{"id":2647,"date":"2020-07-31T12:08:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T12:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2647"},"modified":"2020-07-31T12:08:07","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T12:08:07","slug":"1-word-norwegian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/1-word-norwegian\/","title":{"rendered":"1-Word Norwegian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2648\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2648\" class=\"wp-image-2648 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/07\/cancer-2775519_1280-350x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/07\/cancer-2775519_1280-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/07\/cancer-2775519_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/07\/cancer-2775519_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/07\/cancer-2775519_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Hjelp!<\/strong> (Help!) (Free image from Pixabay; no copyright.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Kake!<\/strong> [kah-keh] (Cake!) As a child I enjoyed watching the Norwegian version of the Sesame Street show (<strong>Sesam stasjon<\/strong>), where the blue Cookie Monster (<strong>Kakemonsteret<\/strong>) manages to express himself with that single word. Spending some holiday time with the Norwegian part of my family, which includes a couple of really small children, I was reminded that language learning isn\u2019t always about eloquent phrases or grammatical correctness. In fact, you can get a long way with just one or a few words.<\/p>\n<p>I guess few people want to end up speaking like Tarzan (Me Tarzan, you Jane!) Nonetheless, before you can run you need to take those baby steps. The examples below are \u201dchildish\u201d on purpose. See how little you need to say what you need! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><em>1 word:<\/em> <strong>Hallo!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Possible expansions:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Hallo! Jeg heter Gro. Hva heter du?<\/strong> (Hello! My name is Gro. What\u2019s your name?)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hallo! Hvordan g\u00e5r det? \u2013 Bare bra, takk. <\/strong>(Hello! How are you doing? \u2013 Just fine, thank you.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>1 word:<\/em> <strong>Sulten!<\/strong> (Hungry!)<\/p>\n<p><em>Possible expansions:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jeg er sulten.<\/strong> (I\u2019m hungry.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Er du sulten? N\u00e5r skal vi spise? <\/strong>(Are you hungry? When are we going to eat?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>1 word:<\/em> <strong>Ikke!<\/strong> (Not!\/Don\u2019t!)<\/p>\n<p><em>Possible expansions:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jeg vil ikke (bade n\u00e5). <\/strong>(I don\u2019t want to [go swimming now].)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jeg har ikke lyst<\/strong> <strong>(\u00e5 bade n\u00e5).<\/strong> (I don\u2019t feel like [going swimming now].)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nei takk, jeg liker ikke brus. <\/strong>(No, thank you, but I don\u2019t like lemonade.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>1 word:<\/em> <strong>Is!<\/strong> (Ice-cream!)<\/p>\n<p><em>Possible expansions:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Vi vil ha is!<\/strong> (We want ice-cream!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>N\u00e5r skal vi kj\u00f8pe is?<\/strong> (When are we going to buy ice-cream?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>1 word:<\/em> <strong>Kjedelig! <\/strong>(Boring!)<\/p>\n<p><em>Possible expansions:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jeg kjeder meg. Kan vi ikke finne p\u00e5 noe g\u00f8y?<\/strong> (I\u2019m bored. Can\u2019t we make up\/do something fun?)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Det h\u00f8res kjedelig ut. Vi vil heller se film.<\/strong> (That sounds boring. We\u2019d rather watch a movie.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>1 word:<\/em> <strong>Hjelp!<\/strong> [Yelp!] (Help!)<\/p>\n<p><em>Possible expansions: <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kan du hjelpe meg? Jeg sitter fast.<\/strong> (Can you help me? I\u2019m stuck.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hjelp! Jeg er redd for krabber.<\/strong> (Help! I\u2019m afraid of crabs.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>1 word:<\/em> <strong>Tr\u00f8tt!<\/strong> (Tired!)<\/p>\n<p><em>Possible expansions:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Er du tr\u00f8tt\/sliten? Ja, jeg er veldig sliten.<\/strong> (Are you tired? Yes, I\u2019m very tired\/worn out.)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vi er tr\u00f8tte. Det har v\u00e6rt en lang dag. Vi skal sove n\u00e5.<\/strong> (We are tired. It has been a long day. We\u2019re going to sleep now.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>1 word\/2 words:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ha det!<\/strong> [hah-deh] (Bye bye!)<\/p>\n<p><em>Possible expansions:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ha det bra! Ja, det var veldig <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norwegians-love-kos\/\">koselig<\/a>.<\/strong> (Goodbye! Yes, it was really nice [indeed].)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hyggelig \u00e5 m\u00f8te dere! God reise hjem!<\/strong> (Nice meeting you [plural]! Have a good\/safe trip home!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/07\/cancer-2775519_1280-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/07\/cancer-2775519_1280-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/07\/cancer-2775519_1280-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/07\/cancer-2775519_1280-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2020\/07\/cancer-2775519_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Kake! [kah-keh] (Cake!) 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