25+ Norwegian phrases to get you going

25+ Norwegian phrases to get you going

25+ Norwegian phrases to get you going
[Pronunciation]
Greetings
Hello / Hi
Good morning
Good afternoon
Good evening
Goodnight (when retiring)
1
2
3
4
5
en
to
tre
fire
fem
en
too
tre’
feera
fem
6
seks
sex
7
sju / syv*
shoo / seev
Meeting
How are you? (formal/
informal)
Fine, thanks. And you?
8
9
10
åtte
ni
ti
otta
nee
tee
11
12
13
14
15
elleve
tolv
tretten
fjorten
femten
elva
tol
tret’n
fyor-t’n
fem-t’n
16
17
18
19
20
seksten
sytten
atten
nitten
tjue /
tyve*
sy-st’n
suh-t’n
ut-t’n
nit-t’n
tyoo-er /
teeva
21
22
23
24
25
tjue-en
tjueto
tjuetre
tjuefire
tjuefem
30
40
50
100
1000
tretti
førti
femti
hundre
tusen
[Pronunciation]
God
God
God
God
God
dag / Hei
morgen
dag
kveld
natt
goo daag / hey
goo morn
goo daag
goo kfell
goo nutt
My name is …
Pleased to meet you
Goodbye
Hvordan står det til? /
Hvordan går 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)
y’I hetter...
gley-der my
haa de’ (braa)
Pleasantries
Please
Thank you (very much)
I’d like… / Please can I have…
Excuse me! (to get attention)
I’m sorry / Excuse me
[no real equivalent]
(Tusen) takk
Kan jeg få ha...
Unnskyld!
Unnskyld
(tooss’n) tukk
kan y’I for haa...
oon-shill
oon-shill
Problems
I don’t understand
I don’t speak much Norwegian
Do you speak English?
Help!
Go away!
Jeg forstår ikke
Jeg snakker bare litt norsk
Snakker du engelsk?
Hjelp!
Vekk med deg!
y’I for-shtor ikka
y’I snakka bar-a litt noshk
snakka doo eng-elsk
yelp
vekk med dy
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
Fare
Skyv / Trekk
Ja / Nei / Kanskje
Herre- / Dame- / toalettet
Venstre / Høyre
far-er
sheev / trekk
yaa / ny / kansha
herra / daama / twa-letta
ven-stra / huy-ra
tretti
fur-ti
femti
hoon-dra
tooss’n
Cultural requirements
Here you are (when handing
something over) / Go ahead /
Please do / You’re welcome
Thanks for the meal
Just a moment / Please wait
Vær så god
vashagoo
Takk for maten
Et øyeblikk
tukk for maa-t’n
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. There’s also an alternative word for thirty,
tredve, but that’s slightly less common. And then there are all the dialectal forms, but we won’t go there...
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June 2004, version 1.