Phrases(no)

Velkommen!

I hope you've been enjoying your Norwegian learning thus far. There are a lot of new things to take on board in these early skills, but don't worry if everything doesn't stick right away; you're going to get plenty of revision of the basic concepts as you move through the course.

Greetings

Below is a list of common greetings in the Norwegian language, for your reference.

Norwegian	English
Hei	Hi
Hallo	Hello
God dag	Good day; Good afternoon
God morgen(en)	Good morning
God kveld(en)	Good evening
Ha en god kveld!	Have a nice evening!
God natt(en,ei)	Good night
God helg(en,ei)	Good weekend
Vær så god	You're welcome.

Thank you

Takk. Thank you.

Sorry

Unnskyld. Excuse me.

Beklager. I am sorry.

Languages and Nationalities

In Norwegian, most names of languages are derived from the name of the country, the adjective or the nationality with the ending –sk at the end. Below are a few examples.

Country	Adjective	Nationality	Language
Norge - Norway	norsk - Norwegian	en nordmann - a Norwegian	norsk - Norwegian (language)
England - England	engelsk - English	en engelskmann - an Englishman	engelsk - English (language)
Frankrike - France	fransk - French	en franskmann - a Frenchman	fransk - French (language)

As you may have noticed above, Norwegians do not capitalize adjectives, nationalities or languages, only countries. All words are capitalized if they come at the beginning of the sentence, just like in English.

Words

Norwegian	English
Yes/No	Ja/Nei
Vær så snill	Please
bor	lives
heter	is named
kanskje	maybe, perhaps
**lykkeønskninger **	best wishes