Archive for December, 2008
Think, think, and think-why 3? Posted by kari on Dec 5, 2008
Tror, synes, tenker. Think, think, think. I usually say that Norwegian grammar is pretty easy, but one component for which I sympathize with beginners is the English word “to think.” In truth, English employs many different words that have the same meaning. For example, “to weigh” We can weigh a certain amount of pounds, or we can weigh our…
Not so homogeneous a population after all Posted by kari on Dec 2, 2008
As I mentioned in several earlier blogs, the Norwegian population isn’t as homogeneous as it used to be nor as most people believe it is. Not everyone in Norway has blond hair and blue eyes. A good portion of the northernmost part of the country is inhabited by a minority, indigenous population, the Sami people. Samis inhabit…