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vaersagod

English translation: here you are/you are welcome

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Norwegian term or phrase:vaersagod
English translation:here you are/you are welcome
Entered by: Agustinus

10:09 Sep 25, 2008
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Tourism & Travel
Norwegian term or phrase: vaersagod
greeting... or..?
Agustinus
Indonesia
Local time: 11:16
here you are/you are welcome
Explanation:
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Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 05:16
Grading comment
thank you kennan - have a nice day
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4here you are/you are welcome
Diarmuid Kennan
Summary of reference entries provided
Egil Presttun

  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
here you are/you are welcome


Explanation:
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Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 05:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you kennan - have a nice day
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Reference comments


2 hrs peer agreement (net): +2
Reference

Reference information:
If you give something to somebody, "Here you are" is all right. If you have a party, and something is served, and you want tell the guests that they can take food, then "Please help yourself" is a good translation.

Egil Presttun
Norway
Works in field
Native speaker of: Norwegian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  lingo_montreal
12 hrs
agree  Erik Matson
12 days
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