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INTRODUCTION
Yura : Hi, I’m Yura. Welcome back to NorwegianClass101.com.
Filip : And I’m Filip.
Yura : And welcome to Absolute Beginner Season 1, Lesson 13 - Talking About Your Feelings and Opinions in Norwegian. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to express your feelings or opinions in Norwegian.
Filip : Basically we express our opinions all the time, but the essence here is to learn how to express the most basic opinions.
Yura : Yes, and our conversation is between Mark and Espen. Mark is a bit hungry and Espen suggests they go eat.
Filip : The dialogue is common amongst Norwegians and is, in other words, casual. Just remember again that politeness isn’t really that important.
Yura : Great. Let’s listen to the conversation.

Lesson conversation

Mark : Jeg er litt sulten, hva med deg?
Espen: Jeg er også sulten. La oss gå å spise et sted.
Mark : Supert, jeg er sliten av å gå.
English Host: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly.
Mark : Jeg er litt sulten, hva med deg?
Espen: Jeg er også sulten. La oss gå å spise et sted.
Mark : Supert, jeg er sliten av å gå.
English Host: Now let’s hear it with the English translation.
Mark : Jeg er litt sulten, hva med deg?
Yura : I'm a bit hungry, what about you?
Espen: Jeg er også sulten. La oss gå å spise et sted.
Yura : I'm hungry too. Let's go eat somewhere.
Mark : Supert, jeg er sliten av å gå.
Yura : Great, I'm tired of walking.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Yura : That was short and easy, no?
Filip : Yes, I even thought Mark was slightly understating his situation.
Yura : Oh, when he said he was a bit hungry?
Filip : Right, usually Norwegians don’t complain about being a bit hungry. When we are hungry we tend to use hyperbole to express our hunger.
Yura : But Mark is American...
Filip : That doesn’t matter...if he wants to sound native he should exaggerate a bit more!
Yura : Like how?
Filip : Well, take litt out of his sentence and replace it with inmari or skikkelig or maybe even sykt.
Yura : How would that sentence sound then?
Filip : Jeg er sykt sulten
Yura : That certainly sounds Norwegian - somebody is dying of hunger. By the way, this sentence translates as “I am sickly hungry.”
Filip : Yes, that sounds a lot better. At least if you use hyperbole, we know you are serious!
Yura All right, now onto the vocab!
VOCAB LIST
Yura : Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.
The first word we shall see is:
Filip : litt [natural native speed]
Yura : a bit
Filip : litt [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Filip : litt [natural native speed]
Next:
Filip : sulten [natural native speed]
Yura : hungry
Filip : sulten [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Filip : sulten [natural native speed]
Next:
Filip : også [natural native speed]
Yura : too
Filip : også [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Filip : også [natural native speed]
Next:
Filip : gå [natural native speed]
Yura : go
Filip : gå [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Filip : gå [natural native speed]
Next:
Filip : å spise [natural native speed]
Yura : eat
Filip : å spise [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Filip : å spise [natural native speed]
Next:
Filip : sted [natural native speed]
Yura : place
Filip : sted [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Filip : sted [natural native speed]
Next:
Filip : supert! [natural native speed]
Yura : Great!
Filip : supert! [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Filip : supert! [natural native speed]
Next:
Filip : sliten [natural native speed]
Yura : tired / exhausted
Filip : sliten [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Filip : sliten [natural native speed]
Next:
Filip : av [natural native speed]
Yura : from / of
Filip : av [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Filip : av [natural native speed]
KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES
Yura : Let’s take a look at the usage of some of the vocab and phrases. Filip, there’s one phrase here I have always been uncertain of.
Filip : Which one is that?
Yura : The one for “let us”
Filip : Ah, yes. La oss. This literally means “Let us” and it is pretty straightforward, like in English.
Yura : Ok, could you give some examples?
Filip : Why sure! La oss kjøre snart
Yura : “Let’s get driving soon?”
Filip : Yes exactly! And... La oss finne et sted å bo.
Yura : “Let’s find a place to live?”
Filip : Correct! See, it’s not that hard. Now on the other hand could you guess the structure of jeg er også?
Yura : “I am too?”
Filip : Yes, but what if I said Jeg er også interessert? would you understand?
Yura : “I am too interested?” It sounds a bit strange...
Filip : Right, it’s not that easy. It means “I am interested as well”
Yura : Ah of course. Okay, and one more example please.
Filip : Ok. Jeg er også helt utkjørt!
Yura : Tricky. “I am exhausted too”?
Filip : Correct!
Yura : Great, now let’s move on to the grammar.

Lesson focus

Yura : Filip, what are we learning in this lesson?
Filip : Well, in this lesson we will look at adding some modulators to adjectives so you can easily express feelings and opinions.
Yura : Great. First, let’s look at the basic structure here.
Filip : You might remember jeg er. Actually I would say it is imperative that you do. Jeg er is going to be the starting point of most of your sentences in Norwegian.
Yura : Yes, Jeg er is an essential part of Norwegian. You might remember the other uses like using an article and noun.
Filip : jeg er en advokat. “I am a lawyer.”
Or with an adjective like Jeg er sliten. “I am tired.”
Yura : Now, let’s add a modulator between the pronoun or noun – the subject, if you remember our lesson on sentence structures – and the adjective.
Filip : For this lesson, let’s use the adjectives sulten
Yura : “Hungry”
Filip : and tørst
Yura : “thirsty”
Filip : The modulators we will use are litt
Yura : “A little”
Filip : veldig
Yura : “very”
Filip : Ganske
Yura : “quite”
Filip : and utrolig
Yura : “incredibly”
Yura : so let’s look at some of the examples.
Filip : Jeg er veldig sulten
Yura : “I am very hungry”
Filip : Jeg er ganske tørst
Yura : “I am quite thirsty”
Filip : Jeg er litt tørst
Yura : “I am a bit thirsty.”
Filip : and Jeg er utrolig sulten
Yura : “I am incredibly hungry.”
Filip : You might remember the hyperbole now. You would substitute the veldig or utrolig with the hyperbole to sound like a real native.
Yura : Just remember that using the hyperbolic words we mentioned earlier is pretty casual sounding.
Filip : Yes, that’s true.
Yura : Alright, so now that you have the basis you can expand a bit.
Filip : That means changing the adjectives.
Yura : Just switch the adjectives thirsty or hungry with any adjective you would usually use with “a little”, “very”, or “ incredibly” in English, and you can now express feelings and opinions easily.
Filip : For example. Jeg er utrolig glad i deg!
Yura : “I am really fond of you!”
Filip : Er du litt sliten kanskje?
Yura : “Maybe you’re a bit tired?”
Filip : Han er ganske kjekk!
Yura : “He is pretty handsome.”
Filip : Or hun er veldig pen!
Yura : “She is very beautiful.”
Filip : Alright! So just remember the sentence goes - Pronoun er ganske, utrolig, veldig, litt and an adjective.
Yura : Very easy right!
Yura : Ok, that’s it for this lesson.
Filip : It wasn’t that hard right!?
Yura : Make sure you join us for the next lesson where you will learn more useful Norwegian!
Filip : Hade bra!
Yura : Bye everyone!

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