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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 be grateful to people by saying Takk. In this lesson we’ll learn some of the most common greetings used in Norway.
Er dere klare? Are you ready? Så la oss begynne, so let’s start!
The most used informal greeting is...
Hei!
[slowly] Hei.
Hei means “hi.” We use it when we meet people. We can use this greeting with anyone.
But it isn’t the only way to greet someone. We also have Hallo.
[Slowly] Hallo. Which means “Hello”.
And more time specific greetings like...
God dag!
[slowly] God dag.
Literally, God dag means "good day". As a rule of thumb we can use God dag only during the daytime—from morning until evening.
During the evening we say...
God kveld!
[slowly] God kveld.
Kveld is Norwegian for “evening,” so God kveld means “good evening”.
Finally, in the mornings we say...
God Morgen
[slowly] God morgen.
Which means “good morning”.
Go zgen are used when we meet someone, but when we leave, we don’t say these again.
When parting ways for a long time we usually say-
Ha det bra!
[slowly] Ha det bra.
Ha det bra means “Be well.” But translates best as “good-bye.”
Finally, in Norwegian we have an expression meaning “see you soon”. Sees!
[slowly] Sees.
Now you can greet people in many different ways in Norwegian!
Let’s review them all again.
When meeting friends or someone we don’t know-
Hei! or Hallo!
When leaving, we say-
Ha det bra.
When leaving, but want to imply “see you soon” we say-
Sees!
It’s easy, isn’t it?
Now it’s time for Nora’s Insights.
In formal situations, Norwegian people commonly greet each other by shaking hands. On the other hand, if we meet someone we are very friendly with and of the same gender, it’s common to give hugs. Don’t be afraid to try it out with your Norwegian friends!
During the next lesson we’ll learn the meaning of the phrase Snakker du Engelsk? Do you already know it? We'll be waiting to talk about it with you in our next Norsk på 3 minutter lesson. På gjensyn!

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