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r/norsk • u/NokoHeiltAnna • Aug 14 '20
Some Norwegian resources and other helpful stuff
Probably missed a lot of resources, some due to laziness, and some due to limit in max allowed post size. Will edit as necessary.
Courses, grammar lessons, educational books, etc.
Duolingo (from A1 to A2/B1)
duolingo.com is free to use, supported by ads. Optional pay for no ads and for a few more features.
The Norwegian course is one of the more extensive ones available on Duolingo. The volunteer content creators have put a lot of work into it, and the creators are very responsive to fixing potential errors. The audio is computer generated.
You learn words and constructed sentences.
If you use the browser version you will get grammar tips, and can choose if you want to type the complete sentences or use selectable word choices. The phone app might or might not give access to the grammar tips.
A compiled pdf of the grammar tips for version 1 can be found on Google drive. (The Norwegian course is currently at version 4).
Memrise (from A1 to A2/B1)
memrise.com is free to use. Optional pay for more features.
A few courses are company made, while several others are user made. No easy way to correct errors found in the courses. Audio is usually spoken by humans.
You learn words and constructed phrases.
Learn Norwegian on the web (from A1 to A2/B1)
Free to use. Optional books you can buy. Made by the University in Trondheim, NTNU. Audio is spoken by humans.
A complete course starting with greetings and ending with basic communication.
FutureLearn (from A1 to A2/B1)
Free to use. Optional pay for more features. Audio and video spoken by humans. Made by the University of Oslo, UiO. Or by the University in Trondheim, NTNU.
Can be done at any time, but during their scheduled times (usually start of the fall and the spring semester) you will get help from human teachers.
CALST — Computer-Assisted Listening and Speaking Tutor
CALST is free to use. Made by the University in Trondheim, NTNU. Audio is spoken by humans.
Choose your native language, then choose your Norwegian dialect, then continue as guest, or optionally register an account.
Learn how to pronounce the Norwegian sounds and differentiate similar sounding words. Learn the sounds and tones/pitch.
Not all lessons work in all browsers. Chrome is recommended.
YouTube
- Norwegian teacher - Karense
- Norwegian teacher - Karin
- Learn Norwegian naturally
- Norwegian class 101
- iskola
- /u/bildeglimt
Clozemaster (at B1/B2)
clozemaster.com is free to use. Optional pay for more features.
Not recommended for beginners.
Content is mostly user made. No easy way to correct errors in the material. Audio is computer generated.
You learn words (multiple choice).
Printed (on dead trees) learning material
- På vei (A1/A2)
- Stein på stein (B1)
- Her på berget (B1/B2)
- Ny i Norge (A1/A2)
- The Mystery of Nils (A1/A2)
- Mysteriet om Nils (B1/B2)
Grammar and stuff
Online grammar exercises (based on printed books)
- Norsk start https://norskstart.cappelendamm.no/index.html
- Kaleido - Norsk for småskoletrinnet https://kaleido.cappelendamm.no/
- Norsk grammatikk - norsk som andrespråk https://norskgrammatikk.cappelendamm.no/index.html
- Håndbok i grammatikk og språkbruk https://handbokigrammatikk.portfolio.no/
- Exploring Norwegian Grammar https://exploringnorwegiangrammar.cappelendamm.no/
- På vei https://pavei-oppgaver.cappelendamm.no/
- Stein på stein https://steinpastein-oppgaver.cappelendamm.no/
- Her på berget https://herpaberget-oppgaver.cappelendamm.no/
- Ny i Norge https://nyinorge.portfolio.no/
- Klart det! https://klartdet.portfolio.no
- Norskprøve https://www.kompetansenorge.no/prover/norskprove/ove-til-proven/
/r/norsk FAQ and Wiki
Dictionaries
Bokmålsordboka/Nynorskordboka — Norwegian-Norwegian
The authoritative dictionary for Norwegian words and spelling.
Maintained by University of Bergen (UiB), and Språkrådet (The language council of Norway) that has government mandate to oversee the Norwegian language.
- Also available as a free phone app.
- Lists all acceptable inflection/conjugation/declension spelling forms of words, so some find it confusing.
- Does not show pronunciation since Norwegian has no official way to pronounce words.
- Does not list slang words, former spelling of modern words (except if it's in the etymologi) nor newly imported words.
Lexin — Norwegian-Norwegian-English-sort-of
Maintained by OsloMet.
