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INTRODUCTION
Jasmine: Hi everyone, Jasmine here.
Philip: Hei, Jeg er Philip. I am Philip.
Jasmine: And welcome back to Basic Bootcamp Lesson 2. Talking Nationality in Norwegian. This is the second in a five-part series that will help you ease your way into Norwegian.
Philip: In this lesson, you will learn how to introduce yourself and tell people where you are from.
Jasmine: Which is essential while traveling to Norway because that will be the first question people will probably want to ask you.
Philip: Whether you are in a language class in your country or in your own city, in our small world, you can always find someone from somewhere else.
Jasmine: And in this bootcamp, we will be talking about Nationality.
Philip: We will also go over one of the easy building blocks of learning Norwegian word order.
Jasmine: So have a listen to these Norwegian students talk about where they are from. And while you are listening, try to guess their nationalities.
Philip: And I will give you a hint. The first part of the words for nationalities are transliterations.
Jasmine: So if you do some mental gymnastics, you might be able to guess the nationality. Let’s listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Ole: Hei. Mitt navn er Ole. Jeg er norsk.
Maria: Hei, Mitt navn er Maria. Jeg er engelsk.
Jasmine: Let's here it slowly now.
Ole: Hei. Mitt navn er Ole. Jeg er norsk.
Maria: Hei, Mitt navn er Maria. Jeg er engelsk.
Jasmine: And now the translation.
Ole: Hei. Mitt navn er Ole. Jeg er norsk.
Ole: Hello. My name is Ole. I'm Norwegian.
Maria: Hei, Mitt navn er Maria. Jeg er engelsk.
Maria: Hello, I'm Maria. I'm British.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Jasmine: Maybe not as famous as Norwegians like to think.
Philip: Of course, Norway is a popular vacation destination.
Jasmine: While people interested in history will want to study one of the older languages in the world.
Philip: Right. Norwegian is based on old north which was used by the Vikings over 1000 years ago. Since then, Norwegian has been influenced by many languages and is therefore easily understandable if you pay attention.
Jasmine: Of course, nothing beats being able to order delicious food using only Norwegian.
Philip: Or going hiking and being able to interact with the people you meet on your way.
Jasmine: It’s a truly wonderful experience and worth all the hours of study.
Philip: The fact that it’s becoming more and more of an international destination makes it even more exciting to learn.
VOCAB LIST
Jasmine: Yes. Now let’s take a look at the words we used in the conversation. The first word is
Philip: norsk.
Jasmine: Norwegian.
Philip: norsk. norsk.
Jasmine: And the next word is
Philip: Jeg er.
Jasmine: I am.
Philip: Jeg er. Jeg er.
Jasmine: Next we have
Philip: engelsk.
Jasmine: English or British.
Philip: engelsk. engelsk.
Jasmine: And then we have
Philip: Mitt.
Jasmine: My.
Philip: Mitt. Mitt.
Jasmine: And finally we have
Philip: Navn.
Jasmine: Name.
Philip: Navn. Navn. Cool. We already learned the greeting Hei in lesson 1.
Jasmine: And the Mitt navn er Ole.
Philip: Right. My name is. Mitt navn er.
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Jasmine: Now before you say your nationality, you need one phrase. It is extremely important and you will use it all the time.
Philip: Jeg er
Jasmine: That’s right. The phrase means, I am in English. It is pretty straightforward. Let’s hear it one more time slowly.
Philip: Jeg er
Jasmine: And one more time fast.
Philip: Jeg er
Jasmine: So in the dialogue, we heard the speaker say Jeg er and then the word
Philip: norsk
Jasmine: Which would translate as I am Norwegian.
Philip: That’s right.
Jasmine: So altogether, that’s
Philip: Jeg er norsk.
Jasmine: Listeners, listen and repeat.
Philip: Jeg er norsk.
Jasmine: So what was the other nationality we heard in the dialogue?
Philip: engelsk
Jasmine: Umm that sounds a lot like English.
Philip: That’s right Jasmine. It comes directly from the English word for English.
Jasmine: That should be easy to remember. Listeners, listen and repeat the phrase.
Philip: Jeg er engelsk.
Jasmine: Notice that the Jeg er didn’t change. Just the word for an English person. In this case, engelsk.
Philip: Sounds easy but let’s move on to the grammar section.

Lesson focus

Jasmine: Good idea. The focus of this lesson is nationality in Norwegian.
Philip: That’s right. We’ve learned how to say I am Norwegian or I am British.
Jasmine: The main phrase here is Jeg er.
Philip: Jeg er is a phrase you will use more often than you will be able to count.
Jasmine: The easy thing about Norwegian is that it is a very straightforward language and there are few times when you have to change a basic phrase or word to make it intelligible to Norwegians.
Philip: Jeg er can be used in any situation you would be able to say I am in English.
Jasmine: I am from Italy.
Philip: Jeg er fra Italia-
Jasmine: You can also use it for phrases like, I am hungry.
Philip: Jeg er sulten.
Jasmine: But let’s concentrate on Nationalities now.
Philip: While the name of each country in the world has its own spelling in Norwegian, the difference from English is not that large.
Jasmine: So let’s take this word and bootcamp it up a little. What do you say?
Philip: I am not sure what bootcamp it up really means but I guess we are going to find out.
Jasmine: We are going to list a number of nationalities. Listeners, try to follow along and catch the nationality before we say the English name. Let’s start.
Philip: norsk.
Jasmine: Norwegian.
Philip: amerikansk.
Jasmine: American.
Philip: engelsk.
Jasmine: British.
Philip: japansk.
Jasmine: Japanese.
Philip: kinesisk.
Jasmine: Chinese.
Philip: fransk.
Jasmine: French.
Philip: italiensk.
Jasmine: Italian.
Philip: russisk.
Jasmine: Russian. Did you catch all of them?
Philip: If you didn’t, then just jump back and go over them again until you get it.
Jasmine: Yes. And when using them, remember I am.
Philip: Jeg er.
Jasmine: Okay let’s recap. Listeners, how do you say, I am Norwegian?
Philip: Jeg er norsk.
Jasmine: And what about if you are British?
Philip: Jeg er engelsk.

Outro

Jasmine: Great. Now listeners, try to make some simple sentences with your own nationality. Have some fun.
Philip: You will find more of them in the lesson notes that accompany this lesson.
Jasmine: So we hope everybody isn’t too tired after this boot camp.
Philip: Yeah I think we are pretty nice boot camp instructors. We don’t like to yell at listeners or anything like the boot camps I have seen.
Jasmine: So keep practicing and you will have this down pat in no time. Well that’s it for this lesson.
Philip: Thanks for listening. Hade.
Jasmine: See you.

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