On a PC, desktop or laptop, with a physical keyboard you

could change the whole keyboard setup to Norwegian.

However, a lot of characters would then switch places and it
can be a bit confusing. So, instead you could press and hold
the Alt-key and enter a number code on the numeric keypad.
You have to have the Num Lock on to make this work. When
you release the Alt-key after entering the numbers the letter
will appear. Here are the number codes you need:

0230 0198 0248 0216 0229 0197

If a numeric keypad is not available you can use the Fn

(function) key with the Alt-key to access these letters. The
actions of the function key are usually below the main key
action and may also be in a different color. Most often these
keys will give you numbers using the Fn-key: M = 0, J = 1, K
= 2, L = 3, U = 4, I = 5, O = 6, 7 = 7, 8 = 8, and 9 = 9. So,
you will have to press Fn + Alt + one of these combinations:

MKLM MJ98 MKU8 MKJ0 MKK9 MJ97

Transcript day one
0:05Skip to 0 minutes and 5 secondsDAY ONE FIRST DAY WHO IS THIS?
0:17Skip to 0 minutes and 17 secondsWho is this? This is Thiago. -Hi. What is your
name? -My name is Thiago. -Where do you come from? -I come from Brazil. I am
Brazilian. -What are you studying? -I am studying economics. -What are you doing now?
-I am reading. I am sitting reading. What are you reading? It's a book about economics.
0:47Skip to 0 minutes and 47 seconds-We have to be quiet! -What do you mean?
This is the library, so we have to be a bit quiet. OK. Thanks. Nice to meet you!
1:03Skip to 1 minute and 3 secondsWho is this? This is Gabriele. -Hi. What is your
name? -My name is Gabriele. -Where do you come from? -I come from Germany. I am
German. -What are you studying? -I am studying medicine. What are you doing now? I
am jogging. I jog nearly every day. OK. Thanks. Nice to meet you!
1:31Skip to 1 minute and 31 secondsWho is this? This is Alex. -Hi. What is your
name? -Alex. -Where do you come from? -From Canada. I am Canadian. What are you
studying? -IT - Informatics. -What are you doing now? I am working on a project for my
master's degree. -Is it difficult? -No, no, it's interesting. Thanks. Nice to meet you!
2:07Skip to 2 minutes and 7 secondsWho is this? This is Katharina.
2:18Skip to 2 minutes and 18 seconds-Hi. What is your name? -My name is
Katharina. -Where do you come from? -I come from Russia. I am Russian. -What are you
studying? -I am studying music. Cool! What are you doing now? I am practising. I play
the guitar in a band. Do you often give concerts? Yes, and we are giving a concert next
Saturday. OK. Thanks. Nice to meet you. Good luck with the concert! Thanks.
3:04Skip to 3 minutes and 4 secondsGabriele, Katharina, Alex and Thiago- -are
sitting in the canteen at the University. A new student comes in. Her name is Yunha. Hi,
is this seat free? Yes, please sit down. Thanks. -Hi, my name is Thiago. -Yunha. -Excuse
me, but are you from China? -No, do I look Chinese? Yes, a little perhaps. Where do you
come from, then? South Korea. And what about you, where do you come from? -Well,
what do you think? -Well, isn't Thiago a Brazilian name? Yes, I am Brazilian. This is
Gabriele, Katharina and Alex. Gabriele is studying medicine, Katharina is studying
music,- -and Alex is studying informatics. And what are you studying, Yunha? I am
studying law. That's great. May I buy you a cup of coffee?
4:02Skip to 4 minutes and 2 secondsNo, thank you, I'll buy it myself. Is it over
there? Yes, you get the coffee yourself from the machine- - and pay at the cash desk.
-Right. How much is it? -It costs fifteen kroner. -Thanks.

