{"id":1463,"date":"2012-09-24T22:08:51","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T22:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1463"},"modified":"2014-08-22T18:35:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:35:09","slug":"familien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/familien\/","title":{"rendered":"Familien"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the basic things in life is \u2026 familien<\/strong> [famEELee-uhn] (the family). Everybody has a mor<\/strong> (mother) and a far<\/strong> (father) \u2013 although lots of Norwegians would rather say they\u2019ve got a mamma<\/strong> (mom) and a pappa<\/strong> (dad). There are many different ways of talking about \u201dmy\u201d mother or father: moren min<\/strong>, mora mi<\/strong>, mor mi<\/strong> or min mor<\/strong>; faren min<\/strong>, far min<\/strong> or min far<\/strong>. (If you\u2019re not sure, use: moren min<\/strong>, faren min<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

An increasing number of Norwegians are enebarn<\/strong> (single children), although it\u2019s still more common to have a s\u00f8ster<\/strong> (sister) or a bror<\/strong> (brother \u2013 br\u00f8dre<\/strong> in the plural). (The average number of childbirths for a Norwegian woman is just below 2.)\u00a0If your sister\u2019s younger than you she\u2019s your lilles\u00f8ster<\/strong> (little sister), and if she\u2019s older she\u2019s your stores\u00f8ster<\/strong> (big sister) \u2013 the same goes for your brothers: lillebror<\/strong> and storebror<\/strong>. Siblings<\/strong> are called s\u00f8sken<\/strong>. If you were born on approximately the same time as your sibling, you\u2019re both tvilling\/er<\/strong> (twin\/s) \u2013 or trilling\/er<\/strong> if there are three of you\u2026<\/p>\n

The foreldre<\/strong> (parents) of your parents are your besteforeldre<\/strong> (grandparents). A grandmother is typically called bestemor<\/strong> (grandmother, literally \u201dbest mother\u201d), while a grandfather is bestefar<\/strong>. Note that Norwegian, unlike English, has special words for \u201dmother\u2019s parents\u201d<\/span> \u2013 mormor<\/strong> (\u201dmother-mother\u201d) and morfar<\/strong> \u2013 and for \u201dfather\u2019s parents\u201d<\/span>: farmor<\/strong> and farfar<\/strong>. Your grandparents\u2019 parents are called oldefar<\/strong> and oldemor<\/strong>, and to follow the generations further back you add the prefix \u201dtipp\u201d: tippoldefar<\/strong>, tipptipptippoldemor<\/strong>\u2026 In relation to your grandparents you\u2019re a barnebarn<\/strong> (grandchild), and for your eventual oldeforeldre<\/strong> you\u2019re an oldebarn<\/strong> (great-grandchild).<\/p>\n

In case your besteforeldre<\/strong> had other children than your parents, those are called your tante<\/strong> (aunt) or onkel<\/strong> (uncle). You\u2019re either their nev\u00f8<\/strong> (nephew) or niese<\/strong> (niece), depending on your sex. The children of your tanter<\/strong> and onkler<\/strong> are your s\u00f8skenbarn<\/strong> (cousins, literally \u201dsibling-children\u201d). A s\u00f8skenbarn<\/strong> (cousin, either male or female) may be a fetter<\/strong> (male cousin) or kusine<\/strong> [kooSEEneh] (female cousin).<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re married yourself, you also have svigerforeldre<\/strong> (parents-in-law): svigermor<\/strong> and svigerfar<\/strong>. The brother of your kone<\/strong> (wife) or mann<\/strong> (husband) is your svoger<\/strong> (brother-in-law), while the sister of your partner is your svigerinne<\/strong> (sister-in-law).<\/p>\n

Perhaps you\u2019ve got barn<\/strong> (children, or just \u2019child\u2019) yourself, either a datter<\/strong> (daughter, the plural is d\u00f8tre<\/strong>) or a s\u00f8nn <\/strong>(son), or a whole barneflokk<\/strong> (row of children).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

One of the basic things in life is \u2026 familien [famEELee-uhn] (the family). Everybody has a mor (mother) and a far (father) \u2013 although lots of Norwegians would rather say they\u2019ve got a mamma (mom) and a pappa (dad). There are many different ways of talking about \u201dmy\u201d mother or father: moren min, mora mi…<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":1464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[68],"class_list":["post-1463","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-family"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t