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First of all I’m really sorry for taking so long to answer, but I was still making my way through several spotify playlists (and also kinda forgot about this ask)

In general, I absolutely love this norwegian playlist by @bonnechose​, most of my favourite songs are from there (I think in total there were maybe 10 of the 100+ songs that I didnt like)

Some of my personal favourites are these:

Cezinando - Håper du har plass

Karpe Siem - Gunerius

Min dust - Marlon

Gundelach - Fjernsynet            

Tomine Harket & Unge Ferrari

Kjartan Lauritzen - Havanna      

Cir.Cuz - Radio  

Sondre Justad - Det e over    

Karpe Diem - Hvite Menn Som Pusher 50

Gabrielle - Sitter her

Gabrielle - Vekk Meg Opp

Kristian Kristensen - Du E Her

Karpe Diem - Lett Å Være Rebell I  Kjellerleiligheten Din

A-Laget - Kulare å pule

Kjartan Lauritzen - Fredag 

Katastrofe - Om Alt Går Til Helvete

As for specific artists, so far I really like Carpe Diem and Gabrielle!

Don’t like LazyTown? Why not try Miraculous Ladybug? It has goofy super hero adventures with a sprinkling of romance. It is also around 20 minutes per episode and around B1/B2 level. There isn’t as much available on YouTube, but still a fair amount, and there are a lot of compilations of the title song in different languages, or videos comparing the dub of a short clip between languages, which may be useful, idk.

Arabic

Bulgarian

Czech

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Norwegian

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Spanish 

Turkish

There is also an Indonesian fandub and a Japanese fandub, but I can’t attest for quality

Other shows

Lazy Town in different languages 

Charlie and Lola 

Little Princess

Okay, so this is my first try in making a vocab list in norwegian myself, I may say something wrong, if so, please don’t hesitate in telling me!! It’s my birthday today so I decided to make a related vocab list! :D You can also check this same list in a portuguese version over here! Hope you like it!  ^^

Bursdag - Birthday

Bursdagsfest - Birthday Party

Gave - Gift

Gratulerer med dagen! - Happy birthday!

Kort - Card

Ballonger - Baloons

Stearinlys - Candles

Feiring - Celebration

Venner - Friends

Kake - Cake

Gjester - Guests

Alder - Age

Konfetti - Confetti

Spill - Games

Moro - Fun

Søtsaker - Sweets

Sure thing!

Here are some of my favourites, in different genres, in no particular order:

Kongen av Bastøy 

Oslo, 31. August 

Mannen som elsket Yngve

Elling

Naboer

Trolljegeren

Insomnia

Den brysomme mannen

Min misunnelige frisør

Den siste revejakta

Gymnaslærer Pedersen

Bare skyer beveger stjernene

Død snø

Kill Bulljo

Sofies verden

Svidd Neger

Folk flest bor i Kina

Kongens nei

Jakten på nyresteinen

Den som frykter ulven

Villmark

Detektor

Reprise

De dødes tjern

Reisen til Julestjernen (1976, added this in the spirit of Christmas :P )

Sønner

Hello helloooo! c:

((Not 100% sure if you’re referring to just words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings, or simply common mistakes/words people tend to get mixed up in general, so I’ll try to go into both– sorry if I’m on the wrong track here! :c ))

There are quite a few actually!!  I might be forgetting some of them, but I’ll try my best to cover the most common ones (this post is still gonna be very long though).

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Common Mistakes in Norwegian

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Da - Når

(( Made a separate and slightly-more detailed post about this over here! ))

“Da” and “når” can both be translated as “when”, but they’re not interchangeable in Norwegian:

“Da” - used when you’re referring to a specific point in time/an occurrence that has only happened once 

“Når” - used when you’re referring to something that happens habitually OR something that will happen in the future. Sometimes similar to how one could use “whenever” in English”.

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– Specific point in time (da) –

“Da jeg kom hjem igår, var middagen allerede klar.” –> “When I came home yesterday, dinner was already ready.”

– Habitual (når) –

“Når jeg kommer hjem, bruker middagen å være klar.” –> “When(ever) I get home, dinner is usually ready.”

– Future (når) –

“Når jeg kommer hjem idag, burde middagen være klar.” –> “When I come home today, dinner should be ready.” 

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Ennå - Enda

“Ennå” and “enda” can both be used as adverbs of time, and are then often translated as “yet”. In these cases, they’re interchangeable. 

However, “enda” can also be used as an adverb of degree or, occasionally (though rarely), a conjunction. On the other hand, “ennå” can only be used as an adverb of time, but many people get them mixed up.  

When “enda” is used as an adverb of degree, it’s often translated as “even”. When it’s used as a conjunction (which you’ll rarely see since it’s rather old-fashioned), it’s often translated as “even though”: It’s more common to use “selv om” in these cases. 

