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Intro
Hi everybody! Anette here. Welcome to Ask a Teacher, where I’ll answer some of your most common Norwegian questions.
The Question
The question for this lesson is...How do I say “way” in Norwegian?
Explanation
When you look up the word “way” in Norwegian in a dictionary you often get several different words. These are måte, vei, and vane. So, how do you know which one to use?
The most common one is probably måte. This translates best for when you want to use way as a “way of doing something.” Here are some examples:
Dette er den rette måten å snakke på, meaning, “This is the right way of speaking.”
Another example would be, Dette er en veldig ukomfortabel måte å sitte på, which is, “This is a very uncomfortable way of sitting.”
So how about vei? You usually use vei when talking about directions. Let’s do some examples.
Gå opp den veien, which means, “Go up that way.” How about one more?
Kan du fortelle meg veien til slottet? which means, “Can you tell me the way to the castle?”
Remember that you can also use vei when talking about a way of dressing or a way of eating. Like this:
Hun er kjedelig i klesveien, which literally means, “She is boring in the dressing way.”
or Han er kresen i matveien literally meaning, “He is picky in the way of eating.”
Finally, we have vane which also translates as “way.” Vane is used for habits. For example:
Han har for vane å alltid komme for sent, meaning, “He has a way of always coming late.”

Outro
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Hade. Vi sees snart! “Bye. See you soon!”

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