Når jeg reise til Oslo, la jeg merke til (noticed?) stedene som "Nordmarka" eller "Østmarka". Hvorfor er det kalles "marka" i stedet for "skog"?

Annet, mellom lufthavn og flyplass, hvilket ord er riktig på norsk? Jeg kjenner om lufthavn er en tysk ord som er vanlig på dansk. Også, jeg har hørt Gardemoen kalles som "Oslo lufthavn". Men i Bergen bruker de "flyplass", likesom svensk. Er det en dialekt forskjell eller er det en riktig ord?

Hello guys,

Tldr: how did you prepare for specifically the B2 Exam (books, websites, etc), and how did you prepare specifically for the reading part?

So I have this norskprøve in 3 weeks and I'm kind of in a dark place at the moment. I am going this time only for the written part, not speaking, because due to some misunderstanding I could only sign up for that.

I would say my vocabulary is decent, I am native German, and my understanding is decent too at the moment. My biggest anxiety is that I didn't have enough physical preparation for the exam, and the reading part where I have to choose the connectors and words more generally seems really scary.

I don't really know how to prepare for it.

I mean I really thought my grammar was good, given my German background and in most situations it is, but I learned the for, fordi, etc connectors, which are literally like in German, but I didn't find exercises with the more advanced ones. And this really freaks me out. But some more advanced connectors I couldn't find preparation for it

How did you guys prepare for this part?

Oh and the expressions again seem very scary. I mean ved utvikling av (one of the answers in the example exams) had me doubt myself. Again

How did you prepare for this? Is there some sort of book to get ready? This is not the regular everyday Norwegian. Huh...

As a little bit of context, I am currently facing 4-5 really stressful events happening all at the same time, each of which separately would be enough to stress me full time. I hope to get through successfully through all of them, but you know life's life.

Thanks in advance for the support :)

Hello everyone! I have absolutely no knowledge of Norsk but I recently found a song where the singer says something which I would like to know what it is.

In the song Når Solen Går Ned from Mirar the singer says something after the first line, right before the song starts. To me it sounds like "eodel". A speech to text generator recognized it as "Jeg går til".

Can someone please tell me what she says?

hva sier man om oransje katter på norsk? er det rød eller oransje?

Hej grannar!

Jag är en vilsen svensk som tar universitetsexamen nästa sommar och söker jobb både i Sverige och Norge. Jag har både en svensk och norsk sida av släkten, så jag förstår norska bra, åtminstone sydliga dialekter, och kan läsa bokmål utan några större problem. Däremot talar och skriver jag på svenska just nu såklart, men om jag flyttar till Norge kommer jag ju med tiden att skifta över.

När jag tittar på norska jobbannonser ser jag ganska ofta krav som "flytende norsk", "gode norskkunnskaper" eller liknande.

Det jag funderar på är hur sådana krav brukar tolkas i praktiken, särskilt för svenska och danska sökande.

Om en annons kräver flytende norsk, innebär det normalt att arbetsgivaren faktiskt förväntar sig att man ska kunna tala och skriva norska, eller kan en svensk som förstår norska utan problem men själv talar svenska fortfarande vara aktuell?

Är det någon här som har erfarenhet av detta, antingen som svensk/dansk arbetssökande i Norge eller från arbetsgivarsidan? Hur brukar sådana krav tolkas i praktiken i Norge?

I Sverige upplever jag att krav på svenska ofta är mer underförstådda och inte alltid skrivs ut i annonser, medan engelska oftare nämns uttryckligen. Är det annorlunda i Norge?

Hei,

Jeg lurer på hva dette her betyr, "å finne fram". Jeg har hørt dette som et fast uttrykk før, men kan ikke finne ut hva det egentlig betyr. Jeg har funnet disse eksemplene på nettet.

• "Vi kjørte og prøvde å finne fram på egen hånd"
• "Å finne fram til karakteren har vært den største utfordringen"
• "De som får friluftsliv inn tidlig, vil finne fram til det senere i livet, sier Anne."
• "Du så jo for eksempel hvor talentløs jeg var til å finne fram i en bygning jeg har vært i mange ganger før."
• "Du risikerer altså ikke noe annet enn å finne fram til en felles avtale."

Jeg har heller ikke kunnet finne noe nyttig på ordbøkene.

Takk recommend some good books to begin reading. A1, A2 level Takk

Hallo!

Backstory of this: My best friend has been studying Norsk (Norwegian) for at least 5 years and am hoping that someone will check my Google Translate Norwegian for any errors or syntax mistakes because it is a word for word translation. I, fitting the stereotype, do not speak another language fluently. I can point out nouns in Spanish and that is after years of trying. (It’s literally kept me from finishing my degree. I have to pass two years of a foreign language, and despite extra studying, tutors, and practicing with various app, I can not pass.)

