Norwegian winter Posted by kari on Jan 20, 2011
January in the north always drags out because it is so cold and dark. I live in MN where the temperature is frequently in the single digits, and sometimes (like right now…) below zero. I´ve lived in MN my whole life except for the 2 times I lived in Norway, so cold and snowy climates…
Svalbard Posted by kari on Jan 19, 2011
I briefly thought about spending 3 months in Svalbard. If you are aware of the archipelago half way between mainland Norway and the North Pole, you are likely wondering why I would think about living there? Svalbard is a group of islands where polar bears roam, where the global seed vault is located, and…
Pondus-Norway’s most famous comic strip Posted by kari on Jan 11, 2011
I’ve never been big into comics. My brother would read them ever Sunday morning from front to back and laugh hysterically. I’m not sure why I never got into them, but I can say that I am more interested in Norwegian comics because they present at least a bit of a challenge. I find that…
Norwegian children’s books a good way to learn the language Posted by kari on Jan 10, 2011
I have spent the last few days with some Dutch colleagues and I find myself picking up on words here and there that sound familiar because of my experience with Norwegian. It´s quite fun actually! The differences in the familiar words are not very big-a few letters off and a couple sounds off. My American…
Norwegian past perfect verbs Posted by kari on Jan 4, 2011
In the last two posts, you learned about both weak and strong past tense verbs. In this post, we are going to concentrate on Norwegian verbs in the present perfect tense. I have no idea why this tense is named ´Present perfect´. The past perfect tense is used when you want to refer to something…
Norwegian strong past tense verbs Posted by kari on Dec 31, 2010
Yes, another verb post. Boring as it may be, verbs are very important! Strong verbs are a bit trickier than weak verbs because they do not follow a pattern-strict memorization is key;) They are especially tricky because some of them involve a vowel change. Some examples: English Infinitve Past tense to see å se så…
Norwegian weak past tense verbs Posted by kari on Dec 29, 2010
Now that jul is over and the end of 201o is very near, I find myself thinking about things that have happened this past year. You can never have too much practice with the past tense when you are learning a new language. If you are like me, learning verb tenses is not your…