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[language-princess]

Norwegian textbooks according to CEFR levels

A1-A2

På Vei

tekstbok

arbeidsbok

website

B1

Stein på Stein

tekstbok

arbeidsbok

website

B2

Her på Berget

tekstbok

arbeidsbok

website

[learnjp]

Past Tense || 過去形・かこけい Hi guys, today I’m going to make a simple post regarding how to use past tense in Japanese. I probably won’t cover everything, just some of the basics so if you’re looking for something more detailed just let me know! Vocabulary・単語・たんご：

Tense・時制・じせい

Form/Tense・形・けい

Present・現在

Past・過去

Future・未来

Present Tense・現在形・げんざいけい

Past Tense・過去形・かこけい

Future Tense・未来形・みらいけい

So in order to describe events that have happened in the past, or something you’ve done in the past in Japanese we need to first look at how to say them in present tense. VERBS: In order to change a verb in polite present form to past tense, you have to change the「ます」ending to「ました」.

Eat = 食べます・たべます Ate = 食べました・たべました

And in order to change a present negative verb form to past tense, you have to change the「ません」to「ませんでした」

Don’t eat = 食べません・たべません Didn’t eat = 食べませんでした・たべませんでした

Essentially for Past Tense Negative all you need to remember is that「ません」makes it negative, and「でした」makes it past tense. Vocabulary・単語・たんご： Past Tense Affirmative -

Drink・飲みます・のみます ＝ 飲みました・のみました

Go・行きます・いきます ＝ 行きました・いきました

Past Tense Negative -

Drink・飲みません・のみません ＝ 飲みませんでした・のみませんでした

Go・行きません・いきません ＝ 行きませんでした・いきませんでした

Examples・例・れい： I drank the coke. コーラを飲みました。 She didn’t go to the party. 彼女はパーティーに行きませんでした。 NOUNS: In order to change a noun to past tense from present tense, you have to change「です」to「でした」.

Is a student = 学生です・がくせいです Was a student = 学生でした・がくせいでした

And in order to change a noun from present negative form to past negative you have to change the「ではありません」to「ではありませんでした」.

I don’t like cats = 猫が好きではありません・ねこがすきではありません I didn’t like cats =猫が好きではありませんでした・ねこがすきではありませんでした (that’s a lie I LOVE cats)

So similarly to the negative verbs,「ではありません」makes a noun negative and adding 「でした」makes it past tense. Vocabulary・単語・たんご： Past Tense Affirmative -

Office Worker・会社員です・かいしゃいんです ＝ 会社員でした・かいしゃいんでした

Teacher・先生です・せんせいです ＝ 先生でした・せんせいでした

Past Tense Negative -

Office Worker・会社員ではありません・かいしゃいんではありません = 会社員ではありませんでした・かいしゃいんではありませんでした

Teacher・先生ではありません・せんせいではありません = 先生ではありませんでした・せんせいではありませんでした

Examples・例・れい： Sarah was an office worker. セーラさんは会社員でした。 Mr Smith was not a teacher. スミスさんは先生ではありませんでした。 ADJECTIVES: な adjectives follow the exact same rule as nouns. い adjectives are little trickier. In order to change a present tense い adjective to past tense, you have to remove the「い」in the adjective and add「かったです」.

Is difficult = 難しいです・むずかあしいです Was difficult = 難しかったです・むずかしかったです

And in order to change a present tense negative い adjective to negative past tense, you have to remove the「い」in the adjective and add「くなかったです」.

It’s not difficult = 難しくないです・むずかしくないです It wasn’t difficult = 難しくなかったです・むずかしくなかったです

Vocabulary・単語・たんご： Past Tense Affirmative -

Expensive・高いです・たかいです ＝ 高かったです・たかかったです

Fast・早いです・はやいです ＝ 早かったです・はやかったです

Past Tense Negative -

Expensive・高くないです・たかくないです ＝ 高くなかったです・たかくなかったです

Fast・早くないです・はやくないです ＝ 早くなかったです・はやくなかったです

Examples・例・れい： That shirt was expensive. このTシャツは高かったです。 She wasn’t fast. 彼女は早くなかったです。

[norwegiatlas]

Norwegian resources from this blog

After 4+ hours of collecting and organizing my Norwegian posts, I have decided to put them all into a big resource masterpost. These are resources from about a year of posting. I hope you all find these helpful!

