Learn how to ask someone, "Write it down please" in Nynorsk
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| In the previous lesson, we covered how to ask, “How do you say this in Norwegian?” - Korleis seier ein dette på norsk? Do you remember? In this lesson, because we don’t want to be caught off guard in any situation in Norway, we're going to introduce a new phrase that is very important to help you focus your skills, not on the sounds, but on the writing. So let’s start this new lesson. |
| In Norwegian, “Could you write it down?” is |
| Kan du skrive det ned? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Kan du skri-ve det ned? |
| Once more: |
| Kan du skrive det ned? |
| The first two words are our familiar phrase kan du?, meaning “can you” or “could you.” |
| (slow) Kan du? |
| Kan du? |
| Next we have skrive det. The first word here, skrive means “write” and det, the second word means “it.” Together, this means “write it.” |
| (slow) Skri-ve det. |
| Skrive det. |
| Finally, we have ned, which means “down.” |
| (slow) Ned. |
| Ned. |
| All together: |
| Kan du skrive det ned? |
| This means, "Could you write it down?” |
| ・ |
| As you may already have observed, the previous phrase is not very specific. To make yourself more clear, you can say “Could you write down this phrase?” |
| Kan du skrive ned denne frasen? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Kan du skri-ve ned den-ne fra-sen? |
| Once more: |
| Kan du skrive ned denne frasen? |
| The new expression in this question is denne frasen. Denne means “this” for masculine and feminine words and frasen means “the phrase.” Together, it means “this phrase.” |
| (slow) Den-ne fra-sen. |
| Denne frasen. |
| Let’s hear the whole phrase one more time: |
| (slow) Kan du skri-ve ned den-ne fra-sen? |
| Kan du skrive ned denne frasen? |
| You can also say |
| Kan du skrive ned dette ordet? |
| In English, that means “Can you write down this word?” |
| Let’s break it down. |
| (slow) Kan du skri-ve ned det-te or-det? |
| Kan du skrive ned dette ordet? |
| The new expression in this question is dette ordet. Dette means “this” for neuter words, and ordet means “the word.” Together, these two words mean “this word.” |
| (slow) Det-te or-det. |
| Dette ordet. |
| ・ |
| It might happen that people are not carrying a piece of paper or a pen. So before asking Kan du skrive ned dette ordet? try asking |
| Har du penn og papir? |
| “Do you have a pen and paper?” |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Har du penn og pa-pir? |
| Once more: |
| Har du penn og papir? |
| The first part of the phrase, har du?, is made up of har (“have”) and du (“you”). Together, this means “do you have?” |
| (slow) Har du? |
| Har du? |
| Then, you have penn, which in English is “pen.” |
| (slow) Penn. |
| Penn. |
| Then, you have og which means “and.” |
| (slow) Og. |
| Og. |
| Finally, we have papir which means “paper.” |
| (slow) Papir. |
| Papir. |
| Here’s the whole sentence: |
| (slow) Har du penn og pa-pir? |
| Har du penn og papir? |
| As usual, before asking about someone else’s stationery supplies, it’s a good idea to say “excuse me” unnskyld, at the beginning of the sentence. |
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