Norwegian silent letters
click to hear the audiofile You have most probably already noticed that several consonants in Norwegian may occur as so-called mute or silent letters; which means they are written, but …
Course: Norwegian for Beginners 1
Norwegian consonant clusters
You have learnt the consonants of the Norwegian alphabet in the very first week of this course, and by now, you probably have noticed that consonants can cluster. When that …
Learning goals this week
The Vidals have now moved to their new home and are adjusting to the life in Fjordvik. It is quite different from Paris! From Paris… …to Fjordvik They live now …
Learning goals this week
Meet the Vidal family – Familien Vidal Read about the Vidals or go directly to our first lesson! In this first week, you will meet the members of the Vidal …
Grammar notes
This is our last “Grammar Notes” step for this course. Therefore, we wanted to leave you with something useful yet enjoyable. Family words In this small paragraph, you’ll find the …
Dates
The correct order for dates in Norwegian is day, month, year. The day is represented by an Ordinal number and as you have learnt from the previous video about Ordinals, …
The time
Written time in Norwegian is almost always in the 24-hour clock. Example: 12:30 – 00:30 When giving exact times, or when speaking in official settings (radio, TV, etc.), the 24-hour …
Imperative of the verb
1) The imperative form of the verb is made by removing the infinitive -e: å kjøpe to buy → Kjøp! Buy! å stoppe to stop → Stopp! Stop! 2) Verbs …
Learning goals this week
Congratulations! You have now come to your last week of the first course in the series LearnNoW – Norwegian for beginners A1-A2. The last three weeks have been indeed very …
Some useful time expressions
The Days of the week: mandag Monday tirsdag Tuesday onsdag Wednesday torsdag Thursday fredag Friday lørdag Saturday søndag Sunday NB: No capital letter in Norwegian! Historical notes: The names for …
Grammar notes
1) More about Nouns In the video about Norwegian nouns we had last week, we learnt that nouns in Norwegian have three genders and you should learn the gender of …
Auxiliary verbs
Auxiliary verbs are so called because they help to form the various tenses, moods, and voices of other verbs. The principal ones in English are be, do, and have. There …
Det er
The “existential there” in English (e.g. There are two chairs in the living room) is translated by “det er” in Norwegian. We use the same form in both singular and …
Personal pronouns: Object
Personal pronouns have two forms in Norwegian, subject and object form. Last week we had a video about the Subject form of Norwegian personal pronouns. This week we will add …
Norwegian vowels
Last week, we introduced the Norwegian Alphabet. We hope you took your time to rehearse on the Alphabet’s pronunciation, because this week we’ll take a closer look to Norwegian vowels. …