Learn how to buy tickets in Nynorsk
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| The bus is an important means of transportation in Norway. In many Norwegian towns, buses are used to cover both long and short distances. However, before starting your trip, you have to buy a ticket. For local commuting in Norway, the fare is around 30 kroner, although this will vary from municipality to municipality. Usually public transport tickets are valid for one trip only. You can purchase tickets from a ticket vending machine, or on the bus itself. On some systems you must scan your ticket against a ticket-reading machine. |
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| Before you buy a ticket, you’ll want to know how much it costs. In Nynorsk “How much is a ticket?” is: |
| Kor mykje kostar ein billett? |
| (slow) Kor my-kje kos-tar ein bil-lett? |
| Kor mykje kostar ein billett? |
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| In case you have to be more specific, ask: |
| Kor mykje kostar ein bussbillett? |
| “How much is a bus ticket?” |
| Let’s hear the phrase again: |
| (slow) Kor my-kje kos-tar ein buss-bil-lett? |
| Kor mykje kostar ein bussbillett? |
| All we did was add buss before billett. |
| Kor mykje kostar...? is a phrase we've seen in previous lessons, and means “How much does ... cost?” |
| (slow) Kor my-kje kos-tar? |
| Kor mykje kostar? |
| Ein bussbillett is, as mentioned, “a bus ticket”. Ein billett is of course “a ticket.” Billett is masculine, so we have to use ein for “a.” |
| (slow) Ein buss-bil-let. |
| Ein bussbillet. |
| Let’s hear the whole phrase again: |
| (slow) Kor my-kje kos-tar ein buss-bil-lett? |
| Kor mykje kostar ein bussbillett? |
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| After you've stepped on board, to tell the driver that you want to buy a ticket, you say: |
| Ein billett, takk. |
| This means “one ticket, please.” |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Ein bil-lett, takk. |
| Once more: |
| Ein billett, takk. |
| First, we have ein which means one when talking about masculine things. |
| Next comes billett, translated as “ticket.” |
| (slow) Bil-lett. |
| Billett. |
| Simply add takk at the end to say “please.” |
| So the whole request (“One ticket, please”) is |
| Ein billett, takk. |
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| If you're going to use the bus more than twice on the same day, then the best thing to do is to buy a day-ticket. Let’s learn to ask for that. |
| If you want to buy a day-ticket, you say: |
| Ein dagsbillett, takk. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Ein dags-bil-lett, takk. |
| Once more: |
| Ein dagsbillett, takk. |
| All that we've done here is added the word dags to the front of billett. Dag means “day,” and we use an s to link it to the word billett. Together, this word means “day-ticket.” |
| (slow) Ein dags-bil-lett. |
| Ein dagsbillett. |
| And at the end don’t forget to add takk. |
| The whole sentence is: |
| Ein dagsbillett, takk. |
| “A day-ticket, please.” |
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| If you're staying in Norway for a while, then you might want to buy a monthly ticket. To buy a monthly ticket, you say: |
| Eit månadskort, takk. |
| ( slow) Eit må-nads-kort, takk. |
| Eit månadskort, takk. |
| Since monthly tickets are usually given out as special cards, we need to use the word for “a card,” which is eit kort. |
| We also need to put the word for “month” in front of kort, and use the s as glue, just like with dagsbillett. |
| (slow) Eit må-nads-kort. |
| Eit månadskort. |
| Eit månadskort, takk. |
| “A monthly ticket, please.” |
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