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Hi everyone! I’m Alisha.
Welcome to Conversational Phrases!
We’ve found that the best way to learn a language is to speak it from day one! And the best way to start speaking is to learn phrases that you’ll use in real conversations.
In this lesson, you’ll learn conversational phrases to answer the question, "What are you doing?" After watching this video, you’ll be able to answer this question and tell someone something about what you’re writing.
Now, let’s take a look at some conversational phrases!
Listen to the dialogue.
Hva gjør du?
Jeg skriver dagboken min.
Once more with the English translation.
Hva gjør du?
“What are you doing?”
Jeg skriver dagboken min.
“I'm writing my journal.”
First of all you'll need to learn how to say “What are you doing?”
That's: Hva gjør du?
Listen to it again: Hva gjør du?, Hva gjør du?
This Norwegian sentence literally translates as “What do you?”
But it means “What are you doing?”.
Now, how do you answer this question?
The pattern is:
Jeg skriver [object].
This Norwegian sentence literally translates as “I write [object].”
But it means “I'm writing [object].”
For example:
“I'm writing my journal.”
Jeg skriver dagboken min., Jeg skriver dagboken min.

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