2. Translate to English and to your first language.
3. Type the Norwegian text in bold, the English text in normal type, and your first language (e.g the language you learned first, e.g. Cebuano, Tagalog, Ilonggo, etc.) in italics.
4. Type of your OWN examples observing correct grammar. Make it memorable. You can also personalize it. Remember that in language, you really have to memorize and learn a lot of stuff by heart.
So, it would be easier if your examples are memorable, e.g. witty/funny, interesting, cool, graphic, etc.
5. You will get higher points if you post and upload images, videos or any visual or multimedia related to your topic.
NOTE: YOu do not have to translate 'technical' grammatical terms such as 'clause', 'independent clause' etc. The most important text to translate are the examples.
For eksempel
For example Halimbawa
Hvordan går det? ~ Bare bra, takk. Og med deg?
How's it going? (How are you?) ~ Pretty good, thanks. And you? Kumusta? ~ Okey lang, salamat. E ikaw?
REMEMBER that TRANSLATION is usually the 'normal equivalent' of the word or phrase and not always the literal translation.
I. For FRETZIE
Before the useful Norwegian Phrases part I, here is a video clip of the Norwegian alphabet song:
Lyrics:
Aa, Bb, Cc så lett som bare Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg og Hh og Ii og Jj og Kk,
Ll, Mm, Nn og Oo og Pp og så en liten Qq, møøø Rr, Ss, Tt og Uu, Vv og Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz så lett og til slutt, hva kommer så? Ææ, Øø, Åå
Translation:
(ABC just as easy as DEFG and G and H and I and J and KLMN and O and P and then a little Q, mooo, RST and UV and WXYZ so easy until the end, what comes next? Ææ, Øø, Åå )
Remember that when Norwegians ask you to spell something, as in Hvordan staver du det? (How do you spell it?) or Hvordan skriver du det?(How do you write it?), you have to spell it using detnorske alfabetet ( The Norwegian alphabet ).
Similarly, when they read abbreviations of words such as the words below, they also use their alphabet and so should you. Now, can you read the abbreviated words below?
Then click on translate. Click on the audio button on the left ('Norwegian side') to hear them pronounced.
Now you know how to use google translate. REMEMBER THAT GOOGLE TRANSLATE ALSO MAKES MISTAKES and is NOT ACCURATE ALL THE TIME. It's usually correct when the text to be translated are simple and short but makes inaccurate translations for longer more complex sentences. Do not be too dependent on it and double check translations for complex sentences.
The Danish~Norwegian Alphabet ~Det danske~norske alfabetet
Det
dansk-norske alfabetet bygger på det latinske alfabetet, og har i
hovedsak 29 bokstaver. TheDanish-Norwegian alphabetis based onthe Latinalphabet,andhas essentially29letters. I tillegg til bokstavene i det latinske alfabetet
har det bokstavene æ, ø og å. Inadditionto the letters ofthe Latinalphabet, it hasthe lettersæ,øand å Alfabetet blir ofte kalt det dansk-norske
alfabetet fordi alfabetet er likt for språkene norsk og dansk.The alphabetis often calledthe Danish-Norwegian alphabetbecause thealphabetis the same forlanguagesNorwegianandDanish.
LISTEN and REPEAT AFTER THE NORWEGIAN SPEAKER BELOW:
But why do you have to learn the Norwegian alphabet?
Here are two reasons : Because (1) when they spell words and (2) read abbreviations, they use their alphabet not your alphabet. So if you don't want to be misunderstood, you better memorize it.
The short video below of Karin will demonstrate how you pronounce the 3 letters in Norwegian, namely Ææ, Øø and Åå.
Here is a very entertaining music video (with almost 3 MILLION views as of April 18, 2013) to help you remember Ææ, Øø, Åå
How to type Ææ, Øø and Åå?
For WINDOWS USERS : Press ALT and the 4 digit combination as follows:
Alt-0198: Æ ; Alt-0229: æ ; Alt-0145: Ø ; Alt-0248: ø; Alt-0197: Å ; Alt-0229: å
For
MAC USERS : æ - Option + ' '' key, ø - Option + o and å - Option + a
Press CAPS LOCK followed by the same combinations to type Capital Æ , Ø
and Å.
