Norwegian can modify expressions by using a wide selection of short adverbs with little or no stress, that can express doubt, politeness, irritation, etc. How you use these adverbs is one of the things that will indicate your degree of mastery/understanding in Norwegian.
The lady’s marital status in the examples below doesn’t actually change, the adverbs merely indicate what the speaker believes that status to be:
Hun er sikkert gift. I’m sure she’s married.
Hun er nok gift. She’s probably married.
Hun er vel gift. I’d guess she’s married.
Hun er visst gift. I’ve heard she’s married.
Hun er kanskje gift. Maybe she is married.
Hun er neppe gift. I doubt she’s married.These unaccented adverbs have a fairly regular position in the sentence, they follow immediately after the verb. The same adverb can sometimes indicate slightly different nuances of meaning, depending on tone of voice and the context. Click the link for each one for more information.
From Exploring Norwegian Grammar by Kirsti Mac Donald and Marianne MacDonald.
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Anonymous asked:
Do you have some good songs in Romanian to share with me? ❤️
of course. here are some of my faves, hope some will be to your liking too ❤️
- Activ - Doar cu tine
- Activ - Visez
- Activ - Zile cu tine
- Andra - Niciodata sa nu spui niciodata
- Andra - Inevitabil va fi bine
- Bere Gratis ft. Elena - Iarna ne-a surprins indragostiti
- Carla’s Dreams - Pana la sange
- Carla’s Dreams - Cum ne noi
- Dara cu INNA, Antonia si Carla’s Dreams - Fie ce-o fi
- Delia ft. Kaira - Pe aripi de vant
- Delia - Inimi desenate
- Elena Gheorghe - Pana dimineata
- Hi-Q - Asa-s prietenii
- Hi-Q - Gasca mea
- Hi-Q - Razna
- INNA - Spre mare
- Lidia Buble ft. Amira - Le-am spus si fetelor
- Lidia Buble ft. Matteo - Mi-e bine
- Lidia Buble - Camasa
- Lidia Buble - Tu
- Lidia Buble ft. Adrian Sina - Noi Simtim La Fel
- Maxim - Noapte fara tine
- Maxim - Sarutari criminale
- Maxim - Vreau sa te
- Nosfe ft. Ruby - Condimente
- Rosu si Negru - Pseudofabula
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We’ve all seen Inktober, Goretober, all the fun drawing challenges, however, consider the following:
Writevember!
What is Writevember you ask? Well…
It’s a challenge where you write something based on a prompt every day of November! Similar to Inktober, minus the drawing!
It can be any length, from 2 paragraphs , to 10 pages, to 100! I don’t care how long it is! As long as you write!
Here’s the list!
- Walk
- School
- Balloons
- Travel
- Ocean
- Nature
- Music
- Store
- Art
- Leaves
- Street
- Rain
- Stars
- Pet
- Happiness
- Boat
- Rainbow
- Love
- Movie
- Sleep
- Games
- Coffee
- Sadness
- Pillows
- Plants
- Feast
- Sweater
- Books
- Candy
- Door
The goal is to write every day and get more motivated to write!
If I may, can y’all boost this?
(via nix-that-rad-lass)
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Yiddish Survey
Hello! I am currently working on my undergraduate dissertation on Yiddish and I am looking for Yiddish speaking or learning participants for a short survey. It should only take a couple of minutes and is entirely anonymous. For ethics reasons I can only accept answers from people 18+. It would mean a lot to me if you would fill this survey out and/or shared it with any of your Yiddish speaking friends or family. You will find more information and contact details in the header of the survey.
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Immersion: how to immerse yourself in a language when you don’t live in that country
By someone who spends their life trying to convince themself they live in Norway- Put on background noise in your TL. Stick the radio on while you’re studying, listen to a podcast while you’re doing housework, listen to an audiobook while on the bus, whatever. Don’t worry about understanding it all - heck, you don’t even have to pay full attention. Even passively listening will improve your comprehension skills as you get used to the language’s melody (and also find yourself catching the occasional word/phrase).
- Change the language of all your devices to your TL. Personally, I don’t recommend doing this until you’ve got a good grip on your basic vocab because getting a pop-up message on your phone that you don’t understand at all can be quite alarming! At least learn how to say confirm, cancel, delete, share and save.
- Set your homepage to a news or webzine in your TL. I have NRK as my homepage, so whenever I open my browser I can read the headlines (and then maybe an article).
- Watch the news in your TL. I highly recommend watching the news because then you get to know what issues are current in that area of the world, so then you’re learning about the culture too. (It’s also really interesting to see how world events are reported on in other countries and cultures!)