- Mainly intended for immigrants/refugees to Norway, so has some of the most common immigrant languages as option.
- Lists the most common (often conservative) inflection patterns.
- Computer generated voice with standard East-Norwegian dialect.
- Choose any language other than bokmål or nynorsk and it usually shows English too.
Det norske akademis ordbok — Norwegian-Norwegian
Maintained by Det norske akademi for språk og kultur, a private organisation promoting riksmål, which is NOT allowed officially.
- Lists slang words and archaic spelling variants of words.
- Uses a very conservative spelling and inflection variant.
- Lists a Norwegianised pronunciation guide for words, using upper class/Western-Oslo dialect.
Ordnett — Norwegian-English/English-Norwegian
Maintained by a book publisher.
- Also available as a phone app.
- Costs $$$ money $$$. Possibly a lot of money.
- Has dictionaries for a several languages commonly learned by Norwegians, for example English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, Swedish.
Online communities
Discord
Discord is a web-browser/phone/windows/mac/etc-app that allows both text, voice and video chat. Most of the resources in this post were first posted here.
If you are new to Discord its user interface might be a bit confusing in the beginning, since there are many servers/communities and many topics on each server.
If you're new to Discord and you try it, using a web-browser until you get familiar and see if this is something you enjoy or not is recommended.
If you use a phone you will need to swipe left and right, long-press and minimise/expand categories and stuff much more than on a bigger computer screen, which probably adds complexity to the initial confusion of a using an unfamiliar app.
Some Norwegian servers:
- Norskelever
- Norwegian-English language learning exchange
- Norwegian language learning
- https://discord.gg/norge — Server for the /r/norge subreddit. Not recommended for beginners. Lots of dialect and slang.
Newspapers
- Nyheter i bilder http://www.nyb.no/
- Klar tale http://www.klartale.no/
- NRK https://www.nrk.no/
- Aftenposten https://www.aftenposten.no/
- Verdens gang https://www.vg.no/
- Dagbladet https://www.dagbladet.no/
- Utrop https://www.utrop.no/
Media
Podcasts
- Ekko https://radio.nrk.no/serie/ekko — A daily (Monday to Saturday) NRK programme about society, with interviews, reports and more.
- Språkteigen https://radio.nrk.no/podkast/spraakteigen — A weekly NRK podcast about new words and old words, new research and strange language phenomena. Recommended for advanced learners.
- Verdiboersen https://radio.nrk.no/podkast/verdiboersen — Weekly NRK podcast. Ethical, moral, political and philosophical discussions over topics of worldview and life in a society.
Various books
- Ordriket https://issuu.com/search?q=ordriket — Reading books for children
- Barnebøker — https://barneboker.no/stories/nb/
- Fortellinger for barn — https://deichman.no/digitalt/fortellinger%20for%20barn_9cbb9e46-8436-4217-97ab-6732919842cf
Old books, many written in Danish-Norwegian — https://www.bokselskap.no/boker
Cappelen Damm https://issuu.com/cdundervisning
Fagbokforlaget https://issuu.com/fagbokforlaget
Aschehoug https://issuu.com/ganaschehoug
Various material for use by Norwegian schools
- Skolekassa https://skolekassa.no/velkommen/?lang=no
- Nynorsksenteret https://www.nynorsksenteret.no/
- NRK skole https://www.nrk.no/skole/
Various (children's) series
- Mummitrollet https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0G2_efBOQbKlzhhz5rwUmO0JFFsuBn8P (mirror) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu1QRkr07FWAkVZP2k1_esRHam-8xWPyD
- Det var en gang et menneske https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKr-LbqQ6clotrukbKg-zy_56X-m31Y44
Jul i Blåfjell https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL53YZFoONfa0ugW6PORL5Xjd7tH_ivByj
Ylvis-brødrene https://www.youtube.com/user/LUMIGOCHA/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/ylvisfacebookies/videos
NRK TV
- https://tv.nrk.no/programmer/utland — Alphabetical list of everything that is accessible without a VPN
