Learn how to count to ten
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| Hei. Hello and welcome to Norwegian Survival Phrases brought to you by NorwegianClass101.com |
| This course is to sign to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Norway. You'll be surprised at how far a little Norwegian will go. Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by NorwegianClass101.com and there you'll find the accompanying pdf and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
| Norwegian Survival Phrases. Lesson 16. |
| Counting 1 to 10 in Norwegian |
| This lesson is very straightforward as we're going to cover counting zero through ten. Let's jump right in. |
| 0 null, null, null |
| 1 en, en, en |
| 2 to, to, to |
| 3 tre, tre, tre |
| 4 fire, fire, fire |
| 5 fem, fem, fem |
| 6 seks, seks, seks |
| 7 syv, syv, syv |
| 8 åtte, åtte, åtte |
| 9 ni, ni, ni |
| 10 ti, ti, ti |
| We use "one" or en/et as the indefinite article "a"/"an" before nouns. En is for male gender nouns. et is for neuter gender nouns. Most Norwegians also incorporate a third article for female gender nouns, ei. |
| The number comes first, followed by the thing. For example, "one person" is en person. en person. Let's break down these two words and hear them one more time: en person, en person. |
| To say "two people" you will say, to personer, to personer, to personer. As you may have noticed, here we add -er to the noun, a noun plural modifier, much like adding "-s" to nouns in English. Don't worry. It is quite easy to use in Norwegian. It behaves just like its English equivalent. |
| If there are "five people," you have fem personer. |
| Numbers can be very useful especially when shopping in Norway. |
| Let's imagine you are buying some presents to bring back to your country. For example, imagine you would like to buy two bottles of wine in a nice shop. |
| "Two bottles of wine, please" is To flasker vin, er du snill. To flasker vin, er du snill. Let's break down these words and hear them one more time: to flasker vin, er du snill. To flasker vin, er du snill. |
| To, as you already know, means, "two." Flasker means "bottles" in plural form. Let's hear that again: flasker, flasker. The last new word in the construction is vin, vin, vin. You may remember the word vin from our lesson on restaurants. It means "wine." Er Du Snill, as we've mentioned countless times is "please." |
| What do you say when you want to buy Norwegian potatoes? "A kilo of potatoes, please" is En kilo poteter, er du snill. Let's break it down and hear it again: en kilo poteter, er du snill. En kilo poteter, er du snill. |
| We used the word en, or "one," here together with kilo, or "kilo.". Let's hear this once again: kilo, kilo. |
| Okay, the closeout todays lesson, would like you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer. Så lykke til, which means good luck in Norwegian. |
| One person |
| En person |
| En person |
| En person |
| Two persons |
| To personer |
| To personer |
| To personer |
| Two bottles of wine, please. |
| To flasker vin, er du snill |
| To flasker vin, er du snill |
| To flasker vin, er du snill |
| A pack of potatoes, please |
| En kilo poteter, er du snill |
| En kilo poteter, er du snill |
| En kilo poteter, er du snill |
| Alright, that's going to do it for this lesson. Remember to stop by NorwegianClass101.com and pick up the accompanying pdf. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
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