Fluent Fiction - Norwegian: Lost in Oslo: A Journey of Navigation and Empowerment
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Story Transcript:

Nb: Ingrid stod på trikkeholdeplassen i Oslo.
En: Ingrid stood at the tram stop in Oslo.

Nb: Byen var stor, og trikken var ny for henne.
En: The city was big, and the tram was new to her.

Nb: Butikkene var travle, bilene kjørte forbi, og folk gikk fort.
En: The shops were busy, the cars drove by, and people walked fast.

Nb: "Ingrid, du kan gjøre det," sa hun til seg selv.
En: "Ingrid, you can do it," she said to herself.

Nb: Hun så på kartet av t-banesystemet.
En: She looked at the map of the subway system.

Nb: Linjene gikk hit og dit.
En: The lines went here and there.

Nb: Hver farge var en ny retning.
En: Each color represented a different direction.

Nb: Hun skulle ta den grønne linjen.
En: She was supposed to take the green line.

Nb: Men hun kunne ikke se den grønne linjen.
En: But she couldn't see the green line.

Nb: Hun så bare rød, blå og gul.
En: She only saw red, blue, and yellow.

Nb: Ingrid gikk til informasjonsdesken.
En: Ingrid went to the information desk.

Nb: "Unnskyld, hvor er den grønne linjen?
En: "Excuse me, where is the green line?"

Nb: " spurte hun.
En: she asked.

Nb: Mannen pekte på den gule linjen.
En: The man pointed to the yellow line.

Nb: Ingrid var forvirret.
En: Ingrid was confused.

Nb: Hun tenkte at den gule linjen kanskje var den grønne linjen.
En: She thought maybe the yellow line was the green line.

Nb: Så hun fulgte pekeren hans.
En: So she followed his pointer.

Nb: Ingrid stod på gul linje-plattformen.
En: Ingrid stood on the yellow line platform.

Nb: Trikken kom, og hun gikk på.
En: The tram arrived, and she got on.

Nb: Hun så på de andre passasjerene.
En: She looked at the other passengers.

Nb: De så ut til å vite hvor de skulle.
En: They seemed to know where they were going.

Nb: Ingrid hadde ikke det.
En: Ingrid didn't.

Nb: Hun var bekymret, men hun satt stille.
En: She was worried, but she stayed still.

Nb: Trikken startet.
En: The tram began.

Nb: Den gikk fort.
En: It went fast.

Nb: Bygninger, trær, og folk gikk forbi i et virvar.
En: Buildings, trees, and people passed by in a blur.

Nb: Ingrid så ut av vinduet.
En: Ingrid looked out of the window.

Nb: Hun kjente ikke igjen noe.
En: She didn't recognize anything.

Nb: Da skjønte hun.
En: Then she realized.

Nb: Hun var på feil trikk.
En: She was on the wrong tram.

Nb: Hun ble redd.
En: She got scared.

Nb: Hun visste ikke hvor hun var.
En: She didn't know where she was.

Nb: Hun visste ikke hva hun skulle gjøre.
En: She didn't know what to do.

Nb: Men hun visste at hun måtte komme av trikken.
En: But she knew she had to get off the tram.

Nb: Så hun trykket på stoppknappen.
En: So she pressed the stop button.

Nb: Ingrid gikk av ved neste stopp, langt borte fra Oslo sentrum.
En: Ingrid got off at the next stop, far away from Oslo city center.

Nb: Hun var alene.
En: She was alone.

Nb: Hun tok ut kartet igjen.
En: She took out the map again.

Nb: Hun studerte det nøye.
En: She studied it carefully.

Nb: Så gikk en eldre dame forbi.
En: Then an elderly lady walked by.

Nb: Ingrid stoppet henne og spurte om hjelp.
En: Ingrid stopped her and asked for help.

Nb: Kvinnen så på kartet.
En: The woman looked at the map.

Nb: Hun pekte på den grønne linjen.
En: She pointed to the green line.

Nb: "Du er her," sa hun.
En: "You are here," she said.

Nb: "Du skal gå dit.
En: "You need to go there."

Nb: " Hun pekte på Oslo sentrum.
En: She pointed to Oslo city center.

Nb: Kvinnen forklarte hvordan Ingrid kunne komme tilbake.
En: The woman explained how Ingrid could get back.

Nb: Ingrid takket kvinnen.
En: Ingrid thanked the woman.

Nb: Hun følte seg bedre.
En: She felt better.

Nb: Hun fulgte veiledningen og fant den riktige trikken.
En: She followed the instructions and found the right tram.

Nb: Hun følte seg sterk.
En: She felt strong.

Nb: Hun hadde gjort en feil, men hun hadde løst problemet.
En: She had made a mistake, but she had solved the problem.

Nb: Ingrid steg av trikken i Oslo sentrum.
En: Ingrid stepped off the tram in Oslo city center.

Nb: Hun så på de travle butikkene, de kjørende bilene, og de hurtig-gående folkene med nye øyne.
En: She looked at the busy shops, the driving cars, and the fast-walking people with new eyes.

Nb: Oslo var fortsatt stor.
En: Oslo was still big.

Nb: Men nå var det litt mindre skremmende.
En: But now it was a little less intimidating.

Nb: Ingrid kunne navigere det nå.
En: Ingrid could navigate it now.

Nb: Hun følte seg hjemme.
En: She felt at home.


Vocabulary Words:

• Ingrid: Ingrid
• tram: trikk
• stop: holdeplass
• Oslo: Oslo
• city: by
• big: stor
• new: ny
• shops: butikker
• busy: travle
• cars: biler
• drove: kjørte
• people: folk
• walked: gikk
• fast: fort
• green line: grønne linje
• map: kart
• subway system: t-banesystemet
• lines: linjene
• different: forskjellige
• direction: retning
• color: farge
• red: rød
• blue: blå
• yellow: gul
• information desk: informasjonsdesken
• confused: forvirret
• followed: fulgte
• pointer: peker
• platform: plattform
• passengers: passasjerer