Lesson- A

Question 1

Det var nesten natt på slottet Godmorgensol –

Answer 1

– it was nearly night in the castle
Å være – er – var – har vært
Natt – night
Nesten – almost, nearly

Question 2

Mamma og pappa spøkelse skulle på spøkelsesmøte og kom ikke hjem før
veldig sent

Answer 2

Mum and dad ghost were going to a ghost-meeting and would not come home
until late
Would not come home, expressed by ‘ kom ikke’ past simple
Å skulle- skal – skulle – har skullet (going to /shal)
Å komme – kommer – kom – har/ hadde kommet
Et møte - a meeting
Veldig - very
Sent - late

Question 3

Laban skulle passe på Labolina –

Answer 3

– laban was going to watch Labolina
Passe på - take care, watch
Skulle – was going to

Question 4

Lage kveldsmat, og få henne i seng -

Answer 4

Make supper and put her to bed
Å lage – lager – lagde – har laget
En seng – bed
Kveldsmat literally ‘eveningfood’’ is what Norwegians eat before bed, usually
bread

Question 5

Skal vi ikke be dronningen om å se etter ungene for sikkerhets skyld?-

Answer 5

shouldn’t we ask the queen to look after the kids just in case?
Ungene – the kids (synonym: barn)
Å be (om)– to ask (someone to do something)
f.ex : Han ber henne om å lage mat – he asks her to make food
Å se etter – to look after

Question 6

Nei, jeg kan passe på Labolina selv –

Answer 6

No, I can watch Labolina by myself
Å kunne – kan – kunne – har kunnet
Selv – by myself

Question 7

Jeg er stor nå –

Answer 7

– i’m big (like a grownup) now
Stor – big
Nå – now

Question 8

Og jeg kan passe på Laban, for jeg er også stor-

Answer 8

and i can watch Laban,
because Im also big
Også - also
For – for, because

Question 9

Bare ikke se for lenge på TV –

Answer 9

– just don’t watch TV for too long
Bare- just
For lenge – too long
Se på TV – watch TV

Question 10

“Da” mamma og pappa hadde gått, ville Labolina ha putekrig –

Answer 10

when mum and
dad ha left, Labolina wanted to have a pillowfight
Da – when (past ocurrences)
Å ville- vil – ville – har/hadde villet (want/will)
En pute – a pillow

Question 11

Vi må ikke lage noe rot –

Answer 11

– we must not make any mess
Å måtte – må – måtte – har måttet (must/have to)
Rot - mess

Question 12

Det der sier du bare fordi du ikke vil tape –

Answer 12

– you only say that because you
don’t want to lose
Det der – that
Å tape – to lose
Fordi – because
Å si – sier – sa –har sagt (to say)

Question 13

Laban syntes heller at de skulle leke noe som var rolig –

Answer 13

Laban thought instead
that they should play something (which was) calm
Å synes – synes – syntes – har syntes (to think, expressing subjective opinion)
Heller – rather/insteadn
Som – which

Question 14

Labolina var kjempeflink til å legge puslespill –

Answer 14

– Labolina was really good at
laying a puzzle
Kjemeflink til å - really good at
Et puslespill – a jigsaw puzzle
Kjempe – really, very (emphasise)

Question 15

Da puslespillet var ferdig så Laban at det forestilte….. –

Answer 15

when the puzzle was
done, Laban saw that it pictured…..
Ferdig – finished, done
Å se – ser – så – har sett
At – that
Å forestille – to picture/portray

Question 16

…et monster – a monster
Laban syntes at Labolina var for liten for monstre –

Answer 16

– Laban thought Labolina
was too little for monsters
For liten – too little/small

Question 17

Nei. Det er ikke bra for tennene dineOg så kan du få vondt i den lille magen din

Answer 17

No. That’s not good for your teeth–
and you may get a pain in your little tummy

Question 18

Men gulrot er sunnere skjønner du –

Answer 18

but a carrot is healthier you see