Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Where is...?
Hvor er..?
vor ehr
...the toilet
..toiletter
toh-ee-LEH-teht
men
herrer
HEHR-ah
women
damer
DAY-mah
water/coffee
vand/kaffe
vehn/KAH-feh
beer/wine
øl/vin
uhl/veen
Cheers!
Skål!
skohl
Can I have the bill?
Kan jeg få regningen?
kan yī foh RĪ-ning-ehn
*
Because Danish has no single word for “please,” they approximate that sen-
timent by asking “May I?”, “Can you?”, or “Would you?”, depending on the
context.
Norwegian Survival Phrases
Norwegian can be pronounced quite differently from region to region. These
phreses and phonetics match the mainstream Oslo dialect, but you'll notice
variations. Vowels can be tricky:
å
sounds like “oh,”
æ
sounds like a bright
“ah” (as in “apple”), and
u
sounds like the German
ü
(purse your lips and say
u.) Certain vowels at the ends of words (such as
d
and
t
) are sometimes barely
pronounced (or not at all). In some dialects, the letters
sk
are pronounced
“sh.” In the phonetics, Ī/ī sounds like the long i in “light.”
Hello. (
formal
)
God dag.
goo dahg
Hi./Bye.
(informal)
Hei./Ha det.
hī/hah deh
SNAHK-kehr dew ENG-
ehlsk
Do you speak English?
Snakker du engelsk?
Yes./No.
Ja./Nei.
yah/nī
Please.
Vær Så Snill.
vayr soh sneel
Thank you (very much).
(Tusen) takk.
(TEW-sehn) tahk
You're welcome.
Vær Så god.
vayr soh goo
