{"id":2375,"date":"2017-08-31T13:58:04","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T13:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2375"},"modified":"2017-08-31T14:01:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T14:01:40","slug":"lets-look-at-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/lets-look-at-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Look at Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Karlsvogna<\/strong>. (Image courtesy of Kevin Gill at Flickr<\/a>, CC License.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Liker du \u00e5 se p\u00e5 stjerner?<\/b> (Do you like watching stars?) Sommernettene er lyse i Norge, men snart begynner m\u00f8rketida\u2026 <\/b>(The summer nights are bright in Norway, but soon the dark time begins\u2026) Here\u2019s some star-spangled Norwegian for talking about stjernehimmelen<\/b> (the starry sky). Use it with caution, though, so you don\u2019t kill et romantisk \u00f8yeblikk <\/b>(a romantic moment) with too many words. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Even when sola<\/b> (the sun) is up and busy, you can sometimes see m\u00e5nen<\/b> (the moon) above the Norwegian fjell<\/b> (mountains). Of course, your chances are better after solnedgang<\/b> (sunset) \u2013 and before soloppgang<\/b> (sunrise) \u2013 when there are not too many skyer<\/b> (clouds).<\/p>\n

Most often the m\u00e5ne<\/b> is halv<\/b> [hahll] (half), but sometimes you get the honour of staring into the face of fullm\u00e5nen<\/b> (the full moon). (Can you see m\u00e5nemannen<\/b> \u2013 the man in the moon?)<\/p>\n

Across den m\u00f8rke himmelen<\/b> (the dark sky), you\u2019ll probably be able to see the famous pale ribbon that gave its name to a chocolate bar: the Milky Way, which is Melkeveien<\/b> in Norwegian. And everywhere there are skinnende stjerner<\/b> (shining stars). Wait, was that a stjerneskudd<\/b> (shooting star)? Fort, \u00f8nsk deg noe!<\/b> (Quick, make a wish!)<\/p>\n

Do you know any stjernebilder<\/b> (constellations \u2013 literally \u201dstar images\u201d)? Norge<\/b> (Norway) is a Northern country, so even Norwegians who are not a lot into stars usually know Karlsvognen<\/b>\u00a0or Karlsvogna\u00a0<\/strong>(the Big Dipper). Yes, of course, it\u2019s those 7 stars that look like a nice saucepan. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I always thought Karlsvognen<\/b> meant \u201dKarl\u2019s wagon\u201d. Recently, though, I discovered that it actually means \u201dthe man\u2019s wagon\u201d \u2013 and it was called so by vikingene<\/b> (the Vikings)! If you draw a line upwards from the outer edge of the \u201dsaucepan\u201d, you\u2019ll soon hit the big, bright Nordstjernen <\/b>(The Northern Star). Now, you can find your way north \u2013 which isn\u2019t bad in a country whose name originally meant North Way!<\/p>\n

Fun fact:<\/i> Morgenstjernen<\/b> (the morning star) and Kveldsstjernen <\/b>(the evening star) are actually both planeten<\/b> (the planet) Venus<\/b>, which shines really bright in horisonten<\/b> (the horizon).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Liker du \u00e5 se p\u00e5 stjerner? (Do you like watching stars?) Sommernettene er lyse i Norge, men snart begynner m\u00f8rketida\u2026 (The summer nights are bright in Norway, but soon the dark time begins\u2026) Here\u2019s some star-spangled Norwegian for talking about stjernehimmelen (the starry sky). Use it with caution, though, so you don\u2019t kill et romantisk…<\/p>\n

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