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- Lucas: Velkommen til Learn Norwegian with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 145! We're sticking with verbs, right? Lucas: Exactly. We've covered so many. Today we're learning 'å sitte' — to sit. Luna: Å sitte. Okay, I can picture that. Sitting down. Lucas: Yes. 'Å sitte' is a verb, like 'å stå' from last episode. Let's start with the base: 'å sitte'. Luna: Å sitte. Lucas: Good. Now present tense: 'Jeg sitter' — I sit, or I am sitting. Luna: Jeg sitter. Lucas: Perfect. 'Sitter du?' — Are you sitting? Luna: Sitter du? Lucas: Yeah. So let's try a full sentence. 'Jeg sitter på en stol.' I sit on a chair. Luna: Jeg sitter på en stol. Stol is chair, right? We learned that before. Lucas: Yes, we did. Nice memory. Now another one: 'Jeg sitter på bussen.' I sit on the bus. Luna: Jeg sitter på bussen. That's useful. I take the bus a lot. Lucas: Me too. So what if you want to ask if you can sit somewhere? 'Kan jeg sitte her?' — Can I sit here? Luna: Kan jeg sitte her? That's polite. I'd use that at a cafe. Lucas: Exactly. Let's practice all four together. First: 'å sitte'. Luna: Å sitte. Lucas: 'Jeg sitter.' Luna: Jeg sitter. Lucas: 'Sitter du?' Luna: Sitter du? Lucas: 'Kan jeg sitte her?' Luna: Kan jeg sitte her? Lucas: Wonderful. Now let's put it in a tiny scene. Imagine you're on a full bus. An empty seat. You ask someone: 'Kan jeg sitte her?' Luna: Kan jeg sitte her? And they say 'Ja, vær så snill'? Yes, please. Lucas: Exactly. 'Ja, vær så snill.' So you sit. 'Jeg sitter.' Luna: Jeg sitter. That's smooth. Lucas: If Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Norwegian, I want to mention something. A handful of listeners chip in monthly through buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo, and that's literally what funds making this many episodes. Luna: Yeah, it's a small group, but it keeps the show ad-free and going. We're grateful. Lucas: Totally. Okay, back to sitting. Let's try another context. At a restaurant: 'Sitter du her?' Are you sitting here? Luna: Sitter du her? That's like asking if a seat is taken. Lucas: Right. Or you could say 'Sitter du på stolen?' Are you sitting on the chair? Luna: Sitter du på stolen? Lucas: Now let's do a quick drill. I'll say the English, you try the Norwegian. 'To sit.' Luna: Å sitte. Lucas: 'I sit.' Luna: Jeg sitter. Lucas: 'Are you sitting?' Luna: Sitter du? Lucas: 'Can I sit here?' Luna: Kan jeg sitte her? Lucas: Excellent. So today we learned 'å sitte' and how to use it. Remember, 'å sitte' is different from 'å stå' — to stand. We learned that last time. Luna: Right. Å stå vs å sitte. I'll practice both. Lucas: Good. Keep practicing 'Jeg sitter', 'Sitter du?', and 'Kan jeg sitte her?'. Use them when you're on a bus, at a cafe, anywhere. Luna: Takk for i dag, Lucas. Lucas: Takk selv, Luna. And thanks to you for listening. Practice these until we meet again. Hei hei!