Spontaneous reactions and responses for real conversations.
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Kan du hjelpe meg?
Can you help me?
Selvfølgelig!
Of course! (Selv (self) + følge (follow) — 'follows by itself'.)
Ikke noe problem
No problem
Virkelig? Jeg kan ikke tro det!
Really? I can't believe it!
Det hadde vært fint
That would be great (Literally 'that had been nice' — Norwegian uses past tense for conditional 'would be'.)
Det høres kjempebra ut
That sounds awesome (Kjempe- (giant) is a productive intensifier prefix. 'Høres ut' = sounds (separable).)
Det er interessant! Veldig interessant
That's interesting! Very interesting
Kult!
Cool!
Bedre enn ingenting
Better than nothing
Bedre enn alt
Better than everything
Vent litt
Wait a second (Literally 'wait a little'.)
Bare tuller / Jeg bare tuller
Just a joke / I'm just joking (Bare = just/only — extremely common filler.)
Kanskje det går
Maybe it'll work out (After 'kanskje' word order can stay subject-verb in casual speech.)
Det går bra, det skjer
It's okay, it happens
Okei, jeg skjønner
Okay, I understand (Skjønne (understand) is more colloquial than 'forstå'.)
Ikke verst!
Not bad! (Verst = worst — literally 'not worst'.)
Wow, imponerende!
Wow, impressive!
Æsj!
Gross! (Common disgust interjection.)
Herregud!
Oh my God! (Herre (lord) + gud (god).)
Hold kjeft!
Be quiet! / Shut up! (Literally 'hold mouth' — kjeft is vulgar for mouth/jaw.)
Tuller du?
Are you kidding me?
Mener du det?
Are you serious? (Literally 'mean you that?' — 'mene' = to mean/think.)
Hvorfor så alvorlig?
Why so serious?
La meg tenke
Let me think
Herregud da!
For God's sake! ('Da' adds emphasis/exasperation.)
Så synd
What a pity (Synd = sin, also 'a pity'.)
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