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yall: gæ

my norwegian brain: gah

Music is a great way to get exposure to a language and with that being said here are some of my recomendations!

RAZIKA

Pikekyss

No.4

Kajander

Vidar Villa

Nina Gaarden

Kråkesølv

Synne Vo

Virkelig

TØFL

Kjartan Lauritzen

Lars Vaular

Daniel Kvammen

Resirkulert

Lyse Netter

Inge Bremnes

brenn.

Zupermaria

Humle

Ole Hartz

Ekte Indianere

Kristian Kristiansen

Svømmebasseng

Kongle

Munkerud Turn

discofrans

Kvikt og Hurtig

Hvitmalt gjerde

Ingeborg Oktober

Cezinando

Snö

Softcore untd

Yellowroots

Sinsenfist

Sondre Justad

Yomi

Hennika

Skei & PT

Kapteinen

Piknik

L.U.N.A

TIX

Gaute Ormåsen

Hilde Selvikvåg

Turab

Katastrofe

Morgan Sulele

Valkyrien Allstars

Kaja Gunnufsen

Hjerteslag

Sebastian Zalo

NOHR

Bølgen

Må Jester

Oslo Ess

KRISTIN

Janove

Pauline Östgård

EgoAlter

Ramón

Aksel & Hef

SANDSLOTT

Tom Hugo

Marie Ulven

Jon Olav

Michelle Ullstad

Verdensrommet

Klossmajor

Ka2

Gabrielle

Sigrun Loe Sparboe

Siri Nilsen

Line Dybedal

Places to read stuff in Norwegian!

Klar tale -> Simply written news articles designed to help people still learning Norwegian

NRK.no -> The national broadcaster, they have a wide variety of articles both on current affairs and topic pieces

Dagbladet.no -> A Norwegian newspaper, as far as u could tell they didn't ask you to subscribe

Forsking.no -> All sorts or articles about all fields of science. These are really interesting and will help you find specialist vocabulary.

Historie.no -> Articles about history, also very interesting

jus24.no -> I came across this one but don't actually read it that much, but it's about legal happenings.

Store Norske Leksikon -> A bit like Wikipedia in a way, lots of articles about things both do with Norway and things not to do with Norway. (How the hell do explain this)

Wikipedia -> I've talked about this one before but I'll never stop recommending it. You can find anything here and it's brilliant for both practicing reading by reading something your familiar with, and for learning new vocabulary.

One of my italki teachers has a youtube channel, and in this video he goes through basic grammar for beginners. He has a bunch of other videos too, so you should check out his channel!

Also, if you want to book a lesson, you can use this link to get $5 italki credits when you sign up ;)

Some nifty programs on NRK available outside of Norway:

• 113 - follows the ambulance service in Tromsø

• Hva Feiler Det Deg - Game show where a group of regular people with the power of the internet compete with doctors to guess a diagnosis

• Da vi styrte landet - 6 Norwegian Prime ministers (both former and current) discuss their time as prime minister

• Dagsrevyen - News

• Debatten - Debate program

• Sånn er Norge - Discusses topics about Norway

• Side om Side - Comedy series about 3 families living in the same neighborhood

• Nytt på Nytt - Panel show where teams have to answer questions about the last week's events

Full list of all TV shows available outside of Norway.

🇳🇴Hi there cool kids who are learning Norwegian!!🇳🇴

Just stopping by to let you know you should listen to Gabrielle’s new album klipp meg i ti og lim meg sammen (“cut me in ten (pieces) and glue me together”)

(“sunshine in a spotless mind” & “things like ilu“)

These two songs are my personal favourites but you should listen to the entire thing:)

She sings in the Bergen dialect, so it’s also a great way to get accustomed to the different ways of speaking Norwegian. Bergen is the second largest city so it’s pretty likely that you’ll bump into a bergenser if you visit Norway;)

Must-Know Norwegian Adverbs! 📘📍 P.S. Learn Norwegian with the best FREE online resources, just click here https://www.norwegianclass101.com/?src=tumblr_adverbs_image_090921

A collection of notes I’ve made whilst studying Norwegian 🇳🇴

Vocab dump: some Norwegian words/phrases I’ve picked up lately

jeg er hjertens enig - I wholeheartedly agree

en ond sirkel - a vicious cycle (lit. an evil circle)

