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- Lucas: Hei Luna, ready for another episode of Learn Norwegian with Fexingo? Luna: Absolutely, Lucas. I've been practicing the verbs from our last episodes. Å vente, å kjøpe, å gi... they're starting to stick. Lucas: That's great to hear. And speaking of hearing—today we're going to learn a new verb: å høre, which means 'to hear'. Luna: Å høre. Okay, I can do that. So 'å høre' is the infinitive, like 'to hear'. Lucas: Exactly. Listen carefully: å høre. Now the present tense is 'jeg hører' — I hear. Let's say it together: jeg hører. Luna: Jeg hører. Lucas: Perfect. Now if you want to ask someone if they hear, you say: hører du? Luna: Hører du? That's like, 'do you hear?' Lucas: Yes. For example, if I say: 'Kan du høre meg?' — Can you hear me? Luna: Kan du høre meg? So 'meg' is 'me'. Hmm, let me try: Kan du høre meg? Lucas: Perfect. And how would you say 'I hear music'? Luna: Jeg hører musikk? Lucas: Exactly. But more commonly you might say 'Jeg hører på musikk' — I'm listening to music. The 'på' adds the idea of listening to something. Luna: Oh, so 'å høre på' is like 'to listen to'. Jeg hører på musikk. Lucas: Yes. And if you want to say 'I hear a bird'? Jeg hører en fugl. Luna: Jeg hører en fugl. That's nice. So when do you use just 'høre' versus 'høre på'? Lucas: Great question. 'Å høre' is just the physical act of hearing, while 'å høre på' means to listen with attention. For example: 'Jeg hører deg' means I hear you, but 'Jeg hører på deg' means I'm listening to you. Luna: Okay, I think I get it. Let me practice: Jeg hører på læreren. I'm listening to the teacher. Lucas: Exactly. Now let's do a quick dialogue. Luna, you're at a concert. I'll ask you something. Luna: Okay, I'm ready. Lucas: Hører du musikken? Luna: Ja, jeg hører musikken. Den er bra! Lucas: Ah, very good. 'Den er bra' — it's good. You used the verb naturally. Luna: Thanks. I like how 'å høre' is similar to English 'hear'. It's easy to remember. Lucas: It is. And if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Norwegian, we hope you're enjoying these episodes. We deliberately keep this show ad-free — no commercials, no interruptions. If that matters to you and you'd like to support it, you can find us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Just a simple way to say thanks if you find value in what we do. Luna: Yeah, it's really nice to have a clean learning experience. Okay, back to the verb. So I can also say 'Kan dere høre meg?' if I'm talking to a group? Lucas: Exactly. 'Kan dere høre meg?' — Can you all hear me? And the response: 'Ja, vi hører deg.' Yes, we hear you. Luna: Ja, vi hører deg. So 'vi' is we. Let me try a full sentence: Vi hører på radioen. Lucas: Perfekt. Vi hører på radioen. You're doing great. Let's go through the phrases one more time. First: å høre. Luna: Å høre. Lucas: Jeg hører. Luna: Jeg hører. Lucas: Hører du? Luna: Hører du? Lucas: Jeg hører på musikk. Luna: Jeg hører på musikk. Lucas: Kan du høre meg? Luna: Kan du høre meg? Lucas: Perfect. And don't forget the question word 'hva' — what. So: Hva hører du? Luna: Hva hører du? That's 'What do you hear?' Lucas: Yes. And an answer: Jeg hører en hund. I hear a dog. Luna: Jeg hører en hund. Okay, I think I've got this. Thanks, Lucas. Lucas: You're welcome. Keep practicing these phrases, and next time we'll learn another useful verb. Takk for i dag, Luna. Luna: Takk for i dag, Lucas. And to our listeners, øv på disse setningene, and we'll see you in the next episode of Learn Norwegian with Fexingo.