- Follow people on social media who post in your TL. Not sure who to follow? News sites, TV show accounts, musicians, actors, athletes etc are always a good starting point. Also search hashtags in your TL (eg #gymnastikk #sminke #treningsglede or whatever you’re interested in)
- Music. Find a playlist on spotify of your favourite genre and get listening (do the search in your TL - so for example, if you type in “norwegian rock” you may get a mixture of Norwegian and English songs by Norwegian bands, but if you type in “norsk rock” you’re more likely to get songs in Norwegian)
- Video games. If you play ‘em and you have the option, change them into your target language!
- Find recipes in your TL. Bonus points if they’re traditional recipes from that country because then you get to learn about the culture too! But anything that looks interesting/tasty is good.
- Write lists in your TL. I write most of my shopping lists and to-do lists in Norwegian (and sometimes I post them to my blog so I can get feedback). Then, while I’m at the shop, I’ll think to myself in Norwegian: “where is the cat food? There is the cat food. Now I need soap. Where is the soap? Oh no, the soap is sold out!” Or while I’m doing my chores I’ll try to think, “now I’m washing my clothes. Next I need to clean the kitchen, and then I’ll make lunch.”
- Read books. Children’s books are a good starting point if you’re a low level. Also books you’ve read in your native language, especially if you still have the original copy. (Tip: don’t get bogged down trying to translate every word you don’t know. If you can work it out from context, leave it. If you’re unsure about it and it keeps cropping up, look it up. If the sentence doesn’t make sense without it, look it up. If you wanna note down useful phrases do it, but don’t do it for every new word/phrase)
- Find youtubers who create content in your TL. Again, do the search in your TL. So instead of typing “norwegian makeup videos” search for “sminkevideo norsk”
- While we’re talking about youtube, try to find grammar videos in your TL, searching in your TL rather than in your native language (eg instead of searching ‘present perfect spanish’ try typing ‘el préterito perfecto español’)
- Watch TV shows and movies in your TL. You can start by watching with subtitles in your native language, then move to subtitles in your TL, then eventually switch them off. (tip: watch with subtitles in your TL and then note down words/phrases that recur or words/phrases that you like. As with reading, don’t bother noting down everything you don’t know - just the odd one or two here and there that you’re like “oh hey that’s useful I wanna remember that”). You can use the Language Learning With Netflix browser extension, or google news stations in a country where your TL is spoken if you don’t know where to start.
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FEELINGS & EMOTIONS || FØLELSER
happiness, joy - glede, lykke
happy - glad, lykkelig
love - kjærlighet
loved - elsket
pleased - fornøyd
thankful - takknemlig
cheerful - munter
loving, affectionate - kjærlig
satisfied - fornøyd
optimistic - optimistisk
warm - varm
positive - positiv
playful - leken
confident - selvsikker
calm - rolig
considerate - omtenksom
peaceful - fredelig
understanding - forståelsesfull
hopeful - håpefull
comforted - trøstet
touched - berørt
courageous - modig
bold, daring - dristig
eager - ivrig
curious - nysgjerrig
thrilled - begeistret
reliable - pålitelig
lucky - heldig
energetic - energisk
interested - interessert
fascinated - -fascinert
impulsive - impulsiv
comfortable - komfortabel
sympathetic - medfølende
free - fri
certain - sikker
relaxed - avslappet
reassured - beroliget
devoted - viet
inspired - inspirert
enthusiastic - entusiastisk
admiration - beundring
passionate - lidenskapelig
excited - spent
engrossed - oppsluktfear - frykt
scared, afraid - redd
frightened - skremt
wary, skeptical - skeptisk
doubtful - tvilsom
worried - bekymret
anxious - engstelig
confused - forvirret
nervous - nervøs
panic - panikk
surprised - overrasket
concerned - bekymret
helpless - hjelpeløs
uncertain - usikker
uneasy - urolig
paralyzed - lammet
stupefied - lamslått
despair - fortvilelse
terrified - livredd
threatened - truet
desperate - desperat
cowardly - feig
restless- rastløs
uncertain - usikker
powerless - maktesløs
unpleasant - ubehagelig
hestitant - nølende
appalled - forferdetgrief - sorg
sad - trist
sensitive - følsom
unhappy - ulykkelig
pessimistic - pessimistisk
hurt - såret
woeful - sørgelig
mournful - sørgmodig
depressed - deprimert
crushed - knust
doubtful - tvilsom
empty - tom
shy - sjenert
dissatisfied - misfornøyd
disappointed - skuffet
alone - alene
lonely - ensom
gloomy - dyster
miserable - elendig
embarrassed - flau
guilty - skyldig
vulnerable - sårbar
ashamed - skamfullanger - sinne
angry - sint
irritated, annoyed - irritert
aggressive - aggressiv
frustrated - frustrert
bitter - bitter
hateful - hatsk
enraged - rasende
fuming - illsint
hatred - hat
cold - kald
rebellious - opprørsk
hostile - fiendtlig
disinterested - uinteressert
offended - fornærmet
tense - anspent
insensitive - ufølsom
provoked - provosert
indifferent - likegyldig
alienated - fremmedgjort
humiliated - ydmyket
stressed - stresset
despicable - avskyelig
disgusting - motbydelig
gross - ekkel
suspicious - mistenksom(via antuntunum)
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Unpopular(?) opinion: Learning about languages is just as much fun as learning to speak languages.
