r/norwegian

Hei, jeg er norsk, men hadde en samtale med en som lærer norsk som tredjespråk.

Hun var litt forvirra over bruken min av "a" på slutten av spørsmål, f eks "hva er greia med det a?" "Hva skal du gjøre det a?" "Hvor mye koster det a?"

Går utifra at a'en er en form for forkortelse for "da", men brukes litt annerledes? Er det ren slang? Er fra Oslo om det betyr noe.

Tenker det er litt som "ass/as" (usikker på hvordan det skrives, men alltid brukt dobbel s selv) på slutten av setninger, en form for slang som er veldig vanlig men ikke dekkes i læremateriell så man bare må lære seg det. Prøvde å søke det opp på Språkrådet men virket som det ikke var noe særlig av info der...!

Er det bare slang for en noe begrenset aldersgruppe eller er det ganske vanlig i bruk over hele landet? Er på slutten av 30-årene, men tipper det er utbredt blant flere aldersgrupper enn min.

For context I am:
a native English speaker
A2 level Spanish- I have only learnt that at school
Trying to learn Norwegian for fun/ future work

How would you recommend learning a new language entirely from scratch ( I didn’t even know how to say hi in Norwegian until this week).
I am currently using DuoIingo, which is alright however I am aware of dozens of people who have used it and still aren’t very good.

I am so used to just being taught Spanish by my teacher that I have completely forgotten how to learn from scratch.
Norwegian also feels way more overwhelming than Spanish.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Unfortunately classes or cultural immersion aren’t really a prospect for me right now.

Excuse me if this is the wrong sub, and hey!

Just looking for someone to help me *Djevel*'s song *En Vinter Efter Kommer* in to either Swedish or just English. Thank you all, love Sweden <3

Hei! I’m looking for some music recommendations to help with my Norwegian immersion.

I’m a big fan of The 1975, and I’m looking for Norwegian artists or songs that have that same vibe, think dreamy indie-pop, groovy basslines, maybe some 80s synth-pop influence, and atmospheric production.

I’m really interested in songs with Norwegian lyrics so I can practice my listening skills while enjoying the "moody" aesthetic I like.

Does anyone have favorites that fit this style? Takk!

I would be grateful if someone can confirm this:

’Mansjettknapper’ means cufflinks.

’Smokingknapp’ means a shirt stud or dress stud, which you wear on the front of your shirt, with a dinner jacket / tuxedo.

This is what I understand from Google translate: the confusion is that, on the website I’m looking at, the picture of their Smokingknapp looks more like a cufflin (although not a design I’ve seen, it could function as a shirt stud).

Thanks in advance.

I'm trying to improve my listening comprehension by listening to native Norwegian audio thrillers instead of boring textbook dialogues. I came across this paragraph and while I understand it in context, I'm not sure if this is how normal people talk in Norway. Norwegian: Det var ikke et bilde av en lykkelig familie eller en bygning i Tromsø. Det var et bilde av en dyp, mørk skog. Og midt i skogen, foran et stort tre, sto det en skikkelse. Det var en person som sto helt stille og så rett inn i kameraet. Personen hadde ingen ansiktstrekk som Elias kunne se, bare en mørk skygge. English Translation: It was not a picture of a happy family or a building in Tromsø. It was a picture of a deep, dark forest. And in the middle of the forest, in front of a large tree, stood a figure. It was a person standing completely still, looking right into the camera. The person had no facial features that Elias could see, just a dark shadow. Is "skikkelse" (figure) and "ansiktstrekk" (facial features) something you'd hear in a casual conversation in Oslo, or is it strictly dramatic crime-novel vocabulary?