phrases and vocabulary

8/11/2019 Phrases and Vocabulary

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Basics

Good morning.

God morgen. (goh moh-ohrn)

Good evening.

God kveld. (goh kvel)

Good night (to sleep)

God natt. (goh naht)

Hello. (informal)

Hei. (hay)

How are you?

Hvordan gr det? (vohrd-ahn gohr deh?)

Fine, thank you.

(o) takk, !are !ra. (yoh)

"hat is your name?

Hva heter du? (#a he-ter du)

$y name is %%%%%% .eg heter %%%%%% . (&ei he-ter %%%%% .)

'ie to meet you.

Hyggelig treffe deg. (Hygg-e-li treff-e dei)


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lease.

#*r s snill.

+hank you.

+usen takk.

oure welome.

are hyggelig. (ar-e hygg-e-li)

/'ote/ $ore like the english0 my pleasure

es.

a.

es (in reply1opposition to a no in a disussion).

o.

'o.

'ei.

23use me. (getting attention)

4nnskyld (meg). (4nn-skyll mei)

23use me. (!egging pardon)

4nnskyld (meg). (4nn-skyll mei)

5m sorry. (for a slight mistake)

eklager. (!e-klag-er)


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5m sorry. (5 really didnt mean it)

eg !eklager. (ei !e-klag-er)

5m sorry.

eg er lei meg. (ei *r lei mei)

/'ote/ 'ot used nearly as often as in 2nglish, this sinerely means you are sorry, or

an even !e interpreted to mean you are sad.

Good!ye

Ha det !ra6 (Ha de !ra)

Good!ye (informal)

Hade6 (Ha-de)

5t was nie seeing1meeting you. Good!ye.

7et var hyggelig treffe deg. Ha det !ra6 (7e var hygg-e-li treff-e dei. Ha de !ra6)

5 ant speak norwegian.

eg snakker ikke norsk. (ei snakk-er ikk-e ns&k)

5 only know a little norwegian.

eg kan !are litt norsk. (ei kan !a-re litt ns&k)

23use me. 7o you know how to speak 2nglish?

4nnskyld, kan du snakke engelsk? (4nn-skyll, kan du snakk-e eng-elsk?)


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5s there someone here who speaks 2nglish?

2r det noen som kan engelsk her? (8r de no-en sm kann snakk-e eng-elsk h*r?)

Help6

H&elp6 (elp6)

Good morning.

God morgen. (Go m-rn)

Good evening.

God kveld. (Go kvell)

Good night.

God natt. (Go natt)

/'ote/ 'ever used as a greeting, unless you you want to make a &oke. +his is

potentially trou!lesome. 5f you must greet someone at night, use Hallo, Hei, Hyggelig

m9te deg ('ie to meet you), or even God dag (even though its in the middle of

night).

Good night (to sleep)

God natt. (Go natt)

5 dont understand (you).

eg forstr :deg; ikke. (ei forst-r :dei; ikk-e)

"here is the toilet1!athroom?

Hvor er toalettet? (#or *r toa-lett-et?)

Problems


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top6 +hief6

>topp tyven6

5 need your help.

eg trenger din h&elp.

/'ote/ $ight sound too strong. >ee !elow for a more reasona!le alternative.

$ay 5 ask you for a little assistane?

=an &eg sp9rre deg om litt h&elp?

5ts an emergeny.

7et er et n9dstilfelle.


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5m lost.

eg har gtt meg !ort.

an you tell me where 5 am?

=an du fortelle meg hvor &eg er?

an you tell me the way to %%%?

=an du fortelle meg veien til %%%?

5 lost my %%%.

eg har mistet %%% :min (sg. m.1f.)1mitt (sg. neu.)1mine (pl.);.

/'ote/ "hile almost any kind of arry-on item an !e alled !ag in 2nglish, in

'orwegian it means a duffle !ag. ou usually have to !e more speifi, here are a few

alternatives, as part of this sentene, you should also read the part in parenthesis to get

the grammar right.

...luggage

!aggas&e(n)

...suitase

koffert(en)

...!akpak

ryggsekk(en)

...duffle !ag

!ag(en)


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...shoulder !ag

skulderveske(n)

...hand!ag

hndveske(n)

...plasti !ag

plastikkpose(n)

...omputer !ag

omputer !ag(en)

...hand!ag

hndveske(n)

...wallet

lomme!ok(en)

...hild1hildren

!arn(et)1!arn(a)

5m sik.

eg er syk.

