{"id":1595,"date":"2013-05-10T05:38:55","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T05:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1595"},"modified":"2014-08-22T18:50:50","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T18:50:50","slug":"how-to-get-directions-from-a-dropped-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/how-to-get-directions-from-a-dropped-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get directions from a dropped letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you want to tell the world where you are, prepositions come handy: I\u2019m in<\/em> the garage; we\u2019re on <\/em>the mountain. (And so it is in Norwegian: Jeg er i<\/em> garasjen; vi er p\u00e5<\/em> fjellet.<\/strong>) However, very often some kind of adverb can do the job as well: I\u2019m home<\/em>; we\u2019re out<\/em>. Jeg er hjemm<\/strong>e<\/strong>; vi er ut<\/strong>e<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll notice that a lot of these locational adverbs end in -e<\/strong>in Norwegian. In addition to hjemme<\/strong> [YEMMeh] and ute <\/strong>[OOteh], you\u2019ve got:<\/p>\n

– inne<\/strong> (in, inside), as in Hun sitter inne i stua<\/strong> (she\u2019s sitting in the living-room)<\/p>\n

– oppe<\/strong> (up), as in Vi var oppe hele natta<\/strong> (We stayed up all night)<\/p>\n

– nede<\/strong> (down), as in De traff hverandre nede i dalen<\/strong> (They met\/hit each other down in the valley)<\/p>\n

– borte<\/strong> (away), as in Hvorfor er du alltid borte n\u00e5r jeg er hjemme? <\/strong>(Why\u2019re you always gone when I\u2019m at home?)<\/p>\n

– fremme<\/strong> (in front), as in Det er jeg som skal sitte fremme i bilen<\/strong> (It is I who\u2019s supposed to sit in the front of the car) [this word can also be spelt framme<\/strong>]<\/p>\n

But what if you wanted to say you were going<\/em> home rather than being home? In Norwegian there\u2019s a really nice trick you can use to tweak the meaning of the above words into something more directional<\/em>: You just remove the final -e<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

– G\u00e5 <\/strong>hjem<\/strong>! <\/strong>(Go home!)<\/p>\n

– N\u00e5 m\u00e5 dere komme ut!<\/strong> (Now you must come out(side)!)<\/p>\n

– Hun g\u00e5r <\/strong>inn<\/strong> i stua<\/strong> (She\u2019s going into the living-room)<\/p>\n

– Han st\u00e5r <\/strong>opp<\/strong> (He gets up)<\/p>\n

– De g\u00e5r lenger <\/strong>ned i dalen<\/strong> (They go further down the valley)<\/p>\n

– Han l\u00f8p bort s\u00e5 fort han kunne<\/strong> (He ran away as fast as he could)<\/p>\n

– Kom <\/strong>frem<\/strong>!<\/strong> (Come forth!)<\/p>\n

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Neat, huh? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

When you want to tell the world where you are, prepositions come handy: I\u2019m in the garage; we\u2019re on the mountain. (And so it is in Norwegian: Jeg er i garasjen; vi er p\u00e5 fjellet.) However, very often some kind of adverb can do the job as well: I\u2019m home; we\u2019re out. Jeg er hjemme…<\/p>\n

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