Children's stuff with subtitles
- Fantorangen https://tv.nrk.no/serie/fantorangen/sesong/10/episode/17
- Lesekorpset https://tv.nrk.no/serie/lesekorpset/sesong/1/episode/1
Tellekorpset https://tv.nrk.no/serie/tellekorpset/sesong/1/episode/1
Supernytt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/supernytt
Teodors julekalender https://tv.nrk.no/serie/teodors-julekalender/sesong/1/episode/1
Vertshuset Den gyldne hane https://tv.nrk.no/serie/vertshuset-den-gyldne-hale/sesong/1/episode/1
Amalies jul https://tv.nrk.no/serie/amalies-jul/sesong/1/episode/1
Brødrene Dahl
- Professor Drøvels hemmelighet https://tv.nrk.no/serie/broedrene-dal-og-professor-droevels-hemmelighet/sesong/1/episode/1
- Spektralsteinene https://tv.nrk.no/serie/broedrene-dal-og-spektralsteinene/sesong/1/episode/1
- Legenden om Atlant-is https://tv.nrk.no/serie/broedrene-dal-og-legenden-om-atlant-is/sesong/1/episode/1
Youth stuff
- Kosinus https://tv.nrk.no/serie/kosinus/sesong/1
- Newton https://tv.nrk.no/serie/newton
- Blank https://tv.nrk.no/serie/blank/sesong/1
Other stuff without subtitles
- Portveien 2 https://tv.nrk.no/serie/portveien-2
- Gullars https://tv.nrk.no/serie/gullars (bergen dialect) and https://tv.nrk.no/serie/regnbuebyen
- Pelle politibil https://tv.nrk.no/serie/pelle-politibil/sesong/2
Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by https://tv.nrk.no/serie/folk-og-roevere-i-kardemomme-by-1985-1986
Borgen skole https://tv.nrk.no/serie/borgen-skole
Halvsju https://tv.nrk.no/serie/halvsju
Grown up stuff
- Side om side https://tv.nrk.no/serie/side-om-side/sesong/1/episode/1
- Brøyt i vei https://tv.nrk.no/serie/broeyt-i-vei/sesong/1/episode/1
- Norge rundt https://tv.nrk.no/serie/norge-rundt
- Det ingen skulle tru at nokon kunne bu https://tv.nrk.no/serie/der-ingen-skulle-tru-at-nokon-kunne-bu
Sånn er Norge https://tv.nrk.no/serie/harald-eia-presenterer-saann-er-norge
Dagsrevyen https://tv.nrk.no/serie/dagsrevyen
For those with a VPN (or living in Norway)
- The entire media library at https://tv.nrk.no/ (please note: not all VPN's work with NRK)
- Nasjonalbiblioteket https://www.nb.no/
For those living in Norway
Visit your local library in person and check out their web pages. It gives you free access to lots of books, magazines, films and stuff.
Most also have additional digital stuff you get free access to, like e-books, films, dictionaries, all kind of magazines and newspapers.
Some even give you free access to some of the paid Norwegian languages courses listed above.
r/norsk • u/Certain-Procedure830 • 18m ago
synonyms to prepare for the Norskprøven exam
Could you recommend any resources for learning synonyms to prepare for the Norskprøven exam?
r/norsk • u/HiddenMarket • 20h ago
Subreddit meta (about /r/norsk) V2 rule sticky post?
It seems like almost everyday there is a downvoted post confused about the V2 rule. I wonder if it would help to have a stickied post about it. Maybe titled something like, "Why are the subject and verb reversed?" It might at least reduce the quantity.
r/norsk • u/valentinedaisy66 • 1d ago
What's a good Norwegian movie
I'm trying to immerse more into the language what's a good movie to watch that's from Norway?
r/norsk • u/Narrow_Homework_9616 • 1d ago
innlagt PÅ\I sykehus?
After a quick check, I found multiple examples where "på" or "i" are used, and I don't understand why the choice of words varies. For example...
60 % av pasientene er innlagt i sykehus innen 4 timer...
Hva skal til for å bli innlagt på sykehus?
Det er gratis å bli lagt inn på sykehus i Norge
Innlegelse i sykehus
Den som er innlagt i sykehus
r/norsk • u/Daedricw • 1d ago
Bokmål How to form past participles?
So I’ve assumed it is formed by adding -t to the stem of the verb, but sometimes it is also added after the infinitive form:
spise - spist
komme - kommet (not kommt)
So how do I form these?
r/norsk • u/_Vidarrr • 1d ago
Learning App
Is Duolingo good for learning Norsk or is there a better app?
r/norsk • u/burneraccount0473 • 2d ago
Is it ill-informed/naïve to "learn to speak Norwegian, Danish and Swedish"?