Conversatie 2
0:05Skip to 0 minutes and 5 secondsThis is Yunha's first day at the University- -and
she already meets four interesting students. Thiago is studying economics, Gabriele is
studying medicine,- -Katharina is studying music and Alex is studying informatics. They
are in the canteen. There they can buy food and drinks. Yunha buys a cup of coffee for
herself,- -and they all sit drinking coffee, apart from Gabriele. She is drinking tea, green
tea, from Japan. They chat happily together and they agree to meet the following day.
We'll be happy to help you, if you need information- -about the University or Oslo. Yes,
thank you, but I have to go now. Perhaps we can meet here tomorrow? Yes, or we can
meet at the library.
0:56Skip to 0 minutes and 56 secondsThe University library has a nice caf. Fine.
When shall we meet? -For lunch, at twelve o'clock? -That's fine. -Are you on Facebook?
-Yes. -Nice. We can be friends on Facebook. -Yes, please.

Pronouns: The subject form

Pronomen: Subjekt form

-The interviewer: Hei. Hva heter du? (Hi. What is your name?)
-Alex: Alex. -The interviewer: Hvor kommer du fra? (Where do
you come from?) -Alex: Fra Canada. Jeg er kanadisk. (From
Canada. Im Canadian.)

This is a dialogue from the first video. When the interviewer

addresses Alex she uses the pronoun du (you) and Alex
answer with jeg (I). If you know, and of course you do, how
to use the subject form of the personal pronouns in English,
then you know how to use the subject form of the personal
pronouns in Norwegian, too. The point is that we use the
subject form of the personal pronouns the same way you
would use them in English.

Compare the following sentences, if you dont believe us:

-Yunha: Jeg drikker kaffe. I drink coffee.

-Alex: Jeg er fra Canada. I am from Canada.

Table of pronouns
Take a look at this table to see how the different pronouns are
written and try to say them out loud. You will notice that they
are not that different from the ones in English. If you are
uncertain on how to pronounce the Norwegian pronouns,
please take a step back and watch some of the videos again.

SINGULAR NORWEGIAN ENGLISH

First person jeg I

Second person du you

Third person han he

hun she

PLURAL

First person vi we
PLURAL

Second person dere you

Third person de they

ACTIVITY
So, why dont you give it a try yourself?

Please write one sentence in Norwegian in the comments

below and use either jeg, du, han, hun, vi, dere
or de in the sentence. You can take a look in the word list
for day 1 if you need to find some words for your sentence.

Verbs: The present tense form

Verb: Presensformen

In the second video Yunha, Gabriele, Thiago, Alex and

Katharina are sitting in the canteen at the University.

-Thiago asks Yunha: Skal jeg kjpe en kopp kaffe til deg? (May
I buy you a cup of coffee?)
-Yunha answers: Nei takk, jeg kjper selv. (No, thank you, I
will buy it myself.)

kjpe is the infinitive form and kjper is the present tense

form of this verb. Lets take a closer look at the infinitive and
present tense forms.
Regular verbs - Regelmessige verb

THE INFINITIVE FORM THE PRESENT TENSE FORM

() koste ((to) cost) koster

() lese ((to) read) leser

() ve ((to) practice) ver

() bo ((to) live) bor

Irregular verbs - Uregelmessige verb

() vre ((to) be) er

() gjre ((to) do) gjr

By the way, when it comes to the infinitive form, then

Norwegian is a bit more systematic than English because
most verbs end in -e in the infinitive and the ones which
dont end in -e, end in other vowels.

In the present tense we add the suffix -r to the infinitive form

of the regular verbs:

Jeg leser
Du leser
Han leser
Hun leser
Vi leser
Dere leser
De leser

We totally agree that adding the suffix -r to the infinitive form

of the verb sounds like a boring activity, so to vary a bit, the
irregular verbs have special forms in the present tense
(Forget about adding the suffix -r to the infinitive form of the
verb!). These forms are so special in order to make it easier
for you to remember them:
 THE PRESENT TENSE FORMS OF THE
PRESENS AV VERBET VRE
VERB BE

jeg er I am

du er you are

han er he is

hun er she is

det er it is

vi er we are
 THE PRESENT TENSE FORMS OF THE
PRESENS AV VERBET VRE
VERB BE

dere er you are

de er they are

The present tense of the regular and irregular verbs always

has the same form.