5ve !een in&ured.

eg har !litt skadet.


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5ve ontrated an in&uriy.

eg har ftt en skade.

5 need a dotor.

eg trenger ( f treffe) en lege.

an 5 use (your) phone?

=an &eg f lne telefonen (din) litt?

Numbers

@

null

A

en

Bto

C

tre

D

fire

E

fem


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seks

s&u, syv

tte

I

ni

A@

ti

AA

elleve

AB

tolv

AC

tretten

AD

f&orten


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AE

femten

A

seksten (seis-ten)

A

sytten (s9tt-en)

A

atten

AI

nitten

B@

t&ue (shoe-e)

/'ote/ 4sed in new ounting system (see !elow).

B@

tyve

21 & Above

'um!ers larger than twenty an !e written several ways in 'orwegian. >ometimeseah word is written separately. >ometimes hyphens are used. Jnd sometimes, the

whole num!er is written as one large word. +here are two ways of ounting from BA-

II.

New Counting System


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+he new ounting is what most people use nowadays. 5t is also pro!a!ly advisa!le for

people not very familiar with 'orwegian to learn this way first.

BA

t&ue en (k&u-e en)

BB

t&ue to

BC

t&ue tre

Old Counting System

+he old ounting system is slightly more illogial, !ut still Kuite a few people use it.

5ts popularity inreases with the age of the speaker. $ost people will pro!a!ly revert

to the new ounting system if they realiLe the speaker is not fluent in 'orwegian, !ut

here it is for ompleteness.

BA

en og tyve (en tyv-e)

BB

to og tyve (to tyv-e)

BC

tre og tyve

Regardless of System


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C@

tretti

D@

f9rti

E@

femti

@

seksti

@

sytti

@

tti

I@

nitti

A@@

(ett) hundre

ABA

(ett) hundre og BA (A@@ BA)


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B@@

to hundre

C@@

tre hundre

A@@@

ett tusen

A@BA

ett tusen og BA (ett tu-sen BA)

AA@@

ett tusen ett hundre (ett tu-sen ett hun-dre)

AABA

ett tusen ett hundre og BA

B@@@

to-tusen

A@@@@@@

en million (en milli-on)

num!er %%%%% (train, !us, et.)

nummer %%%%% (tog, !uss, et) (nomm-er)


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half

halv (hall)

less

mindre (minn-dre)

more

mer

Time

now

n

later

senere

!efore

tidligere (tid-li-re)

morning

morgen (m-rn)

afternoon

ettermiddag

evening

kveld (kvell)


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night

natt

Clock Time

5t is worth noting that whenever you say one olok, you use ett instead of en.

24 Hour System

+he simplest way to say time is to use the BD hour system.

.@@klokka tte null null

AI.C

klokka nitten tretti s&u

A.@A

klokka ett null en

12 Hour System

+here is no universal J$1$ usage in 'orway. 5t an !e hard to hoose the orret

preposition1grammar to use for distinguishing !etween J$ and $ (whih depends a

lot on onte3t, past, future, et), so the easiest is to simply add the time of day after

having said the time.

A@.@@

klokka A@


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A@.@E

fem over A@ (femm v-er ti)

[email protected]@

ti over A@

[email protected]

kvart over A@

[email protected]@

ti p halv AA

[email protected]

fem p halv AA

[email protected]@

halv AA (hall AA)

[email protected]

fem over halv AA

[email protected]@

ti over halv AA

[email protected]

kvart p AA


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[email protected]@

ti p AA

[email protected]

fem p AA

Duration

%%%%% minute(s)

%%%%% minutt(er)

%%%%% hour(s)

%%%%% time(r)

%%%%% day(s)

%%%%% dag(er)

%%%%% week(s)

%%%%% uke(r)

%%%%% month(s)

%%%%% mned(er) (m-ned1mnt-er)

%%%%% year(s)

