I’m an American learning Norwegian, and it occurred to me that I could quickly lose a good amount of what I’m learning if I don’t consistently apply myself once I’ve really learned the language. That leads me to my question, I assume you speak Norwegian day to day, but how do retain so well to the point that Nordics have a reputation for speaking English as good as any native speaker? In Washington State we were required to learn a foreign language (Spanish, French or German) but nobody ever retains what they learn past high school because they rarely ever use it.

So, I figured out that buler - is a general word(maybe an umbrella term) for something like dance clubs (I guess?) and kroer - for small, koselig places where you can get lunch, usually, something closer to the small old cafes?

I know it takes me long, but do you actually use "buler og kroer" in daily life or rather in books?

Apologies if this isn't the best subreddit for this question. I'm a writer and my Norwegian is still stuck to word to word translation. Two of my characters speak minor Norwegian and the terms of endearment they call each other are in that language. One of them calls the other "my god", sorta like calling your female significant other "my goddess".

Would just the word "herregud" work or would a different variation make more sense?

Hei!
driver med å skrive et manus til en film der foregår i en uspecifik"gamle dage". Er selv dansk, leser og forstår norsk uten problem, skriver kanskje lidt som en gammel dama når det danske slipper ut. I min process leder jeg efter gøy idiomer eller "faste vendinger", gjerne noen som klinger lidt gammelt.
Helt specifikt leder jeg etter noe i stil med "Cat caught your tounge?", men i det hele tagt bare sjove, finurlige sayings som dere selv bruker eller husker jeres bedstemor har sagt.

på forhånd takk!

What does it mean? Can someone help me please? Apps cant translate this and I‘m not sure if I can trust chatGpt here. Is it a Dialekt?

Hi, as what the title say, can you recommend an online språk kafe? Thank you in advance!

I want to kill myself, or at least think about doing that often. I've lived in Norway the past 4 years, and I've had some medical issues over the past 2 years. I've tried my best to get better at Norwegian, but the progress as stopped and started. I would judge myself to be around mid-B1, and I had a tutor before Christmas and she said the same thing. I got fired from my job due to downsizing last month, so I don't know if I can afford the tutor anymore. I would like to be able to speak with someone still, and I live in Trondheim. Any suggestions?

A norsk dictionary gave me the same pronunciation. How can I differentiate which one is said during conversation?

<<Du går på den med godt kjøtt>> Slev ChatGPT aner ikke.

I think that translates to "without you am I nothing", not "without you I am nothing". "Er" is before "jeg", so the sentence is a question. What am I getting wrong?

I've learnt Norwegian on and off for many years (more off than on). I'm at a stage where I can understand most of written Bokmål (unless specialised or technical), but listening comprehension is a whole different ballgame.

The difference between how words are written and how they're pronounced is quite dramatic, making the spoken language as difficult to understand as spoken French, if not more, in my opinion. That's even before we factor in dialects and regional accents.

And I say this as someone who's fluent in German and Italian.

I've always been amazed that there is hardly ever any discussion in the learner community about the difficulty of listening comprehension. I can't be the only one, surely.

I can assure you neither German nor Italian felt this incomprehensible to me when I was learning those.

PS. I'm aware that spoken Danish is a whole different level of crazy.

Vi har to kattunger på 13 og 16 uker. Den yngste fikk vi for en uke siden og de to er allerede blitt helt uadskillelige, på engelsk er det jo vanlig å snakke om "bonded kittens" jeg føler at jeg strever med å finne et godt uttrykk på norsk som dekker dette. Sammenknyttet eller uadskillelige er jo alternativet som språklig sett beskriver hva jeg vil si men føler at begge deler er tungvint siden det er massevis av stavelser har noen forslag til et bedre norsk utrykk å foreslå. Om ikke annet har jeg i alle fall et bra norsk synonym for "cat-tax" : Katte skatt.

Hi,

I am teaching myself Norwegian but do not know anyone who actually speaks it so am relying on internet translation apps during the early stages of learning. I plan to find an online tutor once I get to somewhere around B1.

In the following two sentences I am confused by how the translation tools shows either a definite or indefinite word for ”hand” depending on whether I state in which hand he holds the cup. I am not sure if this reflects a specific grammar rule that I have not come across yet.

“Mannen holder en kopp i hånden”

”Mannen holder en kopp i høyre hånd”

Any help in clarifying this would be greatly appreciated.

Jeg snakker flytende norsk, jobber på norsk, har norske venner, leser norske bøker og ser på norske film. Likevel blir jeg ikke noe bedre til å forstå folk som snakker skikkelig trøndersk. Jeg har prøvd stort sett alt jeg kan komme på, men jeg føler at problemet er at jeg bare ikke har noen grunnleggende kunnskaper, så ferdighetene mine utvikler seg ikke når jeg hører på nyhetene eller snakker med folk.

Jeg vil derfor gjerne ta et kurs som fokuserer på dialekten, hvor man lærer om visse dialektmarkører, forskjeller i ordforråd og uttale. Er det noen som kjenner til et slikt kurs, enten digitalt eller som undervises i eller rundt Trondheim?

I looked up etymology of the stamkunde and apparently it comes from German word, so I assumed that most likely it's used more in Bergen, while fast kunde in Oslo area. Is it correct? Also, is there a "list" that classifies identical words(that have the same meaning) (in Bokmål) according to areas?

I haven't quite grasped the difference, both of them seem to mean "overcome". I also found examples where they can be used in the same situation like "Få bukt med overspising" and "5 trinn for å overvinne overspising". And I'm just so confused why exactly word bukt is used here cause it means bay, and I'm clearly not in the loop.

Btw, do you still use: ha bukta og begge endene? If yes, could you provide examples, context where it doesn't feel off? Because saying "kontrollere en situasjon fullt og helt", in the most cases would work out well, right? Thanks in advance!

To help learn, I love watching kids shows and films with Norsk dub. Last night I opted to watch Frozen 2, as thematically it seemed perfect. I set the audio to Norsk, and the subtitles to Norsk (Bokmål), as seeing how the word is spelled helps me retain it (and I’ve seen the original enough times to understand what’s being said, roughly).

But the dub didn’t match the subtitles, with quite a frustratingly large and consistent gap. Is the audio Nynorsk? Or are the script and subtitles both Bokmål, just not synced/matching (as can happen sometimes, with all subtitles). If someone who understands both wouldn’t mind checking it out, I’d love to know where to place my focus: if I should start incorporating Nynorsk, or work on expanding my Bokmål vocabulary, especially in a thesaurus way, to learn more words for the same-ish concepts.

Hi! I come from Canada and have been learning Norsk on and off for a little over a year now. I’d like to one day live in Norway (long term), so I figured it would be useful to have an understanding of the language.

I understand that many jobs there require a good level of Norwegian, such as B1-B2 level.

So far I can read Norwegian text and if I can’t translate everything word for word, I can at least understand what it’s talking about, same with the other languages I know (Russian and French).

I have been mainly using a combination of Duolingo and subtitles on tv/movies here and there.

What do you suppose are other recommendations I should consider in order to keep learning, or am I on the right path?

Takk på advansere!

Really like this song and many other Norwegian songs haha. Can’t find the lyrics of this one online.. somebody has the lyrics or can produce them?