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

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