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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Norwegian with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode ninety—five! Getting close to a hundred. Lucas: Exciting. Today we’re going to learn a very fitting verb—å lære. Luna: Let me guess—å lære means to learn? Lucas: Exactly. Å lære. To learn. Say it with me: å lære. Luna: Å lære. Lucas: Perfect. Now let’s use it. Jeg lærer norsk. I learn Norwegian. Luna: Jeg lærer norsk. That feels good. Jeg lærer norsk. Lucas: Right. And if you ask someone: Lærer du norsk? Do you learn Norwegian? Luna: Lærer du norsk? That sounds like a great question to ask a new friend. Lucas: Absolutely. Now, maybe you’re learning something else. Hva lærer du? What are you learning? Luna: Hva lærer du? Hmm, I could say: Jeg lærer å lage mat. Lucas: I learn to cook. Nice. Jeg lærer å lage mat. That works. Å lære can be followed by å plus another verb. Luna: So Jeg lærer å snakke norsk. I learn to speak Norwegian. Lucas: Exactly. And together: Vi lærer norsk. We learn Norwegian. Luna: Vi lærer norsk. That’s us and our listeners. Lucas: Speaking of learning—if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Norwegian, and you’d like to support the show so we can keep it ad‐free, you can buy us a coffee. Just visit buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, every little bit helps us keep making these episodes. So if you enjoy learning with us, consider it. Lucas: Now back to å lære. Let’s practice a quick dialogue. Imagine you meet someone. You ask: Lærer du norsk? Luna: They say: Ja, jeg lærer norsk. Hva lærer du? Lucas: And you can answer: Jeg lærer å spille gitar. I’m learning to play guitar. Luna: Oh, that’s cool. Jeg lærer å spille gitar. I love that. Lucas: Let’s run through today’s phrases one more time. Å lære. Luna: Å lære. Lucas: Jeg lærer norsk. Luna: Jeg lærer norsk. Lucas: Lærer du norsk? Luna: Lærer du norsk? Lucas: Hva lærer du? Luna: Hva lærer du? Lucas: Jeg lærer å... Luna: Jeg lærer å... Lucas: Vi lærer. Luna: Vi lærer. Lucas: Great job, Luna. And great job, listeners. Practice these, and you’ll be saying them without thinking soon. Luna: Takk for i dag, Lucas. See you next time. Lucas: See you next time. Keep learning with Fexingo.