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I know the demographic of people who will get something useful out of this is fairly small, but it's got to be overrepresented in my followers.

The Norwegian National Library will let you read shitloads of ebooks for free if you have a Norwegian IP address, which in more practical terms means "if you have a VPN."

By far the majority of it is in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language.

There's movies, music, radio broadcasts, sheet music, and all sorts of other stuff too.

Hei! I decided to make a post about norwegian irregular verbs. The list below comes from my book for learning norwegian that is said to be on A2/B1 level. 

Infinitiv - Presens - Preteritum - Perfektum partisipp - Translation

be - ber - ba(d) - bedt - ask

binde - binder - bandt - bundet - bind

bite - biter - bet, beit - bitt - bite

bli - blir - ble / blei - blitt - become

brekke - brekker - brakk - brukket - break

brenne - brenner - brant - brent - burn

briste - brister - brast - bristet / brustet - burst

bryte - bryter - brøt / brøyt - brutt - break

bære - bærer - bar - båret - bear

dra- drar - drog / dro - dratt / dradd - go 

drikke - drikker - drakk - drukket - drink

drive - driver - drev / dreiv - drevet - drive

falle - faller - falt - falt - fall

finne - finner - fant - funnet - find

fly - flyr - fløy - fløyet / flydd- fly    

flyte - flyter - fløt / fløyt - flytt - float

fryse - fryser - frøs / frøys - frosset - freeze  

få - får - fikk - fått - få - get

gi - gir - ga / gav - gitt - give

gidde - gidder - gadd - giddet - take the trouble

gjelde - gjelder - gjaldt / galdt - gjeldt - to be worth

gjøre - gjør - gjorde - gjort - do

gripe - griper - grep / greip - grepet - grip

gråte - gråter - gråt - grått - cry

gå - går - gikk - gått - go

ha - har - hadde - hatt - have

hete - heter - het / hette - hett - name

hjelpe - hjelper - hjalp - hjulpet - help

holde - holder - holdt - holdt - hold

hugge - hugger - hugg / hugde - hugd - chop

klinge - klinger - klang - klingt / klinget - sound

komme - kommer - kom - kommet - come

krype - kryper - krøp / krøyp - krøpet - crawl

la - lar - lot - latt - let

le - ler - lo - ledd - laugh

legge - legger - la - lagt - lay

lide - lir / lider - led / lei / lidde - lidd - suffer

ligge - ligger - lå - ligget - lie

lyde - lyder - lød - lydd - sound

lyve - lyver - løy - løyet - lie

løpe - løper - løp - løpt / løpet - run

nyte - nyter -  nøt /  nøyt - nytt - be happy about sth (?)

pipe - piper - pep / peip - pepet - wheeze

rekke - rekker - rakk - rukket - reach

renne - renner - rant - rent - run (e.g. water)

