LESSON NOTES

Absolute Beginner S1 #10

How Many Beers Should we get
Tonight in Norway?

CONTENTS
2 Norwegian
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Vocabulary Phrase Usage
4 Grammar
8 Cultural Insight

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 NORWEGIAN

1. Espen: Hei Mark, hvor mange øl trenger vi?

2. Mark: Vel, hvor mange trenger du?

3. Espen: En six-pack kanskje?

4. Mark: Jeg trenger ikke så mange. Fire er OK.

5. Espen: Ti øl altså.

ENGLISH

1. Espen: Hey, Mark, how many beers do we need?

2. Mark: Well, how many do you need?

3. Espen: A six-pack maybe?

4. Mark: I don't need that many. Four is OK.

5. Espen: Ten beers then.

VOCABULARY

Nor w e gian English C lass Ge nde r

vi we pronoun

øl beer noun male

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 Å trenge to need verb

fire four (4) numeral

mange many adjective

vel well expression

six-pack six-pack noun

ti ten (10) numeral

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Vi har poteter i kjøleskapet. Skal vi gå sammen?

"We have potatoes in the fridge." "Shall we go together?"

Jeg liker tysk øl. Er dette norsk øl?

"I like German beer." "Is this Norwegian beer?"

Vi trenger alle sollys for å overleve. Jeg trenger papir.

"We all need sunlight to survive." "I need paper."

Jeg skal være i Oslo i fire dager. Fire stykker kom ikke.

"I'll stay in Oslo for four days." "Four people did not come."

Det var mange grunner til å fortsette å Jeg har mange hester.
skrive for avisen.
"I have many horses."
"There were numerous reasons to keep
writing for the newspaper."

Vel... ikke egentlig... Kan du kjøpe en six-pack?

"Well... not really..." "Can you buy a six-pack?"

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Jeg tar ti oliven er du snill.

"I would like ten olives please."

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

Let's take a look at the sentence Hvor mange er det. We can translate it into two different
sentences in English. The word det can have many meanings in Norwegian. We have
already gone through many different ways to use it, but you can still get surprised sometimes.
In this situation, det can mean either "it" or "there."

Let's also take a look at a couple of numbers that can be confusing when translating between
Norwegian and English. The reason there's up to one trillion is not to scare you off. Just for
convenience's sake, since as you can see, Norwegian and English are a bit different from one
million and upward.

Number Norwegian "English"

1,000,000,000 milliard "billion"

1,000,000,000,000 billion "trillion"

As you can see, this could become slightly confusing at some point.

GRAMMAR

The Focus of This Lesson Is How to Count Numbers in Norwegian.

Jeg trenger ikke så mange. Fire er OK.
"I don't need that many. Four is OK."

Here are the numbers from zero to one trillion... Well, almost all the numbers.

Number Norwegian "English"

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0 null "zero"

1 en/ett "one"

2 To "two"

3 tre "three"

4 fire "four"

5 fem "five"

6 seks "six"

7 sju/syv "seven"

8 åtte "eight"

9 ni "nine"

10 ti "ten"

11 elve "eleven"

12 tolv "twelve"

13 tretten "thirteen"

14 fjorten "fourteen"

15 femten "fifteen"

16 seksten "sixteen"

17 søtten "seventeen"

18 atten "eighteen"

19 nitten "nineteen"

20 tjue "twenty"

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30 tretti "thirty"

40 førti "forty"

50 femti "fifty"

60 seksti "sixty"

70 søtti "seventy"

80 åtti "eighty"

90 nitti "ninety"

100 hundre "hundred"

1,000 tusen "thousand"

1,000,000 million "million"

1,000,000.000 milliard "billion"

1,000,000.000,000 billion "trillion"

Counting in Norwegian and English is a very similar process. Apart from the name of the
numbers, it's almost the same system. The numbers from 11 to 19 are different from the rest in
the 10 to 100 category in both languages, and the characteristics are the same in both
Norwegian and English. Let's take a look at both:

Number Norwegian "English"

11 elve "eleven"

12 tolv "twelve"

13 tretten "thirteen"

14 fjorten "fourteen"

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15 femten "fifteen"

16 seksten "sixteen"

17 søtten "seventeen"

18 atten "eighteen"

19 nitten "nineteen"

The only difference here is that in English we use the same root numbers 3 to 9 in the 13 to
19 system, but in Norwegian, the system the root numbers are altered slightly. However, in
both languages you can see that they have indications of the number 10 in the end: the
Norwegian ten meaning 10, and the English "ten" also meaning 10. Also in English, counting
from 20 to 90 follows the same system, but in Norwegian 20 is a little different from the rest:

Number Norwegian "English"

20 tjue "twenty"

30 tretti "thirty"

40 førti "forty"

50 femti "fifty"

Just like the numbers from 13 to 19, the ending of the numbers has a relation to 10, the only
difference being that it's multiplied by 10, not added to 10.

The following counting system is more or less the same in both languages, except for the big
numbers we looked at in the vocabulary section.

Let's take a look anyway though just to see it for ourselves:

Number Norwegian "English"

41 førti en "forty-one"

52 femti to "fifty-two"

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63 seksti tre "sixty-three"

Now when we get to a hundred, the systems also the same for both languages.

Number Norwegian "English"

120 (ett) hundre undre og tjue "(one) hundred and twenty"

250 to hundre og femti "two hundred and fifty"

"seven hundred and

775 syv hundre og søtti fem seventy-five"

So as you can see, except for the pronunciation of the two languages' numbers, the systems
are almost the same.

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Borrowed English and Norwegian Words

As you can see in the vocabulary in this lesson, we have an English word in the Norwegian
box. Norwegian makes use of a lot of words that we borrow from English. It's not always
because we don't have words for it ourselves, but it's often more natural or cool to use the
English word for something.

The linguistics department in Norway will each year ready a list of English loan words they
propose to convert to Norwegian. However, this is often met with a bit of humor, since some of
the translations are rather funny and less practical in ways. Many are worried that English will
take over too much of the Norwegian language, but the fact of the matter is that English is
actually borrowing a lot of old Norwegian or "Norse" words.

In the days of the Vikings, Norway invaded England for a short period of time. During this
time, the Vikings influenced the Anglo-Saxons' language, and some of the Norse language
still remains today. Many of these words are now words Norwegian has "loaned" from English
as well, so in a way we are not borrowing words: we are taking them back. Some examples of
words that originates from Norwegian are "bag," "father," "ski," "fjord," and "church."

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