{"id":2109,"date":"2015-08-19T15:05:27","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2109"},"modified":"2015-08-19T15:05:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T15:05:27","slug":"party-chitchat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/party-chitchat\/","title":{"rendered":"Party Chitchat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You\u2019re at a fest<\/b> (party) with Norwegians. You\u2019re a nybegynner<\/b> [NEE<\/i>beyi<\/i>nner] (beginner, \u2019new beginner\u2019). Your ability to stitch together phrases is so-so. Men du VIL snakke norsk!<\/b> (But you WANT to speak Norwegian!) Below are a few made-up examples of party sm\u00e5snakk<\/b> (smalltalk). To some people it\u2019s a very superficial way of talking, I know. You have to start somewhere, though, before you can discuss philosophy and rocket-science!<\/p>\n

Berit:<\/i> Hei, jeg heter Berit! <\/b>(Hi, my name is Berit!)
\nTom:<\/i> Hei, jeg heter Tom. Dette er kj\u00e6resten min, Susan. <\/b>(Hi, my name is Tom. This is my girlfriend, Susan)
\nBerit:<\/i> Hei, Susan! <\/b>(Hi, Susan!)
\nSusan:<\/i> Hei! Hyggelig \u00e5 hilse p\u00e5 deg. <\/b>(Hi! Nice to meet you\/say hello to you.)<\/p>\n

Tom: <\/i>Susan og jeg holder p\u00e5 \u00e5 l\u00e6re norsk. <\/b>(Susan and I are learning Norwegian.)
\nBerit: <\/i>Nei, s\u00e5 spennende! <\/b>(Wow, that\u2019s exciting!)
\nTom: <\/i>Ja, det er veldig spennende. Men ogs\u00e5 litt vanskelig! Ikke sant, Susan? <\/b>(Yes, it\u2019s very exciting. But also a little bit difficult! Isn\u2019t it, Susan?)
\nSusan: <\/i>Jo. Den f\u00f8rste uken forstod jeg ingenting! <\/b>(True. The first week I understood absolutely nothing!)
\nBerit:<\/i> Har dere v\u00e6rt lenge i Norge, da? <\/b>(Have you been a long time in Norway, then?)
\nSusan: <\/i>Ja, vi var p\u00e5 spr\u00e5kkurs i starten av sommerferien. De siste ukene har vi bare reist rundt i landet. <\/b>(Yes, we were at a language course at the start of the summer holiday. The last weeks we\u2019ve just been travelling the country.)
\nBerit:<\/i> Kjempespennende! Hvor har dere v\u00e6rt, da? <\/b>(That\u2019s very exciting! Where\u2019ve you been to?)
\nTom: <\/i>Mest Hardangervidda\u2026 <\/b>(Mostly the Hardangervidda plain\u2026)
\nBerit: <\/i>\u00c5h, jeg elsker Hardangervidda! <\/b>(Oh, I love Hardangervidda!)<\/p>\n

Ola:<\/i> Hei, tror ikke jeg har hilst p\u00e5 deg f\u00f8r! <\/b>(Hi, I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve said hello to you before!)
\nTom: <\/i>Hei, jeg heter Tom! <\/b>(Hi, my name is Tom!)
\nOla: <\/i>Ola her. Trivelig \u00e5 hilse p\u00e5 deg. <\/b>(Here\u2019s Ola. Nice to meet you\/say hello to you.)
\nOla: <\/i>Hvor kommer du fra, Tom? <\/b>(Where\u2019re you from, Tom?)
\nTom: <\/i>Jeg kommer fra North Dakota. Dette er f\u00f8rste gangen jeg er i Norge! <\/b>(I\u2019m from North Dakota. This is my first time in Norway!)
\nOla:<\/i> Oi, da har du reist langt! Hva synes du om Norge? <\/b>(Wow, then you must have travelled a long way! What do you think about Norway?)
\nTom: <\/i>Jeg synes naturen her er veldig vakker. <\/b>(I think Nature here is really beautiful.)
\nOla: <\/i>Tusen takk! <\/b>(Thanks a lot!)<\/p>\n

Guri:<\/i> Nei s\u00e5 fine sko! <\/b>(Gee, what lovely shoes you\u2019ve got!)
\nSusan: <\/i>Synes du? <\/b>(Really?)
\nGuri: <\/i>Ja, jeg liker dem kjempegodt! <\/b>(Yes, I like them a lot!)
\nSusan: <\/i>Jeg kj\u00f8pte dem p\u00e5 tilbud i Molde. Jeg er veldig forn\u00f8yd med dem. <\/b>(I bought them on offer in Molde. I\u2019m very pleased with them.)
\nGuri: <\/i>Ja, ikke sant? <\/b>(Yes, I know exactly what you mean.)<\/p>\n

Guri: <\/i>Hva driver dere med, egentlig? <\/b>(What do you guys do, actually?)
\nSusan: <\/i>Jeg er sykepleier og Tom jobber i en butikk. <\/b>(I\u2019m a nurse and Tom works in a store.)
\nTom: <\/i>Det ble litt mye stress, s\u00e5 vi har tatt et halvt \u00e5r fri for \u00e5 se verden. <\/b>(It got a bit too stressy, so we\u2019ve taken half a year off to see the world.)
\nGuri: <\/i>Ja, det gjelder om \u00e5 nyte livet mens en kan, ikke sant? <\/b>(Yes, it\u2019s important to enjoy life while you can, isn\u2019t it?)
\nSusan: <\/i>Mm.<\/b>
\nTom: <\/i>Hva driver du med, da? <\/b>(What do you do, then?)
\nGuri: <\/i>Jeg holder p\u00e5 \u00e5 utdanne meg til logoped. I mellomtiden jobber jeg i en barnehage. <\/b>(I\u2019m studying to become a speech therapist. In the meantime I work in a kindergarten.)<\/p>\n

Ola: <\/i>Sk\u00e5l, Tom! <\/b>(Cheers, Tom!)
\nTom: <\/i>Sk\u00e5l! <\/b>(Cheers!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

You\u2019re at a fest (party) with Norwegians. You\u2019re a nybegynner [NEEbeyinner] (beginner, \u2019new beginner\u2019). Your ability to stitch together phrases is so-so. Men du VIL snakke norsk! (But you WANT to speak Norwegian!) Below are a few made-up examples of party sm\u00e5snakk (smalltalk). To some people it\u2019s a very superficial way of talking, I know…<\/p>\n

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