{"id":2057,"date":"2015-05-13T20:48:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T20:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2057"},"modified":"2015-05-13T20:48:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T20:48:46","slug":"remember-the-words-you-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/remember-the-words-you-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember the words you forget"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Together with my students at a language course, I recently found a great way of activating det passive ordforr\u00e5det <\/b>(the passive vocabulary). I wrote a simple word on tavlen<\/b> (the blackboard), asking my students to find its motsetning<\/b> (opposite). Then we picked another word, found its \u201dopposite\u201d, and the game went on and on and on\u2026 The students were surprised how many words they knew! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s play this game here on the blog. I\u2019ll add only one translation, the other you\u2019ll have to add in your mind!<\/p>\n

god <\/b>(good) \u2013 d\u00e5rlig<\/b><\/p>\n

sulten <\/b>(hungry) \u2013 mett<\/b><\/p>\n

tom <\/b>(empty) \u2013 full<\/b><\/p>\n

full <\/b>(drunk) \u2013 edru<\/b><\/p>\n

liten <\/b>(small) \u2013 stor<\/b><\/p>\n

dag<\/b> (day) \u2013 natt<\/b><\/p>\n

kvinne<\/b> (woman) \u2013 mann<\/b><\/p>\n

m\u00f8rk <\/b>(dark) \u2013 lys<\/b><\/p>\n

hvit<\/b> (white) \u2013 svart<\/b><\/p>\n

her<\/b> (here) \u2013 der<\/b><\/p>\n

trist<\/b> (sad) \u2013 glad<\/b><\/p>\n

tung<\/b> (heavy) \u2013 lett<\/b><\/p>\n

enkel<\/b> (easy) \u2013 vanskelig<\/b><\/p>\n

ute<\/b> (outside) \u2013 inne<\/b><\/p>\n

ung<\/b> (young) \u2013 gammel<\/b><\/p>\n

tynn<\/b> (thin) \u2013 tykk<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e5 gr\u00e5te<\/b> (to weep) \u2013 \u00e5 le<\/b><\/p>\n

sunn<\/b> (healthy) \u2013 usunn<\/b><\/p>\n

fiende<\/b> (enemy) \u2013 venn<\/b><\/p>\n

krig<\/b> (war) \u2013 fred<\/b><\/p>\n

hat <\/b>(hate) \u2013 kj\u00e6rlighet<\/b><\/p>\n

sp\u00f8rsm\u00e5l<\/b> (question) \u2013 svar<\/b><\/p>\n

klok<\/b> (knowledgeable, wise, clever) \u2013 dum<\/b><\/p>\n

fjell<\/b> (mountain) \u2013 dal<\/b><\/p>\n

syk <\/b>(ill) \u2013 frisk<\/b><\/p>\n

farlig <\/b>(dangerous) \u2013 trygg<\/b><\/p>\n

vakker <\/b>(beautiful) \u2013 stygg<\/b><\/p>\n

varm <\/b>(hot) \u2013 kald<\/b><\/p>\n

kjedelig<\/b> (boring) \u2013 g\u00f8y<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e5 huske<\/b> (to remember) \u2013 \u00e5 glemme<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

Now, that isn\u2019t too vanskelig<\/b>, is it? \ud83d\ude42 Many words have a \u201dtwin\u201d or a \u201dpartner\u201d that somehow is linked to it without being an actual opposite. Take for instance<\/p>\n

hund<\/b> (dog) \u2013 katt<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e5 spise <\/b>(to eat) \u2013 \u00e5 drikke<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00e5 skynne seg <\/b>(to hurry) \u2013 \u00e5 vente<\/b><\/p>\n

Do you agree with those? What are the opposites or \u201dpartners\u201d of<\/p>\n

is <\/b>(ice)<\/p>\n

hav<\/b> (sea)<\/p>\n

ansikt<\/b> (face)<\/p>\n

fot<\/b> (foot)<\/p>\n

stillhet<\/b> (silence)<\/p>\n

kj\u00f8tt<\/b> (meat)<\/p>\n

\u00e5 smile<\/b> (to smile)<\/p>\n

\u00e5 prate<\/b> (to talk)<\/p>\n

furu<\/b> (fir tree)<\/p>\n

sn\u00f8<\/b> (snow)<\/p>\n

?<\/p>\n

Sometimes, words seem to come in sets of 3 or 4: pappa, mamma, barn <\/b>(dad, mum, kids) \u2013 sol, m\u00e5ne, stjerne <\/b>(sun, moon, star) \u2013 nord, s\u00f8r, \u00f8st, vest<\/b> (N, S, E, W) \u2013 \u00f8re, nese, \u00f8ye, munn<\/b> (ear, nose, eye, mouth). Maybe we could \u201dgamify\u201d those sets as well\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Together with my students at a language course, I recently found a great way of activating det passive ordforr\u00e5det (the passive vocabulary). I wrote a simple word on tavlen (the blackboard), asking my students to find its motsetning (opposite). Then we picked another word, found its \u201dopposite\u201d, and the game went on and on and…<\/p>\n

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