25+ Norwegian phrases to get you going

[Pronunciation]

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en to tre fire fem

en too tre feera fem

Greetings Hello / Hi Good morning Good afternoon Good evening Goodnight (when retiring) Meeting How are you? (formal/ informal) Fine, thanks. And you? My name is Pleased to meet you Goodbye Pleasantries Please Thank you (very much) Id like / Please can I have Excuse me! (to get attention) Im sorry / Excuse me Problems I dont understand I dont speak much Norwegian Do you speak English? Help! Go away!

[Pronunciation]

God God God God God

dag / Hei morgen dag kveld natt

goo daag / hey goo morn goo daag goo kfell goo nutt

6 7 8 9 10

seks sju / syv* tte ni ti

sex shoo / seev otta nee tee

Hvordan str det til? / Hvordan gr det? Fint, takk. Og deg? (To >1 person: Og dere?) Jeg heter ... Gleder meg Ha det (bra)

voor-dahn stor de teel / voor-dahn gor de fint, tukk. oh dy (oh dare-a) yI hetter... gley-der my haa de (braa)

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elleve tolv tretten fjorten femten

elva tol tretn fyor-tn fem-tn

[no real equivalent] (Tusen) takk Kan jeg f ha... Unnskyld! Unnskyld

(toossn) tukk kan yI for haa... oon-shill oon-shill

16 17 18 19 20

seksten sytten atten nitten tjue / tyve*

sy-stn suh-tn ut-tn nit-tn tyoo-er / teeva

Jeg forstr ikke Jeg snakker bare litt norsk Snakker du engelsk? Hjelp! Vekk med deg!

yI for-shtor ikka yI snakka bar-a litt noshk snakka doo eng-elsk yelp vekk med dy

21 22 23 24 25

tjue-en tjueto tjuetre tjuefire tjuefem

tyoo-er-en tyoo-er-too tyoo-er-tre tyoo-er-feera tyoo-er-fem

Signs, &c. Danger Push / Pull Yes / No / Maybe Gents / Ladies / Toilets Left / Right Cultural requirements Here you are (when handing something over) / Go ahead / Please do / Youre welcome Thanks for the meal Just a moment / Please wait

Fare Skyv / Trekk Ja / Nei / Kanskje Herre- / Dame- / toalettet Venstre / Hyre

far-er sheev / trekk yaa / ny / kansha herra / daama / twa-letta ven-stra / huy-ra

30 40 50 100 1000

tretti frti femti hundre tusen

tretti fur-ti femti hoon-dra toossn

Vr s god

vashagoo

Takk for maten Et yeblikk

tukk for maa-tn et er-yer-blikk

* Seven/twenty: There are two different words for each of these numbers, and they are used pretty well interchangably, although syv and tyve are of Danish origin and therefore a tad old-fashioned. Theres also an alternative word for thirty, tredve, but thats slightly less common. And then there are all the dialectal forms, but we wont go there...

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