Word lists & phrase lists (not in any particular order)

Frosty Morning vocab

Late Night vocab

Language Study vocab

Book vocab

Some useful words when writing a Norwegian essay

Forest Hike vocab

Mathematics vocab

Spring vocab

Polar-themed vocab

LoveWave (song by Iveta Mukuchyan) vocab

Optical Phenomena vocab

Sand-themed vocab

Norwegian Summer vocab

110 Random-But-Quite-Useful vocab

Home-themed vocab

Some Norwegian adverbs

21 useful phrases of daily Norwegian

Word of the day 

There are 200+ word of the day posts on my blog, and making a link for every one of them would take an eternity. Therefore, I advise you to just search on “wordoftheday” on my blog and all the posts should show up. Here is a link to the search. 

Grammar + other Norwegian language related explanations

I have somehow highlighted the more useful resources in this list!

Sentence structure: 1 2

Several possible options 

“På” after the verb “bevege”

Begge vs begge to

Comparatives and superlatives 

Vann vs vannet (including vatn)

Reflexive pronouns

Both “til” and “å” can be translated as “to”

“I love doing …”, “I hate being …”, infinitives

“Det vil jeg tro” vs “Jeg vil tro det”

“Ikke” after & before the verb

“da” vs “når”

“unnskyld” vs “beklager”

short examples with “å være”

“over hele verden” vs “i hele verden”

“Heller”, “annet”, “anna”, “annen”, “andre”, “gjerne”, “enig”,”enig i”, “enig med”

“Den”, “det”, “deg”, “dette”, denne”, “disse”

“Den vakre vennen min”

How to use the word “på”

“Er det det det er?”

“Den er”, “det er”, “denne er” etc.

plural definite

“å gjøre” = “to do”

How to use the word “man”

The feminine indefinite article “ei” and the feminine “-a” definite ending

“jo”

“av” vs “for” vs “til”

“En” vs “enn”

Two d’s in “Tror du at du får gjort det i kveld?”

Possessive pronouns

“Skulle helst”

Emphasis on pronouns

“Åpne opp” & “lukk opp” both means “open up”

General neuter pronoun in Norwegian

Nouns whose indefinite plural is the same as indefinite singular

“Siden” vs “ettersom”

“vel” & “nok”

Why “de stiller mye spørsmåler” is wrong

How to say “where is your top from”

The use of “den”

The use of definite form and indefinite form

The use of en, et & ei + the letter “æ” handwritten

“Vil du …?” & “Har du lyst …?”

“Lille”, “liten”, “små”

the word “da”

How to translate phrases like “the beautiful” & “the lovely” as in “the beautiful town of Lillehammer”

The difference between “derimot”, “uansett hvor”, “dog”, “likevel”, “imens” & “imidlertid”

Subject-verb inversion in question sentences

“Hjem” vs “hjemme”

How to use the word “sin”, “si”, “sitt” + possessive pronouns

The word “ass”: 1 2 3

“Kjekk” vs “pen” vs “vakker”

“Looking forward to” & “I am excited” in Norwegian

Reflexive pronouns (”meg” vs ”meg selv”)

“Å leke” vs “å spille”

“Takk for sist”

How and when to use commas in Norwegian

“gå” vs “dra”

“is about to …” in Norwegian

the -s suffix

past tenses with -a + multiple options for past tense

“you don’t happen to have …?” in Norwegian

The difference between “å sette”, “å sitte”, “å ligge” and “å legge”

Texts

a short Norwegian text with translations

en liten fortelling på norsk

En liten påskefortelling (a tiny Easter story)

I have tried my best to gather absolutely everything, however something tells me I have left out one or two posts. Also, if you find any mistakes or typos, please let me know so I can correct them!

