Untitled - Temple of Our Heathen Gods

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5 1 . Nei is the negative answer to a question. It
also has other idiomatic uses.
1. Nei, saa vakkert! How beautiful !
2. Nei, se der! Just look!
3. Nei, hvad sier duf What?
4. Nei, du sier da vel ikke You don't say !
det?
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5. Nei, aldeles ikke! By no means.
6. Nei da. No not at all.
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for,
52. Av is translated by of, out of, off, from, in,
by.
1. Har De l&st no gen av
Hans nye bfiker?
2. Nei hvor elskvcerdig det
var av Dem at komme.
3. Der var bare nitti av
hvert hundrede som kunde
baade l&se og skrivc.
4. 0yvind tok huen av
og kastct den ende op.
5. leg hfirte det av en ven
av mig.
6. Han var gammel av
aar.
7. Han kommer ikke, av
en eller anden grund.
8. Boken er skrevet av
Bjfirnson.
Have you read any of his
new books ?
How kind it is of you to
come.
There were but 90 out of
every hundred who could
both read and write.
0yvind took his cap off
and threw it straight up.
I heard it from a friend of
mine.
He was old in years.
He is
not coming for some
reason or other.
The book is written by
Bj^rnson.
53. Om is translated
during, per, a.
1.
leg spurte han om han
kunde komme.
2. Han sa han skulde v&re
her om en time.
3. Han skrev ikke no get
om hvordan han har det.
by if, in, about, by, for,
I asked him if he could
come.
He said he would be here
in an hour.
He did not write anything
about how he is getting
along.