%%%%% r

Days

today

i dag


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yesterday

i gr

tomorrow

i morgen (i m-rn)

this week

denne uka

last week

forrige uke (frr-&e u-ke)

ne3t week

neste uke

>unday

>9ndag

$onday

$andag

+uesday

+irsdag

"ednesday

Mnsdag


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+hursday

+orsdag

Friday

Fredag

>aturday


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uly

uli

Jugust

Jugust

>eptem!er

>eptem!er

Mto!er

Mkto!er

'ovem!er

'ovem!er

7eem!er

7esem!er

Writing Time & Date

an E AII

E &an. AII

an E AII

E1A-AII

Colors

!lak

svart


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!lak

sort

/'ote/ mostly arhai

white

hvit (vit)

gray

gr

red

r9d (r9)

!lue

!l

yellow

gul

green

gr9nn

orange

orange (o-rans&)

purple

lilla


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purple

fiolett

!rown

!run

Transportation

Bus & Train

How muh is a tiket to %%%%%?

Hvor mye koster en !illett til %%%%%?

Mne tiket to %%%%%, please.

=an &eg f en !illett til %%%%%.

"here does this train1!us go?

Hvor gr dette toget1denne !ussen?

"here is the train1!us to %%%%%?

Hvor finner &eg toget1!ussen til %%%%%?

7oes this train1!us stop in %%%%%?

>topper dette toget1denne !ussen i %%%%%?

"hen does the train1!us for %%%%% leave?

'r reiser toget1!ussen til %%%%%?


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"hen will this train1!us arrive in %%%%%?

'r kommer vi fram til %%%%%?

Directions

How do 5 get to %%%%% ?

Hvordan kommer &eg til %%%%% ?

...the train station?

...togstas&onen?

...the !us station?

...!ussholdeplassen?

...the airport?

...flyplassen?

...downtown?

...sentrum?

...the youth hostel?

...ungdomsher!erget?

...the %%%%% hotel?

... %%%%% hotel?

...the Jmerian1anadian1Justralian1ritish em!assy1onsulate?

...den amerikanske1kanadiske1australske1!ritiske am!assade1konsulat?


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"here are there (a lot) of...

Hvor kan &eg finne (mange)...

...hotels?

...hoteller?

...restaurants?

...restauranter? (res-tu-rang-er)

...!ars?

...!arer?

...sites to see?

...turistattraks&oner? (tu-rist-att-rak-s&o-ner)

an you show me %%%% on the map?

=an du vise meg %%% p kartet?

street

gate1vei

+urn left.

>nu til venstre.

+urn right.

>nu til h9yre.


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left

venstre (venn-stre)

right

h9yre (h9y-re)

straight ahead

rett fram1rett framover

towards the %%%%%

mot %%%%%

past the %%%%%

for!i %%%%%

!efore the %%%%%

rett f9r %%%%%

"ath for the %%%%%.

>e etter %%%%%.

intersetion

kryss

rounda!out

rundk&9ring (runn-k&9-ring)


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north

nord

south

s9r

east

9st

west

vest

uphill

oppover(!akke) (pp-v-er-!akk-e)

downhill

nedover(!akke) (ned-v-er-!akk-e)

Taxi

+a3i6

+a3i6

/'ote/ +o get a ta3i, either all one !y phone, walk to a ta3i stop, or wave your hand

if you see one (with a lighted roof-sign) driving past.

+ake me to %%%%%, please.

=an du k&9re meg til %%%%%.


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How muh does it ost to get to %%%%%?

Hvor mye vil det koste k&9re til %%%%%?

/'ote/ 4nless its a really long (several hours) and thus ridiulously e3pensive drive

where you an make a speial deal with the driver, its gonna ost as muh as the

meter shows. 23pet an appro3imate reply if any.

+ake me there, please.

=an du k&9re meg dit?

Lodging

7o you have any rooms availa!le?

Har du noen ledige rom?

How muh is a room for one person1two people?

Hvor mye koster et enkelt1do!!elt-rom?

Jre !edsheets inluded in the prie?2r senget9y inkludert i prisen?

5 would like some !edsheets

=an &eg f med senget9y?

7oes the room ome with...

Har rommet...

...a !athroom?

...eget !ad?


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...a telephone?

...egen telefon?

...a +#?

...+#? (te-ve)

$ay 5 see the room first?

=an &eg f se rommet f9rst?

7o you have anything %%%%%?

Har du et %%%%% rom?

...Kuieter

...mer stille

...!igger

...st9rre

...leaner

...renere

...heaper

...!illigere?

M=, 5ll take it.