[sixpenceee]

Community responding to a spate of xenophobic graffiti in Walthamstow, London

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negative norwegian vocab (written on a bad day)

ensom lonely

trist sad

ulykkelig unhappy

nedtrykt glum

depresjon depression

isolasjon isolation

verdiløs worthless

engestelse anxiety

tom empty

motvilje reluctance

aversjon aversion

styggedom ugliness

fortville despair

motløs despondant

søppel garbage

dårlig bad

uheldig unlucky

grusom cruel

kald cold

kraftløs powerless

ond evil

heks witch

uønsket undesirable

kjedelig boring

usynlig invisible

taper loser

motbydelig disgusting

odeleggende destructive

pinlig awkward

smertefull painful

idiot idiot

gal crazy

skuffelse frustration

varsom cautious

følelsesmessig emotional

kritisk critical

[nihongogogo]

Infographic by Japanesevideocast Source [x]

[japanese-with-anime]

Article: Verbs in Japanese - How do They Work? - Conjugation Grammar

[sciogli-lingua]

Things Roman Teens Say - a vocabulary post

*** WARNING: Reaaally informal (and sometimes vulgar) language [I kept insults out of it, though]. ***

accannare - to stop [doing something]. Mainly used in exclamations. “Accanna!” (”Now stop it!”)

alzare - lit. to lift [something] up, here used as to lend [something]. “Mi alzi due euro?” (“Can you lend me a couple of euros?”)

chiudersi - lit. to close [oneself] up. Idiomatically, to get obsessed [with something]. “Mi sono chiuso con quella canzone.” (”I am obsessed with that song.”)

chiusone - an intense study session, usually before a test. Basically like cramming. “Domani c’è l’interrogazione di scienze, dovrò farmi un chiusone.” (”We have an oral science test due tomorrow, I’ll have to cram for it.”)

daje - way to go, cool, sure, all right, depending on the situation. Honestly, it could mean almost anything. 1)“Daje, la Roma sta vincendo!” (”Cool, Rome is winning the match!”) 2)A: “Allora ci vediamo stasera?” (”I’ll see you tonight, then?”) B: “Daje!” (“Sure!”)

imbastire - to make [something] up, used in a scholastic context when trying to stay afloat in a test even though you don’t have an adequate preparation. “Non ho studiato, se domani mi interroga je ‘mbastisco” (”I haven’t studied, if tomorrow [the teacher] asks me something I’ll just make something up”)

imbruttire - lit. to make [somebody] ugly, to grow ugly. Idiomatically, to give somebody a squint-eyed look. “Che me stai a ‘mbruttì?” (”What you starin’ at?”)

piotta - 100 €. Used to mean 100.000 lire (former Italian currency).

piottare - to run/drive really fast. “Luca ha davvero piottato: in cinque minuti è arrivato da scuola a casa!” (”Luca has definitely made haste: it took him five minutes to get home from school!”)

pisciare - lit., vulgar for to piss. Could also mean to bail out [on someone/something], also used to express disapproval. 1)“Oggi Luca ha pisciato scuola.” (”Luca skipped classes today.”) 2)A: “Allora, andiamo al concerto?” (”Shall we go to the concert, then?”) B: “Piscia…” (“No, come on…”)

rega’ - (you) guys. Comes from regazzi, Roman version of the Italian word ragazzi. “Ah rega’!” (”Hey, guys!”)

scialla - relax, take it easy. Could also mean oh, that’s easy in some contexts. A: “Quindi c’è da studiare tutto il capitolo?” (”So, is the whole chapter due tomorrow?”) B: “No, solo le prime quattro pagine.” (”No, just the first four pages.”) B: “Scialla!” (”Oh, that’s easy/nothing, then!”)

steccare - could either mean to share [something with somebody] or to fail [an exam]. “Ce steccamo una pizza?” (”Shall we share a pizza?”) “Lo hanno steccato…” (”He failed the exam.”)

stirare - lit. to iron/press, to stretch. Idiomatically, to be dead tired. “Oggi dopo la corsa stavo a stirà.” (”Today after the race I was dying/dead tired”).

tajo - funny, something fun. 1)“Che tajo!” (”This is so fun!”) 2)“Quel ragazzo è un tajo” (”That guy is so funny”)

viecce! - lit. come here!, roughly equivalent to come fight me.