å duge til - to be good for/to become of («Hvis han ikke snart får bedre karakterer, kan det være det er alt han duger til» - “If he doesn’t get better grades soon, that may be all he’ll be good for.”)

en herregård - a manor

i fullt firsprang - at full pelt

dødens kjedelig - deathly boring

molefonken - downhearted

å få tennene å løpe i vann - to make one’s mouth water (lit. to make the teeth run in water)

en ulykkesfugl - a person with terrible luck

å lirke - to pry

et brøkdels sekund - a fraction of a second

sprutrødt - bright red

en/ei trommehinne - an eardrum

plettfri - immaculate

sitt vanlige jeg - his/her/their/one’s normal self

innbilsk - conceited

en/ei agurksak - news of little to no importance that somehow manages to get media coverage (typically because it’s been a slow news week) (lit. a cucumber case)

Please correct me if I’ve made any mistakes!

Norwegian Musicians Singing in Norwegian

🇳🇴 Part 1/? - Maria Mena

Maria Mena gets the number one slot, despite singing primarily in English, because she has the most beautiful voice in the kingdom of Norway. No discussion. It is even better live than in recordings, if you can believe it. 

She recently released her first original Norwegian song, Speil (Mirror), and I also highly recommend checking out her covers from “Hver gang vi møtes” (a TV-show in which famous musicians cover each other’s songs - they’re all on Spotify). Her vocals on Karpe’s song Påfugl are heart-wrenchingly beautiful. You might cry without even understanding the words. Now, you have been warned. 

(And her English discography is obviously also great. I especially like the albums Growing Pains and Viktoria). 

Norwegian Words & Phrases You (Probably) Won’t Learn in School

🇳🇴Part 1/? - Banneord (Curse words)

Norway is really into banneord that has some connection to the devil. 

First out we’ve got faen, derived from “Fanden”(”The Devil”). It’s probably the most versatile Norwegian curse word of them all. You can use it for basically anything. It is largely used to the same extent as “fuck” in English (even though we also use “fakk” or “fuck”). 

Examples:

Faen ta deg -  Lit. May the devil take you. Fig. Fuck you

Men for faen! - But for fuck’s sake!

En stakkars faen - A poor devil (poor as in miserable. But you can substitute the adjective for any word, really. I.e. “Din heldige faen” (”You lucky bastard”).

Faen! -  Fuck! Used when you stub your toe, you drop something to the ground, you lose a game, etc. etc.

Check out bokmålsordboka for more ways to use faen (there’s a lot). 

Norwegian Media Recommendations

Wanna practice your Norwegian? My first and most important recommendation will always be NRK!

NRK is the Norwegian state channel, and on their website you can stream TV-shows, movies, sports, talkshows, listen to radio, read news (in Bokmål and Nynorsk) - all for free! (Note that due to copyright some shows may not be possible to stream outside of Norway, but the vast majority of original shows are usually available worldwide.) I’ll make a separate post with show recommendations soon!

Norwegian 

Pronunciation Notes

Hi guys! Recently I watched a video about the pronunciation of Norwegian letters that was very helpful and I took some notes so here they are! this will be divided into the sections presented in the video :)

Here is the youtube video

basics:

there are 20 consonants 

there are 9 vowels: a, e, i, o, u, y, æ, ø, å

stress of a word is usually on the first syllable

rarely used letters

mostly used in loan words

q pronounced like k or kv

w pronounced like v

x pronounced like s or ks

z pronounced like s

silent letters

d

ld: kald -> kal

nd: hånd -> hån

rd: bord -> bor

silent at end of word after vowel; med -> me

g

gj: gjøre -> jøre

ig: hyggelig -> hyggeli

h

h and a consonant 

hjeple -> jelpe

hvor -> vor

t

after definite singular*

bordet -> borde

*I am not quite sure what a definite singular is, if you know feel free to share

when is o pronounced like å?

