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Top Nouns: Food & Drink Numbers
Top Nouns: Food & Drink Numbers
Top Nouns: Food & Drink Numbers
Top Nouns
things nå now
aldri never
datamaskin computer øyeblikk moment
seng bed sekund second
dør door minutt minute
stol chair time hour
ball ball dag day
nøkkel key uke week
bil car måned month
bok book år year
i dag today
body i morgen tomorrow
i går yesterday
hode head siden since
bein leg før until
fot foot først first
hjerte heart
sinn mind nature
hånd hand
regn rain
clothes sol sun
Sky cloud
sko shoe tre tree
bukser pants Strand beach
skjorte shirt stein rock
luft air
Place adverbs
hjem/hjemme home
opp/oppe upstairs
ned/nede down
ut/ute outside
inn/inne inside
hit/her here
dit/der there
1 world=movement
2 world= no movement
Time adverbs
sent late
tidlig early
aldri never
lenge a long time
sjelden rare
først first
snart soon
i dag today
i fjor last year
ofte often
How adverbs
høyt loud
bra good
fint nice
slik this is how
sånn like that
sakte slowly
fort fast
Degree adverbs
ganske quite
litt a bit/some
nokså fairly/pretty
meget much
Phrase adverbs
aldri never
alltid always
bare only/just
dessverre unfortunately
fremdeles still
gjerne gladly
heldigvis luckily
heller rather/also
neppe hardly/unlikely
nok probably
også also/too/as well
sikkert surely/certainly
sjelden seldom
snart soon
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Basic interactions
Top Adjectives
lett easy
vanskelig difficult
moro fun
lignende similar
seriøs serious
dum dumb
smart smart
gal crazy
merkelig weird
morsom funny
fantastisk amazing
siste last
god good
dårlig bad
Ikke sant right
feil wrong
viktig important
åpen open
lukket closed
nervøs nervous
stygg ugly
ganske pretty
vakker beautiful
stor big
liten small
fort fast
Quantifiers
begge both
noen some (countable)
ingen no one
alle everyone (countable)
flere more
hver each
enhver any
samtlige all
mange many
få few
mye much/a lot
mer(e) more
noe some (uncountable)
litt a bit
lite little
all (alt) all (uncountable)
Norwegian English
Pronouns
jeg I
du you (singular)
han he
hun she
den it (masc.)
det it (neut.)
man one
vi we
dere you (plural)
de they
Objective pronouns
meg me
deg you (singular)
ham him
henne her
den it (masc.)
det it (neut.)
man one
oss us
dere you (plural)
dem them
definite articles
S P
M en ne
e
F a ne
e
N et ene
indefinite articles
M en r
e
F ei r
e
N et er (no ending if 1 syllable)
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in fact
by the way
it means
in other words
better put
a language
right now
what...?
now/at this time
a pair of
alright then
end
sound
common
someone
the beginning
sometimes
piece
fear
I'm afraid
luckily
my bad
look here
REGULAR VERBS #1
When the stem of the Norwegian verb
infinitive To throw Å kaste ends with more than one consonant (in
our case: two consonants – st), the
preterite form and present perfect form
Present I throw Jeg kaster is often the stem plus et/a (more
information about et/a is below under
“How to conjugate Norwegian verbs in
Preterite I threw
Jeg preterite”). Unfortunately there are
kastet/kasta exceptions.
REGULAR VERBS #3
If the infinitive
stem of theof the
verbverb
endsends
withwith
onea
Infinitive To live Å bo stressed
consonant vowel,
(in the
theexample
preterite
above: s),
form
usually
the preterite
ends with -dde and the
form ends with –te and
present
perfect
the present
usually
perfect
endsform
with -dd.
endsAwith -t.
Present I live Jeg bor stressed vowel means that it’s a relative
emphasis (‘more force’) on that vowel
in the word. Unfortunately there are
Preterite I lived Jeg bodde exceptions to this rule.
Present
I have lived Jeg har bodd
perfect
REGULAR VERBS #2 IRREGULAR VERBS
If the infinitive
stem of theof the
verbverb
endsends
withwith
onea
Infinitive To read Å lese stressed
consonant vowel,
(in the
theexample
preterite
above: s),
form FORM
usually
the preterite
ends with -dde and the
form ends with –te and
present
perfect
the present
usually
perfect
endsform
with -dd.
endsAwith -t.
Present I read Jeg leser stressed vowel means that it’s a relative Infinitive
emphasis (‘more force’) on that vowel
in the word. Unfortunately there are
Preterite I read Jeg leste exceptions to this rule. Present
Present
I have read Jeg har lest Preterite
perfect
Present
perfect
FORM
REGULAR VERBS #4 Infinitive
If you have a verb whose stem ends
Infinitive To rent Å leie with either 1) a diphthong, 2) the Present
letter v, or 3) the letter g, the preterite
form will be the stem plus –de, while
Present I rent Jeg leier the present perfect form will be the Preterite
stem plus -d.
Present
Preterite I rented Jeg leide
perfect
Present
perfect
I have rented Jeg har leid FORM
Infinitive
Present
Preterite
Present
perfect
IRREGULAR VERBS
ENGLISH NORWEGIAN
To be Å være
I am Jeg er
ENGLISH NORWEGIAN
To do Å gjøre
I do Jeg gjør
ENGLISH NORWEGIAN
To write Å skrive
I write Jeg skriver
I wrote Jeg skrev
dra / drage drar / drager drog har dradd / har dratt drag, travel
know (person,
kjenne kjenner kjente har kjent
place)
think, be of the
mene mener mente har ment
opinion
møte møter møtte har møtt meet
have to, be
måtte * må måtte har måttet
obliged to