Common

Phrases
God morgen




Good Morning
Hallo / God dag




Hello / Good Day
God kveld




Good Evening
God natt





Good Night
Ha det bra




Goodbye

Hei / Ha det




Hi / Bye
Vr s snill




Please
(Tusen) Tak




Thank you (very much)
Ingen rsak / Vr s god

Dont mention it / Youre welcome
Ja / Nei





Yes / No
Herr / Fru / Frken



Mister / Misses
Velkommen!




Welcome!
Hvordan har du det?



How are you?
Hvordan gr det?



How its going?
Bra / Drlig




Good / Bad
Hva heter du?




Whats your name?
Jeg heter




My name is (I am called)
Hyggelig treffe deg!



Pleased to meet you!
Hvor kommer du fra?



Where are you from?

Jeg er fra




Im from
Unnskyld




Excuse me / Sorry
Hvor bor du?




Where do you live?
Jeg bor i




I live in

Jeg vil gjerne ha / Jeg skulle gjerne hatt I would like
Hvor gammel er du?



How old are you?
Jeg er ____ r (gammel).


I am ____ years (old).
Jeg vet [ikke.]




I [dont] know.

Snakker du norsk?



Do you speak Norwegian?
Jeg snakker engelsk.



I speak English.

Snakk langsomt



Speak slowly
svensk,





Swedish,
dansk,





Danish,
fransk,





French,
italiensk,




Italian,
spansk,





Spanish,
tysk,





German,
nederlandsk,




Dutch,
russisk,





Russian,
japansk





Japanese
Hva heter p norsk?


How do you say in Norwegian
Forstr du?




Do you understand?
Jeg forstr [ikke.]



I [dont] understand.
Vr s snill gjenta / Vennligst gjenta
Please repeat
Hva er dette?




What is this?
Hvor er ?




Where is ?
Hvor mye koster dette?


How much does this cost?
Jeg er sulten




Im hungry
Jeg er trst




Im thirsty

Jeg er trett




Im tired
Jeg er syk




Im sick

Jeg tror [ikke] det



I [dont] think so
Kom inn / hit




Come in / here

Ta plass





Have a seat.
Stans! / Stopp!




Stop!
Straks!





Immediately! / Soon!
Jeg har gtt meg bort



Im lost

Hjelp!





Help!
Fare!





Danger!

Pass p!





Watch out!
Vent litt!





Wait a minute!

Hvor langt er det?



How far is it?
Det var synd.




Thats too bad
Velbekomme!




Have a good meal!
Skl!





Cheers! (toast)

Lykke til!




Good luck!
Jeg elsker deg.




I love you.
Jeg savner deg.




I miss you.

There are two indefinite articles (corresponding to a and an): en and et. En is
used with most of the nouns (words denoting people almost always use en), but
you will just have to learn which article goes with which noun. The definite
article (the) is not a separate word like in most other languages. It is simply a
form of the indefinite article attached to the end of the noun. Note that en
words ending in a vowel retain that vowel and add an -n instead of adding -en.
And et words ending in -e just add -t. Furthermore, the t of et as an indefinite
article is pronounced; however, the t is silent in the definite article -et attached
to the noun. (For feminine nouns, the indefinite article is ei and the definite
article that is attached to the noun is -a. In theory, this gender does still exist in
Bokml, but in practice, it is rarely used and the feminine nouns are inflected like
masculine nouns, i.e. add -en instead of -a for the definite form.)

Articles
En words (masculine)

Indefinite

Definite
en fisk
a fish

fisken

the fish
en baker
a baker

bakeren

the baker
en hage
a garden

hagen

the garden

Et words (neuter)
Indefinite


Definite
et vindu
a window
vinduet


the window
et barn
a child
barnet


the child
et hus
a house
huset


the house

Demonstrative Adjectives
masculine
denne dressen
this suit
den dressen
that suit
neuter
dette skjerfet
this scarf
det skjerfet
that scarf
plural
disse skoene
these shoes de skoene those shoes





north
nord
south
syd
east
st
west
vest

to the right
to the left

straight ahead

Directions

northeast

northwest
southeast

southwest

nordst
nordvest
sydst
sydvest

til hyre
til venstre
rett fram / frem

Present, Past & Future (Perfect)

The present and past tenses of verbs in Norwegian are very simple to conjugate.
All the forms are the same for each personal pronoun. The infinitive of the verb
to be in Norwegian is vre,
and the conjugated present tense form is er and the past tense is var. The
infinitive of the verb to have is ha, and the conjugated present tense form is har
and the past tense is hadde.

vre to be
I am

jeg er

I was
jeg var
you are

du er

you were
du var
he is

han er

he was
han var
she is

hun er

she was
hun var
it is

den er

it was
den var
it is

det er

it was
det var
one is

man er

one was
man var
we are

vi er

we were
vi var
you are

dere er

you were
dere var
they are

de er

they were
de var

ha to have
I have

jeg har

I had
jeg hadde
you have

du har

you had
du hadde
he has

han har

he had
han hadde
she has

hun har

she had
hun hadde
it has

den har

it had
den hadde
it has

det har

it had
det hadde
one has

man har

one had
man hadde
we have

vi har

we had
vi hadde
you have

dere har

you had
dere hadde
they have

de har

they had
de hadde

To form the future tense of verbs, just add skal (am/is/are going to) or vil (will)
before the infinitive. Jeg skal vre = Im going to be; hun skal ha = she will
have; etc. (In simple sentences, either skal or vil are fine to express future actions,
but in longer and more complex sentences, it is better to use vil.