o is o when it’s sound is long, ex. oo sound

before 0 or 1 consonant

ex. mor, to

o is å when it’s sound is short, ex. o sound

before 2 or more consonants

ex. kommer, norge

before g or v

ex. tog, sov

that is all I have for today! I hope this helps someone as it helped me! if you would like further clarification or think something could be worded better go ahead and let me know!

remember to spread positivity and love :)

April 2, 2021

Absolutely obsessed with this song rn, so I figured I’d share it with you guys. Translation by me, an intermediate Norwegian learner, so there may be a couple of mistakes. Please let me know if there are any glaring ones so I can fix them :)

Stjernestøv Stardust

Se stormen stilner nå See, the storm calms now Du reiser deg opp, min venn You get up, my friend Og du vet med ett hvor du vil gå And you know at once where you want to go Og veien er lett igjen And the way is easy again

For stjernen lyser klar For the star shines bright Hjelper deg å finne veien hjem til meg Helping you find the way home to me Stjernen lyser klar The star shines bright Hjelper deg å finne veien hjem til meg Helping you find the way home to me

Når verden er for stor When the world is too big Og stiеn er alt for bratt And the path is far too steep Kan du vende blikket mot Nord Can du turn your gaze to the north Selv i denne mørke natt Even on this dark night

Der stjernen lyser klar Where the star shines bright Hjelper deg å finne veien hjem til meg Helping you find the way home to me Der stjernen lyser klar Where the star shines bright Hjelper deg å finne veien hjem til meg Helping you find your way home to me

Du kan reise så langt du vil You can travel as far as you want Du kan velge en egen vei You can choose your own way Gjennom skog, over hav og fjell Through forest, over sea and mountain Skinner stjernen klart for deg The star shines brightly for you

Stormen stilner nå The storms quiets now Du reiser deg opp, min venn You get up, my friend Du vil alltid finne veien hjem You will always find the way home Den veien som finns i deg The way that exists inside you

Hallo! Hvordan har du det? Do you know of any good beginner resources for learning norsk? I've been using Duolingo, but I want to get more practice in. Like trying to translate basic sentences and stuff. Takk og ha en god dag!!!

Hei! Jeg har det fint, takk! Hvordan har du det? :)

Here are some resources you might find helpful!

Memrise is another good app/website for learning Norwegian (I've linked you to level 1 of the main course, but there are loads of other courses and vocab lists too).

Lingohut has a ton of lessons.

Sissel Ofstad has texts for levels A1-B2 (I've linked you to the A1 texts. If translating simple sentences is what you're after, this is probably the link you're looking for!)

You can try following some of the instagram accounts I've linked here.

Norskkurset on Youtube is great. The teacher speaks slowly and you can add autogenerated subtitles (which as far as I'm aware are pretty accurate). There are both grammar videos and vlog posts.

I also recommend Norsklærer Karense's YT channel. Here's a link to her beginner videos (she speaks 100% in Norwegian, but she does speak slowly and clearly). She also has a podcast (again, it's entirely in Norwegian so it might be difficult if you're still very new to the language)

This post has a ton of resources you can try out.

CALST is good for working on spoken Norwegian (especially if there's a dialect you want to try out).

If you're willing to pay for a textbook, I recommend The Mystery of Nils. If you're not, the company that makes the book has a number of free resources, and you can access the audio files of each chapter for free as well. They also run a language café every Sunday, which I've yet to actually go to, but it's free! I think you have to sign up to their mailing list if you want to join in. You can also get a free preview of the book if you're not sure it's for you.

Norwegian's also available on the apps Drops and uTalk. I'm not really big on either - they only teach vocab and functional phrases without really explaining anything, and while they're both theoretically free they limit how much you can use them without paying - but you might find them useful as a little extra something.

Jeg håper det hjelper deg! Lykke til! <3

Adito’s Langblr Content Masterpost

Here you’ll find an overview of my langblr content for Japanese, Norwegian, Dutch, and most recently Mandinka! I update regularly as I create more posts. 

