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TEMA: Identitet (Identity) NUMMER: 1. uke / 4. dag
DAG: Torsdag DATO: 6. april (sjette april)

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PHRASE-A-DAY:

Hvor bor du? Jeg bor i Norge.
Jeg bor i staten Minnesota
Jeg bor i Berlin.
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PRONUNCIATION:

(VOOR BOOR DO? YAI BOOR EE NOHR-GEH
STAHT-EHN MIHN-NEH-SOO-TAH
BEHR-LIN.)

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MEANING:

Where do you live? I live in Norway.
the state of Minnesota.
Berlin.
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REVIEW WORDS AND PHRASES:

God dag / Morn / Hei! Jeg heter Linda. Hva heter du?
(GOO DAHG / MOHRN / HAI!) (YAI HEH-TER LIN-DAH.) (VAH HEH-TER DO?)

Dette er Erik.
(DEHT-TEH AR EH-RIK.)

Hvor er du fra? Jeg er fra USA.
(VOOR AR DO FRAH?) (YAI AR FRAH OO EHS AH.)

Norge, Sverige, Danmark, Finland, Island,
(NOHR-GEH, SVAE-REE-EH, DAHN-MAHRK, FIN-LAHND, EES-LAHND)
Canada, Mexico, Storbrittania
(KAH-NAH-DAH, MEHKS-EE-KOO, STOOR-BRI-TAH-NEE-AH,
Tyskland, Frankrike, Sveits, Italia,
(TYSK-LAHND, FRAHNK-REE-KEH, SVITES, EE-TAH-LEE-AH)
Hellas, Japan, Australia
(HEHL-LAHS, JAH-PAHN, OW-STRAH-LEE-AH)
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RELATED WORDS AND PHRASES:

et land (EHT LAHNN / a country)
et fylke (EHT FYL-KEH / Norw. county)
en stat (EHN STAHT / a U.S. state)
en provins (EHN PROO-VINS / a Canadian province)
en by (EHN BY / a city)
en forstad (EHN FOHR-SHTAHD / a suburb)
et tettsted (EHT TEHT-STEHD / a town)
en landsby (EHN LAHNDS-BY / a village)
ei bygd (I BYGD / a Norw. country settlement)

Jeg bor i en by som heter Minneapolis.
(YAI BOOR EE EHN BY SOHM HEH-TEHR MIN-NEE-A-POH-LIS /
I live in a city which is called Minneapolis.)
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GRAMMAR:

Question Words: hva (what)
hvor (where)

ex.) Hva heter du? Jeg heter Monika.
Hvor er du fra? Jeg er fra Tyskland.
Hvor bor du? Jeg bor i Berlin.

Verbs: bo (live / infinitive form)
bor (live, lives / present tense)
bodde (lived / past tense)
har bodd (has lived / present perfect)
ex.) Jeg bor i Australia nå.
Jeg bodde i Sverige fra 1990 til 1992.

Nouns: en stat (a state / indefinite singular)
staten (the state / definite singular)

ei bygd (a country settlement / indef. sing.)
bygda (the country settlement / def. sing.)

et land (a country / indefinite singular)
landet (the country / definite singular)
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CULTURE:

Norway has five main regions:

OEstlandet (OEST-LAHN-EH / Eastern Norway)
Vestlandet (VEHST-LAHN-EH / Western Norway)
Sørlandet (SOER-LAHN-EH / Southern Norway)
Trøndelag (TROEN-DEH-LAHG / Area to north and south of Trondheim)
Nord-Norge (NOOR-NOHR-GEH / Northern Norway)
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WORD LIST:

by [en] (BY / city) hun (HOON / she)
dette (DEHT-TEH / this) hva (VAH / what)

du (DO / you) hvor (VOOR / where)

er (AR / am, is, are) i (EE / in)
fra (FRAH / from) jeg (YAI / I)
god dag (GOO DAHG / good day) land [et] (LAHNN / country)
han (HAHN / he) morn (MOHRN / hello)
hei (HAI / hi) Norge (NOHR-GEH / Norway)
hete (HEH-TEH / be named) stat [en] (STAHT / state)

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SPONSORS:

The Norwegian Teachers Association in North America (NorTANA)
Less Commonly Taught Languages Project, CARLA, U. of Minnesota
Louis Janus
Nancy Aarsvold

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.