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Norwegian Dialects Posted by kari on Apr 13, 2010
The question: ”Snakker du norsk?” (”Do you speak Norwegian?”) should almost always be followed by another question: ”Hvilken dialekt?” (”Which dialect?”). There are 2 official written Norwegian languages, bokmål (literally book language) and nynorsk (literally new Norwegian). Although Norwegian dialects are commonly organized in 5 main groups: nordnorsk (northern Norwegian), trøndersk (Trøndelag Norwegian), innlandsmål (Midland Norwegian)…
Norwegian Numbers 1-1.000.000 Posted by kari on Apr 6, 2010
So the second to the last post focused on Norwegian grunntall (cardinal numbers) 1-100. I feel that it is important to teach you the ordenstall (orddinal numbers) as well. Think about how often you say ‘first’ or ‘thirteenth.’ We use ordenstall all the time. Without further ado, I present to you Norwegian ordenstall 1-1.000.000: Grunntall (Cardinal numbers)…
Norwegian numbers 1-100 Posted by kari on Mar 25, 2010
Here is a table to assist you with Norwegian numbers 1-100: Number in English Translated to norsk Transliterated version 0 Null Nool 1 En Ehn 2 To Too 3 Tre Tray 4 Fire Fee-reh 5 Fem Fem 6 Seks Sex 7 Sju Shoe 8 Åtte Oat-eh 9 Ni Nee 10 Ti Tee 11 Elleve Elv-eh…
Dialog Posted by kari on Jan 31, 2010
I haven’t written a dialog in a while and they are always hjelpsom (helpful) when one is learning et annet språk (another language). I’m going to use a simple dialog that I actually just had with my boyfriend after we both woke up. God morgen. Hvordan har du det? Good morning. How are you? God morgen. …
what is up with the “e” ending?! Posted by kari on Jan 23, 2010
Doesn’t it seem like almost all norske ord (Norwegian words) end in bokstaven ‘e’ (the letter “e”)? A recent comment on an old post about norsk uttalelse (Norwegian pronunciation) inquired about the ‘e’ ending on so many norske ord. I remember thinking that same thought when I first begynte å lære norsk (began to learn…
å lære norsk Posted by kari on Jan 17, 2010
Hvor mye norsk kan du? How much Norwegian do you know? A topic that is certainly vanlig (common) among people who are learning et nytt språk (a new language). It’s nice to be able to let someone know nivået (the level) you are really at with språket. If you are a beginner with the language…
Adverb Posted by kari on Jan 14, 2010
Adverbs. I know I wrote a post in the past that described adverbs relating to frequencies of events. I would like to go over more norske adverb. As a reminder, an adverb can modify essentially any part of speech except a noun. Adverbs typically modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, a phrase, or a clause. They are…