#norsk grammatikk

[nordic-language-love]

Good day! I'm very slowly learning Norwegian, and I'm curious if you may be able to clear up something for me. I can't for the life of me figure out when to use 'på', or 'i'. For example, would I say: "Jeg snakker i norsk." or "Jeg snakker på norsk." to say "I am speaking Norwegian."

Hi there!

To be honest, prepositions are a nightmare and I still don't get them right all the time! There's no exact overlap between English and Norwegian, unfortunately. I've got more of a sense for it as I've continued my studies, but I certainly couldn't explain a pattern of any kind.

There are some times where they overlap nicely with English. For example, when talking about locations, you'd translate i as in and på as on.

Kjøttet ligger i kjøleskapet - The meat is in the fridge

Katten ligger på gulvet - The cat is on the floor

De bor i Stavanger - They live in Stavanger

But then again, it doesn't always overlap:

Du burde ikke ha sånne ting på kjøkkenet - You shouldn't have those kinds of things in the kitchen

Hun er på Yven - She's in Yven

Pro tip: when talking about islands, always use på and not i (Jeg var på Kypros forrige år = I was in Cyprus last year)

We also use i and på in time phrases, but they're used slightly differently from English. I does NOT translate to in, but for:

Jeg skal være i Japan i seks måneder - I will be in Japan FOR six months

Jeg flytter til Japan om seks måneder - I'm moving to Japan IN six months

In time phrases, på indicates either something being done within a certain deadline or that we haven't done something for X amount of time:

Er det mulig å lære norsk på en måned? - Is it possible to learn Norwegian in a month?

Jeg har ikke hørt fra ham på et år - I haven't heard from him for a year.

In the context you've given, you would use på (although I think it's also okay to just say "jeg snakker norsk" to say "I'm speaking Norwegian". På just emphasises the fact that you're speaking to someone using Norwegian, like "Jeg snakker med kjæresten min på norsk" = I speak to my boyfriend in Norwegian).

Boka er på norsk = The book is in Norwegian.

Boka er om norsk = The book is on (about) Norwegian

We use i with languages or subjects with words that show skill:

Jenta er flink i norsk = The girl is good at Norwegian

Studentene er dårlig i matte = The students are bad at Maths

But I don't think there are many (if any) other situations where you'd use i + language (native/more advanced speakers feel free to correct me).

I hope that helps! I'm sorry this is only a brief overview of på/i, but like I say, it really is quite an extensive topic and there aren't always obvious rules to help. Just keep practising and making notes of language patterns as you go along, and eventually you'll get more of a feel for it.

#norsk #norwegian #norwegian langblr #norwegian grammar #learning norwegian #norsk grammatikk

[norskenotater]

An interesting episode of Språkteigen that talks about the word “da” among other things:

#norsk #podcast #nrk #språksnakk #Språkteigen #grammatikk #da

[bxrleskque]

Full Norwegian-Resource Index

As many online norwegian learning resources I could find. Thanks to Reddit r/norsk for most of the links on this list. That being said, I have not used all of these sites, but as someone who is weary of online webpages and downloading malicious links, I can tell you that as far as I know, everything is safe to use!

SKAM - Norwegian teen show

LearnNoW - Online course

DinOrdbok - Online dictionary (Bilingual)

Dict - Online dictionary (Bilingual)

Naob - Online dictionary (Monolingual)

Duostories - Short stories from Duolingo

Barnebøker - Short stories for beginners

KlarTale - News site in straightforward Norwegian (beginner friendly)

NorskPrøven Example Tests - Tests of A1-B2 level

NTNU - Paper exams + answers

BliKlar - Short tests of A1-B2 level

Duolingo Forum - Grammar notes from Duolingo

Grammatikk - Free online grammar book

NyNorskBok - Online reading list

#norwegian #norwegian language #polyglot #language learning #norsk #bokmål #language learning resources

