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1 The Vidal family
Alex
Ben
Cecilie
Dina		 Names
Greeting
Verbs
How to say hv-
Pronouns		 Word order
Questions
Nationalities		 The alphabet
Norwegian and English
letters compared

2 Arrival in Norway
Fra Paris til Oslo
På Gardermoen
Passkontroll
Hei, pappa!		 Numerals
Numerals 40+
En, ei, et (a/an)
To go
Nationalities		 Personal pronouns
Verbs: present tense
Nouns: singular indefinite
Main clauses: word order
Negation: ikke
Prepositions: i or på?		 Vowels
Norwegian and English
vowels compared

3 A new home
Alex våkner i Fjordvik
Flyttebilen kommer
Hjemme
Dinas rom		 The days
Furniture
Kitchen
Buildings
Foreigner - foreign		 Pronouns: object form
Den or det?
Auxiliary verbs
Nouns: inflection
Genitive
Det as subject		 Diphtongs

4 The neighbourhood
Hos mormor og morfar
Bens morgen
Cecilie sender en ...
Veien til skolen		 Family words
The time
The time
Ordinals
Dates		 Verbs: imperative
Question words: hvilken		 Consonants
Silent letters

5 New friends
Katten
Fotball
I butikken
To nye venninner		 Colours
Regions in Norway
Food
Rooms
Ut, ute, utenfor		 Reflexive pronouns
Adjectives
Adverbs: movement/stationary
Prepositions: place		 Consonants
Some consonant
clusters

6 A Trip to town
Frokost
I byen
Salg
På kafé		 Bathroom
Shopping centre
Clothes
Spare time
 		 Demonstratives
Verbs: infinitive constructions
Adjectives: other patterns
Adjectives: liten, annen		 Norwegian prosody
Long or short vowels
Stress
Word tones

7 Everyday life
Alex våkner tidlig
På kontoret
Om barnehagen
Første dag på skolen		 Verbs 1 & 2
Verbs 3 & 4
Irregular verbs
Time expressions
 		 Verbs: past tense (preterite)
Nouns: special plural
Adjectives in -el  / -en
To look __
Mange/mye, noe/noen		 Retroflex sounds:
rt, rd, rl, rn and rs

8 School and leisure
Dina henter Alex
På norskkurs
En fin høstdag
Et friminutt		 Regular verbs
Classroom
Irregular verbs
Begge - både (both)		 Verbs: present perfect
Adjectives: definite form
Word order: subordinate clauses		 Reductions

9 Work
Barnehagen drar på tur
Et nytt prosjekt
Fjordvik sykehus
Klasseavis		 Compound nouns
Som (that)
Phrasal verbs
Ikke heller (not either)
Health care		 Possessives
Nouns: compound
Word order: relative clauses
Da or når?		 Connected speech

10 Illness, health and sports
Alex har feber
Hjemme med sykt ...
Cecilie skal på kurs
Dina spiller håndball		 Illness
Weather
Å synes - å tro (think)
Adverbs
How often?
Body		 Pronouns: reflexive possessive sin
Adjective: comparison
Adverbs
Time expressions
Think: synes, tro, tenke		 No pauses at all?
 		  

11 Culture and leisure
Skomakerdokka
På hyttetur
En invitasjon til Oslo
Justin Bieber-konsert		 Ja - jo (yes)
Short answers
Two painters
At - om (that - if)
Skomakerdokka		 Fordi and derfor
Så
Short answers
Ja or jo?		 Speech rhythm
Unstressed syllables
Rhythm unit: The foot

12 Holidays and festivals
Lek i snøen
Ben tar imot gjester
Julemiddag
Julegaveåpning		 Words for snow
Det (it)
Man (one)
Easter and 17 May
Fluency and rhythm		 S-verbs
Word order - inversion
Comma rules		 Initial unstressed syllables
Summary