{"id":2484,"date":"2018-07-21T14:40:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T14:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2484"},"modified":"2018-07-21T14:40:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T14:40:06","slug":"feeling-bored-in-norwegian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/feeling-bored-in-norwegian\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Bored in Norwegian"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When it\u2019s agurktid<\/strong> (cucumber time), the Norwegian newspapers have nothing to write about (except cucumbers?) [Free photo from Pixabay; no copyright.]<\/p><\/div>\n

Kjedelig!<\/b> (Boring!) Late summer is a time when some people start to get bored \u2013 kids are tired of their parents dragging them through verden<\/b> (the world) on a busy sommerferie<\/b> (summer holiday) and just want to go hjem<\/b> [yem] (home), while the adults maybe have started longing for their quiet kontor<\/b> [konTOHR] (office)! \ud83d\ude42 Let\u2019s keep the worst apati<\/b> [apaTEE] at bay by taking a look at boredom in Norwegian!<\/p>\n

Kjedelig<\/b> is the common word for \u2019boring\u2019, and funnily, if you\u2019re a language lover, the word isn\u2019t that<\/i> dull\u2026 First and foremost, it starts with the famous Norwegian kj-<\/b> sound<\/a>. It\u2019s similar to the ch<\/i> sound of the German word ich<\/i> (as in Kennedy\u2019s famous line Ich bin ein Berliner<\/i>). If you\u2019re familiar with British English, the first sound of huge<\/i> (\u201dhyuge\u201d) is pretty close as well. The word kjedelig <\/b>can be both an adverb and an adjective. When it\u2019s an adjective, it of course gets the -e<\/b> ending in the plural: Jeg er s\u00e5 lei av nyhetene, de er s\u00e5 kjedelige!<\/b> (I\u2019m so tired of the news, they\u2019re so boring!)<\/p>\n

Gjesp! <\/b>[Yesp!] (Yawn!) To tell your Norwegian friends you\u2019re bored, \u2019I bore myself\u2019 is the expression to use (but do take care that you don\u2019t end up being a bore to the others!): Jeg kjeder meg<\/b>. And if you\u2019re worried about your friend sitting too long i sola<\/b> (in the sun) saying nothing, perhaps you can ask Kjeder du deg?<\/b> (\u2019Do you bore yourself\u2019 = Are you bored?)<\/p>\n

Yes, \u00e5 kjede seg<\/b> (\u2019to bore onself\u2019 = to be bored) is a reflexive<\/a> verb in Norwegian. That means, you\u2019d also say hun kjeder seg<\/b> (she\u2026), vi kjeder oss<\/b> (we\u2026), kjeder dere dere?<\/b> (are you guys feeling bored?) Sure, you can also use the verb \u00e5 kjede<\/b> about being boring to someone else, but that\u2019s not so normal. \ud83d\ude42 G\u00e5 vekk, du kjeder meg!<\/b> (Go away, you bore me!) is something a princess would say to a boring frier<\/b> (suitor) in an eventyr<\/b> (fairy-tale). \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Jeg h\u00e5per ikke jeg kjedet livet av deg n\u00e5! Nyt sommeren og husk \u00e5 ha det g\u00f8y!<\/b> (I hope I didn\u2019t \u201dbore you to death\u201d now! Enjoy the summer and remember to have fun!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Kjedelig! (Boring!) Late summer is a time when some people start to get bored \u2013 kids are tired of their parents dragging them through verden (the world) on a busy sommerferie (summer holiday) and just want to go hjem [yem] (home), while the adults maybe have started longing for their quiet kontor [konTOHR] (office)! \ud83d\ude42…<\/p>\n

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