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[mapsontheweb]

The real European divide

[norwegiatlas]

norwegian word of the day

eventyrlysten 

adj. adventurous

neuter form: eventyrlystent plural & definite form: eventyrlystne

comparative: mer eventyrlysten superlative: mest eventyrlysten

“Jeg er en eventyrlysten person som elsker spenning.” “I am an adventurous person who loves thrills!”

“Liker du eventyr? Er du eventyrlysten? Da er dette den perfekte reisen for deg!” “Do you like adventure? Are you adventurous? The this is the perfect trip for you!”

“Den eventyrlystne jenta seilte hele verden rundt!” “The adventurous girl sailed around the whole world!”

“Eventyrlysten dro jeg til sjøs.” “Being adventurous I went out on the sea.”

eventyr (n) = adventure; fairytale lyst (m/f) = lust

[norwegiatlas]

norwegian word of the day

ensom

adj. lonely, lonesome; lone, solitary

definite form: ensomme plural form: ensomme neuter gender form: ensomt

comparative: ensommere superlative: ensomst  superlative definitive form: ensomste

“Jeg er så ensom når du ikke er her.” “I am so lonely when you’re not here.”

“Det ville jo ha blitt et veldig ensomt liv da, men om det er det du vil så skal ikke jeg stoppe deg. “It would (though) have been a very lonely life though, but if that’s what you want then I won’t stop you.”

“I et ensomt hus på en ensom slette bor ei ensom bestemor.” “In a lone house on a solitary meadow lives a lonely grandmother.”

“To ensomme sjeler som endelig fant hverandre.” “Two lonesome souls which finally found each other.”

[norwegiatlas]

norwegian word of the day

helt 

n. hero

en helt - helten - helter - heltene a hero - the hero - heroes - the heroes

“Mamma og pappa er de største heltene mine.” “Mom and dad are my biggest heroes.”

“Ikke alle helter bruker kappe.” “Not all heroes wear capes.”

adj. poured; healed

definite & plural form: helte neuter form: helt

“Kaffen er helt. Nå kan du drikke.” “The coffee is poured. You can drink now.”

“Er ikke foten hans helt ennå? Stakkars.” “Isn’t his foot healed yet? Poor thing.”

note: even though these adjectives, or past participles, are identical, they have different pronunciation depending on their meaning. The e in “helt” (healed) is pronounced as a long vowel (just like “helt”, the adverb), while the e in “helt” (poured) is pronounced short (just like “helt”, the noun).

adv. completely, fully, altogether, wholly, absolutely, totally, quite 

“Det er helt mørkt. Jeg finner ikke lommelykta mi.” “It’s completely dark. I can’t find my flashlight.”

“Etter mye diskusjon, har vi nå kommet frem til at han er helt uskyldig.” “After a lot of discussion, we have now come to the conclusion that he is totally innocent.”

“Broren din kjørte meg helt hjem i går.” “You brother drove me the whole way home yesterday.” (in this particular construction, “helt” could be translated as “the whole way”. Fully home, basically.)

“Har du blitt vant til den nye leiligheten? Nei, ikke helt.” “Have you gotten used to the new apartment? No, not quite.”

If you find any mistakes or typos, please let me know so I can correct them as soon as possible!

[nordic-language-love]

September Vocab Challenge: Day Four

I tested myself on all my new vocab thus far this morning and I got them all right! 90/90! So I’m going strong. But it’s early days yet.

Today’s words are animal-related. They are:

klovdyr (et) - cloven-hoofed animal

krypdyr (et) - reptile

amfibie (en) - amphibian

å beite - to graze [beitet, beitet]

å felle hud - to shed skin [felte, felt]

å knurre - to growl, to snarl [knurret, knurret]

å male - to purr [malte, malt]

å brøle - to roar [brølte, brølt]

brølt (et) - roar

pote (en) - paw

klo (en/ei) - claw (pl: klør)

hov (en) - hoof

innhegning (en) - enclosure, pen

flokk (en) - herd

vivarium (et) - terrarium

sal (en) - saddle

tømme (en); tøyle (en) - rein

bissel (et) - bridle

å ri - to ride (a horse) [red/rei, ridd]

føll (et) - foal

sjiraff (en) - giraffe

gnu (en) - wildebeest

panda (en) - panda

flodhest (en) - hippopotamus

gås (en/ei) - goose (pl: gjess/gjæser)

svane (en) - swan

vaskebjørn (en) - racoon

kameleon (en) - chameleon

bikube (en) - beehive

møll (en) - moth

(I think bikube is possibly one of the cutest words I’ve ever heard. A bee-cube! So adorable! <3)

As always, let me know if you spot any mistakes or have any other feedback :)

[geschiedenis-en-talen]

Wait a second is ‘kjærlighet på pinne’ (as in ‘love on a stick’) the actual Norwegian translation for lollipop? Because that’s amazing.

