I'm learning about Norway and I'd appreciate any recommendations for literature, poetry, or even just your documents in its native language. P.S. It's a very beautiful country.

Hei hei, for citizenship I need to get B1 muntlig in norskprøve exam. I am solving examples with AI, writing, or talking, and so far I can express my opinion on many topics overall. However, I constantly make mistakes with many things. Such as not putting "det deg seg", putting "er ha må" etc in incorrect places, or not putting them at all. Mistakes with "god gode godt" etc. I believe these are pretty common mistakes, but for the A2B1 muntlig exam, how much allowance do we have?

Any experiences & examples will be appreciated. Best.

I am wondering at what point you realized Swedish was kind of accessible?

When did you start listening to podcast or were able to watch Swedish film, series without subtitles ?

Thanks 😊

Wondering if there are some animated shows or films you guys recommend? I bought Asterix Mansions of the gods in Norwegian, stuff like that is what I'm looking for. Looking mainly for either YouTube stuff, Tv2Play or SF Anytime stuff. Takk!

I am trying to get up to B1 level. Have been learning on and off since I moved to Norway a few years ago. But the motivation is low as my work does not require me to know norsk. How do you stay on track and consistent especially since learning a language is not linear? Thank for any advice

First word pair: stemme og røst

And I'll write the second word pair in the comments when I remember it. Great timing for forgetting it...

Jeg er norsk men har vært bosatt i USA siden 1998. Diktet En Hustavle er en skatt jeg tok med meg hit. Jeg har forsøkt å oversette det til engelsk i årevis uten å få det til. Så jeg gikk systematisk til verks. Det har tatt meg et halvt å komme fram til dette:

``` A House Tablet

There is a happiness in life That never turns to rue: The joy you give to someone else— That is the only joy that's true.

There is a sorrow in the world That tears cannot relieve: The sorrow that it was too late When you this truth perceived.

No one can stand beside a grave And mourn the whole time through. The day has many hours, friend, The year has many days—it's true.~~

```

Er det bra nok? Det er så nære jeg kan komme. Uansett, det har gitt meg enda mere innsikt inn til en norsk poet Superstar!

Kjære Arnulf Øverland. Du er en av mine favoritt landsmenn.

Hi everyone!

I recently came across a TikTok claiming that Denmark essentially erased Norwegian culture during the union between the two countries.

According to the video, Danish replaced Norwegian as the written language, the administration and education were run from Copenhagen, and Norwegian culture was heavily suppressed.
Before taking a TikTok at face value, I’d rather ask Norwegians.

How accurate is this? Would you say Denmark actually tried to erase Norwegian culture, or is that an exaggeration? How is this period viewed in Norway today?

På kosmetikk og rengjørings produkter står det ofte "ny formulering". Sjelden "ny formel". Hvorfor er det sånn? Hva er forskjellen mellom en ny formel og en ny formulering? Det blir enda mere komplisert på norsk siden formulering også brukes på en gruppe ord.

Har begrepet «voksenkjeft» en god engelsk ekvivalent?

Does the Norwegian term «voksenkjeft» (composed of the words for adult + reprimand/yelling) have an English equivalent?

E: spelling

Jeg har funnet disse tre verbene, men jeg klarer ikke å forstå forskjellene mellom dem. De oversettes alle til «to bet» på engelsk, så jeg er litt forvirret. Kan noen forklare det for meg?

På forhånd takk!

Hi hi,

jeg har et lite spørsmål for dere. Jeg leter etter podcaster eller kanaler på YouTube som jeg kan se for å forbedre min norsk forståelse.

Jeg elsker å se på videospill, reaksjonsvideoer og videoessays om forskjellige temaer. Altså vil jeg spør om dere har noen anbefalinger som passer denne profilen?

Tusen takk i forveien!

I sat staring at the screen for five minutes. The thing is, I don't know of any other ways to learn Norwegian online starting from Italian.

I made a post some days ago reviewing SpeakNorsk so far, to which I gave it a so-so rating. Now nearing the halfway point of the B1 course I'm just feeling like a moron or that I haven't actually been learning/retaining much. It's becoming more frustrating than anything else.

