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TEMA: Identitet (Identity) NUMMER: 1. uke / 2.(annen) dag
DAG: Tirsdag DATO: 4. april (den fjerde april)

PHRASE-A-DAY:

Dette er Erik.

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PRONUNCIATION:

(DEHT-TEH AR EH-RIK.)

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MEANING:

This is Erik.

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REVIEW WORDS:

God dag / Morn / Hei! Jeg heter Linda. Hva heter du?

(GOO DAHG / MOHRN / HAI!) (YAI HEH-TER LIN-DAH.) (VAH HEH-TER DO?)

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RELATED WORDS AND PHRASES:

Hvem er det? Det er Knut.

(VEHM AR DEH? / Who is that?) (DEH AR KE-NOOT / That is Knut.)

Hvem er dette? Dette er Lise.

(VEHM AR DEHT-TEH? /Who is this?) (DEHT-TEH AR LEE-SEH/ This is Lise)

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GRAMMAR:

Question Words: hvem (who)

ex.) Hvem er det? Hvem er dette?

Verbs: være (be / infinitive form)

er (am, is, are / present tense)

var (was, were / past tense)

har vært (have been / present perfect)

ex.) Jeg liker å være student. Jeg er student nå.

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CULTURE:

Popular women's names (1950-74): Anne, Inger, Marit, Bente, Kari,

Hilde, Liv, Tove, Anita, Heidi

Popular men's names (1950-74): Jan, Bjørn, Per, Geir, Kjell,

Svein, Terje, Knut, Rune, Ole

When two people are being introduced to each other, it is common

for them to greet each other and shake hands.

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WORD LIST:

det (DEH / that, it) hvem (VEHM / who)

dette (DEHT-TE / this) jeg (YAI / I)

du (DO / you) like (LEE-KEH / like)

er (AR / am, is, are) mitt (MITT / my)

gjøre (YER-REH / do) morn (MOHRN / hello)

god dag (GOO DAHG / good day) navn (NAHVN / name)

hei (HAI / hi) studere (STU-DEH-REH / study)

hete (HEH-TEH / be named) være (VAE-REH / be)

hva (VAH / what) å (OH / to)

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Sponsored by:

The Norwegian Teachers Association in North America (NorTANA)

Less Commonly Taught Languages Project, CARLA, U. of Minnesota

Louis Janus

Nancy Aarsvold

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Return to NorWord lesson index.
NorWord was originally written during summer and fall of 1995, by Nancy Aarsvold (currently at St. Olaf College) and Louis Janus, (currently at CARLA, U of Minnesota). The lessons presented above have been edited to use proper æ, ø and å characters on the web.
An updated and improved version with sounds and grammatical explanations is now available on KlikkNorsk published by Skandisk.

Contact Louis Janus with comments. Aarsvold and Janus hold the copyright © 2006.