[sciogli-lingua]

[Inspired by this post by @languageoclock]

l'acquarello/acquerello (m.) - watercolor l'adesivo (m.) - sticker/adhesive label l'astuccio (m.) - pencil case il bianchetto - correction fluid, white out il bloc-notes - notepad la bucafogli - hole punch la calcolatrice - calculator la cancelleria - stationery la carta - paper la cartella/cartellina - folder il cartone - cardboard la colla - glue la colla (in) stick - glue stick il compasso - compass il correttore a nastro - correction tape l'elastico (m.) - rubber band l'evidenziatore (m.) - marker, highlighter le forbici - scissors la gomma (per cancellare) - eraser/rubber la gomma pane - kneaded eraser il goniometro - protractor la graffetta - paperclip, staple la matita - pencil la matita colorata - colored pencil/crayon il nastro adesivo - sticky tape il pastello a cera - wax crayon la penna - the pen la penna a fibra - fineliner la penna a sfera - ballpoint pen/Biro la (penna) biro - ballpoint pen/Biro il pennarello - felt-tip pen la (penna) stilografica - fountain pen il pennello - paintbrush il perforatore - hole punch la pinzatrice - stapler il portamine - mechanical pencil il post-it - Post-it/sticky note la puntina - pin il quaderno - notebook il raccoglitore - binder il righello - ruler lo scarabocchio - scribble lo scotch - Scotch tape la spillatrice - stapler la squadra - set square il taccuino - notepad la tavoletta portablocco - clipboard il temperamatite - pencil sharpener il temperino - pencil sharpener il timbro - stamp

[fremmedsprak]

“Det finnes bare ett skandinavisk språk, men svenskene kan ikke skrive det, og danskene kan ikke snakke det.”

- probably the best thing i’ve read so far in mysteriet om nils

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Symbol Guide:

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[gifmethat]

So you know what I don’t get? Why people repeat words. (x)

[hyperboreanhapocanthosaurus]

Grammar time: it’s called “contrastive reduplication,” and it’s a form of intensification that is relatively common. Finnish does a very similar thing, and others use near-reduplication (rhyme-based) to intensify, like Hungarian (pici ‘tiny’, ici-pici ‘very tiny’).

Even the typologically-distant group of Bantu languages utilize reduplication in a strikingly similar fashion with nouns: Kinande oku-gulu ‘leg’, oku-gulu-gulu ‘a REAL leg’ (Downing 2001, includes more with verbal reduplication as well).

I suppose the difficult aspect of English reduplication is not through this particular type, but the fact that it utilizes many other types of reduplication: baby talk (choo-choo, no-no), rhyming (teeny-weeny, super-duper), and the ever-famous “shm” reduplication: fancy-schmancy (a way of denying the claim that something is fancy).

screams my professor was trying to find an example of reduplication so the next class he came back and said “I FOUND REDUPLICATION IN ENGLISH” and then he said “Milk milk” and everyone was just “what?” and he said “you know when you go to a coffee shop and they ask if you want soy milk and you say ‘no i want milk milk’” and everyone just had this collective sigh of understanding.

[allthingslinguistic]

Another name for this particular construction is contrastive focus reduplication, and there’s a famous linguistics paper about it which is commonly known as the Salad Salad Paper. You know, because if you want to make it clear that you’re not talking about pasta salad or potato salad, you might call it “salad salad”. The repetition indicates that you’re intending the most prototypical meaning of the word, like green salad or cow’s milk, even though other things can be considered types of salad or milk. 

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Can I make love to this post?… Is that a thing that’s possible?

[perspicaciousembroiderist]

We’re all nerds here, go forth and you do you.