In the first video the interviewer asks Gabriele:

-Hva gjr du n?

Gabriele answers:

-Jeg jogger.
ACTIVITY

Now we ask you, dear learner: Hva gjr du n? (What are you
doing now?)

Head to the comments section and tell to your fellow learners

what are you doing now, and try to answer the question in
Norwegian.
The infinitive without and with the infinitive marker "to"

Infinitiv uten og med infinitivsmerket

There are many similarities between Norwegian and English.

One could even start wondering if our grammar is Norwegian
or are we plagiarizing the English grammar? Of course, we
like to think its the other way around. For example, do you
remember these statements from the second video?

-Thiago: Vi kan bli venner p Facebook. (We can become

friends on Facebook).

-Yunha: Jeg m g n. (I must go now).

Norwegian modal auxiliaries in the present tense are followed

by the infinitive form of the verb without the infinitive marker
to, like in English:

MODAL AUXILIARIES IN THE

EXAMPLES
PRESENT TENSE

kan (infintiv: kunne) Yunha kan kjpe kaffe i kantina.

De kan bli venner p Facebook.

MODAL AUXILIARIES IN THE
EXAMPLES
PRESENT TENSE

m (infinitiv: mtte) Jeg m g n.

Thiago m lese mye.

skal (infinitiv: skulle) Gabriele skal betale i kassa.

De skal mte Yunha i morgen.

Other verbs in the present tense are followed by the infinitive

form of the verb with the infinitive marker to:
Infinitive with the infinitive marker to

Infinitiv med infinitivsmerket

OTHER VERBS IN THE PRESENT
EXAMPLES
TENSE

liker Hun liker spille gitar.

Vi liker snakke sammen.

pleier Han pleier mte Yunha p biblioteket.

Alex pleier jogge med Gabriele.

nsker Vi nsker lre norsk.

Thiago nsker drikke kaffe.

ACTIVITY
-Hva pleier du gjre p mandager? (What do you usually do
on Mondays?)

Tell your fellow learners what do you usually do on Mondays.

Try to answer the question in Norwegian: Jeg pleier

Sentence structure

And now, lets take a closer look at the Norwegian

sentence structure.
Sentence structure - Setningsstruktur

VERBAL

Jeg kommer fra Brasil.

N bor Yunha i Oslo.

Gabriele studerer medisin.

 VERBAL

Vi kan bli venner p Facebook.

I kantina kan de kjpe mat og drikke.

Have you noticed anything special?

We can give you a hint: Pay attention to the placement of the

verbal! Yes, Norwegian is a V2 language, which means that
the verbal has the second position in the sentence. In a
sentence like Jeg kommer fra Brasil (I come from Brazil),
you would not pay attention to the placement of the verbal
since it is the same in English, but in N bor Yunha i Oslo
(Now Yunha lives in Oslo.) the placement of the verbal is
different because Norwegian is so V2! The same rule applies
for questions with question words:
Sprsml med sprreord - Questions with question words

QUESTION WORDS VERBAL

Hva studerer du?

QUESTION WORDS VERBAL

Hvor kommer du fra?

Hvem er hun?

But questions without question words start with the verb:

Questions without question words - Sprsml uten sprreord

VERB

Studerer du?

Kommer Thiago fra Brasil?

Er Yunha student?
ACTIVITY

Ask your fellow learners a question or two in Norwegian. For

example:

-Hva heter du?

-Hvor kommer du fra?

Are there any other questions you can ask in Norwegian?

Answer your fellow learners questions, too. Ha det gy!
(Have fun!)