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- Lucas: Hei og velkommen til Learn Norwegian with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 109! Can you believe it? Lucas: I know. The time flies when you're learning a language. Today we've got a super useful verb — å gi. Luna: Å gi. That means 'to give', right? Lucas: Exactly. Å gi — to give. Let's start with the base phrase. Listen: å gi. Luna: Å gi. To give. Got it. Lucas: Now the present tense: jeg gir. I give. Luna: Jeg gir. Lucas: Perfect. So if you want to say 'I give you something', it's 'jeg gir deg'. Luna: Jeg gir deg. I give you. That's sweet. Lucas: And a question: 'gir du?' — do you give? Luna: Gir du? Do you give? Easy. Lucas: Now an imperative: 'gi meg' — give me. Luna: Gi meg. That's like 'give me the salt'. Lucas: Exactly. Let's put them together in a tiny scene. I'll be at a birthday party. I have a gift. Luna: Oh, fun. I'm the friend. Lucas: I say: 'Jeg gir deg en gave.' I give you a gift. Luna: Jeg gir deg en gave. That's so nice! Lucas: Then you say: 'Tusen takk!' Thank you! But also you might ask: 'Gir du meg kortet?' Do you give me the card? Luna: Gir du meg kortet? Do you give me the card? I can picture that. Lucas: Let's practice the phrases slowly. First: å gi. Luna: Å gi. Lucas: Jeg gir. Luna: Jeg gir. Lucas: Gir du? Luna: Gir du? Lucas: Jeg gir deg. Luna: Jeg gir deg. Lucas: Gi meg. Luna: Gi meg. Lucas: You know, if Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Norwegian, and you've gotten something out of these episodes, we just want to mention — a couple of dollars a month at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo genuinely keeps these going. Luna: Yeah, it's a small thing that makes a big difference for us. We really appreciate it. Lucas: Back to giving. Let's try a mini dialogue. I'll ask: 'Gir du meg boken?' Do you give me the book? Luna: Gir du meg boken? Hmm, 'Ja, jeg gir deg boken.' Yes, I give you the book. Lucas: Exactly. 'Ja, jeg gir deg boken.' Perfect. Luna: What if I want to say 'give me the pen'? Lucas: That's 'gi meg pennen'. Pennen — the pen. Luna: Gi meg pennen. Give me the pen. Lucas: Right. And if you want to be polite, you can say 'kan du gi meg pennen?' Can you give me the pen? Luna: Kan du gi meg pennen? That's useful. Lucas: Let's do one more round of the core phrases. Listen and repeat: å gi. Luna: Å gi. Lucas: Jeg gir. Luna: Jeg gir. Lucas: Gir du? Luna: Gir du? Lucas: Jeg gir deg. Luna: Jeg gir deg. Lucas: Gi meg. Luna: Gi meg. Lucas: Excellent. Now you can give in Norwegian. I'm proud of you. Luna: Tusen takk, Lucas! This was fun. Lucas: That's it for episode 109. Practice giving things to your friends — in Norwegian, of course. Luna: See you next time! Ha det bra! Lucas: Ha det bra!