Learn how to ask "How much?"
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| Hei, jeg heter Nora. Hi everybody! I’m Nora. |
| Welcome to NorwegianClass101.com’s “Norsk på 3 minutter”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Norwegian. |
| In the last lesson we learned how to count in Norwegian. I hope you spent some time practicing the numbers, because they will come in handy for this lesson. We’re going to learn how to go shopping in Norway! |
| Before we go, you need to know how to say “How much is it?” |
| Hvor mye koster den? |
| [slowly] Hvor mye koster den? |
| Ok, are you ready to go shopping in Norway? Let’s go! |
| You see something you like and want to ask the shopkeeper how much it costs. The first thing to say is…Unnskyld, do you remember what that means? "Excuse me!" |
| Unnskyld, hvor mye koster den? |
| [slowly] Unnskyld, hvor mye koster den? |
| Now, in Norwegian, all nouns have gender. The sentence above is referring to a masculine or feminine gender object. If the object is a gender neutral word, the sentence would sound like this |
| Unnskyld hvor mye koster det? |
| [slowly]Unnskyld, hvor mye koster det? |
| The only thing that changes is the pronoun. den becomes det. There is one more pronoun you can use when pointing at pairs of something or a bundle of something – you change the pronoun to de. |
| Unnskyld, hvor mye koster de? |
| [slowly]Unnskyld, hvor mye koster de? |
| At this point the shop clerk can answer by saying: |
| Den koster … |
| Det koster… |
| or De koster… |
| For example: |
| Den koster femti-fem kroner! |
| Det koster femti-fem kroner! |
| or |
| De koster femti-fem kroner! |
| What number is femti-fem? It’s "fifity-five"! "It costs fifty-five kroner." |
| Now it’s time for Nora’s Insights. |
| The pronoun you will use most often is det because not only is it used to ask prices of neutral gender objects, but also services, like a haircut. So get used to asking: |
| Hvor mye koster det? |
| [slowly] Hvor mye koster det? |
| At this point, can you count kroner in Norwegian? We are going to learn how to do this and much more in the next lesson! |
| I'll be waiting for you in our next Norsk på 3 minutter lesson. |
| Sees neste gang!! |
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