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- Lucas: Hei, and welcome back to Learn Norwegian with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Episode 65 — can you believe it? Lucas: I know, right? We've come a long way. Today we're talking about sports. Sports in Norwegian. Luna: Ooh, sports. Perfect timing — I've been trying to get more active. Teach me some words I can use. Lucas: Absolutely. Let's start with a big one. Football — soccer, really — is fotball. Luna: Fotball. That's pretty close to English. Fotball. Lucas: Exactly. Fotball. And if you want to say 'I like football', you say Jeg liker fotball. Luna: Jeg liker fotball. I like football. I can remember that. Lucas: Nice. Now, another popular sport: swimming. In Norwegian, swimming is svømming. Luna: Svømming. That's a bit trickier. Svømming. Lucas: You've got it. There's a little 'øm' sound in there. Svømming. And you can say Jeg driver med svømming — that means 'I do swimming' or 'I'm into swimming'. Luna: Jeg driver med svømming. I do swimming. So it's like saying you practice it regularly. Lucas: Exactly. Jeg driver med svømming. Good. Next up: running. Running is løping. Luna: Løping. Like 'lope' in English, almost. Løping. Lucas: Yeah, similar. Løping. And then cycling is sykling. Luna: Sykling. That's like 'cycle' with an -ing. Sykling. Lucas: Perfect. So now we have four sports: fotball, svømming, løping, sykling. Let's practice them in a sentence. Luna, try 'I like football'. Luna: Jeg liker fotball. Lucas: Yes. And 'I do swimming'. Luna: Jeg driver med svømming. Lucas: Great. Now let's put it together in a little scene. Imagine you're at a sports club and someone asks what you like. You could say Jeg liker fotball og svømming. Luna: Jeg liker fotball og svømming. I like football and swimming. Lucas: Yeah, that's it. And if you want to say 'I do running and cycling', you say Jeg driver med løping og sykling. Luna: Jeg driver med løping og sykling. That flows nicely. Lucas: You're a natural. So, how are you feeling about these? Luna: Pretty good. I think I can use them at my next workout. But I wonder — how do you ask someone what sport they like? Lucas: Good question. You can say Hvilken sport liker du? — which sport do you like? Luna: Hvilken sport liker du? That's useful. So if someone asks me, I can answer. Lucas: Exactly. And speaking of useful — if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with this language, it really helps if you support the show. Luna: Yeah, it's true. A couple of dollars a month is genuinely what keeps these going. Buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo, if you've gotten something out of them. Lucas: Yeah, it makes a real difference. Anyway, let's get back to sports. Luna, can you say 'I like football and swimming' one more time? Luna: Sure. Jeg liker fotball og svømming. Lucas: Perfect. And 'I do running and cycling'? Luna: Jeg driver med løping og sykling. Lucas: Excellent. So now you have four sports words and two sentence patterns. Try using them this week. Maybe when you're at the gym or talking to a friend. Luna: I will. Thanks, Lucas. This was a fun episode. Lucas: It was. Keep practicing, and we'll see you next time on Learn Norwegian with Fexingo. Luna: Ha det bra!