日本語・Japanese

Vocabulary lists (*** indicates that the vocabulary is from an article or other source which you can refer to for practice):

🗣  Advice

✨  ASMR triggers (includes list of Japanese ASMRtists) 

🏖  Beach

🈹 Coupons・Sales

💉  Coronavirus vaccine side-effects

🌏  Energy conservation***

⛸  Figure skating - Skating season and competitions・Jumps・Performance・Programs・Scoring・Yuzuru Hanyu’s master thesis***

🌡 First aid for heat strokes***

🐞  Insects

💍 Jewelry

💼 Part-time job listings

🏳️‍🌈  Queer issues: Queer sexuality and gender identity・Failure to pass LGBTQ bill***

Grammar/Expressions (these are tagged #lessons with 松島先生):

「馬が合う」

「~を当然のことと思う」

「~ば、~のに」

「~ばいいのに・~ばよかったのに」

Culture:

Proverbs: 金の光は阿弥陀ほど

Short story: 💃🏻 伊豆の踊子 (The Dancing Girl of Izu)・☎️ まちがい電話 (Wrong number)

Norsk・Norwegian

Vocabulary lists (*** indicates that the vocabulary is from an article or other source which you can refer to for practice):

🗣  Advice

✨  ASMR triggers (includes list of Norwegian ASMRtists) 

🎲 Games

🤔  False friends Norwegian-German

⛰  Hiking trails

🗳 Parliamentary elections

♨️ Sauna

⛷️ Skiing

🏊🏼‍♀️ Swimming

💤  Types of common dreams

🏳️‍🌈  Queer sexuality and gender identity

Culture:

Oslo Pride

Nederlands・Dutch

Vocabulary lists (*** indicates that the vocabulary is from an article or other source which you can refer to for practice):

✨  ASMR triggers (includes list of Dutch/Belgian ASMRtists) 

🤔  False friends Dutch-German - Verbs・Adjectives・Nouns

🏳️‍🌈  Queer sexuality and gender identity

🌷  Tulips***

Grammar (these are tagged #dutch grammar notes):

Closed vs. open syllables

Diminutives

Nouns (singular and plural)

Spelling rules

Hebben vs. zijn with verbs of movement in the perfect tense

Culture:

Books: vocab from Allah heeft ons zo gemaakt

Poetry: vraagje・Frank Keizer

Mandinka

Resources

Vocabulary:

🔢 Numbers and counting

❓ Question words - Where? (Places)

Grammar:

Verbs (present tense)

I reference this page about time prepositions CONSTANTLY so thought I’d share it for any of my fellow Norwegian learners out there! Also now I don’t have to go find my book every time I need this…

(book is Håndbok i grammatikk og språkbruk | Norsk for innvandrere by Eva Høgberg if anyone’s curious!)

Love it when I win at linguistic tic-tac-toe! Just texted

Er det det det heter? (“Is that what it’s called?”)

and had to reread it three times to make sure it was, in fact, a legitimate sentence. It is<3

Typical Mistakes When Speaking Norwegian

Part 1/?

Note: A lot of native Norwegians also make these mistakes unfortunately!

Da / Når

These words both mean when, but they are used in different situations. Da is used when you are talking about something that has happened in the past. For instance: “Da jeg var liten likte jeg å leke med dukker.” (”When I was little/young I liked to play with dolls”). Når is used when talking about something that happens regularly and/or will happen in the future. For instance: “Når jeg går til skolen velger jeg alltid snarveien.” (”When I walk to school I always choose the shortcut.”) or “Når vi drar på stranda skal jeg bruke den nye badedrakten min” (”When we go to the beach I’ll use my new bathing suit”). 

The golden rule is:

Den gang da, hver gang når.

A few irregular verbs in norwegian: 

infinitive  // preterite – perfect-———— English

å dra  //     dro – har dratt —————–to go/ travel

å finne // fant – har funnet —————-to find

å fortelle // fortalte – har fortalt ——–- to tell

å få // fikk – har fått————————— to get/ receive

å gjøre // gjorde – har gjort —————-to do 

å gå // gikk – har gått ————————- to go 

å hjelpe // hjalp – har hjulpet ————— to help

å ligge // lå – har ligget ———————-- to lie

å se // så – har sett —————————- to see

å si // sa – har sagt —————————- to say

å skrive // skrev – har skrevet ————–to write

å stå // sto – har stått ————————- to stand

å tå // tok – har tatt —————————--to take

å treffe // traff – har truffet ——————- to meet 

å være // var – har vært ————————to be