Learn where the bathroom is in Nynorsk
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| In this lesson, we’ll cover an extremely important phrase - “Where is the bathroom?” |
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| In Nynorsk “Where is the bathroom?” is |
| Kvar er toalettet? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Kvar er to-a-let-tet? |
| Once more: |
| Kvar er toalettet? |
| Let’s take a closer look at that. The first word, kvar, means “where.” |
| (slow) Kvar? |
| Kvar? |
| This is followed by er, which is the present form of the verb “to be,” and so means “is.” |
| (slow) Er. |
| Er. |
| And last we have toalettet which means “the toilet.” |
| (slow) To-a-let-tet. |
| Toalettet. |
| Let’s hear the whole sentence again. |
| Kvar er toalettet? |
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| If you are looking for the ladies’ room, just take the phrase we just learned, Kvar er toalettet? and replace the word toalettet with dametoalettet. It will sound like this: |
| Kvar er dametoalettet? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Kvar er da-me-to-a-let-tet? |
| Once more: |
| Kvar er dametoalettet? |
| Dametoalettet literally means “the ladies’ toilet.” It is formed by adding dame, which in Nynorsk means “woman,” to the word toalettet, which of course means “the toilet.” |
| (slow) Da-me-to-a-let-tet. |
| Dametoalettet. |
| Let’s repeat again the whole question. |
| Kvar er dametoalettet? |
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| If you are looking for the men’s room, just replace the word dame (“ladies’”) with herre (“men's”). |
| Kvar er herretoalettet? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Kvar er her-re-to-a-let-tet? |
| Once more: |
| Kvar er herretoalettet? |
| Herretoalettet means “the men's bathroom.” |
| (slow) Her-re-to-a-let-tet |
| Herretoalettet |
| Let’s hear it one more time: |
| Kvar er herretoalettet? |
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| Let’s hear both of the sentences one more time: |
| Kvar er dametoalettet? |
| Kvar er herretoalettet? |
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| Often in Norway, the word for “Ladies” and “Men” is written on the bathroom door instead of having helpful pictograms. In these cases, you have to know what the words are in Nynorsk! Let’s learn them. |
| The word used for “ladies” is |
| Damer. |
| For “Men's” you will see |
| Herrar. |
| Let’s hear those once more. |
| The word for “ladies” is |
| (slow) Da-mer. |
| Damer. |
| The word for “Men's” is |
| (slow) Her-rar. |
| Herrar. |
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| In Norway, it may not always be simple to find a bathroom. You will definitely want to be able to ask “Where is the nearest toilet?” In Nynorsk this is translated as |
| Kvar er det nærmaste toalettet? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Kvar er det nær-mas-te to-a-let-tet? |
| Once more: |
| Kvar er det nærmaste toalettet? |
| The new words in this sentence are det nærmaste. All together, this is translated into English as “the nearest.” |
| (slow) Det nær-mas-te. |
| Det nærmaste. |
| Let’s hear the whole sentence again. |
| Kvar er det nærmaste toalettet? |
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