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Topic: Learning one of the Scandinavian Languages Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 12:53 |
Originally posted by Northman
Yes, the expressions for grandparents are quite unique for Scandinavia as far as I know, unfortunately they don't carry over to the great grandparents.
Do you know if they are used in other parts of the world?
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I've never come across them. I might open a thread in the tavern. Someone here would know.
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Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 17:36 |
King John,
I found this page.
http://norskklassen.ce-service.biz/norchar.htm
Writing Norwegian on PCs
Alt Sequences Char 3-digit 4-digit
145 0230
146 0198
--- 0248
--- 0216
134 0229
143 0197
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Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 17:42 |
Ah, I came upon that page yesterday when I was looking for more links. I will add it to the first post as a post post script. Thank you Hugo.
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Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 17:50 |
I just finished the 3rd lesson. I realized that I couldn't do the lesson without entering the special characters, and I thought that it may be useful to others here.
Jeg liker hjelpe.
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Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 17:56 |
Here is Lesson 3:
Snnen prver snakke Norsk
Hunden spiser isen
De liker lese boken
Bestefaren og datteren ser en katt
Broren prver hjelpe katten
Faren og snnen snakker et sprk. (Det er norsk)
Dere er bror og sster
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Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 20:23 |
Lesson 2: Han er en bestefar. Han er bestefaren. Hun er ei lrer. Hun er lrera. Det er et bord. Det er bordet.
Bestefaren er hjemme. Han leser en bok. Hunden og Katten er dyrer. katten er p Bordet. Hugo er en intelligent bardun. Han lrer Norsk kvikk. Du har et stor hus. Huset har seks soveromer. Albert har ei jente og en snn.(I don't know if I can use ei for jente in this sentence or not.) Han er en god far. Han er en doktor. Han leser en engelsk avis. Han snakker engelsk og norsk. Han er en intelligent menneske. Barnet har en hund og en katt.
Edited by Suren - 19-Jan-2008 at 22:06
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Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 20:45 |
Well done Suren. Introducing new vocabulary too.
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Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 21:28 |
Lesson 3:
Moren skrive brevet. Datteren leser brevet. Faren og moren snakke inn tysk og engelsk. Barna snakke engelsk. Faren hjelper barna lre tysk. Barna liker spise isen. Bestemoren kjoper tre iser for barna. Jeg liker snakke og skrive inn Norsk. Norsk er et interessant sprke.
Kan du funn et god (online) ordbok?
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Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 21:56 |
Sorry to disturb guys, but here is an online dictionary
Allow me one little comment. The correct term for "learn" is "lre" - not "erfare" which has a related meaning, but is normally not used in this connection.
Usage of learn/lre:
to learn Norwegian = at lre Norsk ~ He is learning = han lrer
"Erfare" is normally used in the sense: I have learned that this guy was xxxx - It was brought to my attention that xxx, and so on. In Denmark the word is a bit outdated (but still valid), and I believe that applies for norwegian as well - you only rarely hear a young person using it.
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Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 22:23 |
Originally posted by Northman
Sorry to disturb guys, but here is an online dictionary
Allow me one little comment. The correct term for "learn" is "lre" - not "erfare" which has a related meaning, but is normally not used in this connection.
Usage of learn/lre:
to learn Norwegian = at lre Norsk ~ He is learning = han lrer
"Erfare" is normally used in the sense: I have learned that this guy was xxxx - It was brought to my attention that xxx, and so on. In Denmark the word is a bit outdated (but still valid), and I believe that applies for norwegian as well - you only rarely hear a young person using it.
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Thank you for Correction. That Dictionary is not good for verbs.
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Posted: 19-Jan-2008 at 22:25 |
Thank you Northman for the online dictionary.
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Posted: 21-Jan-2008 at 08:07 |
Yikes, I'm already falling behind. So, are we going to have like a day or two for catching up once a week?
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"War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace."--Thomas Mann
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Posted: 21-Jan-2008 at 10:03 |
Dakk
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Posted: 21-Jan-2008 at 19:31 |
Originally posted by Justinian
Yikes, I'm already falling behind. So, are we going to have like a day or two for catching up once a week? |
Sure we can do that. Do you want to set up a specific day for that like Fridays or something?
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Posted: 21-Jan-2008 at 21:11 |
Here is lesson 4:
Mdre liker barn
Hundene ser bordet
Han har mange ider
Bestefedrene kjper to katter
En gutt ser tre jenter
Snnene og dtrene liker faren
Gutten besker foreldrene
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Posted: 22-Jan-2008 at 03:25 |
I finished lesson 4 as well.
Jeg funn sangen og skrev en lite.
Norsk l sang
Jeg har to barn: en jente og en gutt. Jenten er Isabella og gutten er Alexander. Datter leser boker. Snnen liker sangen. Jeg liker sangen og lese boker.
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Posted: 22-Jan-2008 at 03:46 |
What language group is complete without its members worshiping the country where the language is spoken?
Here is a beautiful slide show with the modest name called,
Norway: The Most Beautiful Country in World
If you look around on the related videos, you will find one called, "Norwegian Beauties." I thought it was going to be about the beautiful architectural and natural sights of the country. Instead it is what I would have called, "Norwegian Cuties."
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Posted: 22-Jan-2008 at 04:04 |
Jeg sag sangen og hva du skrev. God funn, Hugo, det er et interessant funn.
(I hope Northman comes on here and corrects my butchering of Norwegian in the above sentence)
Hvordan gammel er dine to barn?
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Posted: 23-Jan-2008 at 03:08 |
Originally posted by King John
Originally posted by Justinian
Yikes, I'm already falling behind. So, are we going to have like a day or two for catching up once a week? |
Sure we can do that. Do you want to set up a specific day for that like Fridays or something? |
Yes, that would work for me. I guess whatever day is best for everyone.
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