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Finally, you’ve got a seat at a table. Now it’s time to order!
In this lesson, we'll cover how to ask for a menu and order your food and drinks.
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Normally, you have to catch the waiter’s eye, usually by raising your hand a bit. Then, you’ll ask for a menu
Kan me få sjå menyen?
Let’s break it down:
(slow) Kan me få sjå me-ny-en?
Once more:
Kan me få sjå menyen?
Kan is the verb “can” in English, but here we'll translate it as “could.” Me is “we,” and these two words together give us the useful combination “could we?”
(slow) Kan me?
Kan me?
Få means “get.”
(slow) Få.
Få.
Sjå means “see.”
(slow) Sjå.
Sjå.
And finally, menyen means “the menu.”
(slow) Me-ny-en.
Menyen.
Here’s the whole expression again:
Kan me få sjå menyen?
This expression literally means “Can we get to see the menu?”, but we'll use the more natural translation “Could we see the menu?” If you're dining alone, you can replace the word me with eg, “I,” to just ask for a menu for yourself.
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In most of the cases, the waiter or waitress will begin by asking if you’d like something to drink:
Noko å drikke?
Let’s break it down:
(slow) No-ko å drik-ke?
Once more:
Noko å drikke?
Noko means “something.”
(slow) No-ko.
Noko.
Å drikke means “to drink.”
(slow) Å drik-ke.
Å drikke.
Altogether, this means “something to drink?” Again, the whole question is
Noko å drikke?
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Now let’s take a look at some typical beverages a Norwegian restaurant might have:
Vatn (“water”)
(slow) Vatn.
Vatn.
Solo (Norwegian fizzy orange)
(slow) So-lo.
Solo.
Eplemost (“apple juice”)
(slow) Ep-le-most.
Eplemost.
Pils (“lager beer”)
(slow) Pils.
Pils.
Kvitvin (“white wine”)
(slow) Kvit-vin.
Kvitvin.
Raudvin (“red wine”)
(slow) Raud-vin.
Raudvin.
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Once you have looked at the menu, you can finally call the waiter for the order.
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Now, let’s take a look at some good dishes you can find on a typical menu of Norwegian fare.
Klippfisk (“dried and salted cod”)
(slow) Klipp-fisk.
Klippfisk.
Finnbiff (“sautéed reindeer”)
(slow) Finn-biff.
Finnbiff.
Lapskaus (“meat and vegetable stew”)
(slow) Laps-kaus.
Lapskaus.
When you order, you can just say ein (“one”) followed by the name of the dish you want.
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Let’s say you want to order a lager beer and lapskaus you should say to the waiter
Ein pils og ein lapskaus.
(slow) Ein pils og ein laps-kaus.
Ein pils og ein lapskaus.
In this sentence the word og means “and.”

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