Learn how to ask "How do you eat this?" in Nynorsk
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| In Norway there are many delicious dishes! We've already covered how to order them, so now it’s time to learn how to eat them! That is not always so obvious. In this lesson, we'll learn how to ask, “How do you eat this?" |
| In Nynorsk, “How do you eat this?” is |
| Korleis et ein dette? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Kor-leis et ein det-te? |
| Once more: |
| Korleis et ein dette? |
| The first word, korleis?, means “how?” |
| (slow) Kor-leis? |
| Korleis? |
| Then we have et, which is the present form of å ete translated as “to eat.” |
| (slow) Et. |
| Et. |
| Next, we have ein, which is literally “one,” but here means “you.” |
| (slow) Ein. |
| Ein. |
| Finally, comes dette, which means “this.” |
| (slow) Det-te. |
| Dette. |
| The whole question once again is: |
| Korleis et ein dette? |
| literally translated - “How eat one this?” |
| Usually, it’s easy to understand how a certain Norwegian dish has to be eaten, but if you deal with traditional meals then things might get a little bit complicated. |
| If you are worried about calories, here is a useful phrase for you. The question "Is this food very fatty?" in Nynorsk is |
| Er denne maten veldig feit? |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Er den-ne ma-ten vel-dig feit? |
| Once more: |
| Er denne maten veldig feit? |
| The first word, er, means “is.” |
| Next, we have denne maten, which means “this food.” Denne is the word for “this” for masculine words. Maten means “the food,” and together with denne, this means “this food.” |
| (slow) Den-ne ma-ten. |
| Denne maten. |
| After that, we have veldig, which means “very.” |
| (slow) Vel-dig. |
| Veldig. |
| And at the end comes the word feit, which means “fatty.” |
| (slow) Feit. |
| Feit. |
| All together, it becomes |
| (slow) Er den-ne ma-ten vel-dig feit? |
| Er denne maten veldig feit? |
| The whole phrase literally means |
| “Is this food very fatty?” |
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