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Basic Norwegian Words

Olaf Husby

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Swadesh list 2

Basic Norwegian words (Swadesh list)

A Swadesh list is a list of vocabulary with basic meanings. The original list, developed by Morris Swadesh, has been revised and adapted to several languages. Below you will find the NoW version of the Swadesh list. In this list there are basic words that are not included in the NoW texts. How many of these basic Norwegian words do you know?
I you (sg) he hun we you (pl) they this that here there who what where when how which one all many much some few other one two three four five a woman a man (adult male) a man (human being) people a child a girl a boy jeg du han she vi dere de denne, dette den, det her der hvem hva hvor nr hvordan hvilken, hvilket, hvilke alle mange mye noen f annen, andre en to tre fire fem ei/en kvinne en mann et menneske folk et barn ei/en jente en gutt a wife a husband a mother a father a friend a name a back a belly a blood a breast a ear a eye a foot a hair a hand a head a heart a knee a leg a mouth a neck a nose a skin (of a person) a tongue a tooth a meat a animal a bird a dog a fish a book a city a country a thing a cloud ei/en kone en mann ei/en mor en far en venn et navn en rygg en mage et blod et bryst et re et ye en fot et hr en hnd, ei hand et hode et hjerte et kne et bein, et lr en munn en nakke, en hals en nese en hud ei/en tunge ei/en tann et kjtt et dyr en fugl en hund en fisk ei bok en by et land en ting ei/en sky

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a flower a forest a fruit a grass a ice a lake a moon a mountain a river a road a sea (ocean) a sky a snow a star a stone a sun a tree a water a wind a day (daytime) a night a hour a year always never first afterwards today black green red white yellow bad good big small cold warm dry wet empty full en blomst en skog en frukt et gress en is en innsj, et vann en mne et fjell ei/en elv en vei et hav en himmel en sn ei/en stjerne en stein ei/en sol et tre et vann en vind en dag ei/en natt en time et r alltid aldri frst etterp i dag svart grnn rd hvit gul drlig god stor liten kald varm trr vt tom full

happy sad heavy light long short new old right (correct) wrong thick thin left (side) right (side) quite very to be to be able to to be called to be going to to begin to breathe to burn to come to count to die to do to drink to eat to fall to find to fly to freeze to give to have to have to hear to hit to hold (ones hand) to know (a fact) to laugh to lie (on one's side) to like glad trist tung lett lang kort ny

Swadesh list 3

gammel rett gal tykk tynn venstre hyre ganske veldig vre kunne hete skulle begynne puste brenne komme telle d gjre drikke spise falle finne fly fryse gi ha ha hre sl holde vite le ligge like

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to live to play to pull to push to put to rain to read to say to see to sing to sit to sleep to stand to think to throw to tie to understand to walk to wash to wipe to wish too leve leke dra, trekke dytte legge regne lese si se synge sitte sove st tenke kaste binde forst g vaske trke nske ogs

not same at in with under without over on to between from yes no thank you hello goodbye and if for but because ikke samme hos i med under uten over p til mellom fra ja nei takk hei ha det og hvis for men fordi

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