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[OT]Help me, Norway! Jeg har bestemt meg for a laere norsk.(gotta download the types!
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<blockquote data-quote="Left-handed Hummingbird" data-source="post: 594007" data-attributes="member: 268"><p>Caveat: I'm Danish, not Norwegian, but I'll get you started. : )</p><p></p><p>The two dialects, nynorsk (New Norwegian) and bokmål (Book-language) is very different. Bokmål is very close to Danish - because Norway was heavily influenced by Denmark and Danish for long period of it's history (as Denmark was heavily influenced by Norway and especially Norwegians), and was the predominant language for the last couple of hundred years. For a Dane, bokmål is very easy to understand.</p><p></p><p>Nynorsk is far harder for Danes to understand. That language is a romantic reinvention of an old Norwegian language. It was - to my knowledge - a dialect spoken only in a specific region of Norway, and thus not necessarily at all a reflection of a true old Norwegian, but it was however a symbolic distinction between the Norwegian language and the Danish (and Swedish, being similar to Danish and Norwegian).</p><p></p><p>As to language advice, though we've read both Norwegian and Swedish in high school, I only feel confident to teach you Danish.</p><p></p><p>As Bokmål and Danish is almost similar, I'll give you some Danish-advice. : )</p><p></p><p>In Danish verbs verbs usually follows two patterns:</p><p></p><p>At spise (to eat)</p><p>Jeg(I)/du(you)/han(he)/hun(she)/den(it(ehm common (that is both masculine and feminine) sex))/det(it(neutral/no sex))/vi(we)/I(you)/de(they) spis<strong>er</strong></p><p>Past tense: spis<strong>te</strong></p><p>Have eaten: har spis<strong>t</strong></p><p>Eating: Spis<strong>ende</strong></p><p>Command (Eat!): Spis</p><p></p><p>At sejl<strong>e</strong> (to sail)</p><p>Present tense: Sejl<strong>er</strong></p><p>Past tense: Sejl<strong>ede</strong></p><p>Have sailed: Har sejl<strong>et</strong></p><p>Sailing: Sejl<strong>ende</strong></p><p>Command: Sejl</p><p></p><p>In a Danish dictionary this would be presented as respectively "spise, -te" and "sejle, -ede"</p><p></p><p>Some verbs break the pattern though</p><p></p><p>At være (to be)</p><p>Present: Er</p><p>Past: Var</p><p>Have been: Har været</p><p>Being: Værende </p><p>Command: Vær (these last two is like the ones above so I won't make a fuss about that from now on)</p><p></p><p>To walk (at gå)</p><p>Går</p><p>Gik</p><p>Har gået</p><p></p><p>To see (at se)</p><p>Ser</p><p>Så</p><p>Har Set</p><p></p><p>at bede om (to ask for)</p><p>beder om</p><p>bad om</p><p>har bedt om</p><p></p><p>at blive (to become)</p><p>bliver</p><p>blev</p><p>er blevet</p><p></p><p>at drikke (to drink)</p><p>drikker</p><p>drak</p><p>har drukket</p><p></p><p>at foretrække (to prefer)</p><p>foretrækker</p><p>foretrak</p><p>har foretrukket</p><p></p><p>at få (to get)</p><p>får</p><p>fik</p><p>har fået</p><p></p><p>at give (to give)</p><p>giver</p><p>gav</p><p>har givet</p><p></p><p>at have (to have)</p><p>har</p><p>havde</p><p>har haft</p><p></p><p>at hedde (My name is ... = Jeg hedder ...)