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The only city in Norway that has a subway is Oslo. Riding the subway (T-bane in Nynorsk) is one of the best ways to reach the most important parts of the capital. In this lesson, we will cover how to get on the subway. In Oslo you can buy tickets at kiosks and stations. Usually there are conveniently located vending machines and ticket stands right at the entrance of a subway station. Just in case you get a bit confused and have to ask the station attendant, we have prepared this lesson for you!
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Now let’s get ourselves a subway ticket! You may remember from our previous lessons that the way to ask for a ticket is:
Ein billett, takk.
(slow) Ein bil-lett, takk.
Ein billett, takk.
This is the same sentence we learned in lesson 24.
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Our location in this lesson is Oslo. Imagine you’re going from Jernbanetorget, right in the center of town, to the ski center and museum at Holmenkollen. You want to know what line will get you there.
You can find out by asking, “Excuse me, which line goes to Holmenkollen?”
Unnskyld, kva T-bane går til Holmenkollen?
Let’s break that down:
(slow) Unn-skyld, kva T-ba-ne går til Hol-men-kol-len?
And again at natural speed:
Unnskyld, kva T-bane går til Holmenkollen?
First comes the usual Unnskyld (“excuse me”).
Next is kva, which means “what?”
(slow) Kva.
Kva.
After that we have T-bane which literally means “subway,” but which is used figuratively to mean “line.”
(slow) T-ba-ne.
T-bane.
Next comes går til. Går means “go” or “goes,” and til means “to” in this context. Together, går til means “goes to.”
(slow) Går til.
Går til.
After that comes Holmenkollen, which is the name of the station.
All together, that’s:
Unnskyld, kva T-bane går til Holmenkollen?
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The answer should be “Line one goes to Holmenkollen.”
Linje ein går til Holmenkollen.
Let’s break that sentence down:
(slow) Lin-je ein går til Hol-men-kol-len.
Linje ein går til Holmenkollen.
The first two words, linje ein, mean “line one.”
(slow) Lin-je ein.
Linje ein.
This is followed by går til, which means “goes to,” as we saw last time.
Lastly, we have Holmenkollen, which is of course the name of the station.
The whole sentence again is:
Linje ein går til Holmenkollen.

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