M=, &eg tar det. (o-k, &ei tar de)


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5 will stay for %%%%% night(s).

eg !lir her %%%%% natt1netter.

an you suggest another hotel?

Har du et annet hotell foresl?

7o you have a safe?

Har du en safe? (har du en seif)

7o you have a loker?

Har du ett ls!art skap?

5s !reakfast1supper inluded?

2r frokost1middag inkludert?

"hat time is !reakfast1supper?

'r er det frokost1middag?

lease lean my room.

=an du vaske rommet mitt.

an you wake me at %%%%%?

=an du vekke meg klokka %%%%%?

5 want to hek out.

=an &eg f s&ekke ut n?

Money


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7o you aept Jmerian1Justralian1anadian dollars?

Godtar du amerikanske1australske1kanadiske dollar?

7o you aept (ritish) pounds?

Godtar du (!ritiske) pund? (Go-tar du !rit-isk-e punn)

7o you aept redit ards?

Godtar du kredittkort?

an you hange money for me?

=an du h&elpe meg veksle penger?

"here an 5 get money hanged?

Hvor kan &eg f vekslet penger?

an you hange a travelers hek for me?

=an du veksle en reises&ekk for meg?

"here an 5 get a travelers hek hanged?

Hvor kan &eg f vekslet reises&ekker?

"hat is the e3hange rate for %%%?

Hva er valutakursen for %%%?

"here is an automati teller mahine (J+$)

Hvor er n*rmeste mini!ank?

Eating


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J ta!le for one person1two people, please.

=an &eg f et !ord for en1to personer?

an 5 look at the menu, please?

=an &eg fr se p menyen?

an 5 look in the kithen?

=an &eg f se k&9kkenet?

/'ote/ +his is usually a grave insult. 5f you feel that !ad a!out eating there, go

somewhere else instead.

5s there a house speialty?

Hva er spesialiteten deres?

5s there a loal speialty?

2r det en lokal rett &eg !9r smake p?

5m a vegetarian.

eg er vegetarianer.

5 dont eat pork.

eg spiser ikke svin.

5m on a diet. an you make it NliteN, please? (less oil1!utter1lard)

eg slanker meg. =an &eg f s lite fett som mulig? (mindre ol&e1sm9r1fett)

fi3ed-prie meal

dagens rett


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a la artO

a la artO

!reakfast

frokost

lunh

lunh

tea (meal)

kaffe og kaker

/'ote/ +his literally means offee and akes in 'orwegian. ou ould of ourse still

order tea, if you prefer that.

supper

middag

5 would like %%%%%.

=an &eg f %%%%%.

5 want a dish ontaining %%%%%.

eg vil ha en rett med %%%%%.

hiken

kylling (k&yll-ing)


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!eef

oksek&9tt

fish

fisk

ham

skinke

sausage

p9lse

heese

ost

eggs

egg

salad

salat

(fresh) vegeta!les

(ferske) gr9nnsaker

(fresh) fruit

(fersk) frukt


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!read

!r9d

toast

ristet !r9d

noodles

nudler

rie

ris

!eans

!9nner

$ay 5 have a glass of %%%%%?

=an &eg f et glass %%%%%?

$ay 5 have a up of %%%%%?

=an &eg f en kopp %%%%%?

$ay 5 have a !ottle of %%%%%?

=an &eg f en flaske %%%%%?

offee

kaffe


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tea (drink)

te

&uie

&uie (&us)

(!u!!ly) water

farris

water

vann

!eer

9l

red1white wine

r9dvin1hvitvin (r9-vin1vit-vin)

$ay 5 have some %%%%%?

=an &eg f litt %%%%%?

salt

salt

(!lak) pepper

(sort) pepper


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!utter

sm9r

23use me, waiter?

4nnskyld, kelner?

5m finished.

eg er ferdig.

5t was deliious.

7et smakte utmerket.

lease lear the plates.

=an du ta med tallerknene.

+he hek, please.

=an &eg f regningen?

Bars

7o you serve alohol?

>erverer dere alkohol?

5s there ta!le servie?

=ommer dere til !ordene?

J !eer1two !eers, please.

=an &eg f en1to 9l?


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J glass of red1white wine, please.

=an &eg f et1to glass r9dvin1hvitvin?

J pint, please.

=an &eg f en halvliter? (hall-i-ter)

5n a !ottle, please.

=an &eg f det p flaske?

