snakker du norsk.
Do you s4ea%
Norwegian,
+eg snakker engelsk!
- s4ea% #nglish.
Snakk langsomt
04ea% slowly
svensk, dansk, fransk, italiensk, spansk, tysk,
holl4ndsk, rysk, 1apansk
0wedish, Danish, French, -talian, 04anish, German,
Dutch, 5ussian, 6a4anese
$va heter !!! p( norsk.
!ow do you say ... in
Norwegian,
orst(r du.
Do you understand,
+eg forst(r 2ikke!3
- 2don(t3 understand.
&'r s( snill ( g1enta "
&ennligst g1enta
Please re4eat
$va er dette.
*hat is this,
$vor er !!! .
*here is ... ,
$vor mye koster dette.
!ow much does this cost,
+eg er sulten
-(m hungry
+eg er t,rst
-(m thirsty
+eg er trett
-(m tired
+eg er syk
-(m sic%
+eg tror 2ikke3 det
- 2don(t3 thin% so
5om inn % hit
7ome in " here
"a plass
!a$e a seat.
Stans- % Stopp-
0to4+
Straks-
-mmediately+ " 0oon+
+eg har g(tt meg bort
-(m lost
$1elp-
!el4+
are-
Danger+
6ass p(-
*atch out+
&ent litt-
*ait a minute+
$vor langt er det.
!ow .ar is it,
/et var synd!
That(s too bad+
&elbekomme-
!a$e a good meal+
Sk(l-
7heers+ &toast'
7ykke til-
Good luc%+
+eg elsker deg!
- lo$e you.
+eg savner deg!
- miss you.
8. Pronunciation
Norwegian letter)s* 8nglish sound
d silent at end o. word9 and in :ld, :nd, :rd
ig ee
eg ay
h silent be.ore consonants, such as in h$:
;, g;, h; yuh, as in yes
%;, t; sh, but so.ter and more 4alatali<ed &as in German'
s;, s%; sh
sl shl
%i, %y, %ei, %=y sh, but so.ter and more 4alatali<ed &as in German'
s%i, s%y, s%ei, s%=y sh
gi, gy, gei, g=y yuh
g > other $owels guh
s% > other $owels s%
:egn, :egl, :=gn g is silent
ng nasali<ed, as in singer and not .inger
? ah as in cat
= ay, but with li4s rounded
@ aw as in saw
A. Bl4habet
a ahh k %aw u ooh
b bay l el v $ay
c say m em w dobbel:$eh
d day n en 9 e%s
e ay o ooh y ew &li4s rounded'
f e. p 4ay : set
g gay q %oo ' ah &as in cat'
h haw r air , ay &li4s rounded'
i ee s ess ( aw
1 yod t tay
C. Nouns D 7ases
Nouns in Norwegian &Bo%m@l' ha$e two genders, masculine and neuter, which ad;ecti$es
must agree with when modi.ying nouns. Technically there is a third gender, .eminine
&which Nynors% retains', but since .eminine nouns can be written as masculine nouns, -(m
including .eminine nouns in the masculine category. There are two inde.inite articles that
corres4ond with these genders: en .or masculine nouns and et .or neuter nouns. -n the
$ocabulary lists, a noun .ollowed by &n' means that it is a neuter noun and it ta%es the
inde.inite article et. The ma;ority o. nouns in Norwegian are masculine, so they ta%e the
inde.inite article en.
