Norwegian Media Recommendations

Norwegian Media Recommendations

Wanna practice your Norwegian? My first and most important recommendation will always be NRK!

NRK is the Norwegian state channel, and on their website you can stream TV-shows, movies, sports, talkshows, listen to radio, read news (in Bokmål and Nynorsk) - all for free! (Note that due to copyright some shows may not be possible to stream outside of Norway, but the vast majority of original shows are usually available worldwide.) I’ll make a separate post with show recommendations soon!

Typical Mistakes When Speaking Norwegian

Part 1/?

Note: A lot of native Norwegians also make these mistakes unfortunately!

Da / Når

These words both mean when, but they are used in different situations. Da is used when you are talking about something that has happened in the past. For instance: “Da jeg var liten likte jeg å leke med dukker.” (”When I was little/young I liked to play with dolls”). Når is used when talking about something that happens regularly and/or will happen in the future. For instance: “Når jeg går til skolen velger jeg alltid snarveien.” (”When I walk to school I always choose the shortcut.”) or “Når vi drar på stranda skal jeg bruke den nye badedrakten min” (”When we go to the beach I’ll use my new bathing suit”). 

The golden rule is:

Den gang da, hver gang når.

Norwegian Words & Phrases You (Probably) Won’t Learn in School

🇳🇴Part 1/? - Banneord (Curse words)

Norway is really into banneord that has some connection to the devil. 

First out we’ve got faen, derived from “Fanden”(”The Devil”). It’s probably the most versatile Norwegian curse word of them all. You can use it for basically anything. It is largely used to the same extent as “fuck” in English (even though we also use “fakk” or “fuck”). 

Examples:

Faen ta deg -  Lit. May the devil take you. Fig. Fuck you

Men for faen! - But for fuck’s sake!

En stakkars faen - A poor devil (poor as in miserable. But you can substitute the adjective for any word, really. I.e. “Din heldige faen” (”You lucky bastard”).

Faen! -  Fuck! Used when you stub your toe, you drop something to the ground, you lose a game, etc. etc.

Check out bokmålsordboka for more ways to use faen (there’s a lot). 

Absolutely obsessed with this song rn, so I figured I’d share it with you guys. Translation by me, an intermediate Norwegian learner, so there may be a couple of mistakes. Please let me know if there are any glaring ones so I can fix them :)

Stjernestøv Stardust

Se stormen stilner nå See, the storm calms now Du reiser deg opp, min venn You get up, my friend Og du vet med ett hvor du vil gå And you know at once where you want to go Og veien er lett igjen And the way is easy again

For stjernen lyser klar For the star shines bright Hjelper deg å finne veien hjem til meg Helping you find the way home to me Stjernen lyser klar The star shines bright Hjelper deg å finne veien hjem til meg Helping you find the way home to me

Når verden er for stor When the world is too big Og stiеn er alt for bratt And the path is far too steep Kan du vende blikket mot Nord Can du turn your gaze to the north Selv i denne mørke natt Even on this dark night

Der stjernen lyser klar Where the star shines bright Hjelper deg å finne veien hjem til meg Helping you find the way home to me Der stjernen lyser klar Where the star shines bright Hjelper deg å finne veien hjem til meg Helping you find your way home to me

Du kan reise så langt du vil You can travel as far as you want Du kan velge en egen vei You can choose your own way Gjennom skog, over hav og fjell Through forest, over sea and mountain Skinner stjernen klart for deg The star shines brightly for you

Stormen stilner nå The storms quiets now Du reiser deg opp, min venn You get up, my friend Du vil alltid finne veien hjem You will always find the way home Den veien som finns i deg The way that exists inside you

Norwegian 

Pronunciation Notes

Hi guys! Recently I watched a video about the pronunciation of Norwegian letters that was very helpful and I took some notes so here they are! this will be divided into the sections presented in the video :)

Here is the youtube video

basics:

there are 20 consonants 

there are 9 vowels: a, e, i, o, u, y, æ, ø, å

stress of a word is usually on the first syllable

rarely used letters

mostly used in loan words

q pronounced like k or kv

w pronounced like v

x pronounced like s or ks

z pronounced like s

silent letters

d

ld: kald -> kal

nd: hånd -> hån

rd: bord -> bor

silent at end of word after vowel; med -> me

g

gj: gjøre -> jøre

ig: hyggelig -> hyggeli

h

h and a consonant 

hjeple -> jelpe

hvor -> vor

t

after definite singular*

bordet -> borde

*I am not quite sure what a definite singular is, if you know feel free to share

when is o pronounced like å?

o is o when it’s sound is long, ex. oo sound

before 0 or 1 consonant

ex. mor, to

o is å when it’s sound is short, ex. o sound

before 2 or more consonants

ex. kommer, norge

before g or v

ex. tog, sov

that is all I have for today! I hope this helps someone as it helped me! if you would like further clarification or think something could be worded better go ahead and let me know!

remember to spread positivity and love :)

April 2, 2021

Adito’s Langblr Content Masterpost

Here you’ll find an overview of my langblr content for Japanese, Norwegian, Dutch, and most recently Mandinka! I update regularly as I create more posts. 

日本語・Japanese

Vocabulary lists (*** indicates that the vocabulary is from an article or other source which you can refer to for practice):

🗣  Advice

✨  ASMR triggers (includes list of Japanese ASMRtists) 

🏖  Beach

🈹 Coupons・Sales

💉  Coronavirus vaccine side-effects

🌏  Energy conservation***

⛸  Figure skating - Skating season and competitions・Jumps・Performance・Programs・Scoring・Yuzuru Hanyu’s master thesis***

🌡 First aid for heat strokes***

🐞  Insects

💍 Jewelry

💼 Part-time job listings

🏳️‍🌈  Queer issues: Queer sexuality and gender identity・Failure to pass LGBTQ bill***

Grammar/Expressions (these are tagged #lessons with 松島先生):

「馬が合う」

「~を当然のことと思う」

「~ば、~のに」

「~ばいいのに・~ばよかったのに」

Culture:

Proverbs: 金の光は阿弥陀ほど

Short story: 💃🏻 伊豆の踊子 (The Dancing Girl of Izu)・☎️ まちがい電話 (Wrong number)

Norsk・Norwegian

Vocabulary lists (*** indicates that the vocabulary is from an article or other source which you can refer to for practice):

🗣  Advice

✨  ASMR triggers (includes list of Norwegian ASMRtists) 

🎲 Games

🤔  False friends Norwegian-German

⛰  Hiking trails

🗳 Parliamentary elections

♨️ Sauna

⛷️ Skiing

🏊🏼‍♀️ Swimming

💤  Types of common dreams

🏳️‍🌈  Queer sexuality and gender identity

Culture:

Oslo Pride

Nederlands・Dutch

Vocabulary lists (*** indicates that the vocabulary is from an article or other source which you can refer to for practice):

✨  ASMR triggers (includes list of Dutch/Belgian ASMRtists) 

🤔  False friends Dutch-German - Verbs・Adjectives・Nouns

🏳️‍🌈  Queer sexuality and gender identity

🌷  Tulips***

Grammar (these are tagged #dutch grammar notes):

Closed vs. open syllables

Diminutives

Nouns (singular and plural)

Spelling rules

Hebben vs. zijn with verbs of movement in the perfect tense

Culture:

Books: vocab from Allah heeft ons zo gemaakt

Poetry: vraagje・Frank Keizer

Mandinka

Resources

Vocabulary:

🔢 Numbers and counting

❓ Question words - Where? (Places)

Grammar:

Verbs (present tense)