{"id":144,"date":"2009-09-19T17:22:37","date_gmt":"2009-09-19T21:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=144"},"modified":"2009-09-19T17:22:37","modified_gmt":"2009-09-19T21:22:37","slug":"kj%c3%a6rlighet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/kj%c3%a6rlighet\/","title":{"rendered":"kj\u00e6rlighet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love.\u00a0 How could I forget the importance of knowing how to discuss love, dating, etc. in Norwegian?\u00a0 These kinds of things usually peak interest in beginning foreign language students.\u00a0 It’s nice to be able to ask someone out on a date and then to be able to ask them about their interests when you are on the date.\u00a0 So let’s go through a scenario.\u00a0\u00a0Say you are girl\u00a0out at a bar in Oslo with your friends and you notice a kjekk fyr <\/strong>(attractive guy).\u00a0 You want to talk to him, but you don’t know how to ask the questions you want to ask p\u00e5 norsk.\u00a0 <\/strong>You could start with ”Heisann, jeg tror jeg har sett deg her f\u00f8r.\u00a0 Du ser ut som en snill mann.\u00a0 Jobber du her i omr\u00e5det eller…?”\u00a0 <\/strong>Hi, I think I’ve seen you here before.\u00a0 You look like a nice man.\u00a0 Do you work here in this area or…?”\u00a0 Then he might respond with ”Ja, jeg er tannlege tvers over gata.\u00a0 Skal dere v\u00e6re her sent i kveld?”\u00a0 <\/strong>Yes, I am a dentist across the street.\u00a0 Are you guys going to be her late tonight?”\u00a0 Then you would be smoothe and say ”Egentlig, de andre har\u00a0andre ting\u00a0\u00e5 gj\u00f8re snart.\u00a0 Vil du ta et \u00f8l med meg et annet sted?”\u00a0 <\/strong>”Actually, the others have other things to do soon.\u00a0 Do you want to have a beer with me another place?”\u00a0 Hopefully he would say ”Ja, takk.”\u00a0 <\/strong>and you would mosey on to the next place.\u00a0 During the conversation, you would probably ask each other ”Hvor bor du?”\u00a0 <\/strong>
\n”Where do you live?” and ”Hvor kommer du fra?”\u00a0 <\/strong>”Where are you from?”\u00a0 ”Hva liker du \u00e5 gj\u00f8re i fritiden?\u00a0 <\/strong>”What do you like to do in your free time?”\u00a0 Hopefully the conversation goes well and at the end of your date, one of you says something like ”Dette var fint.\u00a0 Skal vi gj\u00f8re det igjen?”\u00a0 <\/strong>This was nice.\u00a0 Do you want to do it again?”\u00a0 After\u00a0numerous dates you begin to refer to each other as a kj\u00e6reste-<\/strong>a boyfriend or girlfriend.\u00a0 Maybe you are even forelsket-<\/strong>in love.\u00a0 Somewhere down the line you are forlovet-<\/strong>engaged, and eventually you decide you want to be gift-<\/strong>married.\u00a0 Of course, as I’ve said before, many Norwegian couples never end up marrying, but certainly may do.\u00a0 If only every relationship were so lett-<\/strong>easy, ikke sant?-<\/strong>right?\ufffd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Love.\u00a0 How could I forget the importance of knowing how to discuss love, dating, etc. in Norwegian?\u00a0 These kinds of things usually peak interest in beginning foreign language students.\u00a0 It’s nice to be able to ask someone out on a date and then to be able to ask them about their interests when you are…<\/p>\n

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