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Language moodboard: Norwegian

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✨ Norwegian question words with examples of questions! ✨

Hvem? - Who? Hvem er den mannen der borte? - Who is that man over there?

Hva? - What? Hva hadde du til frokost? - What did you have for breakfast?

Hva slags? - What kind? Hva slags musikk liker du? - What kind of music do you like?

Når? - When? Når flyttet du hit? - When did you move here?

Hvor? - Where? Hvor er brillene mine? - Where are my glasses?

Hvorfor? - Why? Hvorfor er ikke han her i dag? - Why isn’t he here today?

Hvordan? - How? Hvordan går det på skolen? -  How is school going?

Hvor mye? - How much? Hvor mye koster denne? - How much does this cost?

Hvor mange? - How many? Hvor mange søstre har hun? - How many sisters does she have?

Hvilken/Hvilket/Hvilke? - Which? Hvilken kjole skal jeg ha på meg? - Which dress should I wear?

✨ I hope this is helpful, and let me know if there are any mistakes! ✨

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hi! do you know any Norwegian phrases / words to call your significant other? :) my girlfriend loves Norwegian and I'd like to surprise her!

Hey there! c: Here’s a short list of common endearments!

As for common phrases, maybe something like:

“Jeg er glad i deg” - “I love you” (used towards friends, family, and also your significant other if your relationship is rather fresh or you’re both very young etc.)

“Jeg elsker deg” - “I love you” (only used towards your significant other if you’re in a pretty serious and long-lasting relationship - also occasionally used towards family, though I personally find this quite uncommon)

“Du er det vakreste jeg vet” - “You’re the most beautiful thing/person I know” (lit. “You’re the most beautiful I know”)

“Du er så pen/kjekk” - “You’re so pretty/handsome”

Though if there’s a specific phrase you want me to translate, shoot me another ask! c:

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2017 is the year of skincare and communication

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language learner problems

when your friend borrows your phone and you gotta prepare yourself for the “what the heck why this in a different language”

french vocab from the first half of my year abroad

I’m home for Christmas now, which means I’m back on Scottish soil with decent internet. It’s giving me a chance to reflect on my French and how much it has improved just in three months of living in France. So I thought I’d share some of the things that I learned from living in the Charente-Maritime: 

ah, bah, oui (expression) this seems to be the equivalent of ‘yeah but no’ when people have a false-start on a sentence. usually, i heard this in disagreements in my classroom when students were wanting to correct another student but couldn’t get the words out fast enough. i think it’s a hilarious thing to say and i’ve been trying to incorporate it into my way of speaking. 

en fait (expression) this literally means ‘in fact’ or ‘actually’, which i think can come off a little rude in english but is actually a common expression in french. french people i have encountered use ‘en fait’ to start sentences, to provide more information, to correct, basically just all the time! 

franchement (adverb) in english, i’m a big fan of using ‘tbh’ or ‘to be honest’, and this is the best french equivalent to that. it sounds so very french when it’s said and can mean ‘frankly’, ‘honestly’, ‘indisputably’ or ‘without hesitation’, depending on the context. 

rater (verb) i picked up this new verb when i was telling a class about how i failed my driving test. i knew that ‘rater’ can mean ‘to miss’, as in ‘i missed the train’, but one student turned to another and said that ‘elle a raté’ and it was explained to me that ‘rater’ can also mean ‘to fail’, or in my case ‘to mess up’ something. 

se tromper (verb) this verb means ‘to be mistaken’, and i definitely found myself saying ‘je me suis trompée’ a lot while I was just new to the country! 

une chocolatine (noun) I was living on the south-west coast of France in the Charente-Maritime region which means that I picked up some new and different ways of saying things. I was quickly informed by my students in the most sincere and serious way possible that the famous ‘pain au chocolat’ pastry does not exist in the Charente-Maritime and I was to ask for ‘une chocolatine’ at the local boulangerie instead. I now use both nouns interchangeably! 

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Norwegian Vocab - Nature 🍃🌍

et tre - tree

en skog - forest

en blomst - flower

en gress - grass

en planet - planet

en jord - earth

en sol - sun

en måne - moon

en vinter - winter

en vår - spring

en høst - fall

en sommer - sommer

en plante - plant

en frukt - fruit

et blad - leaf

en grønnsak - vegetable

en rose - rose

en hage - garden

en luft - air

en vann - water

å leve - to live

å  dø -  to die

å vokse -  to grow

å vanne -  to water

et dyr - animal

en fugl - bird

en bie - bee

et insekt - insect

en sommerfugl - butterfly

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if anyone ever tells you that english isn’t ridiculous remember that the reason why we have a silent b in debt is because a group of guys got together to standardise english spelling and got to the word debt, which at the time was primarily spelled either ‘dett’ or ‘det’. so they basically went:

