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Norwegian A2
The 17th of May — 17. mai
Ruslan celebrates Norway's national day for the first time: the children's parade, bunads, flags and lots of ice cream.
🇳🇴 Ruslan feirer nasjonaldagen for første gang: barnetog, bunad, flagg og masse is.
What you will learn
Norwegian culture and traditions
Dialogue in Norwegian with English translation
Narrator: 17. mai er Norges nasjonaldag.The 17th of May is Norway's national day.
Mia: Hipp hipp hurra for Norge!Hip hip hooray for Norway!
Ruslan: Hvorfor feirer dere i dag?Why are you celebrating today?
Dad: Norge fikk sin egen grunnlov 17. mai 1814.Norway got its own constitution on 17 May 1814.
Nora: Se, barnetoget kommer!Look, the children's parade is coming!
Leo: Alle barna går med flagg og synger.All the children walk with flags and sing.
Dad: Mange har på seg bunad i dag.Many people are wearing a bunad today.
Ruslan: Hva er en bunad?What is a bunad?
Dad: Det er en tradisjonell drakt fra et bestemt sted i Norge.It is a traditional costume from a particular place in Norway.
Ruslan: Den er veldig vakker!It is very beautiful!
Leo: På 17. mai får barna spise så mye is de vil!On the 17th of May children can eat as much ice cream as they want!
Mia: Jeg vil ha tre is og en pølse!I want three ice creams and a hot dog!
Norwegian words from this comic
| nasjonaldag | national day |
| hipp hipp hurra | hip hip hooray |
| hvorfor | why |
| feirer | celebrate |
| grunnlov | constitution |
| barnetoget | the children's parade |
| barna | the children |
| flagg | flags |
| synger | sing |
| har på seg | wear |
| bunad | bunad (folk costume) |
| tradisjonell | traditional |
| drakt | costume |
| bestemt | particular |
| vakker | beautiful |
| is | ice cream |
| pølse | hot dog, sausage |
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