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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 17. |
| Counting to 100 in Norwegian |
| In this lesson we're going to continue with counting as we cover numbers 11-100. |
| Let's just quickly review 0 to 10. |
| 0 null |
| 1 en |
| 2 to |
| 3 tre |
| 4 fire |
| 5 fem |
| 6 seks |
| 7 syv |
| 8 åtte |
| 9 ni |
| 10 ti |
| In Norwegian, counting from 11-20 is also quite straightforward, so let's jump right in. |
| 11 elleve, elleve, elleve |
| 12 tolv, tolv, tolv |
| 13 tretten, tretten, tretten |
| 14 fjorten, fjorten, fjorten |
| 15 femten, femten, femten |
| 16 seksten, seksten, seksten |
| 17 sytten, sytten, sytten |
| 18 atten, atten, atten, atten |
| 19 nitten, nitten, nitten |
| 20 tjue, tjue, tjue |
| From 13-19 you may have noticed that every number ends with a ten. It's similar to the English "-teen." The numbers 13, 15, 16, and 19 are made by putting (t)ten after the basic number. For the numbers between 21-29 one does like with English, say 20, and following with a basic number. Like tjueen, tjueto, and tjuetre. |
| Now that we know how to do the complicated bit, let's move on to the simpler one. |
| 30 tretti, tretti, tretti |
| 40 førti, førti, førti |
| 50 femti, femti, femti |
| 60 seksti, seksti, seksti |
| 70 sytti, sytti, sytti |
| 80 åtti, åtti, åtti |
| 90 nitti, nitti, nitti |
| Let's try some different numbers. 53. femtitre. 62. sekstito. 48. førtiåtte. 96. nittiseks. |
| A situation in which you might need to use numbers higher than ten is when telling somebody your age. The phrase, "I am 42 years old" is fairly simple. Jeg er 42 år gammel. Jeg as you should know is "I." Er means "is." After that, comes the Norwegian word for "years", år. And the final word, gammel, in Norwegian is the equivalent for "old." |
| Finally, we have hundre. |
| 100 hundre, hundre, hundre |
| To count from hundre onwards, you just need to add an og "and" between the 100 and the units and the tens you have just learned. |
| Let's try with some examples: |
| 110 hundreogti, hundreogti, hundreogti |
| 198 hundreognittiåtte, hundreognittiåtte, hundreognittiåtte |
| In the previous lesson we looked at some examples of using the numbers we'd learned for shopping. Of course, there might be times when you might need to use numbers higher than ten. For example, when shopping with a friend you want to state how much money you are carrying or how much you can afford. |
| Say you are looking for a pair of trousers but you don't want to spend more than 350 kroner. "I only have 350 kroners to spend on trousers." The phrase would sound something like Jeg har bare 350 kroner å bruke på bukser. Let's break it down into words and hear it again. Jeg har is "I have" in Norwegian. Following comes bare, which means, "only." After which comes the amount in this case 350 kroner. 350 kroner. Å bruke is "to use" in infinitive, and lastly, på bukser means, "on trousers." Let's hear it again: jeg har bare 350 kroner å bruke på bukser. Jeg har bare 350 kroner å bruke på bukser. Jeg har bare 350 kroner å bruke på bukser. |
| 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. |
| I am 42 years old |
| Jeg er førtito år gammel |
| Jeg er førtito år gammel |
| Jeg er førtito år gammel |
| I only have 350 kroner to spend on trousers |
| Jeg har bare 350 kroner å bruke på bukser |
| Jeg har bare 350 kroner å bruke på bukser |
| Jeg har bare 350 kroner å bruke på bukser |
| 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. |
Comments
HideHow high can you count in Norwegian?
Hei, Marianne!
Yeah, that's right, English "sh" and Norwegian "sj" are almost identical - the main difference is that Norwegians don't make their lips round when they say "sj".
I think the "tj"-sound is closest to British English "tune" - literally a "t" followed be the "y" in "you". It can be a bit difficult to say it with other vowels, though, so as you mention, practice is key.
Bryce
Team NorwegianClass101.com
Regarding 'sj' and 'tj' sounds:
I was taught that 'sj' is very close to a 'shhh' sound in English, so 'sju' sounds very close to the word 'shoe'.
'Tj' on the other hand is a tricky one. To make the 'tj' sound, move your tongue towards the roof of your mouth, behind your top teeth, and try to come close to what you hear in the audio for 'tjue'. This one will probably take some practice as it feels really strange (or unnatural) at first, but once you've done it a few times, you'll never forget it!
Hei igjen!
Thanks for your insight into how it is to use these lessons. We really appreciate your feedback!
Bryce
Team NorwegianClass101.com
Hei, Joanna her igjen (Hi, Joanna here again) - I really like most of your lessons, but I was disappointed in this one. I think you try to cover too much - why not focus just on the numbers, rather than also teaching other vocabulary (å bruke, bukser, år, etc). It would have been better to include all the numbers from 11 to 20 in the vocab list (and flashcards) and then have a separate lesson for 21 to 100, with vocab list and flashcards for 30, 40 etc. That way we'd have a better chance of really learning all the numbers
As it is, I've had to go to another website (which does have flashcards, and a numbers game) to help me learn the numbers. I don't like to be disloyal, but ....
Vi sees, Joanna
Hei, Mary!
The "sj" and "tj" sounds are very tricky for non-Norwegians to distinguish, and pairs like "tjue"/"sju" certainly don't help :)
But as you rightly say, training your ear is the way forward.
Bryce
Team NorwegianClass101.com
Thank you for explaining Sctld!
A friend's grandpa is from Norway, and when she was really young he had taught her how to count in Norwegian, so she learned numbers the older way.
I'm still trying to train my ears to differentiate sju from tjue when spoken with other words in a sentence. :flushed:
Thanks for the extra info on numbers Sctld! Very interesting! :mrgreen:
Norwegian has a few different ways of saying different numbers. Just as there is more than one way to say 7 ("sju" or "syv"), there are also two ways to say 20 ("tjue" or "tyve") and 30 ("tretti" or "tredve").
Some people also change the order of the units and tens, so that instead of saying femtiseks, they would say seksogfemti. This is the older way of saying it (which doesn't just mean old people use it - young people do too! :)), and the other way is newer (comes from the time when the telephone numbers in Norway went up to six digits), and was introduced by an act of parliament.