ri - rir - red / rei - ridd- ride

rive - river - rev / reiv - revet - grate se - ser - så - sett - see

si - sier - sa - sagt - say

skjelve - skjelver - skalv - skjelvet - tremble

skjære - skjærer -skar - skåret - cut

skli - sklir -skled / sklei -sklidd - slide

skrike - skriker - skrek / skreik - skreket - scream

skrive - skriver - skrev / skreiv - skrevet - write

skvette - skvetter - skvat - skvettet - sprinke

skyte - skyter -  skjøt / skøyt - skutt - shoot

skyve - skyver - skjøv /  skøyv -  skjøvet - push

slippe / sleppe - slipper / slepper - slapp - sluppet - drop

slite - sliter - slet / sleit - slitt - toil

slå - slår - slo - slått - hit

smelle - smeller - smalt - smelt - bang

snike - sniker - snek / sneik - sneket - sneak

sove - sover - sov - sovet - sleep

spinne - spinner - spant - spunnet - spin

sprekke - sprekker - sprakk - sprukket - burst

springe - springer - sprang - sprunget - spring

spørre- spør - spurte - spurt - ask

stige -stiger - steg / steig - steget - climb

stikke - stikker - stakk - stukket - stick

stjele - stjeler - stjal - stjålet - steal

strekke - strekker - strakk - strukket - stretch

stryke - stryker - strøk / strøyk - strøket - stroke

stå - står - stod / sto - stått - stand

svike - sviker - svek / sveik - sveket - defraud

synge - synger - sang - sunget - sing

synke - synker - sank - sunket - sink

ta - tar - tok - tatt - take

treffe - treffer - traff - truffet - meet

trekke - trekker - trakk - trukket - pull

tvinge - tvinger - tvang - tvunget - force

vike - viker - vek / veik - veket - yield

vinne - vinner - vant - vunnet - win

være - er - var - vært - be

just a jote on the FIRST one;

Be-ber-ba(d)-bedt can ALSO mean “To pray//Prays/Praid/Have praid.

Resources For Learning Norwegian

A1/A2

Books

Apps

Sites

Courses

Podcasts

Youtube

B1/B2

Books

Sites

Podcasts

*These are just a few - NRK has a ton of great podcasts on a variety of topics available here or on the NRK Radio app. Chances are they have something you are interested in!

C1

Books

Sites

Sites to Test Yourself

*updated March 28th, 2022

Norwegian can modify expressions by using a wide selection of short adverbs with little or no stress, that can express doubt, politeness, irritation, etc. How you use these adverbs is one of the things that will indicate your degree of mastery/understanding in Norwegian.

The lady's marital status in the examples below doesn't actually change, the adverbs merely indicate what the speaker believes that status to be:

These unaccented adverbs have a fairly regular position in the sentence, they follow immediately after the verb. The same adverb can sometimes indicate slightly different nuances of meaning, depending on tone of voice and the context. Click the link for each one for more information.

From Exploring Norwegian Grammar by Kirsti Mac Donald and Marianne MacDonald.

for anyone looking for material for comprehensible input, this site has masterlists for 45 different languages, go wild

Norwegian can modify expressions by using a wide selection of short adverbs with little or no stress, that can express doubt, politeness, irritation, etc. How you use these adverbs is one of the things that will indicate your degree of mastery/understanding in Norwegian.

The lady's marital status in the examples below doesn't actually change, the adverbs merely indicate what the speaker believes that status to be:

These unaccented adverbs have a fairly regular position in the sentence, they follow immediately after the verb. The same adverb can sometimes indicate slightly different nuances of meaning, depending on tone of voice and the context. Click the link for each one for more information.

From Exploring Norwegian Grammar by Kirsti Mac Donald and Marianne MacDonald.

norwegian resources (for @fairuzgf)

Norwegian on the Web — free course by NTNU

Barnebøker for Norge (children’s books for norway) — free norwegian children’s books for a variety of levels & they also have audio! also they have an option to go between bokmål and nynorsk which is pretty fun

Klart Det! — for more advanced lessons (B2+)

Norwegian Teacher Karin on youtube — she doesn’t upload that frequently anymore but her past videos are super helpful

NorwegianClass101 on youtube

Future Learn Introduction to Norwegian — free four week course by the university of oslo

På Vei (textbook) — this is a beginner textbook but it’s entirely in norwegian so a bit of knowledge of norwegian is needed

På Vei Digital — free exercises to go along with på vei

Exploring Norwegian Grammar — free grammar website made by kirsti macdonald who co-wrote på vei 

Loecsen Learn Norwegian — another free (very beginner) course

norwegian dictionary with both bokmål and nynorsk — not a translation dictionary but just a regular one but it has both bokmål and nynorsk

NRK Nyheter — this is a bit advanced obviously but NRK is my go-to if i want norwegian reading practice (it’s just news but also NRK has tv programs as well including skam & they also have radio)

SKAM website full episodes — you’ll need a vpn but they have norwegian subtitles also it’s great for learning how people speak every day

