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Easiest English Phrases For NorwegianEasiest English Phrases For Norwegian feature words similar to Norwegian that will enable you to understand what is meant. Use the spelling and/or sound of each word similar to Norwegian to help you figure out its meaning. After single words in English spelled like Norwegian, a good next step is short phrases of several words similar to Norwegian. To keep it easiest, these are phrases but not sentences, as are in Phrase Books for Travel. Sentences may have too many words to deal with when you are just beginning. The English version is placed first to get you in the habit of looking for and recognizing English words similar to ones in your own language and deducing what the English words mean by yourself without being given the translation first. From the key words similar to Norwegian you should be able to make out the meanings of the other English connecting words that are not similar to Norwegian. Use the words similar to Norwegian as clues to the meanings of the other English words. Try to just get the overall meaning of each phrase without trying to translate each unfamiliar English word. Many are like phrases in Norwegian that express ideas you have said or heard often before. These phrases in English are followed by the Norwegian words that would be a good guess using as clues the English words similar to Norwegian. So as a result these are rough translations of the English phrases, which may not be the exact meanings, but will be close enough that you could deduce what is meant. After the English and Norwegian versions of each phrase is the pronunciation of the Norwegian phrase. The easiest way is to just read them. Or if you see some you might possibly use on your trip to an English speaking country, you can try to pronounce them, which is not easiest. Consider each phrase as a puzzle you can probably solve. Have fun with the challenge of it. Try to guess what each English phrase means without looking at the rough Norwegian version. See how far down the list you can get. [In the following pronunciation guide, only English words pronounced like Norwegian are included now, enclosed in single quotation marks. The rest of the English pronunciations will be added later.] ------- EASIEST ENGLISH PHRASES ENGLISH -- NORWEGIAN -- [SAY NORWEGIAN] allergic to antibiotics -- allergisk mot antibiotika allergic to gluten -- allergisk mot gluten -- [‘gluten’] allergic to nuts -- allergisk mot nøtter allergic to penicillin -- allergisk mot penicillin camp here -- campe her classical music -- klassisk musikk coffee with sugar -- kaffe med sukker come in -- komme inn -- [‘inn’] fix the toilet -- fikset toalettet fix the TV -- fikset TVen from the USA -- fra USA glass of juice -- glass juice glass of soda -- glass soda help me -- hjelpe meg hold the door -- holde dora how long -- hvor lang number of the hotel -- nummeret til hotellet open the door -- åpne dora over night -- over natten package over night -- pahkke over natten per day -- per dag per kilometer -- per kilometer per night -- per natt present my colleague -- presentere min kollega see the menu -- se menyen send a fax -- sende faks -- [‘faks’] send a packet -- sende en pakke service included -- service inkludert -- [‘service’] stop here -- stoppe her -- [‘stoppe’] study English -- studerer engelsk tea with milk -- te med melk wake me -- vekke meg where are -- hvor er -- [‘er’] ------- SEPARATE WORDS IN ENGLISH In some cases a single word in Norwegian is similar to an English phrase -- with an English phrase equal to a Norwegian word. ENGLISH -- NORWEGIAN -- [SAY NORWEGIAN] aluminum foil -- aluminiumsfolie bus station -- busstasjonen camping place -- campingplass caramel pudding -- karamellpudding -- [‘caramel pudding’] clothes boutique -- klesbutikk conference center -- konferansesenteret double room --dobbeltrom fax number -- faksnummeret -- [‘faks’] folk music --folkemusikk grapefruit juice -- grapefrukjuice handicap toilet -- handikaptoalett iced tea -- isteh internet café -- internettkafé -- [‘internett café’] lactose intolerant -- laktoseintolerant milk products -- melkeprodukter nail salon -- neglesalong national park -- nasjonalparken police station -- politistasjonen room service -- romservice sightseeing tour -- sightseeingtur -- [‘sightseeing’] telephone number -- telefonnummeret -- [‘telephone’] toilet paper -- toalettpapir washing machine -- vaskemaskinen ------- DIFFERENT ORDER Some English phrases have words in a different order than they would be in Norwegian, but in spite of this you should be able to understand what the following phrases mean. ENGLISH -- NORWEGIAN six o’clock -- klokken seks nine o’clock -- klokken ni eleven o’clock -- klokken elleve twelve o’clock -- klokken tolv ------- FOR A GREATER CHALLENGE
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