The only case o. nouns that is used in Norwegian is the geniti$e &showing 4ossession',
and it is easily .ormed by adding an :s to the noun. This is com4arable to adding :(s in
#nglish to show 4ossession. !owe$er, i. the noun already ends in :s, then you add
nothing &unli%e #nglish where we add :( or :(s'. ;lavs hus E Fla$(s house
G. Brticles D Demonstrati$es
There are two inde.inite articles &corres4onding to a and an': en and et. #n is used with
most o. the nouns &words denoting 4eo4le almost always use en', but you will ;ust ha$e
to learn which article goes with which noun. The de.inite article &the' is not a se4arate
word li%e in most other languages. -t is sim4ly a .orm o. the inde.inite article attached to
the end of the noun! Note that en words ending in a $owel retain that $owel and add an
:n instead o. adding :en. Bnd et words ending in :e ;ust add :t. Furthermore, the t o. et as
an inde.inite article is 4ronounced9 howe$er, the t is silent in the de.inite article :et
attached to the noun. &For .eminine nouns, the inde.inite article is ei and the de.inite
article that is attached to the noun is <a. -n theory, this gender does still e/ist in Bo%m@l,
but in 4ractice, it is rarely used and the .eminine nouns are in.lected li%e masculine
nouns, i.e. add :en instead o. :a .or the de.inite .orm.'
=rticles
8n words )masculine* 8t words )neuter*
-nde.inite De.inite -nde.inite De.inite
en fisk a .ish fisken the .ish
et
vindu
a
window
vinduet the window
en
baker
a ba%er bakeren the ba%er et barn a child barnet the child
en hage a garden hagen the garden et hus a house huset the house
/emonstrative =d1ectives
masculine
denne
dressen
this suit
den
dressen
that suit
neuter
dette
sk1erfet
this scar.
det
sk1erfet
that scar.
plural
disse
skoene
these
shoes
de
skoene
those
shoes
Notice that the noun that .ollows a demonstrati$e ad;ecti$e must ha$e the de.inite article
attached to it.
&The .eminine .orm o. demonstrati$es is identical to the masculine9 denne and den.'
H. 0ub;ect D Fb;ect Pronouns
Sub1ect > ;b1ect 6ronouns
1eg - meg me
du you &singular' deg you
han he ham him
hun she henne her
den it &masc.' den it
det it &neut.' det it
man one man one
vi we oss us
dere you &4lural' dere you
de they dem them
I. To Be D to !a$e
The 4resent and 4ast tenses o. $erbs in Norwegian are $ery sim4le to con;ugate. Bll the
.orms are the same .or each 4ersonal 4ronoun. The in.initi$e o. the $erb to be in
Norwegian is v're, and the con;ugated 4resent tense .orm is er and the 4ast tense is var.
The in.initi$e o. the $erb to have is ha, and the con;ugated 4resent tense .orm is har and
the 4ast tense is hadde.
v're < to be ha < to have
- am 1eg er - was 1eg var - ha$e 1eg har - had 1eg hadde
you are du er you were du var you ha$e du har you haddu hadde
he is han er he was han var he has han har he had
han
hadde
she is hun er she was hun var she has hun har she had
hun
hadde
it is den er it was den var it has den har it had den hadde
it is det er it was det var it has det har it had det hadde
one is man er one was
man
var
one has
man
har
one had
man
hadde
we are vi er we were vi var we ha$e vi har we had vi hadde
you are dere er you were dere you ha$e dere you haddere
var har hadde
they are de er they were de var
they
ha$e
de har
they
had
de hadde
To .orm the .uture tense o. $erbs, ;ust add skal be.ore the in.initi$e. +eg skal v're E -
will be9 hun skal ha E she will ha$e9 etc.
J. Kse.ul *ords
sometimes
noen granger % av og
til
already allerede
always alltid 4erha4s kansk1e
ne$er aldri both begge
o.ten ofte some noe)n*
usually vanligvis again ig1en
now n( between mellom
and og a lot, many mye % mange
but men o. course selvf,lgelig % s(klart
or eller a little litt
$ery veldig % sv'rt not at all
ikke i det hele tatt % slettes ikke %
overhodet ikke
here her almost nesten
there der really, virkelig.
with med it is det er
each other hverandre there is"are det finnes
L. Muestion *ords
*ho hvem !ow hvordan
*hat hva !ow much hvor mye
*hy hvorfor !ow many hvor mange
*hen n(r !ow long hvor lenge
*here hvor *here .rom hvorfra
*hich hvilken, hvilket, hvilke *hat %ind o. hva slags
!$il%en is used with masculine nouns, h$il%et is used with neuter nouns, and h$il%e is
used with 4lural nouns.
