r/norsk

Greetings from Greece! I was always fascinated by Norway, the landscapes, the history- it is one of my dream destinations and I wish one day I'll manage to visit. Yesterday I decided to start learning Norwegian- I use Duolingo and for some clarifications or extra words I use ai. I wanted to ask for recommendations on movies and series in Norwegian, and basically anything I can watch or listen (with subtitles at first) just to get more familiar with the sounds and the phrases. Thank you for your time and if you have any other advice it would be very much appreciated!

It's been 5 days since I started studying Norsk. I know Duolingo is just little step on learning a new language but, as a Brazilian guy living in a country town, it's almost impossible to have a Norsk course or someone who really know how to speak it here. I want to know what other apps or websites I can use to improve my learning on the language. Also, is there any place besides YouTube that I can learn the pronunciation of the words.

I know there's a free app doe english learners called Learn Pronunciation, is there something similar for Norsk?

Hei. Jeg laerer Norsk. Jeg ser "for-" foran mange ord. Jeg tror det mener "before, toward, in front of", men Jeg er nysgjerrig på den andre delen av ordet.

forstå = "understand" = for + stand

forskjellig = "different"= for + ?. er det virkelig "reasonable" or "distinguishable?" "divisible?"

forsette = "continue" = for- + ?

Which resource would you recommend for listening A1 and A2 ?

Hey all! I have the plan to start learning norwegian (bokmål) in a few years, but I was wondering how different it is from Swedish and how much it would take time/difficulty wise to pick up Swedish also after it.

I'm personally more interested in norwegian, but I think Swedish might be more useful for my career purposes, so I'm considering having to choose between them, or studying both. (It would be nice to study both, I'm just wondering how doable it actually is time and difficulty wise)

I know the two languages are related and have a lot in common, but in active study practice, how practical/difficult is it to pick up one after the other? Does someone have personal experience studying one and then picking up the other as well?

Thanks in advance for any help :)

Hello! I’m traveling to Oslo, Norway from America for 6 months to study abroad and I really want to learn how to speak Norwegian(pls correct me if I’m not using any words properly!!). I fell down a rabbit hole on how Norway has different dialects so now im feeling slightly overwhelmed on where to start. I have a solid four months to at least learn the basics but I want to at least be able to hold small conversations with people. If anyone has any apps and podcast/TV shows for recommendations to help me learn the language that would be greatly appreciate!

hei alle sammen. my sibling is studying Spanish and hit on reading the kids' SF series Animorphs—books they I and I devoured as kids—as a means of practice with easy and familiar text. turns out, there was a Norwegian edition of the entire main series at one point. this is a long shot, but does anyone know where to find ebooks of the Norwegian editions?

To explain my question a little bit further, I was looking for some Norwegian artists who have songs primarily sung in their native tongue. I have a playlist with many songs already. I'm mainly looking for songs that have a similar vibe as those made by TIX, Gabrielle, Morgan Sulele, Ballinciaga and Vidar Villa. Like I said, any recommendation is appreciated!

Hi everyone,

I have moved to Norway (from the UK) to continue working as a Pharmacist, my Norwegian is okay but happy to restart from the basics and progress further. I am in need of some advice, i would prefer live classrooms as I feel i would work better in this setting, but open to online lessons. Can anyone recommend a good company to join with?

I was looking at LENOO (they offer live classrooms in Bergen) - are they genuinely good? and i have also looked at SPEAK NORSK - online only - Is online lessons still very effective??

Please would appreciate any help/guidance!

Best wishes, Gavin

I have moved to Norway and trying to learn Norwegian using (among others) Duolingo. Does anyone know which type does Duolingo use? Nynorsk ir Bokmål?

Takk!

At the Norway games there's a chant where they spell N-O-R-G-E. The echo is amazing. Then I thought the head person would ask "hva briller?" and theyd reply NORGE, making me think he asked "what's that spell", up until I heard a fan yell at the ref "Trenger du briller!?" Then I was reminded of briller meaning glasses. Can briller mean glasses and spell? Or was I misunderstanding the chant? Maybe it's "Hvem spiller"? Thanks!

Edit: Solved it was "Hva blir det" I was mishearing blir det as briller.

TLDR, SpeakNorsk is probably a good investment if you're already moved over to Norway, but probably not so much if you're trying to study on your own or while in another country. Pros and Cons list at the bottom.

I wanted to make a review of the Viking Course for Beginners (A0-B2) because it was such a hefty investment, and wanted to share my experience for others who may be thinking about also taking the course.

I wanna start by saying that SpeakNorsk really did try hard in putting together a course that tries to comprehensively put your through the paces and get your learning as quickly as possible, and that is commendable. I don't mean to besmirch their reputation with this review or anything, because I can see the system working for certain people. They've clearly made a course that TEACHES you. How WELL it teaches you is subjective to if you're physically in their class or doing it remotely. I don't know if it's really as feasible of a pathway as they make it out out to be for those that aren't being immersed in a Norwegian-speaking setting every day, of which I fall into that category. In that regard I don't really feel like the course should be advertising the same results for online learners as in-class learners, unless you're some sort of wiz-kid that can just retain all the information you learn without putting it into practice.