%%%%% (hard liKuor) and %%%%% (mi3er), please.

=an &eg f %%%%% og %%%%%?

whiskey

whiskey

vodka

vodka

rum

rom (romm)

water

vann

lu! soda

lu! soda


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toni water

toni

orange &uie

appelsin &uie (app-el-sin &us)

oke (soda)

ola (!rus)

7o you have any !ar snaks?

Har du noe !ar snaks?

Mne more, please.

=an &eg f en til?

Jnother round, please.

2n runde til6

"hen is losing time?

'r stenger dere?

Shopping

7o you have this in my siLe?

Har du denne i min st9rrelse?

How muh is this?

Hvor mye koster den?


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+hats too e3pensive.

7et er for dyrt.

"ould you take %%%%%?

#ille du godtatt %%%%%?

/'ote/ argaining of this type is going to get you nothing !ut puLLled looks and

make people suspiious of you in 'orway. 5t osts how muh the prie-tag says,

unless the goods are damaged, or in some other way deserve a lower prie. +rades

involving insurane, ars, volume re!ates, hotels in the off-season, and a few other

things might !e e3eptions.

e3pensive

dyrt

heap

!illig

5 ant afford it.

eg har desverre ikke rd.

5 dont want it.

'ei, &eg trenger den ikke.

(5 think) oure heating me.

(eg tror) 7u lurer meg.

/'ote/ 5t may not !e wise to tell someone this, unless you are Kuite onfident its true.

2ven then, 5 think it would !e !etter to onsult a native third-party !efore you start

throwing allegetions around.


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5m not interested.

7esverre, &eg er ikke interresert.

M=, 5ll take it.

M=, &eg tar den.

an 5 have a !ag?

=an &eg f en pose?

7o you ship to %%%%?

=an du sende ting til %%%?

5 need...

eg trenger...

...toothpaste.

...tannpasta.

...a tooth!rush.

...en tann!9rste. (tann-!9s&-te)

...tampons.

...tamponger.

...soap.

...spe.


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...shampoo.

...shampoo. (s&am-po)

...pain reliever. (e.g., aspirin or i!uprofen)

...smertestillende. (f.eks 7ispril eller 5!u3)

...old mediine.

...hostesaft.

/'ote/ +his translates as ough lemonade. 5f that doesnt ome lose to what you

need, go to a dotor.

...a raLor.

...en !ar!erh9vel.

...an um!rella.

...en paraply.

...sunsreen lotion.

...solkrem.

...sun!lok lotion.

...sun!lok.

...a postard.

...ett postkort.

...postage stamps.

...frimerker.


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...!atteries.

...!atterier.

...writing paper.

...skrivepapir1!revpapir.

...a pen.

...en penn.

...2nglish-language !ooks.

...engelske !9ker.

...2nglish-language magaLines.

...engelske !lader.

...an 2nglish-language newspaper.

...en engelsk avis.

...an 2nglish-'orwegian ditionary.

...en engelsk-norsk ord!ok.

Driving a car

5 want to rent a ar.

=an &eg f leie en !il?

an 5 get insurane?

=an &eg f forsikring?


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stop (on a street sign)

stop

one way

enveisk&9rt1enveisk&9ring

yield

vikeplikt

no parking

parkering for!udt

speed limit

fartsgrense

gas1petrol station

!ensinstas&on

gas1petrol

!ensin

diesel

diesel

Authority

5 havent done anything wrong.

eg har ikke g&ort noe galt.


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5t was a misunderstanding.

7et var en misforstelse.

"here are you taking me?

Hvor tar dere meg?

Jm 5 under arrest?

2r &eg arrestert?

5 am an Jmerian1Justralian1ritish1anadian itiLen.

eg er en amerikansk1australsk1!ritisk1kanadisk stats!orger.

5 demand to talk to the Jmerian1Justralian1ritish1anadian em!assy1onsulate.

eg forlanger f snakke med den amerikanske1australske1!ritiske1kanadiske

am!assade1konsulat.

5 want to talk to a lawyer.

eg vil ha en advokat.

an 5 &ust pay a fine now?

=an &eg !are !etale !oten n?

/'ote/ 4sually you ant. +hat would mean !ri!ery is aepted. Mne e3eption0

pu!li transportation in Mslo (may!e elsewhere too) if you forgot to !uy a tiket.

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