1N. 7ardinal D Frdinal Numbers
N
null

1 en, ett 1st f,rste
8 to 8nd annen, andre
A tre Ard tred1e
C fire Cth f1erde
G fem Gth femte
H seks Hth s1ette
I s1u Ith s1uende
J (tte Jth (ttende
L ni Lth niende
1N ti 1Nth tiende
11 elleve 11th ellevte
18 tolv 18th tolvte
1A tretten 1Ath trettende
1C f1orten 1Cth f1ortende
1G femten 1Gth femtende
1H seksten 1Hth sekstende
1I sytten 1Ith syttende
1J atten 1Jth attende
1L nitten 1Lth nittende
8N t1ue 8Nth t1uende
81 t1ueen, t1ueett 81st t1uef,rste
88 t1ueto 88nd t1ueandre
AN tretti ANth trettiende
CN f,rti CNth f,rtiende
GN femti GNth femtiende
HN seksti HNth sekstiende
IN sytti INth syttiende
JN (tti JNth (ttiende
LN nitti LNth nittiende
1NN hundre 1NNth hundrede
1,NNN tusen 1,NNNth tusende
million million
billion milliard
trillion billion
O0;uO can also be written Osy$O &slightly more .ormal', and Os;uendeO as Osy$endeO
0imilarly Ot;ueO can be Oty$eO, but this does seem less common and more .ormal.
11. Days o. the *ee%
onday mandag this morning i dag morges
Tuesday tirsdag tomorrow morning i morgen tidlig
*ednesday onsdag tomorrow a.ternoon i morgen formiddag
Thursday torsdag tomorrow night i morgen kveld
Friday fredag day a.ter tomorrow i overmorgen
0aturday l,rdag tonight i kveld
0unday s,ndag last night i g(r kveld
day dag yesterday i g(r
morning morgen day be.ore yesterday i forg(rs
a.ternoon ettermiddag wee% uke
e$ening kveld ne/t wee% nest uke
night natt wee%end helg
today i dag daily daglig
tomorrow i morgen wee%ly ukentlig
18. onths o. the )ear
6anuary 1anuar
February februar
arch mars
B4ril april
ay mai
6une 1uni
6uly 1uli
Bugust august
0e4tember september
Fctober oktober
No$ember november
December desember
month m(ned
last month forrige m(ned
monthly m(nedlig
year (r )n*
this year i (r
last year i f1or
yearly (rlig
1A. 0easons
*inter vinter in &the' winter om vinteren
04ring v(r in &the' s4ring om v(ren
0ummer sommer in &the' summer om sommeren
Fall h,st in &the' .all om h,sten
1C. Directions
North nord Northeast nord,st
0outh syd Northwest nordvest
#ast ,st
0outheast syd,st
*est vest 0outhwest sydvest

to the right til h,yre
to the le.t til venstre
straight
ahead
rett fram %
frem
Frem is slightly more .ormal than .ram.
1G. 7olors
orange orans1e
4in% rosa
4ur4le lilla
blue bl(, bl(tt, bl(
yellow gul, gult, gule
red r,d, r,dt, r,de
blac% svart, svart, svarte
brown brun, brunt, brune
gray gr(, gr(tt, gr(
white hvit, hvitt, hvite
green gr,nn, gr,nt, gr,nne
The .irst three colors do not change according to gender or number to agree with the noun
they modi.y. The rest o. the colors must agree, howe$er, and they are listed in masculine,
neuter and 4lural .orms: en gr,nn k1ole : a green dress9 et bl(tt hus : a blue house9
svarte sokker : blac% soc%s
1H. Time
*hat time is it, $va er klokken. now n(
-t is 8. 5lokken er to! early tidlig
H:8N t1ue over seks earlier tidligere
hal. 4ast A halv fire soon snart
Puarter 4ast C kvart over fire late sent
Puarter to G kvart p( fem later senere
1N 4ast 11 ti over elleve in 1N minutes om ti minutter
8N to I t1ue p( s1u in 1G minutes om et kvarter
noon middag in a hal. hour om en halvtime
midnight midnatt in an hour om en time
in the morning om morgenen right now akkurat n(
in the e$ening om kvelden at once med en gang
-t(s e/actly... /en er n,yaktig!!! immediately straks
Bbout"around J. omtrent (tte Bt J. klokken (tte
1I. *eather
!ow(s the weather, $vordan er v'ret. *hat tem4erature is it, $vor mange grader er det.