[an-american-in-norway]

under means 'mens dette pågikk' (while this happened) and is used with nouns that signify a type of activity or action:

under feiring - during the celebration under arbeidet - during the work under opptøyene - during the riots under krigen - during the war De fikk to barn under krigen. They had two kids during the war.

i løpet av can be used as a synonym to under, but only when the verb in the sentence denotes something is finished or concluded. It can also be used together with words for time (where we would avoid using under):

I løpet av uken - during the week i løpet av sommeren - during the summer I løpet av disse dagene har vi sett mye. During these says we have seen a lot. I løpet av ferien tjente hun 10 000. During the vacation she earned 10,000. De fikk to barn i løpet av krigen. They had two kids during the war.

Source: Norsk grammatikk av Kirst Mac Donald

#norwegian grammar #i løpet av #under

[cellarspider]

Er familien din norsk? Hva fikk deg til å ville lære?

Nei, jeg har ingen familie i Norge, men jeg har en god venn i Oslo. Dessuten studerer jeg i et doktorgradsprogram i genetikk--det kan være nyttig å lære et skandinavisk språk, hvis man ønsker å jobbe i Europa.

Jeg er flinkere å lese og skrive norsk enn å snakke det, og jeg er altid treg og bruker ofte feil ord eller grammatikk (jeg brukte en ordbok mange ganger mens jeg skrev dette), men jeg fortsetter å studere!

[apersonwholikeslotus]

jeg snakker litt norsk. Jeg er mer god lytter, og min grammatikk er ikke god. Jeg kan prøve til svar spørsmål.

I know this is garbage and I had to google how to say grammar and question but I can try if anyone wants to ask anything.

#speak your language day #not helltalia #apersonwhotalks

[arnekleivsvollen]

Begge to, begge deler, både-og?

Dette er notatene mine fra Norsklærer Karenses video om ordene «begge» og «både». Jeg transkriberte kortene hennes og la til mine egne detaljer.

Både... og Begge (to) Begge deler

Ordene «både» og «begge» brukes når du snakker om to ting.

Både

sammen med og

kan ikke sies alene

Feil: Jeg drikker både.

Riktig: Jeg drikker både kaffe og te.

Begge

kan være alene eller med substantiv

med substantiv i bestemt form

Hvor er Tomas og Tina? Begge jobber.

Feil: Jeg liker begge biler.

Riktig: Jeg liker begge bilene.

Begge to

brukes med personer, dyr og bestemte/spesifikke ting (ting du kan telle)

kan erstattes med bare «begge»

Ola og Kari var i Oslo i går. Begge [to] var i sentrum.

Jeg vil ha begge [to].

Begge deler

generelt, ikke noe spesifikt

brukes med verb/aktiviteter

brukes med ting du ikke kan telle

Feil: Liker du ski eller snowboard? Jeg liker begge.

Riktig: Liker du ski eller snowboard? Jeg liker begge deler.

Feil: Kaffe eller vann? Begge to, takk.

Riktig: Kaffe eller vann? Begge deler, takk.

Hvis du snakker om en spesifikk ski eller snowboard, bruker du «begge to» eller «begge».

Liker du paret ski eller snowboardet? Jeg liker begge [to].

Kaffen eller teet? Begge [to], takk.

Flere eksempler

Vil du skrive eller lese? Begge deler. / Både skrive og lese.

Foretrekker du buss eller tog? Begge deler.

Tar du toget eller bussen? Begge to.

Noen øvelser jeg fant på et annet nettsted.