We have a quirky sense of humor and send each other post cards written as if we live in the 1800’s, unsigned postcards written as if someone is recruiting us to be a spy, that we have won something ridiculous like a trip to Mars or unlimited air miles on defunct or imaginary airlines. These postcards are usually hand drawn, but sometimes are on postcards that have nothing to do with the picture on the front.

15 to 20 years ago we created a ridiculous scenario in which we were forced to assume alter identities. She became Fructusca Spoons, I initially became Dogwhistle Fishsticks, recently changed to Gourdelia Fishsticks (I have gone by Fishsticks for years because “dog whistle” since developed a negative connotation in America because of the insanity of the political situation), and our late mutual best friend became Zelda Pinwheel of the Connecticut Pinwheels. The of us were, in this ridiculously funny (at least to us) situation we were the joint proprietors of a very successful dandelion farm. (Dandelions being common pest plant that American “yard Dads” spend tons of time attempting to erradicate.) Since we spent a night hysterically laughing while we created this whole “witness protection program, but by stupid people” thing, all our mail to each other is addressed to our alter egos. Stupid postcards, wedding invitations, gifts.. all go to Fructusca or Fishsticks/Goudelia just for a giggle.

We are big Ted Lasso fans and when I visited a week or two ago a 3 day stay turned to a 6 day stay as the power in my hometown was as knocked out for almost a week due to bad storms. I should also explain “the trees have ceased screaming.” Here in the Midwest we have cicadas, insects that make noises that are actually louder than a jet engine. (No hyperbole, the PGA once canceled a day of a tournament due to cicadas and the decibel reading proved that they were loud enough to cause hearing damage.) She particularly HATES them, but we both hate the heat. It is currently 26 C with 60% humidity and that is significantly cooler and less humid than it has been for months, so the combination is awful. Also, there actually is a tour of Chicago where adults ride, scooters I guess, that look like giant stuffed animals.

As this post is already way too long, I will put the English to Norsk translation of the postcard in the comments.

Thank you in advance for the help or advice.

Hello,
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Hei alle sammen, I'll write in English (beklager) 😅 but honestly I need help.

Shortly, B2 exam.

Is there a decent website to practice grammar and symulators of the actual tests? I've struggling to find anything decent, either in apps or www.

Har noen et forslag? 🙏🏼

På forhånd takk!

Nylig kjøpt et hus fra 1977 som skal overtas senere i år - skulle gjerne ha litt hjelp med å tyde bygningstegningene mtp videre planlegging.

1. "Kjøkken" Noen som kan se om dette er en bærende vegg? Skal være W-takstoler, og tydelig forskjell på tykkelsen av ytre vegger og indre.

2. Hva er målene oppført i? (F11/16X3)
   Har det noe med tommer og målestokk å gjøre?

So I had to make some sentences from this vocabulary and what I did was create the sentences, put my sentences into Google translate, then I reversed the languages to see what translation they would give me back (those are marked with the “Google”.

I couldn’t think of some words so I marked them with * because I’m not sure if that’s what the word means lol

Ask me to be specific with what I was trying to say if anything isn’t clear. Thanks for your help in advanced: (I self study so this isn’t homework)

Here is what I have:

sårbar = vulnerable
« jeg føler meg litt sårbar når noen stiller meg spørsmål om barndommen min»

nedlatende = condescending
«Han var ganske nedlatende når jeg fortalt ham at jeg er en musikant»

reagerte = reacted *
« Vennen min reagerte dårlig fordi han trodde at jeg sa noe feil»

hendt opp = ended up
«Jeg hendt opp alene og uten penger»

bortsett fra = except (for)
Jeg liker alt du har listet* bortsett fra den siste
((* = is this a word? ))

dømmende = judgemental
«Jeg liker ikke å være rundt dømmende folk»

tålmodig = patient
«Flere foreldrene til elevene mine tror at jeg er veldig tålmodig med å undervise piano til barn. «

(( Google: Flere av elevene mine sine foreldre synes jeg er veldig tålmodig når jeg underviser barn i piano. ))

Overvinne = overcome
« Det er forferdelig vanskelig å overvinne livet når du har ingen penger»

(( Google: Det er utrolig vanskelig å komme seg gjennom livet når man ikke har penger.))

krevende = demanding
« Å lære et språk kan være krevende»

Turte ikke = Didn’t dare
« jeg turte ikke går hjem i mørket alene»

((Google: Jeg torde ikke å gå hjem alene i mørket. ))

forrådt = betrayed
«Jeg følte meg forrådt når vennen min sa at han kunne ikke støtte meg»

((Google: Jeg følte meg sviktet da vennen min sa at han ikke kunne støtte meg ))

Duolingo har vist meg flere setninger med verbet «å begeistre», men noen av dem bruker «for» etterpå, mens andre bruker «over» (begeistret over...).

