Learn how to ask for particular things at a hotel
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hei. Hello and welcome to Norwegian Survival Phrases brought to you by NorwegianClass101.com |
| This course is to sign to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Norway. You'll be surprised at how far a little Norwegian will go. Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by NorwegianClass101.com and there you'll find the accompanying pdf and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| In this lesson, we'll introduce you to some more useful phrases for hotels and the like. The first phrase is "What time is checkout?" In Norwegian, this is Når må jeg sjekke ut? |
| Let's break it down by syllable: når må jeg sjek-ke ut? |
| Now let's hear it once again: Når må jeg sjekke ut? |
| The first word, når means "when" in Norwegian. |
| Let's hear it once again: når. |
| Then you have må, which means, "should, must, have to." |
| Let's hear it once again: må. After that is jeg, which you should know as "I." |
| Then you have sjekke, which is "to check." sjekke. |
| Let's break it down by syllable: sjek-ke. Following that, we have ut. |
| This means, "out." |
| Let's hear it again: ut. |
| So to recap here, we have: Når må jeg sjekke ut? Literally, this means, "When do I have to check out?" |
| Let's try to ask, "Can I have a new towel?" This is: Kan jeg få et nytt håndkle? |
| Let's break it down and hear it one more time: Kan jeg få et nytt hånd-kle? |
| Kan jeg få et nytt hånd-kle? |
| The first words are Kan jeg få, and they mean, "Can I have." |
| Let's break down the words and hear it one more time: kan jeg få. |
| kan jeg få. |
| Then you have et nytt, which means, "a new." |
| As you might remember when using different genders for nouns, the article in front changes. That is also true for the adjectives, in the case of a male noun, "a new" would sound like en ny. Unfortunately, it is important you pay attention to these differences. Below, we'll give you a list of words you can use, already with the correct article and adjective in front. Just put them in our previous sentence and they'll all work beautifully. |
| a new "Towel" - (et nytt) håndkle |
| a new "Toothbrush" - (en ny) tannbørste |
| a new "Toothpaste" - (en ny) tannkrem |
| a new "Shampoo" - (en ny) sjampo |
| a new "Soap" - (en ny) såpe |
| Let's try some of these. |
| First, let's try, "Can I have a new soap?" - Kan jeg få en ny såpe? |
| Kan jeg få en ny såpe? |
| See, it is very easy! All you change is the article, adjective, and noun. |
| The noun is såpe and is male and requires the article en, and adjective remove the double -t's, ny. Kan jeg få en ny såpe? |
| Another phrase, "Can I have a new toothbrush?" - Kan jeg få en ny tannbørste? |
| Again, all you change is the article, adjective, and noun. Well, from the previous phrase all we really had to change was the noun as both såpe and tannbørste are both male nouns. |
| Kan jeg få en ny tannbørste? |
| Now you most likely do not want to say the whole sentence for every new item you need, so to request everything you need in one sentence, this is easily done by adding og ("and"). |
| The sentence would then look something like this: Kan jeg få en ny tannkrem og sjampo? ("Can I have a new toothpaste and shampoo?") |
| Let's try it again, Kan jeg få en ny tankrem og sjampo? |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out today's lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer; so, Så lykke til, which means "good luck" in Norwegian. |
| "What time is checkout?" - Når må jeg sjekke ut? |
| Når må jeg sjekke ut? |
| Når må jeg sjekke ut? |
| "Can I have a new towel?" - Kan jeg få et nytt håndkle? |
| Kan jeg få et nytt håndkle? |
| Kan jeg få et nytt håndkle? |
| "Can I have a new soap?" - Kan jeg få en ny såpe? |
| Kan jeg få en ny såpe? |
| Kan jeg få en ny såpe? |
| "Can I have a new toothbrush?" - Kan jeg få en ny tannbørste? |
| Kan jeg få en ny tannbørste? |
| Kan jeg få en ny tannbørste? |
| "Can I have a new toothpaste and shampoo?" - Kan jeg få en ny tannkrem og sjampo? |
| Kan jeg få en ny tannkrem og sjampo? |
| Kan jeg få en ny tannkrem og sjampo? |
| Alright, that's going to do it for this lesson. Remember to stop by NorwegianClass101.com and pick up the accompanying pdf. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
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