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Norwegian
Mrs V Started conversation Dec 7, 1999
Some handy phrases...
Please - vær så snill
Thank you - takk, tusen takk (many thanks)
Jeg heter Helena - I'm called Helena
Spør Meg - Ask me
Hei og hjertilig velkommen til h2g2 - hi and welcome to h2g2...
More will certainly follow...
Norwegian
Tobo Posted Dec 7, 1999
Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy
-> Haikernes Guide til Galaksen
Let's learn som Norwegian
-> La oss lære oss litt norsk
Hmmm, I have to think about this, what do you want to know?
-> Hmmm, jeg må tenke litt på dette, hva er det dere vil vite?
Norwegian
Mrs V Posted Dec 7, 1999
Det er han som lære meg norsk - its him whose teaching me norwegian... and in a most interesting fashion....
Norwegian
Taipan - Jack of Hearts Posted Dec 7, 1999
Hei og hjertilig velkommen til the Haikernes Guide til Galaksen, tobo
tusen takk for the input.
What I'm trying to do here is set a collection of languages so we can welcome various people in their local language. It's also very useful if we can teach some commonly used phrases to people who only speak english, so virtually anything in norsk would be useful.
Therefore, for norwegians we could have a complex version, and for english we could have a simplified guide so they can attempt to get by in norsk.
Norwegian
Mrs V Posted Dec 7, 1999
Er the en at the end of a word makes the the...
Tobo is a little bit busy at the moment, I'm afraid I dragged him away from his studies to help me!! I've got the time, he's the native.. between us we could do a pretty good job i think!
Norwegian
Taipan - Jack of Hearts Posted Dec 7, 1999
I see, that's the kind of thing we want to avoid, so thanks for correcting that. If you we do this correctly, then those kind of slip ups can be drastically decreased.
Norwegian
Taipan - Jack of Hearts Posted Dec 7, 1999
Haven't finished with that one yet.
advice on simple rules like that would be very welcome.
Norwegian
Tobo Posted Dec 7, 1999
Just some miner corrections:
Hei og hjertlig velkommen til Haikernes Guide til Galaksen....
must study... good luck
T
Norwegian
Mrs V Posted Dec 8, 1999
See you after your exam love...
Here some from the collective, ie me (scot) Wiebke(German) and Nicol (Romainian) in the flat... Yes, Tobo is in fact my only Norwegian friend, sob!!
Jeg er fra Skottland, hvor er du fra. - I'm from scotland, where are you from?
Hvor bor du - where do you live
Snakker du Engelsk? - Do you speak english?
jeg forstår ikke - I don't understand!! (Very handy that one!!)
God Morgen (gooo morn) - Good Morning
God Dag (goo Dag) - Good Day
God natt (goo nat) - Good Night
Sov Godt - Sleep well
Unnsklyd - excuse me
kan du gjenta - can you say that again
jeg prøver og snakker norsk - I try to speak norwegian!!
and of course
God Jul og Godt Nytt År - Mery Christmas and a Happy new year!!
Ha Det (bye)
Hxx
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