25+ Norwegian phrases to get you going

[Pronunciation]

Greetings
Hello / Hi
Good morning
Good afternoon
Good evening
Goodnight (when retiring)

1
2
3
4
5

en
to
tre
fire
fem

en
too
tre
feera
fem

seks

sex

sju / syv*

shoo / seev

Meeting
How are you? (formal/
informal)
Fine, thanks. And you?

8
9
10

tte
ni
ti

otta
nee
tee

11
12
13
14
15

elleve
tolv
tretten
fjorten
femten

elva
tol
tretn
fyor-tn
fem-tn

16
17
18
19
20

seksten
sytten
atten
nitten
tjue /
tyve*

sy-stn
suh-tn
ut-tn
nit-tn
tyoo-er /
teeva

21
22
23
24
25

tjue-en
tjueto
tjuetre
tjuefire
tjuefem

30
40
50
100
1000

tretti
frti
femti
hundre
tusen

[Pronunciation]

God
God
God
God
God

dag / Hei
morgen
dag
kveld
natt

goo daag / hey

goo morn
goo daag
goo kfell
goo nutt

My name is
Pleased to meet you
Goodbye

Hvordan str det til? /

Hvordan gr det?
Fint, takk. Og deg?
(To >1 person: Og dere?)
Jeg heter ...
Gleder meg
Ha det (bra)

voor-dahn stor de teel /

voor-dahn gor de
fint, tukk. oh dy
(oh dare-a)
yI hetter...
gley-der my
haa de (braa)

Pleasantries
Please
Thank you (very much)
Id like / Please can I have
Excuse me! (to get attention)
Im sorry / Excuse me

[no real equivalent]

(Tusen) takk
Kan jeg f ha...
Unnskyld!
Unnskyld

(toossn) tukk
kan yI for haa...
oon-shill
oon-shill

Problems
I dont understand
I dont speak much Norwegian
Do you speak English?
Help!
Go away!

Jeg forstr ikke

Jeg snakker bare litt norsk
Snakker du engelsk?
Hjelp!
Vekk med deg!

yI for-shtor ikka
yI snakka bar-a litt noshk
snakka doo eng-elsk
yelp
vekk med dy

tyoo-er-en
tyoo-er-too
tyoo-er-tre
tyoo-er-feera
tyoo-er-fem

Signs, &c.
Danger
Push / Pull
Yes / No / Maybe
Gents / Ladies / Toilets
Left / Right

Fare
Skyv / Trekk
Ja / Nei / Kanskje
Herre- / Dame- / toalettet
Venstre / Hyre

far-er
sheev / trekk
yaa / ny / kansha
herra / daama / twa-letta
ven-stra / huy-ra

tretti
fur-ti
femti
hoon-dra
toossn

Cultural requirements
Here you are (when handing
something over) / Go ahead /
Please do / Youre welcome
Thanks for the meal
Just a moment / Please wait

Vr s god

vashagoo

Takk for maten

Et yeblikk

tukk for maa-tn

et er-yer-blikk

* Seven/twenty: There are two different words for each of these numbers, and they are used pretty well interchangably,
although syv and tyve are of Danish origin and therefore a tad old-fashioned. Theres also an alternative word for thirty,
tredve, but thats slightly less common. And then there are all the dialectal forms, but we wont go there...

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June 2004, version 1.