NORWEGIAN CULTURE
When leaving people | Pronunciation | English |
Adjø (formal) | a-djuh | Goodbye |
Ha det (informal) | hah deh | Bye |
God natt (usually used only when going to bed) |
goo natt | Good night |
Vi sees | vee se-es | See you (later) |
Small Talk | Pronunciation | English |
Takk for sist! | takk for sist | Thank you for last time[we were together] |
Hyggelig å møte deg! | hee-geh-lee oh muh-teh dai | Nice to see you! |
Takk for hjelpen! | takk for yell-pen | Thank you for your help! |
Bare hyggelig | bah-reh hee-geh-lee | Don’t mention it! |
More numbers | Pronunciation | English |
elleve | ehll-veh | eleven |
tolv | tohll | twelve |
tretten | treht-tehn | thirteen |
fjorten | fjoor-tehn | fourteen |
femten | fehm-tehn | fifteen |
seksten | sais-tehn | sixteen |
sytten | suht-tehn | seventeen |
atten | aht-tehn | eighteen |
nitten | neet-ten | nineteen |
tjue | kjew-eh | twenty |