Learn how to ask "Where?"
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| Hei, jeg heter Nora. Hi everybody! I’m Nora. |
| Welcome to NorwegianClass101.com’s “Norsk på 3 minutter”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Norwegian. |
| In the last lesson, we learned how to ask "What" questions in Norwegian. |
| This time, we are going to ask "Where" questions. |
| You call up your friend and want to ask where he is now. You will ask him Hvor er du? This is the exact translation of "Where are you?" |
| [slowly] Hvor er du? |
| So let’s break down this question. |
| First we had- |
| Hvor, which is the basic translation of "Where" in Norwegian. |
| er, which is "are", the present tense form of the verb å være which we have already studied. |
| Finally du, which is the word for "you" |
| So, altogether it is Hvor er du?, "Where are you?" |
| In Norwegian, "Where" is translated as Hvor |
| So for example, if you want to ask "Where do you live?" You will say Hvor bor du? |
| As in English, the question word is placed in the 1st position here, then the verb, and then the subject. |
| Like hva, meaning “what”, from our previous lesson, hvor is just as easy, short, and practical. It shouldn’t be complicated at all to ask questions with hvor. Just remember that it is the first word in the sentence. |
| So let’s look at some questions that feature hvor. |
| Say you want to ask where you are going with your friends. It’s as easy as saying, Hvor skal vi? |
| [slowly] Hvor skal vi? |
| You might remember skal from one of our previous lessons. |
| You may also ask where someone is from by saying, hvor er du fra? |
| [slowly] Hvor er du fra? |
| Which translates as “Where are you from?” |
| Now it’s time for Nora’s Insights. |
| If they’ve forgotten where they left something, Norwegians tend to ask themselves where they left it. Say your friend forgot where she left her keys. She would say, hvor la jeg nøklene? “Where did I put the keys?” |
| It’s funny to hear them mumbling to themselves, but the sentence itself can also be turned into a practical question. If you switch the pronoun you can ask others where they left something. Say you want to know where your friend put the remote control. Just ask, |
| hvor la du fjernkontrollen? “where did you put the remote control?” |
| [slowly]Hvor la du fjernkontrollen? |
| In this lesson, we learned how to use the Norwegian word for "Where", Hvor. |
| In the next lesson we’ll learn more about asking questions, this time using "When" in Norwegian. |
| I’ll be waiting for you in the next Norsk på tre minutter lesson. |
| Sees! |
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