do you also seem to
not remember
the sunsets we saw
middle of december?
it was the most
beautiful I have
ever laid my eyes
on
why don’t I remember
the sunsets
from middle of
december?
where was I that day
if not in the middle of
nowhere
and looking at the sky
where was I
those days
when sun sets sky on fire
above frozen hills of death
where were we when birds laid to sleep
and the yellow bulb lit the sky before
the darkness came?
I wasn’t writing about languages for quite some time, and because I kinda have education in the area of linguistics I figured out it could be helpful if I share some tips with you guys.
You could assume I speak English, maybe Norwegian but what else? Is it even worth to learn languages? What do I think about studying languages?
Christmas is just about to begin, there’re only few days left. One may say, the anticipation for Christmas to begin is the best thing in all this, and I must agree with this. So, while waiting for the days to come, why not learn some Norwegian Christmas-related words and phrases?
Continue reading “Fridays with Norwegian #16 – Christmas words.”
Last time I presented few series, this time we will have few movies on a plate. I tried to look not only for good productions but also those who can be easily found outside the whole NRK spectrum. It’s really hard to find film with solid subtitles, so the best way to is to download the movie and then go on subscene.com and find your subtitles called in Norwegian undertekst. Continue reading “Friday with Norwegian #15 – movies.”
The best way to learn yourself language is to hear it. That means: movies, series, YouTube videos, music etc. Today I want to stick with series.
Before I start – If you haven’t checked my first post about it, here it is: Nørront (1)
As we said, Nørront is a name for both Old Norse and Old Icelandic, because the difference between them both was pretty small. Continue reading “Fridays with Norwegian #13 – Nørront (2).”
Have you ever wondered what was before modern Norwegian, back when there was no bokmål and nynorsk? Are you by any case interested in language that developed by the Viking Age? Here’s some of my research.
Continue reading “Fridays with Norwegian #12 – Norrønt (1).”
When you start to learn language or you’re in the middle of it, you may want to have some tools. The same thing when it comes to norwegian. So I listed up the “essentials”.
<Sorry for late post, but I have been in Lillehammer for whole day and I had forgotten that it is friday today. >
About dialects. Mostly.
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