There are also suggestions for ways to use certain pairs or groups of pictures.
Due to the number of pictures in this section, the Norway VPA index is divided into three parts.
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| Photo (Thumbnail) | Vocabulary Items | Topics | Grammar Points |
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antlers, big, legs, reindeer, walking | animals -reindeer (wild); | |
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children, houses, nynorsk, playing, road sign, | urban/rural - small town; |
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row-houses, street, windows | housing -rowhouses; urban/rural -urban; |
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King Harald, Queen Sonja, Crown Prince Haakon Magnus, Princess Märte Louise, casual, dog, family, pet, shirt, slacks, sweater | animals -dog (domestic); clothing -shirt, slacks, sweater (informal); family -mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter, spouse, pet; |
locatives/spatial relations; |
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Haakon, Märte Louise, Sonja, Harald, gown, king, party, prince, princess, queen, royal family, tuxedo | clothing - gowns, tuxedos; colors -black, red, white; pastimes -party (formal); |
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fish, food, salmon, Norwegian ribbon (sløyfe), | food -salmon; | |
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hats, Sami, traditional, women (2), | clothing -traditional Sami costume; colors-blue, green, red, yellow; culture -Sami; |
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bread, cheese, sandwich, smørbrød | food -sandwich; | locatives/spatial relations: on, under; |
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benches, child (3), curtains, houses, paper, pencils, school, table, window | school -classroom interior; school activities -coloring; |
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boots, clothing, coats, cubbies, hats, mittens, school bags, school, wall, winter | clothing -boots, coats, hats, mittens; seasons -winter; school -coat room; |
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clothes, dolls, sewing, women (4) | pastimes -sewing; |
present progressive: sitting and sewing |
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bucket, build, cold, hill, kids, playing, snow, winter | clothing - coat, hat, mittens, scarf; how-many? - buckets, children; pastimes -playing in snow; seasons -winter; |
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flags, Lillehammer, Olympics, stamp, skier, skiing, winter | numbers -price of stamp, year; |
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flag | colors -blue, red, white; politics -official symbols; shapes -cross, square; |
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balcony, bicycle, dog, man, shopping, signs, snow, windows, winter | seasons: winter; shopping; |
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books, bookcases, lamp, pictures, stereo, television, wall | house -living room; pastimes -listening to the stereo, reading books, watching television; |
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cart, passengers, train, train attendant, travel, woman | transportation -train (interior); travel -train |
dependent clauses -(while...) |
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adults (2), cairns, child, glacier, mountain, rocks, sky, snow, tundra | colors -blue; pastimes - hiking; seasons -spring; weather -clear, cold, sunny |
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bridge, river, train | transportation -express train | motion verbs |
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baby carriage, passengers, streetcar | transportation -streetcar (interior); travel -streetcar; |
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destination, Majorstuen, number, pedestrians, route, sidwalk, street, streetcar | transportation -streetcar (exterior); travel -streetcar; urban/rural -urban |
numbers: (examples) |
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bridge, city, Tromsø | geography -north Norway ; seasons -winter; urban/rural -urban; |
locatives/spatial relations; |
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cathedral, night, Trondheim | historical /religious elements -cathedral | comparatives -high, higher |
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appliance, bake, counter, kitchen, waffle, waffle iron | kitchen appliances -waffle iron; |
locatives/spatial relations: inside, on top of; |
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bouquet, bride, gown, groom, Norwegian flag, sea, wedding,tuxedo | ceremonies -wedding; clothing -wedding gown, tuxedo; |
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black, bouquet, bride, formal, gown, groom, shoes, top hat, tuxedo, umbrella, walking stick, wedding, white | ceremonies -wedding; clothing -shoes, tuxedo, wedding gown; colors -black, white |
| TOPICS | GRAMMAR POINTS | |
| animals | comparatives | |
| buildings | conditional | |
| celebrations | contrast | |
| ceremonies | directions | |
| children | following a map | |
| clothing | locatives/spatial relations | |
| colors | motion verbs | |
| culture | near/far | |
| direction signs | numbers | |
| everyday life | ordering of process/event | |
| family | plural | |
| food | progressive | |
| geography | reflexive | |
| historical/religious elements | subordinate clause | |
| house | ||
| housing | ||
| how-many? | ||
| kitchen appliances/utensils | ||
| landscape | ||
| materials | ||
| music | ||
| nature | ||
| numbers | ||
| occupations/professions | ||
| pastimes | ||
| politics | ||
| school | ||
| school activities | ||
| seasons | ||
| shapes | ||
| shopping | ||
| store interior | ||
| traffic signs | ||
| transportation | ||
| travel | ||
| urban/rural | ||
| weather |
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