Common Word

sometimes noen ganger / av og til

already
allerede
always
alltid



perhaps
kanskje
never
aldri



both
begge
often
ofte



some
noe(n)
usually
vanligvis



again
igjen
now
n




between
mellom
and
og




a lot, many mye / mange
but
men


of course
selvflgelig / sklart
or

eller



a little
litt
very veldig / svrt



not at all
ikke i det hele
tatt / slettes ikke / overhodet ikke
here
her



almost
nesten
there
der



really?
virkelig?
with
med



it is
det er
each other hverandre


there is/are det finnes


Questions

who

hvem


how
hvordan
what

hva


how much hvor mye
why

hvorfor


how many hvor mange
when

nr


how long
hvor lenge
where

hvor


where from hvorfra
which

hvilken, hvilket, hvilke what kind of hva slags

Numbers

0


null

1


en, ett


1st
frste
2


to



2nd
annen, andre
3


tre


3rd
tredje
4


fire


4th
fjerde
th
5


fem


5

femte
6


seks


6th
sjette
7


sju


7th
sjuende
8


tte


8th
ttende
9


ni



9th
niende
10


ti



10th
tiende
11


elleve


11th
ellevte
12


tolv


12th
tolvte
13


tretten


13th
trettende
14


fjorten


14th
fjortende
15


femten


15th
femtende
16


seksten


16th
sekstende
17


sytten


17th
syttende
18


atten


18th
attende

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20

21

22

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100
1,000
million
billion
trillion


Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
day
morning
afternoon
evening
night
today
tomorrow

nitten

tjue

tjueen, tjueett
tjueto

tretti

frti

femti

seksti

sytti

tti

nitti

hundre

tusen

million

milliard

billion

nittende
tjuende
tjuefrste
tjueandre
trettiende
frtiende
femtiende
sekstiende
syttiende
ttiende
nittiende
hundrede
tusende

Days and weeks month

mandag
this morning
i dag morges
tirsdag
tomorrow morning i morgen tidlig
onsdag
tomorrow afternoon i morgen formiddag
torsdag
tomorrow night
i morgen kveld
fredag
day after tomorrow i overmorgen
lrdag
tonight

i kveld
sndag
last night

i gr kveld
dag
yesterday

i gr
morgen
day before yesterday i forgrs
ettermiddag week

uke
kveld
next week
neste uke
natt
weekend

helg
i dag
daily

daglig
i morgen
weekly

ukentlig
Months

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
month
last month

19th
20th
21st
22nd
30th
40th
50th
60th
70th
80th
90th
100th
1,000th

januar
februar
mars
april
mai
juni
juli
august
september
oktober
november
desember
mned
forrige mned

monthly
year
this year
last year
yearly


Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall

mnedlig
r (n)
i r
i fjor
rlig
Seasons

vinter
vr
sommer
hst

in (the) winter
in (the) spring
in (the) summer
in (the) fall

om vinteren
om vren
om sommeren
om hsten

Colors

orange
pink
purple
blue
yellow
red
black
brown
gray
white
green

What time is it?
It is 2.

6:20

half past 3
quarter past 4
quarter to 5
10 past 11
20 to 7

noon

midnight

in the morning
in the evening
Its exactly
About/around 8.

oransje
rosa
lilla
bl, bltt, bl
gul, gult, gule
rd, rdt, rde
svart, svart, svarte
brun, brunt, brune
gr, grtt, gr
hvit, hvitt, hvite
grnn, grnt, grnne
How to tell time
Hva er klokken?
Klokken er to.
tjue over seks
halv fire

kvart over fire
kvart p fem
ti over elleve
tjue p sju
middag

midnatt

om morgenen
om kvelden
Den er nyaktig
omtrent tte

Hows the weather?

now

n
early

tidlig
earlier

tidligere
soon

snart
late

sent
later

senere
in 10 minutes om ti minutter
in 15 minutes om et kvarter
in a half hour om en halvtime
in an hour om en time
right now
akkurat n
at once
med en gang
immediately
straks
At 8.
klokken tte

Weather

Hvordan er vret?

What temperature is it?

Its cold


Its foggy


Its warm


The fog is lifting

Its beautiful

Its snowing

Its bad


Its raining

Its clearing

Its going to storm
Its icy


Theres thunder

Its windy


Theres lightning

Its cloudy

Its freezing (cold as ice)
Its humid/muggy
Its hailing

Hvor mange grader er det?

Det er kaldt
Det er tke
Det er varmt
Tken letner
Det er pent
Det snr
Det er drlig
Det regner
Det lysner
Det blir storm
Det er isete
Det tordner
Det blser
Det lyner
Det er overskyet
Det er iskaldt
Det er fuktig
Det hagler
Family

parents

foreldre

niece
niese
mother

mor

nephew
nev
father

far

uncle
onkel
son

snn

aunt
tante
daughter

datter

boy
gutt
brother

bror

girl
jente, pike
sister

sster

child / baby barn
grandfather
bestefar

adult
voksen
grandmother
bestemor
man
mann
grandson

barnebarn
woman
kvinne
granddaughter
barnebarn
friend (male) venn
cousin (male)
fetter

friend female)venninne
cousin (female)
kusine



Some family words have irregular indefinite plurals: mdre (mothers), fedre
(fathers), snner (sons), tre (daughters), brdre (brothers), and sstre
(sisters)

Verbs



kjenne to know (people/places)
vite to know (facts)
present
kjenner




vet
past
kjente




visste
future
skal / vil kjenne


skal / vil vite