The course is especially centered around the assumption that you're already moved over to Norway somehow and immersing yourself in the language every day. I can point out numerous examples of this in the course where you are asked questions or told to do things that you can only possibly do if you are over there living amongst the populace or in a physical classroom. Sure, you can go watch programs on NRK or listen to kiddie songs to try and immerse yourself, but is that as good as being in conversation and the spoken language every day? Some include:

-Being told to "listen to conversation on the tram and subway to pick up on subtleties and the way spoken language is structured". That doesn't really work when I'm not living there as an American.
-Questions on exercises that you cannot meaningfully answer because if you are not exposed to the language every day, then you can't answer things like "Hvilke norske uttrykk eller ordtak har du hørt?" or "Hvilke andre slangord har du hørt?"
-Exercises in the textbook that you could only answer if physically there, not because of immersion problems, but because you cannot actually get feedback unless there was somebody physically there grading your answers. (One example was "Forklar Hårfrisyrene på bildene" where you were to fill in the blanks below each picture of different hairstyles and describe it as best you could, but even if you printed out the exercise and did it yourself, who is going to grade your answers or tell you what was right and wrong? I mean, you COULD find some way to copy and paste what you wrote down clunkily in the comments section below each lesson and hope to get some feedback, but this is cumbersome, and it's clear that the textbooks were designed to be physically used in a classroom setting.
-Exercises in the textbook that are designed to be used amongst "partners" or "fellow classmates". This cannot be done if you are studying solo.

I think one of the biggest shortcomings is that after the A1 book and course, there is NO English translation whatsoever in word banks, exercises, and lessons, aside from a few odds and ends in the videos where a teacher will stop to make an equivalence in English. But after A1, I have seldom found myself utilizing the textbook because it's more frustrating than anything else, in addition to being uncoordinated with the learning module online (most of the exercises in the textbook are in the learning module). For example, in the A1 portion of the book there was an English subtext perfectly and concisely explaining why something is the way it is in the Norwegian language. If I needed a similar explanation in A2? It cannot be found in English. I don't know if the program is assuming that you should be able to read everything word for word at this point, but it makes the utilization of the process a very bogged down process of slogging along, having to look up in a dictionary things you don't know, to the point where you don't even want to open the textbook anymore because it's more frustrating than anything else. Not even my Spanish II and III textbooks in college did this; even at that level they still had English explanations and translations to put two-and-two together for an English speaking mind.

The video lessons also suffer from a similar problem later on into the A2 course, but perhaps not to the degree that the textbook does. While the vast majority of the teaching is in spoken Norwegian, there's always a whiteboard in the background with general explanations that make it a bit more easy to follow along. The instructors also speak in a pretty slow pronounced way that make it easy to follow along to where I'm understanding about 75% of what is being said.

The videos themselves are done pretty well and likely the greatest source of information you'll glean from in the course. There's broken down explanations of why things are the way they are, contexts of certain words and grammar rules, elaborations on pronunciations, and more.

PROS
-Good vibes and energy from the instructors, who speak in clear tones with whiteboard explanations to assist in getting points across
-Good flow and progress-based structure of the online course
-Intermittent tests and quizzes to apply what you've learned
-Nice little certificate you get signed by the staff at the end to certify that you've passed

CONS
-Textbook and the online course do not coordinate well with each other
-The textbook is set up for utilization in a physical classroom setting and cannot be effectively used in solo/self-taught learning
-Often given scenarios or solutions to problems where the only answer is to be immersed in the language; this cannot be done if you're not living there already
-Some of the final exams have questions and content over things that weren't covered AT ALL in the course (I missed probably five or six questions on the A1 final exam because of instances like that)
-No detailed explanations on why your answer may be right or wrong in multiple choice exercises or in quizzes where you have to write your response
-Your certificate SAYS you passed an A1 level, A2 level, B1 level, etc., but it doesn't often feel like you've actually learned to that point because you're not actively using your knowledge every day

I'm going to continue slogging through the course because I paid all the way up through the B2 level and I definitely AM learning, but long story short, I feel like this is going to be more of a worthwhile investment for those English speakers who already live in Scandinavia and have the means to put what they've learned into practice on a daily basis. Might come back and edit this review or post one for the other parts of the course when I get through B2.

I'm open to fantasy, action, adventure and sci-fi.

Series, one-off books etc, are welcome. (in Norwegian obviously XD)

I decided to learn norwegian because I plan to move there to live with my girlfriend. Heres the thing, she is from the north (in Øksnes) so her dialect is very different from what I would learn anywhere. What I would want to do is learn her dialect first and then learn bokmål once I manage to actually emigrate to Norway. The questions I have are basically is this a good idea and/or how could I learn her dialect or something similar from a teacher. My girlfriend helps me a lot with words but she's not a teacher so it's still very confusing. Right now I'm using LingQ because it fits very well with my learning style and my girlfriend just tells me her version of sentences I see in there every now and then.

Anbefaling til en side for å lære seg norsk fra A1 til B2? Gjerne med hvordan uttalelser

Ikke er problem om det er et bra verktøy som koster penger 😊

Tar gjerne i mot alle anbefalinger

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Helloo! I know it’s an odd question, but I am from USA and I’ve only recently been trying to learn norwegian.
Usually if I’m in the mood for something completely mindless while I do chores or work, random minecraft videos is one of my favorite things to put on. So I was wondering if anyone here happens to know of any that speak in Norwegian?
I’ve looked a bit myself, but since I don’t speak the language I find it kinda hard to search.. alongside the fact that I really don’t like videos where the person is constantly screaming or speaking in that.. over-exaggerated “youtuber voice” (do you know what I mean?)
So if anyone has any recommendations I’d love to hear them! For reference, a youtuber I really enjoy listening to is Mogswamp, his voice is very nice and calm.
Takk!