#norsklærer karense #norsk grammatikk #norwegian #learn norwegian #norwegianblr #norsk #langblr #norwegian vocab #norsk ordforråd #bokmål #grammatikknotater

[hei-folkens]

Diacritics in Norwegian

The Norwegian alphabet has three extra characters compared to the English alphabet: æ, ø, and å. In addition, there are also a variety of diacritics (often called accents), which are typically used to change the sound of the letter to which they are added.

acute accent - akutt-tegnet (´ as in é)

used in names and foreign words, often of French origin, to mark stressed syllables (e.g. Dalí, Bogotá, komité, diaré, idé)

in the definite form of a noun, the acute accent can be omitted (e.g. kafeen or kaféen, alleen or alléen)

the word «én» meaning the number "one" (e.g. én gutt)

grave accent - gravistegnet (` as in à)

used in names and foreign words, often of French origin (e.g. Cefalù, Genève, à la, déjà vu)

the adverb «òg» meaning "in addition" when it cannot be exchanged with «og»

circumflex - circumfleks (ˆ as in ô)

used in foreign words, often of French origin (e.g. têtê-à-têtê, Rhône)

used in words derived from the Old Norse letter ð (e.g. fôr from fóðr, vêr from veðr in nynorsk)

Be careful not to mix up the acute and grave accents or confuse them with apostrophes!

#norwegian #norsk #norwegian grammar #norsk grammatikk #hjelp meg

[germanyexchangee]

Norwegian masterpost

I’m working on a school project that has me researching a lot of norwegian grammar and what is hard for foreigners to learn in general. Here is a list of what I’ve found to be helpful.

Resources in English:

- learn now (seems to be an online book, also in Polish, Arabic, Spanish and Tigrinya)

- memrise

- loecsen (for travelig, also has around 40 languages)

- calst (on A2 level, mostly pronunciation and stuff like minimal pairs. Also in Arabic) 

- Norwegian pronunciation (app and game based. you get to choose a dialect, for business)

- yrkesnorsk (for business vocabulary and stuff)

- vi snakker (you don’t even have to be able to read or write! You can also learn Swedish and Finnish on here)

- italki (not free, but loads of languages) 

- skapago (free grammar and pronunciation videos, and more stuff you need to pay for)

- language infusion (not free, website in norwegian but I believe the rest is in english?) 

- norskbloggen (with links to more)

- a frog in the fjord (blogg, for those who live in norway), more

Resources in Norwegian:

- Grammar rules

- dictionary in  nynorsk and bokmål

- frequency list

- list of resources (I have linked most of them here in the English section) 

- another list of resources (some literature and games + the normal stuff)

- skolekassa (bokmål, got math and science on this site too) 

- language infusion (not free)

- orddelingsfeil (what not to do)

- språkrådet (this is the most advanced shit) 

In other languages (and yes I do repeat myself on some of them):

- LEXIN (dictionary for bokmål and nynorsk in arabic, burmese, dari, kumanji, sorani, Lithuanian, Persian, polish, russian, somali, tagalog, tamil, thai, tigrinya, turkish, urdu and vietnamese)

- learn now (seems to be an online book, in english, Polish, Arabic, Spanish and Tigrinya)

- calst (on A2 level, mostly pronunciation and stuff like minimal pairs. Also in Arabic)

- loecsen (for travelig, also has around 40 languages to learn or learn from)

more:

- why you should learn norwegian if you live in the UK (and general information)

- news article about kj- and skj- (NRK, in norwegian)

#norwegian #norwegian masterpost #masterpost #norwegian grammar #norsk #norsk masterpost #langblr #norsk grammatikk #norsk resurser #jupp also from high school #altså fra vgs #håper det er ok info fortsatt

[rizlearns]

«Hvilket kjønn er et ord?»

fra Norsk Grammatikk av Kristi Mac Donald (2009)

Hankjønn er ord som ender på: -sjon, -else, -ning, -het, -dom, -nad, -skap, -isme

Mange personbetegnelser er også hankjønn: lærer, viking, kapitalist, rektor, direktør, filolog, student, asylant

Intetkjønn er ord med disse suffiksene: -ment, -eri, -dømme, -skap, -gram, -um, -em, -tek, -mål

Hunkjønn er ord som ender på: -inne, -erske, -ing 

#anmeldelse: grammatikk #norsk grammatikk #norsk #norwegian resources #Norwegian language #norwegian langblr #language learning #language resources #kapittel 1: substantiv

[nordic-language-love]

100 Happy Days (60 + 61/100)

Norsk

I går hadde jeg en veldig travel dag, men det var en god dag. Om morgenen hadde jeg en japansk time, og japanske timene mine gjør meg alltid glad. Læreren min er så snill og engasjerende, og timene er så morsomme! Vi fokuserte på grammatikk jeg allerede hadde studert, men det er jo viktig å studere grunnleggende grammatikk flere ganger slik at det blir naturlig.

