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Norwegian Newspapers Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Feb 25, 2018
Å lese avis er en veldig god måte å lære seg språk. (Reading newspapers is a very good way to learn languages.) Enten du liker korte eller lange artikler, finner du garantert noe å bryne deg på. (Whether you like short or long articles, you’ll certainly find something to ”sharpen your mind”.) 🙂 You can…
Fjords and Mountains ahoy! Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Jan 31, 2018
Ut på tur, aldri sur! (Out on a trip, never sulky!) Yes, Norway is sometimes a very wet and cold place. Still, most Norwegians and tourists agree the country has something very special – fjord og fjell (fjord and mountains). When the Vikings were making poetry, they loved to pair words starting with the same…
Talking about food Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Jan 28, 2018
Mmm, kjempegodt! 🙂 People everywhere in the world like to eat mat (food) and talk about it, and Norwegians are no exception! Eating together with natives can be a great opportunity to hone your language skills, so let’s take a look at some useful things to say (when you’re not chewing…) Food ideologies Spiser du…
Looking Back and Looking Forward Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Dec 31, 2017
Da ble det jammen nyttår igjen! (Then it really became New Year again!) Nyttårsaften (New Year’s Eve) is a time for looking back at året som gikk (the year that went) as well as looking forward to det nye året (the new year). Let’s look in both directions in this post. 🙂 To recall something…
Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Dec 21, 2017
Visste du at juletreet i London er norsk? (Did you know that the Christmas tree in London is Norwegian?) Each year a høy julegran (tall Christmas spruce) gets a new home in the middle of the English capital. When its electrical lights are lit, and the whole tre (tree) is shining beautifully i den mørke…
Norwegian Homonyms Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Nov 30, 2017
Good Knight! What would puns be without homonyms – words that have quite different meanings, but sound the same? Hjort [≈ gjort] er hjort [gjort] sa elgen og hoppet i elven og ble rein. (Deer [≈ done] is deer [done], the elk said, jumped into the river and became clean/a reindeer.) Here’s a list of…
Norwegian Candy Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Nov 21, 2017
Er du en søtmons? (Do you have a sweet tooth?) In Norway, the nearest smågodt (sweets, candy) is never far away. Even small bygder (towns) usually have some kind of kiosk (pronounced ”shosk”) or butikk (shop) where you can buy søtsaker (sweets) to få opp blodsukkeret (”get up the blood sugar”) or simply create some kos…