[kjaerekrake]

Norwegian YouTube Masterpost

Here is a list of youtubers that I like to listen to for listening comprehension of Norwegian along with some small shows and educational channels to watch. I mainly made this list to help everyone with some exposure to spoken Norwegian, since in my opinion it’s a bit difficult to find Norwegian speaking youtubers.

(not all of the youtubers are from Oslo/speak the Oslo dialect/standard østnorsk, but I think it might help quite a bit with some exposure to other dialects too. It’s helped me at least.)

Alfonso Dingo Torres - channel that posts Steven Universe videos/songs in other languages. He doesn’t have a Norwegian specific playlist but if you scroll through his videos, I’m sure you find the Norwegian ones right away.  

Cartoon Network Norge - It’s Cartoon Network, but in Norwegian, which means shows like Steven Universe and Adventure time are available (but not the full thing usually).

Hei Briskeby - Okay, yes, I know they aren’t going to upload again but they are from Oslo and there are transcripts of their videos in English. I feel like that might help you get used to just understanding how the language is supposed to sound along with a translation to help attach sound to meaning.

Hjartholm90 - I’m pretty sure he’s from Bergen. His dialect sounds either bergensk or similar but I might be wrong about that. (correct me if you think or know otherwise). Also is a gaming channel if you’re into that.

Lykke Sofie Myrås  - She is from Stavanger. Miscellaneous channel, from makeup to vlogs to routine videos.  She hasn’t uploaded much recently but she does have a snapchat which is lykkesofie

makeupmalin - She is from Holmestrand, which, is eastern Norway. She does makeup as well as other things and is a pretty big channel.

Miriam Lie - Definitely from the west (please correct me if you know). Does mostly makeup videos.

Nellie - She is from Tigerstaden. She does a wide variety of types of videos, such as humor and relate-able videos.

NorskTegnefilmSang - a channel for cartoons dubbed in Norwegian

Norwegian Teacher - Karin - Obviously from Oslo. Remember, she doesn’t just do teaching videos, she does vlogs and other videos about life in Olso as well as other places she goes.

NRK P3 - Literally  NRK’s channel, with music, interviews and more.

OLEJOHA - He is from Oslo. He does vlogs as well as funny videos. He also talks about Skam ;)

Rakkerstreker - Pretty sure they are from east Norway, please correct me if you know otherwise. They are another gaming channel that plays quite a big variety of games. This is their main channel.

Sangfugl -  From Oslo. She does a big variety of videos and has subtitles both Norwegian and English on most of her videos. I just think she deserves more subscribers to be honest lol.

Stina Talling - She is from Bergen. She does a wide variety videos, specifically comedy and entertainment videos.

Sunny - She is from Oslo. Yes, I know she doesn’t do much speaking in Norwegian but she have some videos where she explains slang terms or swears

tim lektor - mainly grammar lessons that are pretty in depth plus some audio books  

Veernacular - You might know her as Vee or letslearnnorwegian on here ? She just has a pronunciation video but I feel like this is a good place to get started if you still don’t know some pronunciation, plus she’s going to be making more videos soon !

Weird Norwegian - from Trondheim (specifically Steinkjer). Doesn’t specifically speak Norwegian all the time but will do videos about his dialect, Norwegian  swear words or translating things into Norwegian.

Amalie Olsen - (reccomended by @archlover-9) from Vestfold, which is very near Oslo. She does humor, makeup and beauty videos as well as some vlogs.

Kristine Bremnes - I’m not exactly sure but i think she’s from Trondheim or somewhere near it? she does vlogs, hauls and some makeup videos.

JOSU - from Narvik which is far north (closish to tromsø). He mainly does vlogs.

Norsklærer Karense - as @toramor put it, “She is a professional Norwegian teacher and has hundreds of videos where she explains Norwegian grammar and phrases. I’d reccomend her channel to those at a more intermediate level. Her videos are great practice as they’re all in Norwegian, but they’re easy to understand because she speaksslowly and explains more difficult words.”

BeasVerden - (reccomended by @fremmedsprak)  from Oslo (or as she put it, a “portugese girl from oslo). She does a lot of humor videos and skits, from what i can tell.

