25.3.2015 Norwegian on the Web: Chapter 1: Ken

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Chapter 1

Ken  (Klikk for å lytte)
Ken Robbins kommer fra England. Han bor i London. Ken er 23 (tjuetre) år gammel. Han reiser med tog fra Oslo til Trondheim. Ken snakker med ei dame. Hun kommer fra Norge.

Monika:	Jeg heter Monika. Hva heter du?
Ken:	Jeg heter Ken.
Monika:	Hvor kommer du fra?
Ken:	Jeg kommer fra England. Og du?
Monika:	Jeg kommer fra Oslo, men jeg bor i Trondheim.
Ken:	Har du familie i Trondheim?
Monika:	Ja, jeg er gift, og jeg har ei jente.
Ken:	Hva heter hun?
Monika:	Hun heter Emma. Hun er seks år.

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Ken Robbins comes from England. He lives in London. Ken is 23 years old. He travels by train from Oslo to Trondheim. Ken speaks with a lady. She comes from Norway.
Monika: I am called Monika. What are you called?
Ken:       I am called Ken.
Monika: Where do you come from? 
Ken:       I come from England. And you?
Monika: I come from Oslo, but I live in Trondheim.
Ken:       Do you have family in Trondheim?
Monika: Yes, I am married, and I have a girl. 
Ken:       What is she called?
Monika:  She is called Emma. She is six years (old). 

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Pronouns
Jeg: I
du:   you (singular)
han: she

Verbs
infinitive      + r            -->  present tense
komme        come        -->  kommer
Jeg kommer              I come
Du kommer              You (singular) come
Han kommer             He comes
Hun kommer             She comes
Det / den kommer     That / this comes
Vi kommer                We come
Dere kommer            You (plural) come
De kommer                They come

Nouns
3 genders. The indefinite articles are en (masculine), ei (feminine) and et (neuter). ≈ a / an in English
(Feminine nouns can have the article en instead of ei: ei/en jente.)
When stating certain situations you can leave out en/ei/et:
Ken reiser med tog
Ken travels by train.
The same applies i.e. for occupations:
Jeg er student.
I am a student.

Conjuctions
og          and
med       but

Question words
hva                                   what
Hva heter du?                  What are you called?
hvor                                  where (how)
Hvor kommer du fra?      Where do you come from?

Word order

• In a main clause the verb is the 2nd element. (Like German)
• e.g. Jeg er ikke Student. Jeg jobber. 
• In a question with a question word the verb is also the 2nd element. (Again like German)
• e.g. Hvor kommer du fra?  Hva heter du?
• In a question without a question word the question starts with the verb.
  (Once again like German)
• e.g. Kommer du fra England? Snakker du norsk?

Negation
In a narrative clause the negation ikke (not), which is an adverb, usually comes after the verb:
e.g. Jeg snakker ikke spansk. (I do not speak Spanish.)

Other adverbs like også (also/too) come after the verb as well:
e.g. Jeg snakker også englsk. (I also speak English.)

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Exercises

1.1 Personal pronouns: jeg, du, han, hun (Done. 1st score: 100%)

1.2 Verbs: Present tense (Done. 1st score: 100%)
1.3 Verbs: Present tense (Done. 1st score: 83%. 2nd: 95%)

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Pay attention!
Irregular verb: å gjøre  (to do)
Infinitive                ---> present tense
gjøre    do              ----> gjør
Irregular verb: å være  (to be)
Infinitive                ---> present tense
være    am/are/is    ----> er

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Vocabulary

å	bo	to live
ei	dame	a lady
	du	you
	ei	a, an, one
	er (å være)	am, are, is
en	familie	a family
	fra	from
	gammel	old
	gift	married
å	ha	to have
	han	he, him
å	hete	to be called
	hun	she
	hva	what
	hvor	where
	i	in, at, on
	ja	yes
	jeg	I
ei	jente	a girl
å	komme	to come
	med	with
	men	but
	Norge	Norway
	og	and
å	reise	to travel
	seks	six
å	snakke	to speak
	til	to
et	tog	a train
	Trondheim	proper name
å	være	to be, exist
et	år	a year

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Numerals

• 0 null
• 1 en/ei/ett
• 2 to
• 3 tre
• 4 fire
• 5 fem
• 6 seks
• 7 sju (syv)
• 8 åtte
• 9 ni
• 10 ti
• 11 elleve
• 12 tolv
• 13 tretten
• 14 fjorten
• 15 femten
• 16 seksten
• 17 sytten
• 18 atten
• 19 nitten
• 20 tjue (tyve)
• 21 tjueen (enogtyve)
• 22 tjueto
• 23 tjuetre
• 24 tjuefire
• 25 tjuefem
• 26 tjueseks
• 27 tjuesju
• 28 tjueåtte
• 29 tjueni
• 30 tretti (tredve)