‘everyone speaks latin, right? so let’s put a silent b in debt. like debitum, which is latin for debt. problem solved.’

also the reason why there is a h in ghost is because when the printing press first came to england the only people trained to operate it were flemmish speaking, and they put a h after g because that’s what you do in flemmish. they put shit like ghirl and ghoose, but the only reason why ghost stuck is because people saw ‘the holy ghost’ in the bible and were like ‘well, that MUST be right’.

so yeah english is a really stupid language with some of the most ridiculous spelling

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å formgi to design 

å forandre to change

å nekte to refuse

å skille seg to divorce

å heve to raise

å dirre to tremble

å løfte to lift  

å kile to tickle

å rekke opp to raise up  (can also be reach up)

å svette to sweat

å stønne to moan  

å bryte ut to break out

å faste to catch  (fange=catch, faste = to not eat)

å mette to feed (satisfy)

å verke to ache

å klø to itch  

å ha nytte av to have benefit of

å plukke opp to pick up

å samle to collect

å glemme to forget

å være sikker på to be certain about    

å hende to happen

å vise fram to show

å gruble pa to meditate (think hard about something)

å strekke to stretch

å klare seg selv to manage oneself

å sy to sew

å skryte av to brag

å dele to split/share

å tillate to allow

å nøye seg med to be satisfied with 

å være stiv to be stiff

å knaske to munch

å fortrenge to displace (fortrenge=forgetting something(sometimes traumatic) by choice/ -ish)

å regne med to reckon that

å forlate to abandon

å betrakte som to be regarded as

å gjenvinne to resgain

å angå to relate   

å innrede to decorate

å havne på to end up at   

å eie to own

å jage to chase

å utestenge to ban

å få lov to be allowed   

å søke om to apply for 

å erstatte to replace

å vedta to adopt

å lenke seg sammen to unite together

å hevde to claim

å pynte set to dress up

å være gjestfri to be welcomed

å være blid to be sweet

å føre til to lead to

å sette sig preg to leave its mark

å legge merke til to notice

å legge vekt på to emphasize  

å låse fast to lock   

å forslage to suggest

å etterfølge av to follow behid by

å peke på to point at   

å være preget av to be characterised by

å bli oppfordret to be encouraged

å bekymre seg to worry

å utnytte to utilize

å legge til rette to facilitate

å tilspisse seg to toughten

å ha behov for to need

å oppheve to cancel

å sørge for to ensure

å lykkes to succeed

å begrense to narrow

å avklare to clarify

å slite med to struggle with

å lide av to suffer from

å være bekymret for to be concerned about

å sette i gang to initiate

å holde munn to shut up

å fremstå to appear   

å forbinde to associate

å dyrke to cultivate

å plyndre to plunder

å utveksle to exchange

å bosette seg to estabilish

å slå seg med to settle down   

å få kjennskap til to gain knowledge of   

å tørre to dare 

å rive ned to tear down

å kreve to require

å svekke to weaken

å forestille seg to imagine

å  være smigret to be flattered

å ha intrykk av to have the impression

å være avhengig av to depend on 

å være knyttet til to be connected to

å ta hensyn til to show consideration

å bli valgt til to be elected

å stemme på to vote for   

å ha ansvar for to be responsible for

å fokusere på to focus on   

å jobbe for to work for

å inneholde to contain

å utgjøre av to consist of 

å gjøre opp to make up

å  være laget av to be made of

å tyde på  to suggest

å klage over to complain about

å skylde på to blame 

å resultere i to result in 

å være interessert i to be interested in

å interessere seg for to be interested for

å spille en viktig rolle to play an important role

å være i ferd med to be about to

å lete etter to search for

å gå i stykker to break down

å skade seg to injure onself

å forvente at to expect that

å bidra til to contribute to

å stemme med to match with

å legge fram to sumbit

å herske over to rule a country/place

å angre på to regret

å beskytte av to protect

å finne ut to find out

å finne opp to invent

å være dekket av to be covered of

å kikke inn to peep

å riste på to shake (something)

å sikte til at to aim at

å fordele to allocate

å oppleve to experiance

å beherske to master

å utføre to carry out 

å påvirke to influence

å forhindre to prevent

å styrke to strenghten

å øke to increase

å redusere to reduce

å planlegge to plan

å tåle to tolerate

å fastslå to determine 

å etterlate seg to leave behind

å danne to form

å bekrefte to confirm

å overføre to transfer

å sammenfatte to summarize

å lukke to close

å vekke to arouse

å ivre to urge

å nå to reach

So this is said to be on level B2/C1 but some of them are really easy so idk.It comes from my notes that I was taking during doing course on memrise so if something is wrong let me know and I will correct it!!!! Have fun learning guys.

Last update: 19/7/16

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books, blankets & cozy sweaters : a summary of my winter so far.

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