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In this episode we're starting a new little series about small bits of helpful and useful expressions, that are common in everyday speech.

And a very helpful way of not repeating the whole phrase in a reponse to a question, we often say f.ex. "Yes, I can" or "Yes, I do".

Ex:
Kan du sykle? Ja, det kan jeg.
Vil du spise? Ja, det vil jeg.
Sykler du til jobben? Ja det gjør jeg.

The rule is this:
kan, vil, skal, må + er/har in the question => repeat the verb in the response.
All others verbs as question => put "gjør" in the response.

Fill-ins:
Er du glad i dag? Ja, det ... jeg.
Kan du spille gitar? Ja, det ... jeg.
Drikker du kaffe? Ja, det ... jeg.

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In this episode we'll read further about the starving writer/artist in old Kristiania in the late 18 hundreds - and his venturing out into the streets.

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In the episode we'll go through the difference bewteen "da"/"når", both meaning "when", and then helping verbs in the past tense!

In short for "when":
"Da" is for "Once in the past"
"Når" for everything else

Ex:
Da jeg var fire år.
Når man studerer. 

Hjelpeverb:
kan - kunne
vil - ville
må - måtte
skal - skulle
bør - burde

Examples:
Hun kunne ikke komme fordi hun var syk.
De skulle gå hjem før det ble mørkt.
Ole burde spille mer musikk.

Fill-ins:
Da jeg var liten, ……... jeg ikke snakke italiensk. (kan)
De ……... pakke kofferten kvelden før. (må)

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In this episode we'll go through some very common (and consistent) expressions with time prepositions, and these are mostly just for remembering them :)

Ex:
Han er hos legen.
Vi trener om kvelden.
Vi skal sove ute i natt.
Han spiller gitar på onsdag.
Om høsten er det fine farger.

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In this episode we'll look at the two main ways of saying "I think" in Norwegian, with:
synes = opinion (something you have experienced)
tror = guessing/believing

Examples:
Jeg synes filmen var bra.
Jeg tror kaken er god.

Fill-ins:
Jeg har lest boka, og jeg ……... den var bra.
Jeg ……... vi har ferie i juli, men jeg er ikke sikker.

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In this episode we'll look at the comparative and superlative form of the adjective,
which in general is to add "-ere" and "-est".

Ex:
fin, finere, finest
varm, varmere, varmest

Fill-ins:
Han er ………. i klassen. (høy)
Jobben er ………. enn han trodde. (vanskelig)

Some exceptions:
stor, større, størst
god, bedre, best
ung, yngre, yngst

Fill-ins:
Han er ……… enn henne. (ung)
Han vil bli ……… etter sommeren. (god)

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And in addtion, when the superlative (best, størst, finest, eldst) is used as adjective with a specific noun,
we add an "-e" at the end;
Det største huset.
Den eldste byen.

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In this episode we'll look at when to use the "sin" concept, and how to find the right ending.

1. The endings follow the object they belong to;
Han legger sønnen sin.
Han er på øya si.
Han vasker huset sitt.
Han mister nøklene sine.

2. The condition for using "sin" is as follows:
"If the subject is in the 3. person (he,she,they), and the object belongs to the subject, replace hans/hennes/deres with sin/si/sittt/sine! :)

3. The two most common "traps" are;
- be sure what the subject is
- with subclauses; find subject and object again

FIll-ins:
Han reiser på tur med kona …….. (his own).
Han og kona ……. (his own) reiser på tur sammen.
Han sier at kona ……. er hjemme i dag.

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This might be the hardest item in the grammar - but once the subject/object part is more clear, everything becomes more easy!

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In this episode we'll hear about the main person thinking about his efforts to get assignments as a writer and applying for work at the local Firestation.

He then ventures out into the street, and his moods changes into heightened confidence - slightly influenced by his debilitating hunger.

Jeg-personen går i denne episoden ut av huset og møter folkene i gatene.  Det er en livlig scene som fyller han med nytt mot og vi ser hvordan sulten påvirker opplevelsen og persepsjonen av livet og folkene rundt ham.

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In the episode we'll expand slightly on the topic of the subclauses, and look at what happens if you start a sentence with a subclause.

The rule is this;
The subclause itself remains exactly the same as before, but afterwards you put a comma, and then the verb.

Example:
Hvis sola ikke skinner, drar vi hjem.
Hvis bussen ikke kommer, må vi løpe.

To fill in:
Hvis barna ikke er sultne, _______ (spiser - senere - vi)
Fordi han ikke var syk, _____ (de - hjem - dro)

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