You usually say “skal” when you talk about the future. “Jeg vil” means “I want to”, and “jeg må”, means “I have to”
Håkon forteller i klassen
Håkon is telling in class
Lørdag og søndag har jeg fri
I am off on Saturday and Sunday
NB: Inversion: “har jeg”.
jeg pleier å
I usually..
“å” comes between “pleier” and the infinitive”
gå på tur
go for a walk, a hike
You can also say “Gå tur”
skolearbeid
School work (that the teacher does)
dra til Bergen
go to Bergen
NB! “å gå” means to walk!
gå på konsert
go to a concert
Here you can say “gå”
venn
friend
Det kommer til å bli fint, tror jeg
I’m sure it will be fine
You say “kommer til” instead of “skal” because you cannot control it entirely yourself
å kjøpe
to buy
Hva med deg?
How about you?
kino
cinema
NB Pronunciation
svømmehall
public swimming pool
sammen med
together with
d is quiet
få besøk
get visitors
bake ei kake
bake a cake
Jeg er glad i kake
I like cake
You say “glad i”
å smake
to taste
kirke
church
“kirka” = the church
spørre hverandre
ask each other
sant
true
“sant” an inflected form of “sann”
bruke
use
snakke om
talk about
blant annet
among others
een setning
a sentence
å sitte
to sit
3 Skal vi ta en kopp kaffe
3 Should we take a cup of coffee?
ta en kopp kaffe
take a cup of coffee
Here it is meant in a café
en tur til byen
a trip to town
“en tur” in this case is a short trip
Blir du med?
Do you come along?
“bli” means “become”, but here the meaning is different.
Gå i butikker
go shopping
Hva med en tur på kino i kveld?
How about going to the cinema tonight?
Jeg har ikke tid
I don’t have time
(I have other plans)
Passer det?
Does it suit you?
Said very often
Det går fint
That suits me fine
Literally: “that goes good”
melding
message
avtale
appointment
4 Håkon er lærer
4 Håkon is a teacher
å undervise
to teach
mennesker
people
forskjellige land
different countries
forskjellig
different (singular form)
historie
story (also: history)
jeg lærer mye av dem
I learn a lot from them
å le
to laugh
å hjelpe
to help
muntlig
oral
lære om Norge
learn about Norway
dessverre
unfortunately
God bedring!
Get well soon!
Uttale, grammatikk – explanations
e-lyd
The way the vowel e usually sounds in Norwegian
æ-lyd
The sound of the letter æ. Before an r, e very often sounds like æ
Modalverb
Modal verbs (skal, vil, kan, må)
Infinitiv
Infinitive (å gå, å snakke etc)
Presens
Present tense
Modalverb + infinitiv
After a modal verb, there is no “å” before the infinitive
Infinitiv med å:
After other verbs and expressions, you need to put “å” before the infinitive
Cunjugating Norwegian verbs is easy. There is no difference between first, second and third person, nor is there any difference between singular and plural. You only need to add an r to the infinitive.
Infinitive: å snakke
Present tense: jeg snakker, han snakker, vi snakker.
Online exercises explained
4.1.Vokabular
Ord med motsatt betydning
words with the opposite meaning
Ord med samme betydning
words with the samemeaning
Finn ord med omtrent samme betydning
Find words with the approximately the same meaning
Hvilke ord er verb?
Which words are verbs?
Skriv inn verbene på riktig plass
Write the verbs on the right place
Synoymer
synonyms
4.2, uttrykk
expressions
Trekk ordene sammen til en setning
combine the words to make a sentence
Skriv inn et ord i uttrykket
write the missing word
Hvilken setning betyr omtrent det samme?
which sentence means approximately the same?
Setningene skal bety omtrent det samme
The sentences must mean approximately the same
4.3 Infinitiv
Skriv riktig setning
write the right sentence
Skriv infinitiv av verbet
write the infinitve of the verb
4.4 Modalverb
Lytt og klikk på riktig bilde
Listen and click on the right photo
Velg riktig fortsettelse
Choose the right continuation
Velg to riktig
choose the two right answers
Les planen og skriv in verb
read the week plan and enter verbs
4.5 Les og forstå
Hvilke dager er biblioteket åpent på formiddagen?
Typing error online, it has to be «åpent»
Lytt og klikk på riktig skilt
Listen and click on the right sign
4.6, lytt
Lytt og klikk på riktige dager
Listen and click on the right days
Lytt og klikk på riktig tall
Listen and click on the right number
4.7 Skriv
Lag en setning av ordene
make a sentence of the words
Skriv verbene i riktig form
write the correct tense of the verbs
You cannot do the exercises called Skriv svar
4.8, uttale
Exercises about stress in a sentence and about vowels e/æ
4.9: Muntlig
Lytt på spørsmålet, se på bildet og velg riktig svar.
Listen to the question, look at the image and choose the right answer
Lytt på spørsmålet, si riktig svar og lytt på riktig svar.
Listen to the question, say the correct answer and listen to the right answer
Hør på riktig svar
Listen to the right answer
4.10 jobb
Skriv det du hører
Write what you can hear
Hvilket ord betyr omtrent det samme som…?
Which word means approximately the same as…?
Arbeidsbok, explanations
1
Tell something about what these people are doing, and how they are feeling. Oral or written exercise.
2
Choose and fill in the right word
3, 4
Can be done orally (see also textbook page 51)
5
Choose the right preposition
6
Oral or written exercise
7
Write questions
8a
You have to go to the doctor, and you have to make another appointment for the course. Write a message.
8b
Can be done orally
9
Fill in
10
Choose the word that means approximately the same
Uitleg p 57
Explanations about verbs (see also in textbook, page 58, 59)
11, 15
Test yourself
12
Write the infinitive of the same verb
13, 14
Choose infinitive or present tense
16
Can be done orally
17
Choose the right verb
18
Choose the right answer
19
Read and understand. Answer the questions: riktig (right) or galt (wrong)
20, 21
We skip these ones
22, 23, 24
Listening exercises
25
Listen and repeat
26, 27
Written exercises. You can write about yourself like they have done in the examples.
