Nov 1, 2021
🇳🇴 How slang makes Norwegian sentence structure even more important:
Type means “type” or “boyfriend”, depending on the context.
Han er ikke min type. - “He’s not my type.”
Han er ikke typen min! - “He’s not my boyfriend!”
However, you CAN for instance say “Hun er ikke min type” (She’s not my type) and “Hun er ikke typen min” and both sentences would mean the same thing (but the latter sentence sounds a little off).
Note: Boyfriend/girlfriend/romantic partner is gender neutral in Norwegian (kjæreste), but if you for whatever reason want to specify, you’d use slang. Type (literally “type”) for boyfriend and dame (literally “lady”) for girlfriend.
