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One of the best ways to have a conversation is to ask questions. And you can’t ask questions without question words. While you learnt how to introduce yourself in Norwegian, you learnt the two question sentences:
Hva heter du?
Hvor kommer du fra?
Below are some of the words in Norwegian that will help you frame questions and improve your conversation. Don’t worry too much about the sentences. They are just examples and we will learn more about them later on. Just get comfortable with the question words in Norwegian and their English equivalents.
| Norwegian | English |
| Hva heter du? | What are you called? |
| Hvem er du? | Who are you? |
| Hvor er jeg? | Where am I? |
| Hvor mange er det? | How many is it? |
| Hvordan har du det? | How do you have it? |
| Når kommer toget? | When comes the train? |
| Hvilken buss er den? | Which bus is it? |
| Hvorfor er det svart? | Why is it black? |
Here is a video for you to learn the question words more quickly. For more video lessons and practice tests, please visit Norwegian Class 101.
The best way to learn Norwegian is to memorize words. And question words are so frequently used that it is worth the effort to learn them. I sound like my old English teacher but I hope you got the point. So happy learning!
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I lived in Norway 11 years ago and this is the first time I have looked at the Norwegian language…I cant believe how helpful this has been and come to realize I know more Norwegian then I tough..
Kind regards
Elaine..
Hi Elaine,
Thanks for the comment. Glad this lesson could be useful to you. Keep learning Norwegian, it’s not as hard as it looks 🙂
Hi,Jeg heter Mirjana,Jeg er fra Bosnia,jeg bor i Norge to moneder.Jeg prover a lare norsk allene.Hilse
Hi Mirjana,
Takk for commenten din. Lykke til å lære norsk 🙂
If I understand correctly that translates too.
Hi,I am Mirjana,I come from Bosnia,I was born in norway. Im trying to learn norwegian.
I think I got it a little twisted,but I have a general idea of what this means.
Lykke til a laere norsk…dose this mean like that you learn Norsk ? and how do I get the ae together on computer ? also the circle on top of the a ?
Lykke til å lære norsk —> Good luck to learn Norwegian
You can use the below website to type Norwegian.
http://norwegian.typeit.org/
tak
Tusen takk 🙂
I have to say that I approve of the way you word the English translations. It’s very helpful. Some websites just use the best equivalent phrase in English, which can lead to a lot of confusion! I love to know the exact way in which it translates, as it better equips me to use the Norwegian words again in the right context!
Thanks for your comment, Abbey.
hei..i am married to a norwegian man,but now im here in my home country phil.waiting my papers,but my husband wanted me to learn norwegian language though i have translator on my fone.but he is translation is not good so i am happy and followed you guys.tusen takk,looking forward to learn more from you :-).
God dag 🙂
Hi angelica,
Thanks for your comment. Hope you get your papers soon.
jeg bor i India,jeg begynner å laerer Norsk språk i dag.Jeg laeret Tysk, polsk, francsk…i was curious to learn Norwegian from long time,het er veldig vakker språk, i hope what i wrote is right in Norwegian, may i ask, do languages take neutral case, or it differs in Norwegian?
hei, jeg heter carol. Jeg kommer fra Filippinene. Jeg bor i Norge for ni måneder. Jeg studerer nå, voksen opplæringe. Jeg forstå litt norsk men jeg vanskelig på svarer og laget setning. Jeg prøve prøve selv også jeg spør mannen min øversette engelsk-norsk og norsk-engelsk. Takk og Hilsen☺️?
Hei Carol,
Veldig bra og tusek takk for commenten din.
I have a question, if i want to say i dont understand what you are saying, do we say
Jeg forstår ikke hva du sier. OR Jeg forstår ikke hva sier du.
and can i get an explanation why we use which one?
Because if we were to use Hva for a question we would’ve said Hva sier du?, but here i’m confused as to what i should use.