Currency

Learn how to talk about prices

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Hei, jeg heter Nora. Hi everybody! I’m Nora.

Welcome to NorwegianClass101.com’s “Norsk på tre minutter”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Norwegian.

In the last lesson we learned the phrase Hvor mye koster det? ”How much is it?” In this lesson let’s see how we could answer that question by counting kroner in Norwegian. In Norway the currency is the kroner.

Please pay attention to this word's pronunciation.

kroner.

Let’s try to say prices in Norwegian. Start by trying to say "26 kroner and 50 øre."

tjueseks kroner og 50 øre.

[slowly] 26 kroner og 50 øre.

50 øre is the lowest Norwegian currency value that existed until recently.

However as of 2012 the øre has been discontinued as a physical coin, and now only exists in digital currency. You will still hear it mentioned in prices.

Let’s try another example-

"40 kroner and 49 øre."

førti kroner og førtini øre.

[slowly] førti kroner og førtini øre.

Get ready for the next example. This one is longer.

"199 kroner and 98 øre"

hundreognittini kroner og nittiåtte øre.

[slowly] hundreognittini kroner og nittiåtte øre.

Now it’s time for Nora’s Insights.

Remember that even though the øre doesn’t exist as a physical coin anymore, it does exist in prices. So when paying with cash you round up or down to the closest krone. So 3 krone and 50 øre would be rounded up to 4 krone.

You should ask your friends in Norway if they want to go shopping with you to practice these phrases! But first you’ll have to check if they have other plans or not. Do you know how to ask that in Norwegian? If not, I’ll see you in the next Norsk på tre minutter lesson!

På gjensyn!

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