Fluent Fiction - Norwegian: The Bunad Switch: Chaos and Laughter at a Norwegian Festival
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Story Transcript:

Nb: Månen hang lavt over de norske fjordene.
En: The moon hung low over the Norwegian fjords.

Nb: Lars pakket bunaden sin.
En: Lars packed his bunad.

Nb: Han var spent.
En: He was excited.

Nb: Ingrid pakket også sin bunad.
En: Ingrid also packed her bunad.

Nb: De skulle til en festival sammen.
En: They were going to a festival together.

Nb: Festivalen var for folkemusikk og dans.
En: The festival was for folk music and dance.

Nb: De skulle dra med sin gode venn, Magnus.
En: They were going with their good friend, Magnus.

Nb: På festivalen var det mye folk.
En: There were many people at the festival.

Nb: Alle hadde på seg flotte bunader.
En: Everyone was wearing beautiful bunads.

Nb: Men Lars og Ingrid lagde kaos med en gang.
En: But Lars and Ingrid caused chaos right away.

Nb: De hadde byttet bunader ved et uhell.
En: They had accidentally switched bunads.

Nb: Ingrid hadde på seg Lars sin bunad.
En: Ingrid was wearing Lars' bunad.

Nb: Og Lars hadde på seg Ingrid sin bunad.
En: And Lars was wearing Ingrid's bunad.

Nb: Folk ble overrasket.
En: People were surprised.

Nb: De prøvde å danse, men bunadene passet ikke.
En: They tried to dance, but the bunads didn't fit.

Nb: Det var vanskelig å bevege seg.
En: It was difficult to move.

Nb: Folk begynte å le.
En: People started laughing.

Nb: Noen ble sure.
En: Some got upset.

Nb: Magnus visste ikke hva han skulle gjøre.
En: Magnus didn't know what to do.

Nb: Han prøvde å roe folk ned.
En: He tried to calm people down.

Nb: Men Lars og Ingrid ville ikke gi seg.
En: But Lars and Ingrid wouldn't give up.

Nb: De danset selv om det var vanskelig.
En: They danced even though it was difficult.

Nb: De syntes det var morsomt.
En: They thought it was fun.

Nb: Folk begynte å le mer.
En: People started laughing even more.

Nb: Noen klappet.
En: Some clapped.

Nb: Også Magnus begynte å le.
En: Even Magnus started laughing.

Nb: Til slutt tok de av seg bunadene.
En: Finally, they took off the bunads.

Nb: De byttet tilbake.
En: They switched back.

Nb: Alt ble normalt igjen.
En: Everything returned to normal.

Nb: Men det var litt sent.
En: But it was a little late.

Nb: Festivalen var nesten over.
En: The festival was almost over.

Nb: Men folk husket Lars og Ingrid.
En: But people remembered Lars and Ingrid.

Nb: De husket klesbyttet.
En: They remembered the clothes switch.

Nb: Festivalen var over.
En: The festival was over.

Nb: Lars, Ingrid, og Magnus dro hjem.
En: Lars, Ingrid, and Magnus went home.

Nb: De lo av det som hadde skjedd.
En: They laughed about what had happened.

Nb: De visste at de aldri ville glemme den dagen.
En: They knew they would never forget that day.

Nb: Og de visste at festivalen heller ikke ville glemme dem.
En: And they knew that the festival would never forget them either.

Nb: Fra da av, hver gang de pakket bunadene sine, sjekket de nøye.
En: From then on, every time they packed their bunads, they checked carefully.

Nb: De ville ikke bytte igjen.
En: They didn't want to switch again.

Nb: Og selv om de skapte kaos, hadde de det gøy.
En: And even though they caused chaos, they had fun.

Nb: De lærte at det er greit å le av seg selv.
En: They learned that it's okay to laugh at themselves.

Nb: Og de lærte at det er viktig å sjekke bunaden før man tar den med til festival.
En: And they learned that it's important to check the bunad before taking it to a festival.


Vocabulary Words:

• The: Månen
• moon: Hang
• hung: Lavt
• low: Over
• over: De
• the: Norske
• Norwegian: Fjordene
• fjords: Lars
• Lars: Pakket
• packed: Bunaden
• his: Sin
• bunad: Han
• He: Var
• was: Spent
• excited: Ingrid
• Ingrid: Pakket
• also: Også
• her: De
• they: Skulle
• were: Til
• going: En
• together: Festival
• a: Sammen
• festival: Festivalen
• They: Var
• were: For
• going: Folkemusikk
• with: Og
• their: Dans