Learn 20 travel phrases you should know
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| Hi everybody. This is Anette from norwegianclass101.com, today, we are looking at 20 Travel Phrases You Should Know. |
| So let’s get started. |
| 1. Kunne jeg fått et kart? "Could I get a map?" |
| Well these days you know, if you have a smartphone, you might not really need a map like a physical map. You can just check your smartphone unless you are at a museum or something, maybe they have a map of the floors. |
| 2. Snakker du engelsk? "Do you speak English?" |
| Now-a-days, there’s quite a lot of Norwegians who speak English very well. So in general, I think you wouldn’t have a problem if you don’t speak that much Norwegian. But of course, the locals will be very happy if you try to learn some phrases and show your interest in the language. |
| 3. Går det en buss fra flyplassen til byen? "Is there a bus from the airport to the city?" |
| Går det en buss fra flyplassen til byen? “Is there a train running from the airport to the city?” |
| Both Oslo and Bergen have trains going all the way to the city center. So perhaps, this might also be a convenient alternative. There is also usually specially dedicated bus going to the city from the airport which we call, flybussen. Flybussen literally means the airplane bus or the fly bus. |
| 4. Er Wi-Fi en gratis? "Is the Wi-Fi free?" |
| I love to travel and one of the first thing I would ask for reaching a new destination would probably be, “is the Wi-Fi free?” You can’t get around anywhere without a Wi-Fi these days. |
| Hva er passordet til Wi-Fien? What is the password to the Wi-Fi? Very useful. |
| 5. Har dere noen ledige rom i kveld? "Do you have any vacancies tonight?" |
| Well recently, a lot of travellers prefer to book private apartments as well. So I guess if you’re traveling to Norway, you might want to check out your options in advance before traveling there. Fortunately, Norway is relatively safe country. So if you are forced to sleep outside, then of course, I wouldn’t recommend it but in the summer like it might not be too bad to sleep outside too. |
| 6. Kan jeg flytte til et annet rom? "Could I move to a different room?" |
| Naboene mine er bråkete. “My neighbors are noisy.” |
| 7. Jeg har en reservasjon. "I have a reservation." |
| Har du reservasjon? “Do you have a reservation?” |
| Kan du gi meg navnet ditt? “Can you give me your name?” |
| 8. Kunne vi fått menyen, vær så snill? "Could we have the menu, please?" |
| The phrase vær så snill actually means, “be so kind.” “So could you be so kind?” |
| 9. Har dere noen anbefalinger? "Do you have any recommendations?" |
| Jeg anbefaler å reise til Norge i mai. “I recommend traveling to Norway in May.” During the summer season, there are a lot of tourists visiting Norway from all over Europe and America and Asia as well. If you want to beat the crowds, you should travel to Norway in May and particularly, the 17th of May is the Norwegian National Day and this is where you can experience the most fun like parades and people dressing up in their national costumes. So well, if you travel to Norway, then this should be the season to go. |
| 10. Kan jeg få regningen? "Could I have the check?" |
| If you forget this phrase, you might be better off just asking in English rather than to make a big fuss and like trying to get their attention and stuff. |
| 11. Jeg er allergisk mot peanøtter. "I'm allergic to peanuts." |
| So in Norway as well, we have a lot of different types of allergies. You can have pollenallergi, pollen allergy or you can have pet allergy, dyreallergi or maybe you are allergic to shellfish, skalldyrallergi. If you are allergic to something, make sure to check out the correct words before going to Norway. |
| 12. Vann, er du snill. "Water, please." |
| Er du snill means “are you kind?” So, “could you be so kind to bring me water?” |
| In Norway, we take a lot of pride in our clean, fresh water. So even in most restaurants, you wouldn’t have to pay for water. You get it straight off the tap water but it’s delicious and as a Norwegian, I have to say that it’s the best tap water in the world. |
| Norsk vann er det beste vannet i verden. “Norwegian water is the best water in the world.” |
| If you want to know how much Norwegians value their water, you should check out the brand VOSS Water which is also named after a Norwegian city. |
| 13. Hvor mye er dette? "How much is this?" |
| Norwegian prices always include the tax and the tip. So, at least, you don’t have to worry about any extra surcharges being made that you are not aware of. |
| Finnes det et billigere alternativ? “Are there any cheaper options?” |
| Norway can be quite expensive. So maybe you can ask. |
| 14. Jeg vil gjerne ha ti av disse. "I'd like ten of these." |
| 15. Kan du gi meg en rabatt? "Can you give me a discount?" |
| It is not really common to give discounts in Norway. So, you should be a bit careful about asking for discounts. You might be thought of as rude. |
| 16. Jeg tar dette. "I'd like this." |
| Depending on the gender of the word, you might have to use denne instead of dette. |
| For instance, you can say dette bildet, “this picture”; but you would say denne boken “this book”. |
| Jeg tar denne boken, or jeg tar dette bildet. |
| 17. Tar dere kredittkort? "Do you take credit card?" |
| Actually it’s quite rare to find a place that don’t take credit card. So usually you should be fine. |
| 18. Hvor er togstasjonen? "Where is the train station?" |
| Or, Hvor er busstasjon? “where is the bus station?” |
| Or, Hvor er buss stopp? “where is the bus stop?” |
| 19. Unnskyld meg, hva er billettprisen? "Excuse me, what's the fare?" |
| The Norwegian government is trying to make more people use public transport. So they are doing their fair share of works to subsidize the fares of like local buses and trains but transportation is still not cheap in Norway compared to other countries. |
| 20. Kan du vaere så snill å ta et bilde av meg? "Could you take a picture of me please?" |
| Or maybe you could just use your selfie stick or if you are traveling with your friend, you can say, Kan du vaere så snill å ta et bilde av oss? So the oss meaning “us.” |
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