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  What to learn  Extras Grammar Pronunciation

1 Going to Narvik
Anton reiser med tog
Boyana reiser med fly
Catalina reiser med båt
Dai Wu reiser med tog		 Introducing oneself
Simple statements and questions
Simple negative statements
Numbers		 Personal pronouns
Present tense of the verb
Word order		 The alphabet
Norwegian and English letters compared

2 Arrival in Narvik
Hybelhuset i Fjellveien
Flybussen til Narvik
Catalina møter Cecilie
Skistua studentby		 Asking for help
Asking for directions
The days
The time		 Personal pronouns - object form
Auxiliary verbs + infinitive
Nouns - indefinite and definite form singular and plural		 Vowels
Norwegian and English vowels compared

3 Settling in at the student housing area
På studentsamskipnaden
Boyanas hybel
Catalina møter Boyana
Frokost med Anbo		 Rooms and furniture
Colours
Ordinals		 Reflexive pronouns
Adjectives		 Diphtongs

4 Everyday life
På Narvik storsenter
Nye klær
På Amfisenteret
På politistasjonen		 Going to the shopping centre
Going to the police station
Food and drink
Clothes		 Demonstrative pronouns
Adjectives - other patterns		 Consonants
Silent letters

5 In town
En gammel mann
På bytur
En e-post hjem
Trinigon		 Talking about the past
A little bit about Narvik		 Past tense of the verb
Adjectives in -el, -en		 Consonants

6 At the university college
På HiN
En ettermiddag på hybelen
På treningssenteret
På norskkurs		 Going to HiN
Going to a Norwegian class
Handy vocabulary for students		 Present perfect tense of the verb
Word order: subordinate clauses		 Long or short vowels
Stress
Word tones

7 Family & Spare time
Familie
Fritid		 Talking about family relations
Talking about spare time
Time expressions		 Possessive pronouns
Som (who/which)		 Retroflex sounds

8 Going on a trip & Being ill
På tur
Dai Wu er syk		 Talking about the weather
Months and seasons
Describing pain and discomfort		 Sin - reflexive possessive pronoun
Comparison of adjectives
Prepositions in time expressions		 Reductions

9 In the office & At a conference
På kontoret
På konferanse
 		 Handy vocabulary when working at the university college
Writing an e-mail
Going to a conference		 Word order in main clauses and subordinate clauses
Short answers		 Connected speech

10 A trip to Oslo & Christmas in Norway
En tur til Oslo
Jul i Norge		 Regions in Norway
A little bit about Oslo
Celebrating a Norwegian Christmas		 Så - adverb, conjunction and verb
Prepositions in connection with place		 Speech rhythm
Unstressed syllables
Rhythm unit: The foot
Initial unstressed syllables
One last hint