Head, shoulders, knees and toes! Posted by kari on Jan 19, 2009
Hodet, skuldrer, kne og tå! Let’s talk about the kropp (body) in this post. My kropp has not felt great lately. We just came out of an arctic spell…I think we endured 86 hours straight of subzero temperaturer. Today is the first relatively nice day (no less than a 45 degree temperatur increase from a week ago…
Modal verbs Posted by kari on Jan 18, 2009
Modale verb (modal verbs) are essential to understand, learn, and use norsk. There are 5 modale verb i norsk: kan, vil, skal, må, bør (can, want, will, must, and should). For eksempel: Jeg kan kaste ballen mot veggen (I can throw the ball against the wall). Hun vil gå på ski i dag (She wants…
Det fantastiske norske offentlig transportsystemet. Posted by kari on Jan 9, 2009
The fantastic Norwegian public transportation system. We don’t need researchers to tell us that Europeans are healthier than Americans. We can walk down a busy street and see the drastic physical difference between the majority of Europeans and the majority of Americans. Norwegians are not an acception to this rule. I remember when I first arrived…
Nordmenn like the south Posted by kari on Jan 5, 2009
Nordmenn liker syden (Nordmenn like the south)……of Europe that is. I’m not sure how many Norwegians travel to what Americans refer to as the south, but they talk about going to syden all the time. Syden for Norwegians can mean destinations from Mallorca in Spain, to Rhodes in Greece, to the Grand Canary Islands, to…
Godt nyttår! Posted by kari on Jan 1, 2009
Godt nyttår alle sammen! Did any of you dodge fyrverkeri (fireworks) last night? If you did not, I know that you were not in Norway. Most countries outside of the U.S. seem to celebrate the new year in much better fashion than we do. I know Brazil, in particular has an insane new year celebration. …
Rømmegrøt Posted by kari on Dec 30, 2008
Last night I returned from a weekend jul getaway to Florida where the sun shone every day and the mercury well surpassed freezing. There were just a couple things I missed about jul this year. You might think that as a born and bred Minnesotan, I would have missed having a white jul. Nei nei! Slett ikke…
God jul! Posted by kari on Dec 24, 2008
Once again the Christmas season is upon us. Doesn’t it seem like it comes faster and faster every year? “Christmas” in Norwegian is jul. Merry Christmas-god jul. We give gaver (gifts) at Christmastime, which sit under juletreet (the Christmas tree). Vi pynter juletreet (We decorate the Christmas tree). There is ofte a stjerne at the top…