{"id":2523,"date":"2019-01-31T23:40:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T23:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2523"},"modified":"2019-03-04T15:50:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T15:50:02","slug":"describing-looks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/describing-looks\/","title":{"rendered":"Describing Looks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hvordan ser han\/hun ut?<\/strong> How does he\/she look? You might not carry around photos of everyone you know in mobilen din<\/strong> (your mobile phone), so now and then you\u2019ll need ord<\/strong> (words) to describe somebody\u2019s utseende<\/strong> (appearance, literally \u201dout-looking\u201d).<\/p>\n

H\u00f8y, lav, stor, kraftig, liten, tykk, tynn<\/strong> (tall, short, big, strongly built, small, thick\/stout, thin) \u2013 these basic words for body shapes work approximately as in English: Bestefaren min er en liten, tykk mann. <\/strong>(My grandfather is a little stout man.) Hun er h\u00f8y og slank<\/strong>. (She\u2019s tall and slim \u2013 well, there you got another neat adjective! \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n

NB! liten<\/strong><\/a> sometimes takes the feminine form lita<\/strong>, as in jenta v\u00e5r er lita og sjenert<\/strong> (our girl is small and shy).<\/p>\n

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Although many outsiders think of Norwegians as the blue-eyed and blonde heroes of the TV series Vikings<\/em>, people in modern Norway of course have all kinds<\/a> of eye and hair colours (and skin tones):<\/p>\n

Hun har bl\u00e5\/gr\u00f8nne\/brune \u00f8yne.<\/strong> (She\u2019s got blue\/green\/brown eyes.)<\/p>\n

H\u00e5ret hans er langt og kr\u00f8llete. <\/strong>(His hair is long and curly.)<\/p>\n

Hun har kort, glatt h\u00e5r. <\/strong>(She\u2019s got short, straight hair.)<\/p>\n

Begge har blondt\/brunt\/r\u00f8dt\/svart\/lyst\/m\u00f8rkt\/hvitt\/gr\u00e5tt h\u00e5r.<\/strong> (Both have got blonde\/brown\/red\/black\/light\/dark\/white\/grey hair.)<\/p>\n

Han er skallet med skjegg og bart.<\/strong> (He\u2019s bald with beard and moustache.)<\/p>\n

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Of course there are many more ways to describe people\u2019s look, including alder<\/strong> (age), kl\u00e6r<\/strong> (clothing) and accessories (such as rings or tattoos). Here are just a few suggestions:<\/p>\n

Ei gammel dame med fletter og mange smykker<\/strong> (an old lady with braids and lots of jewellery)<\/p>\n

En ung mann med hatt og fregner<\/strong> (a young guy with hat and freckles)<\/p>\n

En sporty familie med fargerike luer og skjerf <\/strong>(a sporty family with colourful caps and scarves)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Hvordan ser han\/hun ut? How does he\/she look? You might not carry around photos of everyone you know in mobilen din (your mobile phone), so now and then you\u2019ll need ord (words) to describe somebody\u2019s utseende (appearance, literally \u201dout-looking\u201d). H\u00f8y, lav, stor, kraftig, liten, tykk, tynn (tall, short, big, strongly built, small, thick\/stout, thin) \u2013…<\/p>\n

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