I dag hadde jeg noen flotte timer med noen veldig flinke elever. Jeg hadde en time med en 8-åring - min yngste student hittil - og hun var såååå søt! Etter timen sendte mora hennes meg en melding for å si at hun likte meg. For an ære! 💜 Jeg bestemte meg også for å ta litt tid til å studere norsk. Jeg har hatt denne tekstboka i flere år, men jeg har ikke brukt den ordentlig før. I kveld leste jeg en av samtalene høyt, og jeg la noen nye/interessante ord til en Anki deck. Jeg savner det å studere norsk, selv om det er svært spennende å fokusere litt på japansk en stund.

Rettelser velkomne 😊

#100happdayslangblr #langblr #language blog #learning languages #norsk #norwegian #norwegian langblr #learning norwegian #jeg lærer meg norsk

[norwegianandchill]

Definite singular form // Norwegian grammar

How a word ends in the definite singular form or ‘bestemt form entall’ in Norwegian, is completely based off of which article is put in front of the noun in the indefinite singular form. En, ei or et.

En: If the noun has the article en in front of it in the indefinite singular form, then the definite singular form will end with -en. If the noun already ends with an -e then only the -n will be added to the end.

Example: en gutt (a boy)  - gutten (the boy) en kåpe (a coat - kåpen (the coat) en sofa (a sofa) - sofaen (the sofa)

Ei: If the noun has the article ei in front of it in the indefinite singular form, the the definite singular form will end with -a. If the noun ends with a vowel that vowel will be changed to -a instead.

Example: ei jente (a girl) - jenta (the girl) *ei trapp (a staircase) - trappa (the staircase) ei veske (a purse) - veska (the purse)

*Keep in mind that a lot of nouns can use both en and ei in front of them and can therefore also be conjugated both ways. This is because of the different dialects in Norway. Personally I will use the conjugation for ei more than I will do for en because of where I’m from. For example, “ei trapp” that I used previously can also be conjugated like “en trapp”

Like this: en trapp (a staircase) - trappen (the staircase)

Et: If the noun has the article et in front of it in the indefinite singular form, the the definite singular form will end with -et.

Example: et hus (a house) - huset (the house) et vindu (a window) - vinduet (the window) *et tre (a tree) - treet (the tree)

*In this example you can see that even though ‘et tre’ ends with an -e, -et is still added to the end, and not just -t. This is not always the case. Like here: et sete (a seat) - setet (the seat)

Unfortunately, there is no rule for when this happens, and you’re just gonna have to learn which words uses this as you go.

The definite article for en and ei is ‘den’, while for et it is ‘det’,but ‘den’ or ‘det’ can also mean ‘that’, if you put them directly in front of the noun.

For example: Den gutten spiller fotball - That boy plays football

If you just want to say “The boy plays football” you’ll skip the ‘den’. Gutten spiller fotball - The boy plays football.

However, if you put an adjective between the article and the noun it will also be ‘the’ instead of ‘that.