Lovleg episodes — same as above (you’ll need a vpn) also lovleg will be a little hard to understand if you’re learning bokmål bc it’s very dialect-y but another show to watch in norwegian that i think is good

my norwegian playlist on spotify — it’s not super long but good for discovering norwegian music if you don’t know any :-)

edit bc my friend recommended these 2 podcasts:

Norsk for Beginners — for A1-A2 learners

Lær Norsk Nå — for B1-B2 learners

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Preposisjoner i tidsuttrykk ⌛️📅

Just some charts/diagrams/notes I made while studying Norwegian temporal prepositions. 

When something happened in the past ➡️ for … siden

When something will happen in the future ➡️ om / til 

How long something is lasting ➡️ i / på / siden

How long it takes to do/complete something ➡️ på

Sorry, no charts for…

And here’s a summary I made… I also included the matching German prepositions (in blue) and German translation of the example sentences.

Time adverbials in Norwegian-Germam-English - comparison

In Norwegian, adverbials (which tell you when, where, how, or why something is done) can be first or last in a sentence. In German, adverbials coming first is also not a problem. If the adverbial is first, in both Norwegian and German the verb will come second. In English, the subject still comes before the verb:

However, in a sentence where both time and place are mentioned together after the verb in Norwegian, place is usually before time in the sentence (like in English). In German, time comes before place.

Norwegian can modify expressions by using a wide selection of short adverbs with little or no stress, that can express doubt, politeness, irritation, etc. How you use these adverbs is one of the things that will indicate your degree of mastery/understanding in Norwegian.

The lady's marital status in the examples below doesn't actually change, the adverbs merely indicate what the speaker believes that status to be:

These unaccented adverbs have a fairly regular position in the sentence, they follow immediately after the verb. The same adverb can sometimes indicate slightly different nuances of meaning, depending on tone of voice and the context. Click the link for each one for more information.

From Exploring Norwegian Grammar by Kirsti Mac Donald and Marianne MacDonald.

ut eller ute?

Norwegian has many adverbs that denote place and directions, and they tend to appear in two versions. The first is for whenever you explain that something is happening in a specific location, and the second is for explaining that something is moving in the direction of somewhere.

Movement in a direction:

At the speaker's location:

For the most part, the form to use while you're relaxing somewhere ends in -e, while the brief version without the -e is hurrying off!

Opp and ut occur in many set expressions:

Filler words in Norwegian

Can’t learn a language without fillers!

altså - “well…” or “so…” It’s often used to enhance confidence, whether it’s strong or weak. Altså, mamma sa at jeg får lov til å gjøre det.. / Well, mum said I’m allowed to do it..

vel - “well”, can be used in the same way as in English. You can also combine it with altså: Vel, altså, her er planen… / Well, so, here is the plan…

liksom - the Norwegian equivalent to “like” - use it everywhere! It can also be used to enhance sarcasm. Har du liksom tenkt å gå med det der? / Are you seriously like, going to wear that thing?

da - this literally means then, but we often use it to end sentences, especially if we’re saying something that another person might want to argue with. And since it means ‘then’, you can also use it in the same way as in English. Jeg skulle jo liksom bare prøve den på, da. / I was just going to like, try it on.

ehh / øhh - uhh, uhm. Super useful.

på en måte - “in a way” or “kind of”.  Han er litt merkelig, på en måte. / He’s a little strange, kind of.

bare - “just” Jeg skal bare innom butikken. / I’m just gonna pop by the store.

ikke sant? - translates to “not true”, but is used for saying “right?” “don’t you agree?”. Around Bergen, people usually drop the “ikke” and just say “sant”. I’m from Bergen so I didn’t know that not everyone says this until I googled it lol. 

skjønner du / skjø’ - used at the end of sentences in the same way as “you see” in English. It comes from the word “å skjønne”, which means to understand, to realize or to “get it”. “Skjø’” is not really used in the southern regions, but if you’re around Trøndelag, you’ll hear this a lot. In other regions one would say “skjønner du”. Han er lærer, skjø’/skjønner du. / He is a teacher, you see.

