#learning norwegian

[logaron]

It's been a while — I honestly don't remember if I've posted on here before lol but I've been lurking on langblr for a couple of years and now I'm here !!

× going by logan online (for now) for anonymity :)

× they/he

× native 🇬🇧 (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

× a2 🇪🇸

× dabbling 🇩🇪 🇧🇻 🇯🇵

× interested in 🇨🇵 🇷🇺 🇵🇹 (also bsl & minority/indigenous langs)

× english student — interested in linguistics, languages, different alphabets/writing systems, learning, translation, research

[corvid-language-library]

Norwegian Bokmål for Total Beginners (January 2024 Crash Course)

12. Calendar

Hello all! Today we've just got some useful when words.

i dag - today

i går - yesterday

i morgen - tomorrow

i forgårs - the day before yesterday

i overmorgen - the day after tomorrow

i morges - this morning

i ettermiddag - this afternoon

i kveld - this evening

i natt - tonight, last night*

(akkurat) nå - (right) now

morgen (m) - morning

ettermiddag (m) - afternoon

kveld (m) - evening

natt (m/f) - night

*I natt describes the closest night. If it's 9am and you say "i natt", it means the night before. If it's 9pm, it means the coming night.

[daqthebard]

So I’ve been taking Norwegian for a few years and am pretty good, I can read books and understand if someone is speaking to me. But today I decided to play geoguessr map games but with Norsk Bokmål(Norwegian) as my language. And I learned something wonderful. Norwegians call Austria, Østrikke, which sounds normal, until you realize that it directly translates to “Cheese Kingdom”

I love this language

[stepstofluency]

hii which resources do you use for studying norwegian? like which books websites etc? i am also trying to study norwegian but i struggle with finding resources so :(

Hei hei!! I remember answering a similar question a few years ago! I'm happy to share all of the resources I use again 💌✨

These are the textbooks I use:

Colloquial Norwegian by Margaret Hayford O'Leary, Torunn Andresen

Short Stories in Norwegian by Olly Richards

Norsk På 1-2-3 by Elisabeth Ellingsen, Kirsti Mac Donald

These are the apps I use:

Duolingo

Drops

Memrise

These are the YouTube channels I watch:

Simple Norwegian

Norwegian Class 101

These are the websites I use:

learnalanguage.com

101languages.net

mylanguages.org

50languages.com

One thing I like doing when I practice a language is trying to bake or cook from the recipes in my target language! Here, you can find many recipes:

meny.no

matprat.no

godt.no

I also try to watch some random vloggers and listen to some music!

Here, you can find the playlist I made for Norwegian on Spotify

Hope this is helpful! If you ever want to practice or chat, I'm always here! 💌

[nordic-language-love]

Japanese

Renshuu

Read a short story

Italki lesson (30m)

Pokemon episode x1

Read part of an article

Grammar video

Norwegian

Read Rødstrupe

Kveldsnytt x3

Speaking practice

Read NaNo messages

Writing practice

I've been feeling pretty burned out this week. Sunday I watched an episode of Pokemon and it made me sad and then I didn't really recover from that before I went into my busiest school week. 20 classes vs my normal average of 14, and the train times are awkward so I have to get to the classroom really early and don't get home until almost 11pm Tuesday - Friday.

But the good news is that NaNo is finished, so now I no longer have to push myself to write 1700 words a day every day. I'm really glad I did it and I'll do NaNo again next year if possible, but I think pushing myself to get all the badges wasn't super beneficial to my mental health. I'm still very proud of what I achieved though!

So yeah, lots of minimal effort studying this week. Hopefully this coming week I'll be feeling a bit more up to proper studying.

Progress updates? Eh, none really this week. I remembered the meanings of a few words in quizzes on Renshuu a bit more easily that I did previously, but that's about it. It's still worth mentioning though because any progress, no matter how small, is still progress, right?

