Table of Contents

	What to learn	Grammar	Pronunciation
1 The Vidal family
Alex Ben Cecilie Dina	Introducing oneself Simple statements	Word order Questions Nationalities	The alphabet Norwegian and English letters compared
2 Arrival in Norway
Fra Paris til Oslo På Gardermoen Passkontroll Hei, pappa!	Simple statements and questions Simple negative statements Basic travel vocabulary Numbers	Personal pronouns Verbs: present tense Nouns: singular indefinite Main clauses: word order Negation: ikke Prepositions: i or på?	Vowels Norwegian and English vowels compared
3 A new home
Alex våkner i Fjordvik Flyttebilen kommer Hjemme Dinas rom	Asking for information Furniture The days Time expressions	Pronouns: object form Den or det? Auxiliary verbs Nouns: inflection Genitive Det as subject	Diphthongs
4 The neighbourhood
Hos mormor og morfar Bens morgen Cecilie sender en ... Veien til skolen	Asking for directions Time expressions Asking for time	Verbs: imperative Question words: hvilken	Consonants Silent letters
5 New friends
Katten Fotball I butikken To nye venninner	Rooms and furniture Food Colours	Reflexive pronouns Adjectives Adverbs: movement/stationary Prepositions: place	Consonants Some consonant clusters
6 A Trip to town
Frokost I byen Salg På kafé	Breakfast Shopping Food and drink Clothes	Demonstratives Verbs: infinitive constructions Adjectives: other patterns Adjectives: liten, annen	Norwegian prosody Long or short vowels Stress Word tones
7 Everyday life
Alex våkner tidlig På kontoret Om barnehagen Første dag på skolen	Talking about the past Work Kindergarten School	Verbs: past tense (preterite) Nouns: special plural Adjectives in -el / -en To look __ Mange/mye, noe/noen	Retroflex sounds: rt, rd, rl, rn and rs
8 School and leisure
Dina henter Alex På norskkurs En fin høstdag Et friminutt	Kindergarten Education and leisure School	Verbs: present perfect Adjectives: definite form Word order: subordinate clauses	Reductions
9 Work
Barnehagen drar på tur Et nytt prosjekt Fjordvik sykehus Klasseavis	Finding a substitute Project assignment Medical check Writing about professions	Possessives Nouns: compound Word order: relative clauses Da or når?	Connected speech
10 Illness, health and sports
Alex har feber Hjemme med sykt ... Cecilie skal på kurs Dina spiller håndball	Illness, pain and discomfort Weather and seasons Sports	Pronouns: reflexive possessive sin Adjective: comparison Adverbs Time expressions Think: synes, tro, tenke	No pauses at all?
11 Culture and leisure
Skomakerdokka På hyttetur En invitasjon til Oslo Justin Bieber-konsert	Art and entertainment Nature and wildlife	Fordi and derfor Så Short answers Ja or jo?	Speech rhythm Unstressed syllables Rhythm unit: The foot
12 Holidays and festivals
Lek i snøen Ben tar imot gjester Julemiddag Julegaveåpning	Activities in the snow Celebrating a Norwegian Christmas	S-verbs Word order - inversion Comma rules	Initial unstressed syllables Summary

Språkvelger

1 The Vidal family

2 Arrival in Norway

3 A new home

4 The neighbourhood

5 New friends

6 A Trip to town

7 Everyday life

8 School and leisure

9 Work

10 Illness, health and sports

11 Culture and leisure

12 Holidays and festivals