Now, practice typing and reading the 3 unique Norwegian-Danish letters in the lyrics below of the sing Size Matters (ÆØÅ) by Kollektivet posted above:
The American Dream is to be supreme, The bigger the better, the biggest ever Size matters! It's David versus Goliath You're the kick drum. I'm the high hat. Size matters! You took a giant leap for mankind. We took a small step for cheese Size matters! We write stuff on paper. You write stuff on a f*cking hill! Size matters! More isn't less, it's more. Size does matter. Size matters! For every actor that we got, You've got a cast and crew and millionaire with that Size matters! I complain about my belly fat. You die from it. I can't compete with that. Size matters! I feel so small, But we must not forget that Size matters! And we've got the biggest alphabet. We've got ___ letters, you've only got ___ Let's see how big you are when you suck our fucking vowels Suck my __, __, ___ You ain't got the __, __, ___ (Sham one!) We got __, ___, ___ You ain't got the ___, ___, ___ We got __, __, ___ After X Y Zed, You ain't got the ___, ___, ___ It's no more Mr. Nice We got __, __, __ We got a great big alphabet And it's a matter of size Bigger. Better. Stronger. Faster. With __, __, ___ I am the MÆstØr. What makes you think you're qualified for this job? (chuckle) Well, __, __, ___! I got ___, ___, ___! Champagne for everyone, on me! How will you pay for that? (snooty laugh) Funny. ___, ___, ___ I got ___, ___, ___ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ___, ___, ___! Let me give you some __ Then I'm gonna make you __ C'mon, let's get it __ Take it slow from base to base Then I __, __, ___ all over your face! ___, ___, ___ You ain't got the ___, ___, ___ We got ___, ___, ___ You ain't got the ___, ___, ___ We got ___, ___, ___ I don't need your big fat ass I got big fat ___, ___, ___ We got ___, ___, ___ I don't need your rock and roll I'm rocking ___, ___, ___ We got ___, ___, ___ I don't need your pornography Get it done by ___, ___, ___ We got ___, ___, ___ I don't need no crack cocaine I'm high on ___, ___, ___ We got ___, ___, ___ I don't need the iPhone 5 I got ___, ___, ___ Just gonna have a look at that, I don't need Lady Gaga Ga-ga-got ___, ___, ___ Hello, Mr. President? Um, the Norwegians have a bigger alphabet than us. What? Bigger? My fellow Americans. We have reason to believe... Norway. Weapons of mass destruction. Ga-ga-got ___, ___, ___ (explosion)
My main objective in creating this blog is to make learning the Norwegian language easy and exciting.This blog will feature a very effective social media and multimedia-based method and the best materials for learning Norwegian. Remember that language learning is like SPORTS or any TALENT. You get better with LOTS and LOTS of REPETITION and PRACTICE. Somake it a habit to repeat every new word or phrase at least 3x and make them a part of your life, i.e. Start using the Norwegian words and phrases you've learned in your daily life.
*land - country ; språk - language ; Norge - Norway ; norsk - Norwegian
QUICK INTRODUCTION TO THE NORWEGIAN LANGUAGE :
1. Norwegian is called norsk /nɔʃk/ in Norwegian.
2. norsk is spoken primarily in Norway (called Norge/noɾɡyə/by Norwegians ) by about 4.7 MILLION PEOPLE most of whom are nordmenn (Norwegian people).
It is very similar to dansk (Danish) and svensk (Swedish).
Sverige (Sweden) Danmark (Denmark) Norge (Norway)
3. There are two official forms of written norsk :
a. Bokmål (literally
"book language") - the
form generally used in public media and taught to foreign students. It
is based on the language spoken by the urban upper and middle class inEast Norway. It is used by 80-90% of the population. b. Nynorsk(literally "new Norwegian") is based on the dialects and is more common
in rural areas. However, a lot of people that use Nynorsk are educated
people with an affinity for traditions and culture. They claim that Nynorsk is a richer language which represents more the real Norwegian
language, as opposed to Bokmål which is based on Danish. It is used by around 10% of the population. Here is a short video clip explaining the difference between Bokmål and Nynorsk.
Norwegian is called 