</p><p>hedder</p><p>hed</p><p>har heddet</p><p></p><p>at holde (to hold)</p><p>holder</p><p>holdt</p><p>har holdt</p><p></p><p>at hænge (to hang)</p><p>hænger</p><p>hang</p><p>har hængt</p><p></p><p>at komme (to come)</p><p>kommer</p><p>kom</p><p>er/har kommet</p><p></p><p>at ligge (to lay)</p><p>ligger</p><p>lå</p><p>har ligget</p><p></p><p>at lyde (to sound)</p><p>lyder</p><p>lød</p><p>har lydt</p><p></p><p>at optage (to record)</p><p>optager</p><p>optog</p><p>har optaget</p><p></p><p>at sidde (to sit)</p><p>sidder</p><p>sad</p><p>har siddet</p><p></p><p>at skrive (to write)</p><p>skriver</p><p>skrev</p><p>har skrevet</p><p></p><p>at smide (to toss)</p><p>smider</p><p>smed</p><p>har smidt</p><p></p><p>at springe (to leap)</p><p>springer</p><p>sprang</p><p>er/har sprunget</p><p></p><p>at stå (to stand)</p><p>står</p><p>stod</p><p>har stået</p><p></p><p>at sætte sig (to sit)</p><p>sætter sig</p><p>satte sig</p><p>har sat sig</p><p></p><p>at tage (to take)</p><p>tager</p><p>tog</p><p>har taget</p><p></p><p>Hope I was able to help a little. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Left-handed Hummingbird, post: 594007, member: 268"] Caveat: I'm Danish, not Norwegian, but I'll get you started. : ) The two dialects, nynorsk (New Norwegian) and bokmål (Book-language) is very different. Bokmål is very close to Danish - because Norway was heavily influenced by Denmark and Danish for long period of it's history (as Denmark was heavily influenced by Norway and especially Norwegians), and was the predominant language for the last couple of hundred years. For a Dane, bokmål is very easy to understand. Nynorsk is far harder for Danes to understand. That language is a romantic reinvention of an old Norwegian language. It was - to my knowledge - a dialect spoken only in a specific region of Norway, and thus not necessarily at all a reflection of a true old Norwegian, but it was however a symbolic distinction between the Norwegian language and the Danish (and Swedish, being similar to Danish and Norwegian). As to language advice, though we've read both Norwegian and Swedish in high school, I only feel confident to teach you Danish. As Bokmål and Danish is almost similar, I'll give you some Danish-advice. : ) In Danish verbs verbs usually follows two patterns: At spise (to eat) Jeg(I)/du(you)/han(he)/hun(she)/den(it(ehm common (that is both masculine and feminine) sex))/det(it(neutral/no sex))/vi(we)/I(you)/de(they) spis[b]er[/b] Past tense: spis[b]te[/b] Have eaten: har spis[b]t[/b] Eating: Spis[b]ende[/b] Command (Eat!): Spis At sejl[b]e[/b] (to sail) Present tense: Sejl[b]er[/b] Past tense: Sejl[b]ede[/b] Have sailed: Har sejl[b]et[/b] Sailing: Sejl[b]ende[/b] Command: Sejl In a Danish dictionary this would be presented as respectively "spise, -te" and "sejle, -ede" Some verbs break the pattern though At være (to be) Present: Er Past: Var Have been: Har været Being: Værende Command: Vær (these last two is like the ones above so I won't make a fuss about that from now on) To walk (at gå) Går Gik Har gået To see (at se) Ser Så Har Set at bede om (to ask for) beder om bad om har bedt om at blive (to become) bliver blev er blevet at drikke (to drink) drikker drak har drukket at foretrække (to prefer) foretrækker foretrak har foretrukket at få (to get) får fik har fået at give (to give) giver gav har givet at have (to have) har havde har haft at hedde (My name is ... = Jeg hedder ...) hedder hed har heddet at holde (to hold) holder holdt har holdt at hænge (to hang) hænger hang har hængt at komme (to come) kommer kom er/har kommet at ligge (to lay) ligger lå har ligget at lyde (to sound) lyder lød har lydt at optage (to record) optager optog har optaget at sidde (to sit) sidder sad har siddet at skrive (to write) skriver skrev har skrevet at smide (to toss) smider smed har smidt at springe (to leap) springer sprang er/har sprunget at stå (to stand) står stod har stået at sætte sig (to sit) sætter sig satte sig har sat sig at tage (to take) tager tog har taget Hope I was able to help a little. :) [/QUOTE]
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