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- Lucas: Hei, Luna! Welcome back to Learn Norwegian with Fexingo. Luna: Hei, Lucas! I'm so ready for more Norwegian today. Lucas: That's great. Today we're going to learn two very common verbs: å gå and å se. Luna: Å gå and å se. What do they mean? Lucas: Å gå means "to go" or "to walk." And å se means "to see" or "to watch." Let's start with å gå. Listen: å gå. Luna: Å gå. Lucas: Perfect. Now, in present tense, we say: Jeg går. That means "I go" or "I walk." Jeg går. Luna: Jeg går. Lucas: Yes! Jeg går. Let's use it in a sentence. For example: Jeg går til butikken. "I go to the store." Jeg går til butikken. Luna: Jeg går til butikken. Butikken — that's from the city places episode, right? Lucas: Exactly! Good memory. Okay, your turn. How would you say "I go to school"? Luna: Uh... Jeg går til skolen? Wait, is it skolen? Lucas: You got it! Jeg går til skolen. But careful — in Norwegian, when talking about school in general, we often say skolen without "the" explicitly, but here it's fine. Let's stick with skolen. So: Jeg går til skolen. Luna: Jeg går til skolen. That sounds nice. Lucas: Great. Now let's move to å se. Listen: å se. Luna: Å se. Lucas: Present tense: Jeg ser. "I see" or "I watch." Jeg ser. Luna: Jeg ser. Lucas: Yes. For example: Jeg ser på TV. "I watch TV." Jeg ser på TV. Luna: Jeg ser på TV. Oh, that's useful. So you add på after ser? Lucas: Good question. Yes, when you mean "watch" or "look at," you use ser på. But if you just mean "see" something, you can say Jeg ser en bil — "I see a car." Listen: Jeg ser en bil. Luna: Jeg ser en bil. So ser can mean both see and watch, depending on context. Lucas: Exactly. Now let's practice both verbs. I'll say an English sentence, you say it in Norwegian. Ready? Luna: Ready. Lucas: I go to the store. Luna: Jeg går til butikken. Lucas: Perfect. Next: I see a cat. Luna: Jeg ser en katt. Oh, we learned katt earlier too! Lucas: Yes, from the animals episode. So you're combining old and new. Love it. Let's do one more: I watch a film. Luna: Jeg ser på en film. Lucas: Spot on. Now let's have a tiny conversation. I'll ask you a question in Norwegian, and you answer. Hva gjør du? What do you do? Luna: Oh, um... Jeg går til biblioteket? I go to the library? Lucas: That works! Jeg går til biblioteket. Or you could say Jeg ser på en bok — but that's a bit odd. Anyway, good try. Let's wrap up with repetition. Repeat after me: å gå. Luna: å gå Lucas: Jeg går. Luna: Jeg går. Lucas: å se. Luna: å se. Lucas: Jeg ser. Luna: Jeg ser. Lucas: Wonderful. Now you can say where you go and what you see. Keep practicing, and we'll be back with more Norwegian soon. Luna: Tusen takk, Lucas! This was fun. Vi sees! Lucas: Vi sees! Thanks for listening to Learn Norwegian with Fexingo. See you next time.