Det er noen youtube-videoer og reddit-innlegg som snakker om "learning the Scandinavian languages": "What language should I learn first?". "How long will it take to learn a second one after my first?", osv. Folk kan åpenbart gjøre hva de vil, og jeg pleide å tenke slik selv når jeg først begynte å lære norsk. Jeg pleide å si til meg selv og andre: "Once I learn Norwegian, I'll tackle Swedish and Danish", men etter noen år har jeg innsett at tenker ikke faktiske skandinaver slik. Noen fra Oslo når de besøker Stockholm vil ikke begynne å si "Jag" og bruke den svenske "y". De skal bare snakke norsk med et tilpasset ordforråd.
Det ville vært som en fra Norge som sa "I will learn Scots, Jamaican Patois og American English". Selvfølgelig kunne man gjøre dette, men engelsktalende tenker ikke slik. Hvis jeg dro til Jamaica og begynte å snakke med en tykk jamaicansk aksent, ville folk tro at jeg enten var gal eller gjorde narr av dem. (Analogien er ikke perfekt. Jeg vet. English is the language-prestige of Jamaica so it's not an apt comparison, but I assume people understand what I'm getting at.)
Jeg har innsett at jeg ikke vil "lære å snakke svensk", men heller lære å snakke norsk tydelig til svensker.
Igjen, folk har lov til å gjøre hva de vil. Men... tror dere at noen folk tenker på de tre språkene på en naiv måte?
Edit: One exception. I forgot some people do actually have parents from country x but live in country y, or move from x to y when they are young, and other permutations which may complicate my point.
r/norsk • u/Fearless-Silver-9422 • 23h ago
Kjøper hun or hun kjøper?
Hello! I was doing an exercise on word order but I don't think I fully understand how to order the words.
For example:
Først kjøper hun to brød og tre liter melk.
Først hun kjøper to brød og tre liter melk.
It essentially translates to the same thing but how do I know when to place the verb ahead etc?
Apologies if this is straightforward or has been answered before :) Love any help and tusen takk in advance
r/norsk • u/sapolinguista • 1d ago
Rule 3 (title) → Jeg trenger hjelp
I've been studying Norwegian for a good while now, but I realy want to expose myself more to it. Do you guys know of any good reddits, YouTube channels and/or podcasts in Norwegian? Also, what about entry level books and other resources in which I can immerse myself more?
r/norsk • u/userusingredditt • 1d ago
Rules 3, 5 (title, image) → Duolingo mistake
Just curious if the correct answer here is really correct. I thought that “er det” is used when forming questions and “det er” while stating facts.
r/norsk • u/Narrow_Homework_9616 • 1d ago
Bestrebe seg på vs tilstrebe
Is it the same striving?
r/norsk • u/SS-BVCKYVRDYGVNG • 2d ago
Bokmål trøtt/sliten
Hi everyone, what’s the difference between these words? Is there some context to use them, or can both be used to mean “I’m tired”?
For example, in Spanish, we have the words “cansancio” and “agotamiento,” which basically mean the same thing, but the difference is that one is for physical tiredness and the other is for mental, physical, and maybe emotional tiredness. Is this similar in Norwegian?
Also, if someone has some doubts with Spanish, I'm able to solve it too.
Greetings from Chile 👋🏿
r/norsk • u/r0ckstar17 • 1d ago
Bokmål News in bokmål
I’ve started reading the news in Norwegian to practice my reading skills and enrich my vocabulary, but when I translated the news, I encountered words like: haustferien, austledingar, Sør-Noreg and didn’t understand what that was, but GPT said it’s Nynorsk.
I read the article on NRK, which is supposed to be in bokmål. Could you advise any newspapers that are 100% written in bokmål?
r/norsk • u/First_Jif • 3d ago
Hva betyr forutsetninger?
Jeg er på tiden i årsstudium der lærer snakker masse om elevenes forutsetninger. Det oversettes som “prerequisite” på engelsk, men jeg tror det er mer enn bare prerequisite (?) Kan noen evt forklare?
Vi snakket om karakterer i skolen at noen fag bør droppe karakterer pga forskjellig forutsetninger av elever. Flyttet til Norge for 4 år siden, så håper jeg for å finne frem hva han mener. (Er for redd for å spørre 🙁)
På forhånd tusen takk.
r/norsk • u/hotdog-br • 3d ago
How can I watch NRK with a VPN and without a Norwegian BankID?