[hardanger4ever]

We also use “slikkepinne”, which means “lick stick”

[geschiedenis-en-talen]

This language gets better by the second

[sillylangs]

verdensrommet - outer space

universet  - the universe

en galakse - a galaxy

et solsystem - a solar system

en planet - a planet

en sol - a sun

en måne - a moon

en stjerne - a star

astronomi - astronomy

astrofysikk - astrophysics

en astronaut - an astronaut

en rakett - a rocket

et romskip - a spaceship

atmosfæren - the atmosphere

en meteor - a meteor

en asteroide - an asteroid

et teleskop - a telescope

et romvesen - an alien

et observatorium - an observatory

en komet - a comet

[languagecollector]

en brevvenn - a penpal

et brev - a letter

et postkort - a postcard

et frimerke - a stamp

en pakke - a package/parcel

en konvolutt - an envelope

et brevpapir - a note/letter paper

en adresse - an address

et postnummer - a postal code/zip code

en sender - a sender

en adressat - an addressee

et postbud - a postman

en postkasse - a letterbox/mailbox

et postkontor - a post office

et postvesen - a postal service

en porto - postage

en brevpost - a snail mail

en e-post - an e-mail

en levering - a delivery

en håndskrift - a handwriting

en brevveksling - a correspondence

å brevvekelse - to correspond (via letter writing)

oversjøisk - overseas

lang avstand - long distance

Kjære venn… - Dear friend…

Jeg håper dette brevet finner deg/dere vel - I hope this letter finds you well

Det er hyggelig å møte deg/dere gjennom brev! -  It’s nice to meet you through letters!

Jeg gleder meg til å høre fra deg/dere! - I look forward to hearing from you!

Ser frem til å høre fra deg/dere - I look forward to hearing from you!

Håper på (et) raskt svar - Hoping for a fast answer

Håper du/dere kan svare meg så raskt som mulig - Hoping you can answer as fast/soon as possible

Vennligst skriv tilbake - Please write back

Med vennlig hilsen… - Yours sincerely…

Tusen takk to @vet-dere-nok-eller-hva for helping me with the correct translations!

[geschiedenis-en-talen]

A question I’ve been asking myself ever since I started learning Norwegian: how on earth do you handwrite æ? 

[whatlanguageisthis1-deactivated]

Here’s how I write all three special characters (the first is «normal» handwriting and the second is cursive as I was taught it in school (excuse my horrible cursive lol))

Det første språket jeg lærte var norsk.

The first language I learned was Norwegian.

[apexsexual-deactivated20200227]

I have this problem that my normal ‘a’ (and sometimes my ’d’) looks like the handwritten ‘æ", so I write ‘æ’ like a printed ‘a’ and stick an ‘e’ to it. In middleschool I used to write all my ‘a’s like that, because all girls did it that way and it was considered fancy, idek, you eventually get used to it. In my scandinavian language courses I learnt that you can do it both ways.

[lingolden-deactivated20200629]

Substantiver:

et anrop | call et batteri | battery en deksel | case (et) Internett | Internet  en knapp | button en lader | charger en lommelykt | flashlight en nedlasting | download et nettverk | network en ringetone | ringtone en skjerm | screen et telefonnummer | phone number en tilkobling | connection WiFi | Wifi  en video | video

Apper:

Aksjer | Stocks Bilder | Photos Filer | Files (en) Helse | Health Innstillinger | Settings  (en) Kalender | Calendar (en) Kalkulator | Calculator (et) Kamera | Camera (et) Kart | Maps (en) Klokke | Clock Kontakter | Contacts Meldinger | Messages (en) Musikk | Music Notater | Notes Påminnelser | Reminders Podkaster | Podcasts Taleopptak | Voice Recorder Været | Weather

Verb:

å avbryte | to cancel å lagre | to save å laste ned | to download å legge på | to hang up å ringe (til) | to call å slå av | to turn off å slå på | to turn on å slette | to delete å starte på nytt | to restart  å svare | to answer å taste | to type å være tilgjengelig | to be available å vibrere | to vibrate

[thevagueambition]

the way scandinavians modify their language when around another scandinavian group is absolutely fascinating linguistically

swedes who live in denmark often learn to say numbers in danish, for example. and there are words and expressions they’d use with swedes but not with danes. even though they’re still more or less speaking swedish, they are modifying how they speak it to be easier for danes to understand

similarly, when danes interact with swedes or norwegians in service work or abroad, some construct numbers the way you do in swedish or norwegian so it’s easily understandable. we don’t straight up say them in that language, we just apply their method to the danish words

eg for seventy: syvti (da, lit. seven-ten) instead of halvfjerds (actual danish word for seventy), but not sjuttio (sw, lit. seven-ten) or sytti (no, lit. seven-ten). 

