Both “her” and “hit” mean “here” in English. And “der” and “dit” mean “there”. The difference is that the first indicates the location, while the other – the movement to a location: At the location Movement to the location: her Jeg er her. – I am here. hit Kom hit! – Come here! (to this …
Lesson 22. A1 course. Difference between “hit” and “her”, “dit” and “der”. Read More »
T-bane In Oslo, t-bane is the name for the local metro. T-bane comes from the words “tunnel bane”, literally translated as “tunnel rail”. Fun fact! Some people call T-bane in Oslo also “trikk” (literally, “tram”). They say that the name has remained because of history. T-bane appeared in Oslo in the 60ies, and before that …
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Lite – little Litt – a little “Lite” has a more negative meaning. Compare: Vi har lite mat igjen. – We have little food left. (We have to buy some.) Vi har litt mat igjen. – We have a little bit of food left. (We don’t need to buy more now.) So “lite” implies that …
Lesson 21. A1 course. Adverbs “lite” and “litt”. Read More »
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Both, “noe” and “noen” mean “some”. However, there is a difference in usage of both. Noe We use «noe» with uncountable nouns – that is with things that we cannot count. For example: noe frukt (some fruits), noe kaffe (some coffee). When you ask questions, “noe” means “any”: Har du kjøpt noe frukt? – Have …
When we tell people directions, or when we ask people to do something, we often use the imperative. That means that we express an order. For example, in English, we may say “Go to the right”, “Close the window!”, “Keep on working!”. In all these cases we use the imperative. Imperative in Norwegian To make …
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We use these prepositions very often before nouns and there are no definite rules for every single use. The best is to learn preposition with the noun, but here are some patterns you may want to follow: Practice Write the correct preposition “i” or “på”. Write the correct preposition “i” or “på”.
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