{"id":1538,"date":"2013-01-27T22:28:30","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T22:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2014-08-22T18:42:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:42:50","slug":"a-taste-of-nynorsk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/a-taste-of-nynorsk\/","title":{"rendered":"A Taste Of Nynorsk"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week<\/a> you learnt that there are two ways to write Norwegian:\u00a0bokm\u00e5l\u00a0<\/strong>(\u201dbook language\u201d) and\u00a0nynorsk<\/strong>\u00a0(\u201dnew Norwegian\u201d). Bokm\u00e5l ultimately hails from (upper-class) urban dialects and Danish<\/a>, while nynorsk is based on rural dialects. Most Norwegians use bokm\u00e5l, and that is also the Norwegian we teach here at Transparent. Nevertheless, since quite a few Norwegians do write in nynorsk, and since nynorsk is a very<\/span> important part of Norwegian culture & identity, it just might be\u00a0kjekt<\/strong>\u00a0(nice) or even\u00a0moro<\/strong>\u00a0(fun) to know a few phrases! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

<\/h2>\n

Bokm\u00e5l \u2013 Nynorsk<\/em> \u2013 English<\/h2>\n

Hva heter du? Kva heiter du?<\/em><\/strong> What\u2019s your name?<\/p>\n

Hvem er det? Kven er det?<\/em><\/strong> Who\u2019s that?<\/p>\n

Det er kj\u00e6resten min. Det er kj\u00e6rasten min.<\/em><\/strong> That\u2019s my girlfriend\/boyfriend.<\/p>\n

Hvor gammel er hun? Kor gamal er ho?<\/em><\/strong> How old is she?<\/p>\n

Hva synes du om Norge? Kva tykkjer\/<\/em><\/strong>synest du om Noreg?<\/em><\/strong> How do you like Norway?<\/p>\n

Det er helt topp. Det er heilt topp.<\/em><\/strong> It\u2019s great. (\u201dIt\u2019s wholly top\u201d.)<\/p>\n

Skal vi v\u00e6re venner? Skal vi\/me vere vener<\/em>?<\/strong> Would you like to be my friend? (\u201dShall we be friends?\u201d)<\/p>\n

Gr\u00f8t er det beste jeg vet! Graut er det beste eg veit!<\/em><\/strong> Porridge is my number 1 favourite! (\u201dPorridge is the best I know!\u201d)<\/p>\n

Hunder trenger mye kj\u00e6rlighet. Hundar treng mykje kj\u00e6rleik.<\/em><\/strong> Dogs need a lot of love.<\/p>\n

Solen\/sola stiger opp i \u00f8st, og g\u00e5r ned i vest. Sola stig opp i aust, og g\u00e5r ned i vest.<\/em><\/strong> The sun rises in the East, and sets in the West.<\/p>\n

Guttene i skolen leker ikke med pikene\/jentene. Gutane i skulen leikar ikkje med jentene.<\/em><\/strong> The boys at school don\u2019t play with the girls.<\/p>\n

Kommer du? Kjem du?<\/em><\/strong> Are you coming?<\/p>\n

Jeg elsker deg. Eg elskar deg.<\/em><\/strong> I love you.<\/p>\n

<\/h2>\n

Main differences<\/h2>\n