I also noticed in Skam that the danish hotel worker uses “vældig” a lot, which is not the usual word to use in danish, but “veldig” is the usual word to use in norwegian, so again you have this modification of how we speak our language even while we’re still speaking it 

[norwegiatlas]

Hi! I was wondering if you know anything about the place of pronominal objects in Norwegian? Bc you'd say "jeg liker det ikke" but "jeg tror ikke det" sooo I cant quite figure out in which case it comes before adverbial/negation and in which case it stays in its original place. Any help would be appreciated!

Hey!

Wow, this is something I’ve never thought about or even realized. In my head, “jeg liker det ikke” and “jeg liker ikke det” conveys pretty much the same meaning, but the first one emphasizes the negation slightly more.

jeg liker det ikke = I don’t like itjeg liker ikke det = I don’t like it

With the next sentence it’s a little weird. For some reason, I want to translate them differently:

jeg tror ikke det = I don’t think so; I don’t believe it (I’d say the construction below is more common for this one though)jeg tror det ikke = I don’t believe it

I wish I could help you more, but I honestly have no idea what the grammar rules behind this is. This is just something I haven’t thought about before 😅 If anyone could explain this, please feel free to!

[ginger-rosa]

actually, i did some research and managed to find the answer! there’s apparently such a thing as object shift in norwegian. whereas most objects in the sentence come after the negation/adverbial (e.g. jeg kjøpte ikke den bilen), there are exceptions, namely when the object is a pronoun and refers to a “material thing” (linguists call it nominal antecedent). so you can reply to “hvorfor spiste han ikke pizza?” with “han liker den ikke” bc DEN is a pronoun and refers to pizza, so it comes before the negation. but in “martha vil dra på ferie. magnus vil ikke det” the pronominal object comes after the negation bc it refers to an action, not a specific object. hope it helps someone else! 💖

[nordic-language-love]

Norsk grammatikk: lange, lenge, lengre, lenger?

Lang/langt/lange- adjektiv, brukes med substantiv

Lang - brukes med hankjønn og hunkjønn: Veien er lang / Det blir ei lang natt

Langt - brukes med intetkjønn: Bestefar levde et langt liv.

Lange - brukes med flertall: Den mannen har merkelig lange fingre.

Lengre/lengst - komparativ og superlativ adjektiv.

Mitt hår er lengre enn ditt hår, men Gunnhilds hår er lengst.

Langt/lenger/lengst - adverb, brukes med avstand. Lenger - komparativ, lengst - superlativ.

Jeg kjørte langt - nesten hundre kilometer

Broren min kjørte lenger - han kjørte hundre og tretti kilometer

Men faren vår kjørte lengst - han kjørte to hundre kilometer.

Lenge/lenger/lengst - adverb, brukes med tid. Lenger - komparativ, lengst - superlativ.

Jeg har ikke jobbet her lenge - bare tre måneder

Sara har jobbet her lenger enn meg - hun har jobbet her i seks måneder

Bente har jobbet her lengst - hun har jobbet her i fem år

Lenger brukes også med ‘ikke’ for å bety at noe var sånt før, men nå er det slutt:

Lilja jobber ikke her lenger

[whatlanguageisthis1-deactivated]

