I came across this sentence in Duolingo. Why did it choose that the most correct sentence is «I dag forklarte jeg for dere hva jeg gjør», instead of «...det jeg gjør»? Can both be used? And if so, would there be any difference in meaning if «det» is used instead of «hva»?

I am confused on the difference between these two verbs and I haven't been able to find any answers online. Are they interchangeable or is there any difference?

I thought dårlig means bad? This says it translated to little?

Hi,

New Norwegian language learner here. Its my first post so don’t be mean ;-)

I’m mostly using the Nils book combined with lots of online content but have been using the free version of the Drops app for the last couple of weeks and have been experiencing what I think are some outrageous errors in the Norwegian vocab. It is so bad I am wondering that I’m the one who is wrong, taken that they are trying to charge people for the full version of the app.

For example the app is teaching ordinal number 2nd as “sekund” (I believe the unit of time type of “second”) rather than “andre”, and has the word for the dried fruit “date” (daddel) as “dato” (I think a calendar date, the type you can’t eat).

Looks like they are using shoddy automated word scraping to build the backend dataset for Norwegian and not having this checked by a native speaker.

Anyone else tried Drops for vocab training?

Duolingo accepted my answer («fra der»), but it suggests the most correct answer is «derfra». Is there any difference between using one versus the other? Are they interchangeable? Is «derfra» always more correct to use?

Thank you!!

Play only if you are non-Native , lykke til 💓

I looked at nrk, but it asks for me to confirm that I live in Norway with bankid, which I do not.

edit: thanks everyone for the replies. I'm able to watch a few things on NRK now after having logged in!

Hei 👋 Jeg kommer fra Belgian og jeg skal flytte til Norge snart. Jeg har meldt meg opp til norskprøven i September. Nå har jeg sett flere YouTube filmer hvor lærere gir eksempeler på spørsmål fra norskprøven og mange av dise spørsmålene handler om norsk kultur. For eksempel: Hvordan er norsk jobkultur forsjkelige fra jobkulturen i ditt land?

Men jeg kjenner ikke den norske kulturen så godt ennå fordi jeg ikke bor der. Hva synes dere jeg bør gjøre hvis de spør meg noen jeg ikke kjenner så mye till?

(Jeg håper å ha B1 nivå)

Tusen takk!

Hello,

I was wondering what you guys think of SpeakNorsk's courses, in particularly the online ones. I have seen some good reviews but I always trust this group more haha. Also, does anyone know if they offer frequent discounts?

I'm a German Guy who is practicing Norwegian, the internet is full of people, yet I can't find a single person who wants to talk or something like that, it is kinda Mind blowing given the size of the internet! If anyone has an idea, I'd love to hear it!

Hei, jeg vil gjerne spørre at hvorfor vi si "Vi går til fjells" men ikke "Vi går til fjellene"? Hva betyr egentlig "fjells" (kanskje "mountains" på engelsk? Jeg prøvde å søke litt på internet men fant ikke noen forklaringer så lange.

I’ve been getting to know this guy and he’s from Norway. Because of how good things seem to be going I plan is taking the next step and formalize a relationship with him, but I wish to do so with a language he holds close to his heart like I hold him to mine.

To be more specific than the title I want to know how to ask him “Can I be your boyfriend?” or if there are any better recommendations I’d gladly take them.

I am Dutch trying to learn Norwegian so to practice I wrote a short Norwegian verse/poem based on Vargsången. Do you guys have any tips on things that maybe sound weird or should be changed?

Sov nå barnet mitt, mørket er nær. Ulven hyler i skogens trær. Du nattens jeger, hold deg vekk. Barnet er mitt, du skygge og skrekk.

I was listening to the song «Engel i fra helvete» by Postgirobygget and I’m really lost on if it’s the dialect or I’m missing something but wouldn’t that mean “Angel in from hell”? I’ve bumped into other weirdly worded titles like «Styggen på ryggen» and «Hjernen er alene» but this at least those make more grammatical sense in both languages.

In the following Norwegian sentence, who owns the cup? The bus driver, the priest, or someone else entirely? "Bussjåføren påstår at presten knuste tekoppen hans."

Hei alle sammen

I’ve been learning Norwegian for a couple of months now, 3-4, I’ve been using the Preply platform and I have a tutor. Is this something you guys would recommend for a beginner?

The prices are bit expensive so I just wanted some advice really. i don’t believe I could manage by myself.

Hi all, I am learning Bokmal as a native Dutch speaker. I have been learning quite a lot of written Norwegian, as well as watching some tv shows, but I am struggling with the difference between written and spoken Norwegian.

Are there any tips or resources to practice spoken Norwegian? Or perhaps a resource that explains how certain things, like "sk, skj" are pronounced?

takk!

Can someone explain if there is a clear cut time/reason/rule to using one over the other?

Text is a little tricky, forgive me if I stumble over my words once or twice!! Thank you(:

As far as I understand, the verbs klappe and stryke can be used to talk about petting/stroking an animal. But what's the difference?