{"id":2549,"date":"2019-04-30T23:36:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T23:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2019-05-01T01:05:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T01:05:30","slug":"the-job-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/the-job-question\/","title":{"rendered":"The Job Question"},"content":{"rendered":"
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En norsk magiker.<\/strong> (Photo courtesy of Jan Sverre Samuelsen at Flickr<\/a>, CC BY 2.0 License<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n

Hva jobber du med?<\/strong> (What\u2019s your job?) Many people love talking about their job, and Norwegians are no exception! \ud83d\ude42 When everything else fails, throw in some work-related vocabulary to keep the conversation afloat\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2013 Jeg er sykepleier \/ l\u00e6rer \/ baker.<\/strong> (I\u2019m a nurse \/ teacher \/ baker.)<\/p>\n

\u2013 \u00c5h, det h\u00f8res spennende ut! Hvor jobber du?<\/strong> (Oh, that sounds interesting! Where are you working?)<\/p>\n

Note that in Norwegian, you don\u2019t need to say you\u2019re \u201da\u201d something (when talking \u2019bout professions). For example, instead of saying \u201dI\u2019m a dancer\u201d you\u2019d just go \u201dI\u2019m dancer\u201d (Jeg er danser<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

As you can see, many job titles have the ending -er<\/strong>. You already know it from English: It\u2019s added to verbs (action words) in order to denote the person performing the action. In that way, \u00e5 l\u00e6re<\/strong> (to teach) is turned into en l\u00e6rer<\/strong> (a teacher).<\/p>\n

Here are some more –er<\/strong> professions:<\/p>\n

snekker, r\u00f8rlegger, politiker, dommer, maler, sanger, fisker, jeger, designer, blogger <\/strong>(carpenter, plumber, politician, judge, painter, singer, fisherman, hunter, designer, blogger).<\/p>\n

And here are som common job titles that don\u2019t take the -er<\/strong> ending:<\/p>\n

politi, brannmann, lege, prest, advokat, bonde, journalist<\/strong> [shorn-], fysioterapeut, psykolog, klovn, kokk, soldat, sj\u00f8mann, bussj\u00e5f\u00f8r, taxisj\u00e5f\u00f8r, ingeni\u00f8r <\/strong>[insheniOOR], filmstjerne<\/strong> (police, firefighter, doctor, priest, lawyer, farmer, journalist, fysiotherapist, psycologist, clown, cook, soldier, sailor, bus driver, taxi driver, engineer, movie star).<\/p>\n

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Liker du jobben din?<\/strong> (Do you like your job?)<\/p>\n

Hva er den beste\/verste delen av arbeidet?<\/strong> (What\u2019s the best\/worst part about the work?)<\/p>\n

Jeg har snille kolleger.<\/strong> (I\u2019ve got friendly colleagues. NB! One colleague is kollega<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

Det er en veldig sosial arbeidsplass.<\/strong> (It\u2019s a very social workplace.)<\/p>\n

Gleder du deg til sommerferien?<\/strong> (Do you look forward to the summer holiday?)<\/p>\n

Norwegians who aren\u2019t arbeidsledig<\/strong> (unemployed) usually work 37-40 hours a week, from mandag<\/strong> to fredag<\/strong>. Helgene<\/strong> (the weekends) are for fun and relaxation. Of course, people have different schedules. The guys drilling up olje<\/strong> (oil) in Nordsj\u00f8en<\/strong> (the North Sea), for example, often live on the platforms for many weeks in a row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Hva jobber du med? (What\u2019s your job?) Many people love talking about their job, and Norwegians are no exception! \ud83d\ude42 When everything else fails, throw in some work-related vocabulary to keep the conversation afloat\u2026 \u2013 Jeg er sykepleier \/ l\u00e6rer \/ baker. (I\u2019m a nurse \/ teacher \/ baker.) \u2013 \u00c5h, det h\u00f8res spennende ut!…<\/p>\n

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