| In this lesson, we’ll learn about a service crucial to your travels in this modern age - the Internet! |
| Normally, you'll get free Internet access in public libraries. In hotels, Wi-Fi is usually part of the service, in which case you may need a password in order to get online. You might ask “Excuse me, what is the password for using the Internet?” |
| Unnskyld, kva er passordet for å bruke Internettet? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Unn-skyld, kva er pass-ord-et for å bru-ke In-ter-net-tet? |
| Once more: |
| Unnskyld, kva er passordet for å bruke Internettet? |
| Unnskyld is “Excuse me.” |
| Kva means “what”, and together with er, “is”, we get the useful phrase kva er...? (“what is...?”). |
| (slow) Kva er...? |
| Kva er...? |
| Passordet means “the password.” |
| (slow) Pass-ord-et. |
| Passordet. |
| The next part of the phrase, for å bruke, means “in order to use.” |
| (slow) For å bru-ke. |
| For å bruke. |
| The final word, Internettet, means “the Internet.” |
| (slow) In-ter-net-tet. |
| Internettet. |
| All together, that's |
| Unnskyld, kva er passordet for å bruke Internettet? |
| (slow) Unn-skyld, kva er pass-ord-et for å bru-ke In-ter-net-tet? |
| ・ |
| You may have to ask at the reception counter how much the connection costs for one hour. |
| “Excuse me, how much does it cost for one hour on the Internet?” |
| Unnskyld, kor mykje kostar det for ein time på Internettet? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Unn-skyld, kor my-kje kos-tar det for ein ti-me på In-ter-net-tet? |
| Once more: |
| Unnskyld, kor mykje kostar det for ein time på Internettet? |
| As you already know, Unnskyld is “excuse me.” |
| Kor mykje means “how much.” |
| (slow) Kor my-kje. |
| Kor mykje. |
| Kostar is the present form of the verb “to cost.” Together with det, “it”, the phrase kostar det could be translated as “does it cost.” |
| (slow) Kos-tar det. |
| Kostar det. |
| Next we have the three words for ein time which literally mean “for one hour.” |
| (slow) For ein ti-me. |
| For ein time. |
| Finally, we have the phrase på Internettet, which means “on the Internet”. |
| (slow) På In-ter-net-tet. |
| På Internettet. |
| “Excuse me, how much does it cost for one hour on the Internet?” |
| Unnskyld, kor mykje kostar det for ein time på Internettet? |
| ・ |
| The answer will probably sound something like this: |
| Femti kroner for ein time. |
| “Fifty kroner for one hour.” |
| (slow) Fem-ti kro-ner for ein ti-me. |
| Femti kroner for ein time. |
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