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Usages of hva
Hva er din mening om filmen?
What is your opinion about the movie?
Hva sier sjefen?
What does the boss say?
Hva slags olje bruker du i stekepannen, og hva koster den?
What kind of oil do you use in the frying pan, and how much does it cost?
Jeg er nysgjerrig på hva du foreslår.
I am curious about what you suggest.
Hva er vitsen?
What is the point?
På hver familiefest snakker hele slekten om hva vi skal spise til søndagsmiddag.
At every family party the whole extended family talks about what we shall eat for Sunday dinner.
I den samme meldingstråden diskuterer vi hvilken serie vi skal se, men ingen vet helt hva den handler om.
In the same message thread we discuss which series we shall watch, but nobody really knows what it is about.
Hun spør om jeg kan forklare hva tidsfristen egentlig betyr.
She asks whether I can explain what the deadline actually means.
Læreren forklarer hva en metafor er, og elevene finner ironi i teksten.
The teacher explains what a metaphor is, and the pupils find irony in the text.
Da bekymringen hennes var størst, kom en smilende sykepleier og forklarte hva samtykke betyr for pårørende.
When her worry was greatest, a smiling nurse came and explained what consent means for relatives.
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