Love and romance in Norwegian

(En/ei) kjærlighet - Love (En) romantikk - Romance En romanse - A romance Romantisk - Romantic En forelskelse - A crush Et forhold - A relationship Et langdistanseforhold - A long distance relationship Et hjerte - A heart En blomst - A flower Å like - To like Å være forelsket i - To have a crush on / To be enamored with/by Å elske - To love / To make love Å være glad i - To love Å være betatt av - To be smitten with/by Et kjærtegn - A caress Å kjærtegne - To caress En kjæreste - A boyfriend/girlfriend En partner - A partner Å kysse - To kiss Et kyss - A kiss Å kline - To make out Å klemme - To hug Å gi [noen] en klem - To give [someone] a hug En klem - A hug Å kose - To cuddle Å holde hender / Å leie - To hold hands Å ta på [noe/noen] - To touch [something/someone] Å ha sommerfugler i magen - To have butterflies in the stomach En følelse - A feeling Å føle - To feel (En) øyekontakt - Eye contact Å se [noen] inn i øynene - To look [someone] in the eyes Å flørte - To flirt (En/ei) flørting - Flirting Å savne - To miss Jeg savner deg - I miss you En middag - A dinner En date - A date Å gå på date - To go on a date Å spørre/be [noen] (ut) på date - To ask [someone] (out) on a date Nervøs - Nervous Sjarmerende - Charming Pen - Pretty Vakker - Beautiful Kjekk - Handsome Intim - Intimate Å kose seg - To have a good time / To enjoy oneself En overraskelse - A surprise Å overraske - To surprise Å være tiltrukket av - To be attracted to Tiltrekkende - Attractive Å gravitere mot - To gravitate towards Å le - To laugh Å smile - To smile Å ha det gøy - To have fun

[nordic-language-love]

Climate & The Environment in Norwegian

klimaendring (en/ei) - climate change global oppvarming (en) - global warming klima (et) - climate miljø (et) - environment miljøvern (et) - environmental protection atmosfære (en) - atmosphere ekstremvær (et) - extreme weather

polaris (en) - polar ice havnivå (et) - sea level bibestand (en) - bee population masseutryddelse (en) - mass extinction truet/trua - endangered kritisk truet/trua - critically endangered Verdens naturvernunion - IUCN dyreart (en/ei) - animal species fredning (en/ei) - preservation

søppel (en/ei/et) - rubbish, trash avfall (et) - waste matavfall (et) - food waste papiravfall (et) - paper waste plastemballasje (en) - plastic packaging plastpose (en) - plastic bag handlenett (et) - shopping bag mikroplast (en) - microplastic engangsplast (en) - single-use plastic deponi (et) - landfill

forurensning (en) - pollution utslipp (et) - emission klimagass (en) - greenhouse gas karbonutslipp (et) - carbon footprint forbruket (et) - consumption plantevernmiddel (et) - pesticide avskoging (en/ei) - deforestation palmeolje (en/ei) - palm oil skadelig - harmful menneskeskapte - man-made

miljøvennlig - environmentally friendly bærekraftig - sustainable naturressurs (en) - natural resource kildesortering (en) - recycling

fossilt brensel (et) - fossil fuel kull (et) - coal olje (en/ei) - oil skiferolje (en/ei) - shale oil råolje (en/ei) - crude oil hydraulisk oppsprekking (en) - fracking

fornybar energi (en) - renewable energy vindkraft (en/ei) - wind power vannkraft (en/ei) - hydropower solkraft (en/ei) - solar energy bioenergi (en) - bioenergy biogass (en) - biogas solfanger (en) - solar panel vindturbin (en) - wind turbine vindpark (en) - wind farm

å bli utryddet - to go extinct å brenne - to burn å bryte ned - to break down å forby - to ban, to prohibit å forurense - to pollute, to contaminate å gjenbruke - to reuse å gjøre en innsats - to make an effort å gå ut på dato - to go out of date å kildesortere - to recycle å plukke søppel - to pick up rubbish/trash å redusere - to reduce å stige - to rise å ta vare på - to take care of å unngå - to avoid å ødelegge - to destroy

Please correct any mistakes I’ve made!

[norwegiatlas]

norwegian word of the day

forleden

about time: something which was relatively near the point of speech, but at least 24 hours

forleden dag - a few days ago forleden uke - a few weeks ago forleden år - a few years ago

adv. recently (over 24 hours ago), a few days ago

“Det skjedde nå forleden.” “It happened now a few days ago.”

“Han var innom forleden, men han sa ikke så mye.” “He was (in) here recently, but he didn’t say much.”

[norwegiatlas]

norwegian word of the day

lun

adj. (house, room, valley) cosy, snug, sheltered; (person, room, weather) comfortable, genial, warm; (person) good-natured, pleasant, quiet

“Sommerluften er god og lun.” “The summer air is nice and warm/comfortable.”

“En lun hytte i furuskogen.” “A snug cabin in the pine forest.”

“Vi må finne en lunere plass.” “We must find a more sheltered place.”

“Jeg synes at Anita er ei ganske lun jente.” “I think that Anita is a quite pleasant girl.”