Fluent Fiction - Norwegian: Turning Rainy Days into Sunshine: A Tale of Bergen's Fashion Savior
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Story Transcript:

Nb: Ingrid bor i Bergen.
En: Ingrid lives in Bergen.

Nb: Bergen er en vakker by.
En: Bergen is a beautiful city.

Nb: Det er fjell.
En: There are mountains.

Nb: Det er hav.
En: There is the sea.

Nb: Men, det regner.
En: But, it rains.

Nb: Det regner mye.
En: It rains a lot.

Nb: Ingrid liker regn.
En: Ingrid likes rain.

Nb: Hun sier, "Regn er bra.
En: She says, "Rain is good.

Nb: Du trenger bare rett klær.
En: You just need the right clothes."

Nb: " Lars og Gunnhild er turister.
En: Lars and Gunnhild are tourists.

Nb: De kommer fra et solfylt land.
En: They come from a sunny country.

Nb: De liker ikke regn.
En: They do not like rain.

Nb: De er kalde.
En: They are cold.

Nb: De er våte.
En: They are wet.

Nb: De er sure.
En: They are grumpy.

Nb: "Vi liker ikke regn," sier de.
En: "We do not like rain," they say.

Nb: Ingrid smiler.
En: Ingrid smiles.

Nb: Hun tror hun kan hjelpe.
En: She thinks she can help.

Nb: "Dårlig vær?
En: "Bad weather?"

Nb: " spør hun.
En: she asks.

Nb: "Nei, det er bare dårlige klesvalg.
En: "No, it's just bad clothing choices."

Nb: " Lars og Gunnhild ser på hverandre.
En: Lars and Gunnhild look at each other.

Nb: De forstår ikke.
En: They do not understand.

Nb: Ingrid tar dem med til en butikk.
En: Ingrid takes them to a store.

Nb: Butikken selger utstyr for dårlig vær.
En: The store sells equipment for bad weather.

Nb: Det er støvler.
En: There are boots.

Nb: Det er regnjakker.
En: There are rain jackets.

Nb: Det er paraplyer.
En: There are umbrellas.

Nb: Ingrid kjøper klær til dem.
En: Ingrid buys clothes for them.

Nb: Lars og Gunnhild er forvirret.
En: Lars and Gunnhild are confused.

Nb: Men de prøver klærne.
En: But they try on the clothes.

Nb: Utenfor det regner fortsatt.
En: Outside, it is still raining.

Nb: Det er fortsatt kaldt.
En: It is still cold.

Nb: Men Lars og Gunnhild er ikke våte.
En: But Lars and Gunnhild are not wet.

Nb: De er ikke kalde.
En: They are not cold.

Nb: De ser på hverandre.
En: They look at each other.

Nb: De smiler.
En: They smile.

Nb: "Kanskje regn er ikke så dårlig," sier Lars.
En: "Maybe rain is not so bad," says Lars.

Nb: Gunnhild nikker.
En: Gunnhild nods.

Nb: "Det er ikke dårlig vær," sier hun, "bare dårlige klesvalg.
En: "It's not bad weather," she says, "just bad clothing choices."

Nb: " Fra da var ikke regnet et problem for Lars og Gunnhild.
En: From then on, the rain was not a problem for Lars and Gunnhild.

Nb: De gikk rundt Bergen.
En: They walked around Bergen.

Nb: De så fjell.
En: They saw mountains.

Nb: De så hav.
En: They saw the sea.

Nb: De så vakre bygninger.
En: They saw beautiful buildings.

Nb: Alt i rett klær.
En: All in the right clothes.

Nb: "Dårlig vær?
En: "Bad weather?

Nb: Nei!
En: No!"

Nb: " sa de, "bare dårlige klesvalg.
En: they said, "just bad clothing choices."

Nb: " Og de lo.
En: And they laughed.

Nb: Ingrid smilte.
En: Ingrid smiled.

Nb: Hun visste at hun hadde hjulpet.
En: She knew she had helped.

Nb: Bergen er vakker, selv i regn.
En: Bergen is beautiful, even in the rain.

Nb: Man trenger bare rett klær.
En: You just need the right clothes.


Vocabulary Words:

• Ingrid: Ingrid
• Bergen: Bergen
• mountains: fjell
• sea: hav
• rain: regn
• clothes: klær
• Lars: Lars
• Gunnhild: Gunnhild
• tourists: turister
• sunny: solfylt
• cold: kalde
• wet: våte
• grumpy: sure
• weather: vær
• choices: klesvalg
• store: butikk
• equipment: utstyr
• boots: støvler
• jackets: regnjakker
• umbrellas: paraplyer
• confused: forvirret
• outside: utenfor
• smile: smile
• helped: hjulpet
• beautiful: vakker
• buildings: bygninger
• laughed: lo
• problem: problem
• walked: rundt