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femalesfuture-deactivated202102:
femalesfuture-deactivated202102:
!!!PLEASE READ THIS!!!
hello everyone I really don’t know how to say this but basically a friend of mine (Nourhan, 22, Egyptian) has been raped and impregnated as a result of the rape. unfortunately living in a misogynistic islamic culture her family refused to report the rape and decided to force her to marry her rapist in order to “fix” the situation because they can’t ruin their reputation by having a pregnant daughter outside of marriage. it’s considered a dishonour. rape victims being forced to get married to their rapist as a cover up or as a “settlement” is extremely common in muslim majority counties, it’s very normalised and at that point the law does nothing (not that it’d have been a great help anyway).
imagine getting pregnant with your rapist’s child and getting forced to marry him. it’s absolutely disheartening and that’s why we’re currently raising money for her abortion and to escape from the forced marriage. we need at least $5000 to make that happen. (abortions are illegal here and they happen undercover and are very expensive.) I know it’s been a hard time for everyone financially due to the pandemic but this is our last attempt to help her. any amount helps! if you can’t donate, boosting this post would be highly appreciated! thank you so much❤
p.s: we tried setting up a gofundme page but apparently you have to live in the country of the currency to be able to withdraw and our currency is not listed on the site meaning it’s not available here so we’re using paypal. I hope it’d work fine because we’re panicking and have no other options.
TL;DR: we’re raising money for a rape victim to have abortion and escape forced marriage to her rapist.
Tried to donate but got this vague and ominous message.
I know apparently only two banks in egypt can accept receiving money. fucking absurd
is there another way
Idk if this will help but I found this organization in Egypt that’s women lawyers helping other women. A local charity might be your only option
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Some little language-learning milestones:
- The first time you feel brave enough to leave a comment on a social media post in the language
- Realising that extra tricky grammar rule is finally starting to click
- No longer cringing at your accent when you speak
- Talking to yourself and realising you managed to construct a coherent sentence without notes to prompt you
- Starting to string together sentences without stopping to think about how to say the next one
- When you can start figuring out unknown words from context
- Coming across a word you always forget the meaning of, only to find that this time you actually remember it
- Starting to recognise distinct dialects, even if you don’t understand them at all yet
- Falling in love with a particular dialect
- Seeing someone new to the language asking a question and thinking, “oh, I know the answer to that!”
- Knowing the perfect idiom for the situation
- Singing and meaning the words, rather than just approximating the sounds
(via alpine-langblr)
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This is my post for the OLCC challenge :)
NOTES:
a) All pieces of vocabulary were taken from Mango Languages. If anything is inaccurate/outdated, message me and I will gladly fix it!
b) Stress is indicated with an apostrophe over the stressed letter. Please assume that и́ is stressed и and not й.
ня́шный: cute
отхвати́ть:: to snag/get
доста́ть: to get (used when something is not widely available or at a very good price)
та́чка: car
смартфо́н: smartphone
униве́р: university
клёвый: awesome/cool
перекуси́ть: to grab a bite/have a snack
ре́стик: restaurant
дешёвка: a piece of crap/shitty
шту́ка: one grand ($1000)
предложе́ние: a deal/bargain
офиге́нный: amazing
больши́е ба́бки: a lot of dough/money
сходи́ть: to go (future tense. Я схожу́, мы схо́дим)
кру́то/прико́льно : cool
су́пер: great
Practice Sentences For You to Translate:
1. Где отхвати́ла тако́е ня́шное пла́тье?
2. Дава́й переку́сим! -Где? В ре́стике, ря́дом с униве́ром.
3. Э́то офиге́нный клуб! Я сего́дня туда́ схожу́.
4. Я купи́л брю́ки за две шту́ки.
5. Э́та ку́ртка - дешёвка.
(via turanthelearner)