Hvordan kan jeg vite hvilken av de to jeg skal bruke?

I just moved to Norway and I want to get a good foundation to the language. I am starting from zero, but I am quite confident that I can self-study after that so I was looking around for a quick, but good A1 course.

I would like to know if anyone has done the Alfaskolen’s Viking Challenge, how it was and if it is good.

I'm open to other courses or language schools but this one looks ok and has a decent price.

*Any information about learning the language is much appreciated ^^

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Hi! I’m trying to make an accurate transcription of the Norwegian dub songs from Spellbound for a personal preservation project. I’ve been using the Norwegian Netflix subtitles as my main reference, and they’ve gotten me through most of the songs. Unfortunately, some sung lines are omitted from the subtitles entirely. There are a few short sections where several characters are singing at the same time, and those are the ones I can’t confidently transcribe by ear.

Even after slowing the audio down and listening with headphones, these parts are still giving me trouble. I’d really appreciate it if a few native/fluent speakers could listen to a short clip and write in the comments what you hear.

The first problem is from the Norwegian version of “Look for the Light.” Here is a Netflix Moment containing the section I’m stuck on:

https://www.netflix.com/watch/81745658?s=a&trkid=278685009&t=2806&d=15&momentUuid=4152aad2-6b53-4052-85a8-cf27e2a6e5e2&source=clips&shareType=Moment&shareUuid=6783bdd0-fccb-4cf5-b26c-b809b1fbbd65&trg=cp&unifiedEntityIdEncoded=Video%3A81745658

The specific line I’m trying to transcribe is Solei’s line between Ellian singing “Helt uten kart, nå skal vi ta fatt, så livet blir sånn som før!” and “Se der fremme, veien den gløder.” I intentionally ended the Moment almost immediately after Solei’s line to make it easier to identify.

Any alternatives?

Hei alle, jeg tar bergenstestet om en måned, har dere noen tips til eksamen? Tusen takk!

For Norskprøven speaking practice... do you study by topic or by tense?

By topic would be work, family, holidays, health and so on.

By tense would be past experiences, everyday life now, future plans and comparing before with now.

Which approach are you using for Norskprøven? If you already took the oral exam... which one actually helped?

Could I say «på dette»? Would it mean the same thing? Or would it be completely wrong and it mean nothing?

Current words

Rules

1. The word must be established Norwegian, including Bokmål, Nynorsk, and well-attested older Norwegian vocabulary.
2. Prefer native Norwegian/Norse words. Obvious later loanwords are excluded.
3. The word must directly describe snow, ice, frozen precipitation, glaciers, or a characteristic snow/ice condition, feature, or process.
4. Transparent compounds are normally excluded. We count independent lexical words/roots, not constructions such as nysnø or isfjell.
5. General-purpose words are excluded when the winter meaning is merely contextual. The snow/ice meaning must be an established and characteristic meaning of the word. Rare secondary non-winter meanings are acceptable.
6. Equipment and objects merely used on snow or ice do not count, such as ski or slede.
7. Activities do not count merely because they happen on snow.
8. Slang, urban expressions, and highly local colloquialisms are excluded. Established dialect and Nynorsk vocabulary can qualify.
9. Nouns, adjectives, and verbs can all count if their meaning meets the same snow/ice criterion.
10. Spelling variants, inflections, and transparently derived forms of the same lexical root count only once.

Hei! I've been learning norwegian nynorsk for around a month and overall making pretty decent progress. Learned some vocabulary, noun inflections, present and future tenses for verbs as well as the imperative forms, got some basics of working with adjectives and adverbs too. I can form my own sentences occasionally. My main resources are wikipedia, ordbøkene.no, the few online translators that do include nynorsk, and my wonderful norwegian girlfriend I can ask for some help from time to time.

I decided to take the plunge into learning the past tense and it was a little confusing but I think I mostly got it? Short verbs get -dde (å bu, bur, budde), verbs that in the present tense end with -ar now just end with -a (å kasta, kastar, kasta), and those that end with -er now end with either -te or -de (å kjøper, kjøper, kjøpte).

That last point is what I would like to ask about. Is there any way to know if it's gonna be te or de just looking at the infinitive? At first I thought it might be having a 'j' before the final vowel of the infinitive, because of the first example I saw being å byggje -> byggde, however that got pretty quickly debunked by å grypje -> grypte and a couple other examples.

Is there any trick to it, or some rule of thumb? Or is it one of those things you gotta learn for each word where is applies?