Norwegian Nouns
Welcome to the third Norwegian lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Norwegian to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes  poteter | tomatoes tomater | onions løk | carrots gulrot |
fruits frukt | apples epler | bananas bananer | oranges appelsiner |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules | Norwegian |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | har du melk? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | jeg har melk og kaffe |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | han har tre epler |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | hun har bare ett eple |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | vi bor i et lite hus |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | jeg liker frokosten vår |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread brød | milk melk | butter smør | cheese ost |
coffee kaffe | sandwich smørbrød | meat kjøtt | chicken kylling |
fish fisk | breakfast frokost | lunch lunsj | dinner middag |
Conversation in Norwegian
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English | Norwegian |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Norwegian)? | snakker du engelsk? |
| Just a little | bare litt |
| I like Norwegian | jeg liker norsk |
| Can I practice with you? | kan jeg øve meg med deg? |
| How old are you? | hvor gammel er du? |
| I'm thirty three years old | jeg er trettitre år gammel |
| It was nice talking to you | hyggelig å snakke med deg |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Norwegian. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Norwegian Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |