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You are going to learn "Bokmål". This is the "easy" part. Everybody who comes to Norway and who's learning our language is learning bokmål. We write in bokmål, and most of norway speak in bokmål. Well.. In Norway we have so many different dialects, that you may find trouble understand it, even though you're good at it. Even I have trouble to understand some dialects. Bokmål is spoken in Oslo, Østfold (this is where I live), Vestfold, Oppland, Buskerud and Akershus. The rest of the country have their own dialect. In Bergen and places around there, they speak and write Nynorsk. Nynorsk isn't as easy as Bokmål, it sounds different, and is, of course, written different. If you want to learn nynorsk after a while, I will teach you. I know Nynorsk just as well as Bokmål smile

I don't want to put up lessons before I have students! Sign up everybody! ^^

Me too! One of my best friends is Norwegian and I'd love to surprise her with my unexpected knowledge of it xD

LESSON 1

So, I thought I'd make the first one easy for you. I want you to learn some basics, before we start on the "hard" stuff!

1. I want you to practice the alphabet. If you can record it to me, that would be really nice! If not, it's ok. Just make sure you do it right smile
Here's a video for you, so you can listen: Video 1

The alphabet

A = Like a long aa. Example: What
B = Like BEEH. Example: Big
C = Like CEEH. The C sound is like an S sound. Example: Cycle
D = Like DEEH. Example: Good, Dog
E = Like EH, not like the Engligh E. Example: Bed, wedding
F = Like EFF. Example: Food, Find [People say EFFIN', right?]
G = Like GEEH. Example: Good, give
H = Like HÅÅ [we'll get to the Å later]. Example: Help
I = II. Normal i. Like EE. Example: Weed.
J = Like JEEH. Just like when you say YEAH!. Example: Yeah, yes
K = KÅÅ. Example: King Kong
L = ELL. Example: Laugh, live
M = EMM. Example: Milk, Mother
N = ENN. Example: Nice
O = OOH. A long OO sound. Example: Can't find any sweatdrop
P = PEH. Example: Pick, plow
Q = KUU. Example: Quarter
R = ÆRR. Example: If you really roll your tongue and say: bRRitish!
S = ESS. Example: Snake, silver
T = TEH. Example: Time, Not
U = UUH. Example: Food, wood
V = VEH. Example: Vandal
W = DOBBELTVEH. Example: The letter is different, but we use it as the same as V.
X = EKS. Example: Ex-boyfriend
Y = YH. Example: Any
Z = SETT. Example: Fits

And now the hard ones:

Æ = ÆH. Example: Rap, at
Ø = ØH. Example: Under
Å = ÅH. Example: I can't find any sweatdrop

2. I want you to count to 10. Or more if you manage to! Those who can, please record it smile
Here's a video with the numbers Video 2

The Numbers:
En - To - Tre - Fire - Fem - Seks - Sju/Syv - Åtte - Ni - Ti

Sju/syv, you can choose what to say. Every single person in Norway understand both!

So.. When do you wanna give me your lessons? Or do you at all? Anyways..

Good luck! mrgreen

So I just thought you people would be interested in some of the Norwegian favorites over the year!

Here's some links:

Olsenbanden:
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Ravi & Dj Løv - Utadæsjælåpplevelse
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Aqua - Doctor Jones
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Aqua - Barbie Girl
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Bertine Zetlitz - Fake Your Beauty
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Pocahontas - Farger I En Vind [Colours of the wind]
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Askepott [Cinderella] - Jobbesangen [The Work Song]
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Løvenes Konge [Lion King] - Sirkel Av Liv [Circle Of Life]
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Løvenes Konge [Lion King] - Fyll Ditt Sinn Med Kjærlighet [Can You Feel The Love]
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Alexander Rybak - Fairytale
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Flåklypa [An old movie that was - and still is - a really popular movie in Norway]
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A documentary about Norwegian black metal
Part one
Part two
Part three
Part four
PS: I dont know why that part one video did that too me.. Just remove the [/url and it will work!!

I hope you enjoy this smile
I'm working the verbs and all that, but I'm so busy with school right now! I'll get it done by tomorrow! Stay tuned ninja

Hallo. I want to join your class mostly because my friend and I are planing to go to Norway (and other places). That I really want to understand a couple songs Alexander Rybak's songs. Which I recently just got addicted to.
Takk

LESSON 3

VERBS

A verb tells us what someone does or what happens. Verb expresses action words.

Example: Anders løper. [Anders runs]

An example of what the verb can do:
"De store kommer inn så det dundrer i gulvet. De setter seg så det husker i gulvet. De tramper og skraper med støvlene og roper med grovt mål og gliser og ler og eter. De sitter og prater og skryter og erter Gorine og slår seg på knærne og ler så det ramler. De reiser seg og går ut så gulvet dirrer."
In English:
The big are coming in as it crashed to the floor. They set up so it swings the floor. They are stamping and scraping with boots and shouts with rough measure and grin and laugh and eat. They sit and talk and brag and tease Gorin and shut down on his knees and laughed as he falls. They got up and went out as the floor trembles. "

Presens is the present. Now we dance.
We can also use presens to express future:

Examples:
Turen går bra. [The trip goes well]
Du vil bli bedre i foten når du begynner å trene igjen. [You will get better in your foot, when you start working out again]

Preteritum is past. Something happened before. I går danset vi [Yesterday we danced.]

Presens perfektum tells us that something has happened. Vi har danset [We danced.]

With finitte (bent) forms of the verb, we believe the presens (present), the preteritum (past), and imperative.

Infinitte (not bent) forms of the verb's infinitiv, presens partisipp and prefektum partisipp.

This is how verbs are bent in dictionaries. We call this bending “a verbo”.

Infinitiv:
Danse
Gå
Presens:
Danser
Går
Preteritum
Dansa
Gikk
Perfektum partisipp
Dansa
Gått

Simple and complex forms

We call it simple forms when the verb is alone.
Examples:• Ola gråter. [Ola cries]
• Vibeke sov. [Vibeke slept]

Complex forms, we have when the verb is an auxiliary verb in front of them (å ha eller å være - to have or to be.)

Examples:
• Han har hatt fri. [He have had the day off]
• Jeg vil gå på skolen! [I want to go to school]

Simple verb forms act as simple verbal and complex verb forms as complex verbal.