-t(s cold /et er kaldt -t(s .oggy /et er t(ke
-t(s warm /et er varmt The .og is li.ting "(ken letner
-t(s beauti.ul /et er pent -t(s snowing /et sn,r
-t(s bad /et er d(rlig -t(s raining /et regner
-t(s clearing /et lysner -t(s going to storm /et bli storm
-t(s icy /et er isete There(s thunder /et tordner
-t(s windy /et bl(ser There(s lightning /et lyner
-t(s cloudy /et er overskyet -t(s .ree<ing &cold as ice' /et er iskaldt
-t(s humid"muggy /et er fuktig -t(s hailing /et hagler
1J. Family
Parents foreldre Niece niese
other mor Ne4hew nev,
Father far Kncle onkel
0on s,nn Bunt tante
Daughter datter Boy gutt
Brother bror Girl 1ente, pike
0ister s,ster 7hild " Baby barn
Grand.ather bestefar Bdult voksen
Grandmother bestemor an mann
Grandson barnebarn *oman kvinne
Granddaughter barnebarn Friend &male' venn
7ousin &male' fetter Friend .emale' venninne
7ousin &.emale' kusine
0ome .amily words ha$e irregular inde.inite 4lurals: m,dre &mothers', fedre &.athers',
s,nner &sons', d,tre &daughters', br,dre &brothers', and s,stre &sisters'
1L. To Qnow Peo4le D Facts
k1enne < to
know people
vite < to
know facts
present %;enner $et
past %;ente $isste
future s%al %;enne s%al $ite
8N. Formation o. Plural Nouns
asculine nouns generally add :er or :r to the inde.inite singular noun to .orm the
inde.inite 4lural, and :ene or :ne to .orm the de.inite 4lural. The names o. ;obs ending in
:er only add :e and :ne in these cases. Neuter nouns that are more than one syllable .orm
4lural nouns the same way as masculine nouns. Neuter nouns that are only one syllable,
howe$er, add nothing to .orm the inde.inite 4lural and either :ene or :a to .orm the
de.inite 4lural.
ingular !ndefinite "lural Definite "lural
en fisk .is%er some fish .is%ene the fishes
en hage hager
some
gardens
hagene
the
gardens
en baker ba%ere
some
bakers
ba%erne the bakers
et vindu $induer
some
windows
$induene
the
windows
et hus hus
some
houses
husene
the
houses
et barn barn some barna the
children children
-rregular 4lural nouns in Norwegian:
ingular
!rregular !ndefinite
"lural
ingular # !ndefinite "lural
and ender duck$s% angrep )n* attack$s%
bok b,ker book$s% besok )n* visit$s%
bonde b,nder peasant$s% eventyr )n* tale$s%, story$ies%
fot f,tter foot$feet% feil
error$s%,
mistake$s%
h(nd hender hand$s% forhold circumstance$s%
h(ndkle h(ndkl'r
hand
towel$s%
h,ve )n* opportunity$ies%
kne )n* kn'r knee$s% kreps crawfish$es%
kraft krefter strength mus mouse$s%
ku kyr cow$s% mygg mos&uito$es%
natt netter night$s% sild herring$s%
mann menn man$men% sko shoe$s%
rand render edge$s% spiker nail$s%
rot r,tter root$s% ting thing$s%
sted )n* steder place$s% v(pen weapon$s%
stang stenger bar$s%
strand strender beach$es%
tang tenger pincher$s%
tann tenner tooth$teeth%
tre tr'r tree$s%
t( t'r toe$s%
,ye ,yne eye$s%