For example: Den høye gutten spiller fotball - The tall boy plays football

#grammar #norwegian #norwegian grammar #norsk #norsk grammatikk #norway #norge #norwegian langblr #langblr #norwegian studyblr #studyblr #en #ei #et #noun #nouns

[errorca-learns-norsk]

gentlemens.. norwegian google has failed me… my brain has tried its best… but i simply cannot understand the difference here between the usage of i and på in the two categories i circled in green.. in fact i can’t even wrap my head around the distinction between the two categories themselves 😳

if anyone feels up to sharing any insights it would be greatly appreciated :)

#if not i will go book my first ever italki lesson and ask this one singular question #hehehe #anyways this is from the book håndbok i grammatikk og språkbruk if anyones curious! #i think that nødvendig periode is like a more defined period of time maybe but i still don’t get it #not sure how the second example would be more defined #lets see to find this later i shall tag it with #hjelp #help #grammatikk #grammar #norsk #norwegian #norwegian langblr

[an-american-in-norway]

In a lot of instances, Norwegians would accept both prepositions, but often it is natural to separate them.

I is used when you are speaking about conditions or aspects of a language:

Vi har nokså fast ordstilling i norsk. We have a fairly fixed word order in Norwegian. Det er sju kasus i polsk. There are seven cases in Polish.

På is used when you are talking about the actual language in a more general sense or it us being used:

Hva heter det på engelsk? What is it called in English? Jeg har problemer med å uttrykke meg på norsk. I have issues expressing myself in Norwegian.

With some verbs it is normal to leave out the preposition altogether:

Han snakker ikke engelsk. He doesn't speak English. Jeg skriver aldri (på) engelsk. I never write in English.

Source: Norsk grammatikk for læreren av Kirsti Mac Donald

#norwegian grammar #i norsk #på norsk

[norwegiatlas]

hey, i'm here to ask for linguistic help! i'm having trouble understanding the pattern behind definite adjectives and the article that comes along: the standard seems to be "den politiske farge" for example, but then i saw "...avisenes politiske farge" so why the -e ending if "farge" is neither definite nor plural? tusen takk for hjelpen!

Hey! Sorry for late answer!

This is because the possessor -s suffix of avisene (the newspapers) triggers the definite form of the adjective. It is because it is the color of the newspapers. 

Other examples:

“Mitt røde hus.”“My red house.”

“Min snille hund.”“My kind dog.”

“Hannas store nese.”“Hanna’s big nose.”

“Din søte katteunge.”“Your cute kitty.”

“Fargens tydelige betydning.”“The color’s obvious meaning.”

“Uglenes runde og gule øyne.”“The owls’s round and yellow eyes.”

I hope you found this helpful!

#norsk #norwegian #grammar #grammatikk

[ayumistudies]

Hallo, hvilket nivå er du på språkene du lærer?

også, har du noe å anbefale for noen som begynner å lære japansk (meg hhehe) ?

Tusen takk, bloggen din er veldig kul

Hei! Ærlig talt vet jeg ikke hvilket nivå jeg er 😅 Jeg har aldri tatt en offisiell eksamen i norsk eller japansk (ennå!). Jeg har studert japansk i rundt ni år og norsk i to. Jeg tror jeg er kanskje mellomnivå på både japansk og norsk; uttalen min på japansk er mye bedre enn norsk, men norsk grammatikk er mye lettere enn japansk grammatikk for meg. Og jeg er fortsatt bare en nybegynner på italiensk!

Noen råd for å lære japansk:

- Ikke bruk romaji for lenge. Det kan distrahere deg fra hiragana/katakana/kanji, og det er veldig viktig at du kan lese dem.

- Ikke vær redd for kanji! Folk sier alltid at det er utrolig vanskelig å lære kanji, men jo mer du lærer, jo lettere blir det å forstå nye ord (fordi du kjenner igjen kanji-ene i ordene!). Jeg elsker kanji 😂

- Se på japanske tv-programmer eller Youtube videoer, spesielt programmer som ikke er anime. Jeg lærte mange filler words (vet ikke ordet på norsk) som får meg til å høre mer naturlig ut.

Glad du liker min blogg 😊 Lykke til med å lære japansk!! 🇯🇵💕

#vennligst fortell meg hvis jeg har gjort noen feil! #jeg er veldig trøtt akkurat nå 😂😂 #私の話