[norwegianclass101]

Geographic Features in Norwegian 🌎 PS: Learn Norwegian with the best FREE online resources, just click here: https://www.norwegianclass101.com/?src=tumblr_infographic_geography_110723

[thatparticularlytastyghostcookie]

Norwegian Anakin Skywalker be like:

[themediterranean]

Hei 💕

I started to learn Norwegian and I'm looking for people who are also learning Norwegian so that we can talk about resources, Norwegian culture, TV series, films and so on... and who knows maybe we will become friends and one day talk in Norwegian!! If you are interested please text me! Have a lovely day ❤️

[thalassic-p4rk]

jeg var ser på oktonauts i norsk og nå jeg er sittende fast i norsk hjelp.

[isak-og-even]

Now at the point where I’ll just read rwrb in norsk because which other book have I read 10 times?

[languages-are-nifty]

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

[doitinanotherlanguage]

Non-Anglo Movies You Should Watch 41/∞: Tre nøtter til Askepott (2021; Three Wishes for Cinderella), dir. Cecilie Mosli

Country: Norway

Language: Norwegian

Genre: Romantic Fantasy Adventure

Summary: Based on the beloved Czechoslovak/East German film Tři oříšky pro Popelku/Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel (1973), this Cinderella-story follows the heroine as she battles against her evil stepmother for her freedom and her dream of meeting the handsome prince.

[corvid-language-library]

Norwegian Word of the Day 14/02/24

skritt (n) - crotch

et skritt | skrittet | skritt | skritta, skrittene

Bonus Vocab

skrev (n) - crotch

lyske (m) - groin

kjønnsorgan (n) - genitals

penis (m) - penis

skjede (m), vagina (m) - vagina

livmor (m/f) - uterus, womb

livmorhals (m) - cervix

testikkel (m) - testicle

tiss (m) - euphamism/slightly more childish way to say genitals

And some more vulgar words...

pikk (m) - dick

kuk, kukk (m) - cock

mus (m/f) - pussy (lit. 'mouse')

å knulle - to fuck

å pule - to fuck

More Fucking Grammar

Note: knulle/pule only refer to the actions and aren't really used as random expletives the way we might use 'fuck' or 'fucking' in English:

If you stubbed your toe, you'd probably shout "faen!" (lit. "devil") or maybe "fy faen!" for extra emphasis (you can use "fy søren" as a euphamism if you're in more polite company)

If you want to use it as an intensifier (e.g. "that was fucking tiring), you'd probably use "jævlig" ("det var jævlig slitsomt") although I believe it's okay to use "jævla" too (don't quote me on that)

If you want to use it as an adjective ("you fucking idiot!") you would use either "jævlig" or "jævla" ("din jævla tosk!") Jævla is more like... you fucking IDIOT, whereas jævlig is more like... you're a shit person and also an idiot? I think?? That's the nuance I get anyway.

You can also just use "jævlig" on its own ("det var helt jævlig" = that was fucking awful, "du ser jævlig ut" = you look like shit)

If you're at an advanced enough level to read articles in Norwegian, you can read more about the nuances between jævla and jævlig here.

[unionize-aromantically]

One thing that is absolutely beautiful in Norwegian is that, while we have gendered nouns, you can write, correctly, "en jente" (en = masc, ei = fem, et = neu) (en/ei jente = a girl).

You can do it with every word (fem -> masc). "Jeg tok en bok fra bordet og ga den til jenten som vant lesekonkurransen". [I took a book from the table and gave it to the girl who won the reading competition.

Note: this only applies to bokmål.

[maruruta]

Oh theres so many people who learn/know also Japanese beside Norwegian. I have studied Japanese myself for some time ago. Thats sad that I gave up learning this. I wish i had time and desire to learn japanese again

[nordic-language-love]

I don't talk about my Norwegian progress much these days (because I'm trying to maintain more than learn so I'm not really making any) but I've become a lot more comfortable reading nynorsk now. I used to hesitate before clicking on articles in nynorsk because they took that little bit more effort, but now I literally don't even think about it. So that's something.