Fluent Fiction - Norwegian: The Summer Night Sweater Swap
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Story Transcript:

Nb: I Bergen, under den lyse sommernatten, var Ingrid og Lars på en bålfest. Bålet flammet lekent og folk lo høyt.
En: In Bergen, under the bright summer night, Ingrid and Lars were at a bonfire party. The fire danced playfully and people laughed loudly.

Nb: Ingrid, med røde kinn, hadde på seg en tradisjonell norsk genser. Genseren var ny, med blått og hvitt mønster. Det var kalde kvelder nå. Hun var glad hun hadde den.
En: Ingrid, with rosy cheeks, was wearing a traditional Norwegian sweater. The sweater was new, with a blue and white pattern. The evenings were chilly now. She was glad she had it.

Nb: Lars, en god venn, hadde også norsk genser. Hans var gammel, lun og med grønt og gult mønster.
En: Lars, a good friend, also had a Norwegian sweater. His was old, cozy, and had a green and yellow pattern.

Nb: Musikken spilte, folk pratet og lo.
En: The music played, people chatted and laughed.

Nb: Uten å legge merke til det, la Ingrid og Lars genserne sine i samme haug.
En: Without noticing it, Ingrid and Lars placed their sweaters in the same pile.

Nb: Midt i praten, tok Ingrid en genser fra haugen. Hun trodde det var hennes. Men det var Lars sin.
En: In the midst of the conversation, Ingrid took a sweater from the pile. She thought it was hers. But it was Lars's.

Nb: Lars kom også for å hente sin genser. Han fant bare den blå genseren. Den han hadde sett på Ingrid.
En: Lars also came to get his sweater. He only found the blue sweater. The one he had seen on Ingrid.

Nb: Han lo og ropte til Ingrid: "Du har tatt min genser!"
En: He laughed and shouted to Ingrid, "You've taken my sweater!"

Nb: Ingrid så ned på genseren hun hadde tatt. Grønt og gult, ikke blått og hvitt. Hun lo og rødmet.
En: Ingrid looked down at the sweater she had taken. Green and yellow, not blue and white. She laughed and blushed.

Nb: "Beklager, Lars!" ropte hun. "La oss bytte tilbake!"
En: "Sorry, Lars!" she shouted. "Let's switch back!"

Nb: Så, i lyset fra bålet, byttet de sine gensere tilbake. De lo høyt, de var glade.
En: So, in the light of the bonfire, they switched their sweaters back. They laughed loudly, they were happy.

Nb: Senere den kvelden, satt de ved bålet igjen. Ingrid i sin blå og hvite genser, Lars i hans grønne og gule.
En: Later that evening, they sat by the bonfire again. Ingrid in her blue and white sweater, Lars in his green and yellow one.

Nb: De smilte til hverandre. De hadde en god kveld i Bergen, med bålet, musikken og vennene sine. Alt var som det skulle være. Ingen ting kunne ødelegge denne kvelden.
En: They smiled at each other. They had a good evening in Bergen, with the fire, the music, and their friends. Everything was as it should be. Nothing could spoil this evening.

Nb: Genseren var tilbake hos sin rette eier, og alle lo av hendelsen. Folk rundt dem smilte og sukret litt. Kanskje noen hadde lært en liten lekse den kvelden; alltid å ha god oversikt over sine ting!
En: The sweater was back with its rightful owner, and everyone laughed about the incident. People around them smiled and chuckled a bit. Perhaps some had learned a small lesson that evening; always keep a good track of your belongings!

Nb: Den kvelden i Bergen, under den lyse sommernatten, var perfekt. Historien om de byttede genserne ble en morsom historie, en som alle husket og lo av.
En: That evening in Bergen, under the bright summer night, was perfect. The story of the switched sweaters became a funny story, one that everyone remembered and laughed about.

Nb: Slutten.
En: The End.


Vocabulary Words:

• In: Bergen
• under: det
• bright: lyse
• summer: sommernatten
• night: var
• Ingrid: Ingrid
• and: og
• Lars: på
• were: en
• at: bålfest
• a: Bålet
• bonfire: flammet
• party: lekent
• The: folk
• fire: lo
• danced: høyt
• playfully.: Ingrid
• and: med
• people: røde
• laughed: kinn
• loudly.: hadde
• : Ingrid
• with: på
• rosy: seg
• was: tradisjonell
• wearing: norsk
• a: genser
• traditional.: Genseren
• Norwegian: var
• The: med