Feel free to ask me questions about these or request more specific fillers!

Norwegian resources from this blog

After 4+ hours of collecting and organizing my Norwegian posts, I have decided to put them all into a big resource masterpost. These are resources from about a year of posting. I hope you all find these helpful!

There are 200+ word of the day posts on my blog, and making a link for every one of them would take an eternity. Therefore, I advise you to just search on “wordoftheday” on my blog and all the posts should show up. Here is a link to the search. 

I have somehow highlighted the more useful resources in this list!

I have tried my best to gather absolutely everything, however something tells me I have left out one or two posts. Also, if you find any mistakes or typos, please let me know so I can correct them!

I said I needed to learn how to talk about my friends, so here are some (mostly) nice ways to describe people (kinda grouped in a way that makes sense to me bc long vocab lists intimidate me!)

bokmål | nynorsk | english

blyg | bashful innadvendt | innettervend | introvert pratsom | pratsam | chatty, talkative selvsikker | sjølvsikker, sjølvtrygg | confident sjenert | shy utadvendt | utettervend | extrovert

medfølende | medfølande | compassionate omsorgsfull | omhugsam | caring omtenksom | omtenksam | thoughtful snill | kind søt | sweet vennlig | venleg | friendly

avslappet | avslappa | laid-back fornuftig | sensible forsiktig | cautious jordnær | down-to-earth rolig | roleg | calm tålmodig | tolmodig | patient

høflig | høfleg | polite lojal | loyal pålitelig | påliteleg | reliable sjenerøs | generous ydmyk | audmjuk | humble ærbødig | respectful ærlig | ærleg | honest

energisk | energetic kreativ | creative lunefull | whimsical morsom | morosam | funny utålmodig | utolmodig, utolsam | impatient

evnerik | gifted, talented intellektuell | intellectual intelligent | intelligent klok | wise, intelligent smart | smart

Hvis jeg har gjort noen feil, vær så snill og fortell meg! | Viss eg har gjort nokon feil, ver venleg og fortel meg!

norwegian resources (for @fairuzgf)

Norwegian on the Web — free course by NTNU

Barnebøker for Norge (children’s books for norway) — free norwegian children’s books for a variety of levels & they also have audio! also they have an option to go between bokmål and nynorsk which is pretty fun

Klart Det! — for more advanced lessons (B2+)

Norwegian Teacher Karin on youtube — she doesn’t upload that frequently anymore but her past videos are super helpful

NorwegianClass101 on youtube

Future Learn Introduction to Norwegian — free four week course by the university of oslo

På Vei (textbook) — this is a beginner textbook but it’s entirely in norwegian so a bit of knowledge of norwegian is needed

På Vei Digital — free exercises to go along with på vei

Exploring Norwegian Grammar — free grammar website made by kirsti macdonald who co-wrote på vei 

Loecsen Learn Norwegian — another free (very beginner) course

norwegian dictionary with both bokmål and nynorsk — not a translation dictionary but just a regular one but it has both bokmål and nynorsk

NRK Nyheter — this is a bit advanced obviously but NRK is my go-to if i want norwegian reading practice (it’s just news but also NRK has tv programs as well including skam & they also have radio)

SKAM website full episodes — you’ll need a vpn but they have norwegian subtitles also it’s great for learning how people speak every day

Lovleg episodes — same as above (you’ll need a vpn) also lovleg will be a little hard to understand if you’re learning bokmål bc it’s very dialect-y but another show to watch in norwegian that i think is good

my norwegian playlist on spotify — it’s not super long but good for discovering norwegian music if you don’t know any :-)

edit bc my friend recommended these 2 podcasts:

Norsk for Beginners — for A1-A2 learners

Lær Norsk Nå — for B1-B2 learners

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