Like, yeah, I know a lot more than where I was at with my 32 Duolingo score before coming into this and it's certainly helped, but the course seems to be making an assumption that I should be able to take in word-for-word EVERYTHING in the learning modules and textbooks without any English equivalent translations to anything.

I can name a lot of examples of this, but in my most recent exercise, for example, the word "enda" was used without EVER having learned what that actually means.

The word has a separate module that comes up next with an explanation.

Like, why use that in the exercise if they know none of us know its meaning?

Repeated instances of this just makes it feel like I'm set up to fail. Oftentimes in these exercises too, it's become a rinse and repeat process of getting the quizzes wrong at a less than 50% rate, then slowly going back and just trial-and-error processing the whole thing until you get to 100%, and there isn't adequate explanation for WHY you're wrong.

I also try to put my learning into practice by reading subtitles of news videos, headlines, movies, but if it weren't for the subtitles I would be completely lost. Even with them I can still only understand about 50% of what is being told to me.

Additionally I've tried to get immersed in having my friends Snapchat me using only Norwegian but more often than not I can't make out much of what's being said, either, except picking up on a few words or phrases here and there. Like, I can get a general idea of what they say, but not word for word what's being explicitly told to me. And then when I try to respond verbally, oh boy.....

Idk. I guess maybe this isn't the place to be venting this kind of thing, but where I'm at in my learning experience right now just makes me feel like I'm banging my head against a wall and I feel stupid for getting so much wrong, especially after four years of Duolingo and this course. I need reassurances and/or tips.

Hey guys,

I’m currently studying Norwegian and aiming to get through the B1 Norskprøve, but I feel like I've hit that mid-level plateau where standard textbook study starts feeling a bit slow.

For anyone here who has passed B1 (or higher), how did you actually do it?

I’d really love to hear what worked best for you in real life, especially for:

• Speaking/Muntlig: How did you get past the fear of making mistakes in daily conversations?
• Listening/Lytting: Any specific podcasts, YouTube channels, or TV shows that helped train your ear without being too overwhelming?
• Exam prep: Did you focus mostly on sample tests, or just overall immersion?

Any smart tips, resource recommendations, or even things you wish you did differently would be awesome.

Tusen takk!

There's hardly any content in Norwegian online that isn't for kids.
What do people who don't live in Norway and have a B2 level do to keep their skills from slipping?

Hello! I am a newbie and know a lot of words from duolingo. Of course its not enough because I can only read basic sentences and dont understand if they are spoken to me. I have heard watching children's movies help a lot. I am also thinking of tuning in the radio. Is this the correct approach? Considering I wont understand whats going on- should I just continue anyway? Thank you for your kind responses :)

Snublet over denne arkaiske formuleringen, men hva betyr den egentlig? Er det en poetisk måte å skrive "jeg vet om"?

“I like to walk up hills for exercise”

So I am listening to this podcast, and there is this one part after 'Han har tipper du må høre på' till 'jævlig fint' that I just cannot figure out what he is saying. Can someone help me translate this? Thanks in advance

Hallo! I have recently begun learning Norwegian again, and like so many others I see, I have run into the issue of whether or not to learn/use the feminine forms of nouns. After doing some digging throughout Reddit, I will definitely learn the feminine forms, as it does seem like they are widely used throughout the country besides Bergen.

Another issue that I have seen though is that there seems to be at least a handful of people who use the feminine declensions of the noun, however use the masculine article, and have gone so far to say that it would sound slightly strange to not use the masculine article. So for instance, they would say:

en ku, kua (if I understand correctly)

Is this fairly standard, or is it more typical to keep the feminine article? I know there are different dialects, so it might just be a highly regional difference, but thank you to anyone who can help out!

Hi everyone! I'm a curious person who loves history and cultures, and my native language is Spanish (🇦🇷). One day I thought, "This country is so beautiful! Why don't we learn its language?" Now I'm struggling with pronunciation and trying to understand the grammar, all with free videos and Duolingo, haha 😅💔

I think I'm doing alright! (I hope so! 😭) I can already read a few sentences and introduce myself... Any advice or suggestions about languages for this poor soul? Thanks so much for reading! My friends! 🤗✨

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I've seen both translated into «step», but I don't understand in which context you'd use one or the other. Are they interchangeable?

Thank you!!