LenaRedmo - (also reccomended by @fremmedsprak) From Trondheim. She does beauty, vlogs hauls and other things.

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo -(also also reccomended by @fremmedsprak (ily im so sorry for tagging you so much lol)) He’s from Trondheim also. He does vlogs mostly about athletic activities (skiing, running etc.) His vlogs also include English subtitles which can be of help 

Nordic ScreensTV - Norway’s own Youtube network (according to their description, it’s the first and biggest network) that brings together Norwegian Youtubers and has them collab, doing challenges or other random activities together.

x, x, and x are episodes of Charlie and Lola, a children’s show, that, to me, are very simple and easy to understand for listening comprehension in my opinion. (it’s also on the nrk website, but unless you know a way around it, it’s blocked there.)

x is a playlist for a show called The Moomins (Mummintrollet in Norwegian)

x is a playlist for the little mermaid (songs and speaking) in Norwegian

x is a playlist for Moana songs in Norwegian

x is a playlist for Pocahontas I & II songs in Norwegian

x is a basic guide on norwegian

Annd that’s all I have. Please please please feel free to correct or add to this list, I’d greatly appreciate it. And I hope you enjoy ! ♥️

(Edited) List as of January 16, 2018

[camewiththeframe]

[persephonesstrap]

This is worse. Looking at these you can tell they have no significant monetary value. They were confiscated as a fear tactic. Nothing more.

[arithanas]

This picture breaks my heart everytime it appears in my dash. It’s a fear tactic, alright but—

The first one in the left corner: It’s a first communion rosary, and it’s not cheap.

The black one in the first line: That’s a widow rosary and it’s old.

The white one in the second line:  is a commemoration rosary. It has a miniature picture in the round part. I haven’t seen that since the 70′s.

In the third line, multicolor one: It’s an Anima mundi, I have only seen those in the hands of Rosary ministery’s old ladies. The oldest ones are from the 80′s after Juan Pablo II came to Mexico for the first time. It’s one of the old ones, I know because the crucifixes are different.  The third one on the fourth line: Red and gold. The style is old, the metal is dark, that’s a 50′s rosary, probably a quinceañera one (or it’s maybe older, from the 40′s when the brides carried red roses with their offerings).

The fifth one on the fourth line: It’s a quinceañera rosary with Ignatius’s tear. The style is old and in my part of Mexico is orphan girls who used it. At least it was when I was young. The third one of the fifth line: the blue one with the anchor. That one I have only seen in Veracruz and it doesn’t look new. The fifth one on the fifth line: That’s a 90′s wedding rosary. Black and white patterns were popular on that date. The fourth one on the last line: That’s a first communion rosary from the 30′s. It’s delicate and most probably silver. The rest wrench my heart too, the humble everyday rosaries with wooden beads and knots. Those are cheap and bear the wear and tear of their user handling. But those  I described are much more.

Those are mother’s rosaries.

Those are not just rosaries. Those are mementos, that’s the proof of their families stories. They are taking from them the only portable things they can carry to feel the connection to their families. It’s not a fear tactic. Call it like by its name. It’s dehumanization.

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[thelanguagecommunity]

this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Norwegian. it will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!

info

fun facts

glottolog

introduction to the norwegian language [video]

norwegian learning faq

nynorsk and bokmål: why are there two ways to write norwegian [video]

omniglot

playlist of samples

the language gulper

“this user is learning norwegian” userbox

wikipedia

Afficher davantage

[norwegiatlas]

norwegian word of the day

bedårende

adj. adorable; charming, captivating, enchanting

comparative: mer bedårende superlative: mest bedårende

“Du er bare simpelthen bedårende.” “You are just downright adorable.”

“Så bedårende! Ååh, jeg vil også ha en hund!” “So adorable! Aah, I also want a dog!”

“Så, skal du og den bedårende prinsen din komme?” “So, are you and that charming prince of yours going to come?”

“Ikke sant? Hun er den mest bedårende lille jenta jeg har møtt!” “I know right? She is the most enchanting/adorable little girl I have met!”