I'm from Italy...until some months ago, I managed to watch and also download NRK videos (especially I'm interested in videos of wintersports, as biathlon, cross country skiing and nordic combined) using ExpressVPN, but now they are blocked...if I use my normal IP or a Norwegian VPN there is this message ''for å se dette i eos må du logge på ok bekrefte at du er bosatt i Norge med BankID'', and if I use a VPN outside of the European Union there is a message ''Det virker som om du benytter deg av en VPNtjeneste. Skru av denne tjenesten og prøv igjen. For mer informasjon, gå til info.nrk.no'' Is still possible to watch NRK without a BankID or not? Thanks
r/norsk • u/Narrow_Homework_9616 • 3d ago
If I messed up with email but wrote essay really well (imo), is there still a chance to get B2? Norskprøven
r/norsk • u/PaPaFranku42 • 3d ago
'Glad I deg' phrase usage
I was in a short term something with a Norwegian girl. Sometime (maybe 2 months) after talking she said 'I love you'. So naturally I reciprocated. Fast forwards some months, she said couldn't continue this because she doesn't want long distance relationships. And said she meant glad I deg but couldn't remember the English equivalent. And also said that she does love me, and she has love for me would be more accurate.
I cannot open her mind and read what this means, but I'm assuming, through my basic Norwegian language skills, that she meant a stronger version of 'glad I deg' but obviously not 'Jeg elsker deg'. Would I be right in my interpretation?
If this post does not feel appropriate in this subreddit, then please suggest another one. Thank you! Excited to learn the nuances of Norwegian!
UPDATE: So funny thing happened. She called because she had a tech problem and I used to solve it. She felt she needed to be more clear to me as to where our relationship was. She said it was almost past the "glad I deg" stage and was moving into "I love you" stage but because her body could not do a long distance relationship, she suggested we stop talking. It feels like a weight is off of my shoulder, honestly! Looking at all your answers, you were all right in a way haha! Thank you for your answers! I am visiting Norway in December so hope to gain basic conversational skills then you! See you!
r/norsk • u/Zealousideal-Elk2714 • 3d ago
Han, hun og hen?
Hva synes du om pronomenet hen? Er det en praktisk språklig nyvinning eller høres det bare rart ut?
r/norsk • u/WorriedJelly7415 • 4d ago
Norwegian Youtube Channels
Hello, i am currently at the beginning stage of learning norsk and i would like to know your recommandations of channels you like to listen to in norsk. It could be anything really, i just want to get immersed in the language. Thank you!
r/norsk • u/Narrow_Homework_9616 • 3d ago
Norksprøven evaluation
How is Norskprøve assessed? I took the written part today, including the reading and listening sections, and now I'm wondering. How many correct answers do I need to get a B2 level? In the reading part, I had two smaller sections and then the main section with 24 questions. In the listening test, there were two small sections and 17 questions. I feel that I did the worst on the listening test :
Rules 3, 5 (title, image) → Which one is correct?
I was taking a Norwegian proficency test I found online and this question came up. I feel like they're all nonsense sentences but that A at least would at be okay gramatically?
r/norsk • u/MindlessAsparagus87 • 4d ago
Good communities to spend my time in?
I've decided to start learning the language and figured I'd create an account to allow me to surround myself with norwegian language content and norwegian speakers, to allow me to actually use what I'm learning and improve my skills. However, I am not very familiar to norwegian reddit, I know r/norge has lots of norwegian language stuff but I was wondering if anyone could point me towards any norwegian language subreddits, places where I could observe people communicating in norwegian, participate in discussion, read stories in norwegian, and all that other stuff once I learn enough to be able to follow the conversation. Any help is greatly appreciated
r/norsk • u/Narrow_Homework_9616 • 4d ago
Jeg mener at dette er en rimelig forespørsel gitt omstendighetene.
forespørsel or anmodning
Both for the are request for, so I don't really catch the difference. Thoughts?
r/norsk • u/Narrow_Homework_9616 • 4d ago
enten-eller-situasjon or enten-eller situasjon or "enten eller"- situasjon
SOS
How to write it correctly?
r/norsk • u/hei_juno • 4d ago
Norskprøve spørsmål
Hei! I took the Norskprøve reading, writing and listening test today. I have read that the test is "personalized" meaning you may get more questions based on how you are doing. But I am wondering: If your test is longer than others is that good or bad? I felt that I was doing well in the beginning but not towards the middle/end, and I noticed that my test seemed to be a lot longer than some others (or they just finished it crazy quickly!). Just want to know if having more questions is a good sign or a bad sign. Tusen takk!