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Norwegian Plurals are your friends
1 fjell, 2 fjell… (Photo courtesy of Stian Rødven Eide at Flickr, CC License. Shot from the ferry between Halsa and Kanestraum.) In Norwegian, as in English, some ord [ore] (words) have surprise...
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Norwegians Love Kos
Peiskos! (Photo courtesy of Sigrun & Ragnar at Flickr, CC License.) Nå skal vi kose oss! (Now let’s cozy up/enjoy ourselves!) In Iceland, I’ve been told, they have this vits (joke) about the...
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Meet the Monster
(Image from openclipart.org.) Monsteret er løs! (The monster is ”loose”!) Right now, it is doing everything it can to prevent you from learning norsk! Men fortvil ikke… (But don’t despair…) There is a...
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Norwegian Words of Healing
Hope candles. (Photo courtesy of Len Matthews at Flickr, CC License.) Det er en vanskelig tid for mange (it’s a hard time for many [people]). Uskyldige mennesker (innocent people) have been killed in...
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On On and In
(Illustration by the blogger.) It’s time to address some of the real utfordringer (challenges) that many of you face as Norwegian learners. (Thank you, by the way, for all the great feedback you left...
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Christmas Preparations in Norway
This photo is from Sweden, but Norwegian decorations are quite similar. Notice the electric candlestick with the seven candles making a ”bridge” – you’ll see it everywhere in Norway! (Photo courtesy of...
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Sing along, it’s jul!
When learning languages, it’s a really good idea to SING! If the melody is really nice, the words will just etch themselves into your brain! Forget about rules of grammar, forget about rules of...
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Top 10 of 2015
New Year in Lillestrøm, Norway. (Photo courtesy of Marius Lauritsen at Flickr, CC License.) As 2015 is about to hand over the torch to 2016, here’s a quick tilbakeblikk (retrospect) at the 10 most...
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Fiction Heroes in Norwegian
Donald Duck has been popular in Norway for decades… Photo from the Møllehaugen playground May 17th National Day Parade, Trondheim, 1955. (Photo courtesy of the Municipal Archives of Trondheim at...
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Linking Phrases
(Free image from Open Clipart.) Ja… Nei… Kanskje… It’s very easy to be a new learner – you just have to say a few words and all the native speakers will cheer on you and say bra (good)! Sooner or...
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7 Facts about Trolls
A real Norwegian troll from the Hunderfossen amusement park in the Lillehammer area. (Photo courtesy of Jan Hammershaug at Flickr, CC License.) Turister (tourists) never seem to tire of troll (trolls),...
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More and Most Norwegian
(Photo by TheBusyBrain at Flickr, CC License.) I just can’t believe the gradbøying (”comparison inflection”) of adjectives has not been a post yet… As you can probably remember, Norwegian adjectives...
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Norwegian Springtime
Alle fugler… (Photo courtesy of Henning Klokkeråsen at Flickr, CC License.) Det er vår! (It’s spring!) To really know how fantastisk våren er, you have to spend a vinter i Norge. Nothing compares to...
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A visit to Bergen
Bergen. (Photo courtesy of Miguel Virkkunen Carvalho at Flickr, CC License.) When it doesn’t rain, Bergen is probably Norway’s most vakker (beautiful) city. I recently had a chance to revisit Bergen....
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Norwegian Pronouns – it’s personal
Not exactly Norwegian, but I thought it was a perfect fit for the text. (Photo courtesy of Dave Bleasdale at Flickr, CC License.) Nothing speeds up communication like a good pronoun! Instead of having...
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Your Norwegian Possessives
When you want to say ”your” or ”my” something, there are really three things to consider in Norwegian: 1. Before or after? In Norwegian, a possessive pronoun (”our”, ”their”…) may be placed either...
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May 1st and Norwegian Politics
“Mom deserves the same wage (as Dad).” From a 1. mai parade in Oslo. (Photo by GGAADD at Flickr, CC License.) Liker du politikk? (Do you like politics?) Even though a lot of Norwegians, like people...
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17 a-may-zing Norway facts
Photo courtesy of liknes at Flickr. (CC License; no changes were made.) Gratulerer med dagen! (Happy Constitution day!) I dag er det 17. mai (today is May 17th), and store og små (big ones and little...
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Colour your tongue!
(Photo by Morten Oddvik at Flickr, CC License.) Can you imagine a day without farger (colours)? It’s no wonder that many language courses are quick to introduce a few colours. Here are the basic ones...
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A Norwegian bird’s tale
The beautiful myrsnipe. (Photo courtesy of Arnstein Rønning at Flickr, CC License.) How do you learn norsk when you’re not surrounded by the language? Well, surprise, bøker (books) can be excellent...
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