— examples. }}

– Adverb of time – 

“Han er ikke her ennå/enda” - “He’s not here yet.”

– Adverb of degree (enda) –

“Jeg spiste enda mer.” - “I ate even more.”

– Conjunction (enda) –

“Han kom på skolen, enda han var syk.” - “He came to school, even though he was ill.” 

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Får - For 

“Får” and “for” are both written and used differently – however they’re often pronounced the same, which can be confusing when you need to remember which one to write/use where. 

“Får” is the present tense of the verb “å få”, which means “to get” or “to receive”. 

“For” can be used as a preposition or a conjunction. As a conjunction it’s pretty much identical to “fordi”.

— examples. }}

– Verb (får) –

“Jeg får alltid gave fra mormor på bursdagen min” - “I always get a present from grandma on my birthday.” 

– Preposition (for) –

“Det er umulig for meg å forstå.” - “It’s impossible for me to understand.”

– Conjunction (for) –

“Jeg tok bussen, for jeg ville ikke være sen.” - “I took the bus, because I didn’t want to be late.”  

**!! “Får” can also be a noun, in which case it’s a synonym for “sheep” (though it’s usually more common to use “sau”, but it depends– when you’re talking about meat, for example, it’s often more common to use “får”).

**!! There’s also a similar-looking word, “fôr”, which can mean either “feed” (noun) or “the innermost layer (often wool) of warm clothing” (not sure if there’s a specific word for it in English..??o: )

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En - én / ei - éi / et - ett

(( Made a separate and slightly-more detailed post about this over here! ))

“En”, “ei” and “et” are articles. “En” is for masculine nouns, “ei” is for feminine nouns, and “et” for neuter nouns. 

“Én”, “éi” and “ett” means “one”. “En” is for masculine nouns, “ei” is for feminine nouns, and “ett” for neuter nouns.

— examples. }}

– Articles (en, ei, et) – 

“Jeg har en katt.” - “I have a cat.”

“Han har et hus.” - “He has a house.”

“Hun har ei dukke.” - “She has a doll.”

– Counting (én, éi, ett) –

“Jeg har én katt.” - “I have one cat.”

“Han har ett hus.” - “He has one house.”

“Hun har éi dukke.” - “She has one doll.”

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Hver(t) - Vær - Være (vært) - Vert 

Now this one can be tricky, because “hvert”, “vært” and “vert” are pronounced the same, and “vær” and “hver” are pronounced the same – but they all have quite different meanings, which can be confusing. 

“Vær” is a noun and can either mean “ram” or “weather” depending on the context. It can also be the imperative mood of the verb “å være”. 

“Vert” is a noun and means “host”. 

“Vært” is the perfect tense of the verb “å være”, which means "to be”. 

“Hver” and “hvert” are determinatives which translate as “every” or “each”. “Hver” is for masculine and feminine nouns, while “hvert” is for neuter nouns.

— examples. }}

– Nouns (vær, vert) –

“Fint vær i dag!” - “Nice weather today!”

“Er det en vær der borte?” - “Is there a ram over there?”

“Jobber du som vert?” - “Do you work as a host?”

– Verbs (vær, vært) –

“Vær snill!” - “Be nice!”

“Hvor har du vært?” - “Where have you been?”

– Determinatives (hver, hvert) –

“Hvert eneste barn må spise!” - “Each and every child must eat!”

“Jeg spiser brød hver dag.” - “I eat bread every day.”

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Lenger - Lengre

This one might get tricky– but I’ll try my best.

“Lenger” and “lengre” can both mean “longer” (though sometimes “lenger” can mean “far”) and they’re both comparatives. However “lenger” is a comparative adjective (from the adjectives “langt” and “lenge”), while “lengre” is a comparative adverb (from the adverb “lang”).

To make it easier: if you’re referring to time or a verb, use “lenger”. If you’re referring to a noun or a pronoun, use “lengre”. 

— examples. }}

– Time/verbs (lenger) –

“Jeg har vært her lenger enn deg.” - “I’ve been here for longer than you.”

“Vi gikk litt lenger.” - “We walked a bit further.” 

– Nouns/pronoun (lengre) –

“Bordet var lengre enn jeg husket.” - “The table was longer than I remembered.” 

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Ovenfor - overfor

They’re both prepositions, but “ovenfor” means “above”, while “overfor” means “opposite”, “against” or “facing”.

— examples. }}

“Jeg satt ovenfor henne.” - “I sat above her.”

“Jeg satt overfor henne.” - “I sat facing her.” 

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Viste - Visste

They’re both the past tense of verbs, but “viste” means “showed” (from “å vise”- “to show”), and “visste” means “knew” (from “å vite” - “to know”). 

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“Jeg visste det!” - “I knew it!”

“Jeg viste det til henne.” - “I showed it to her.” 

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I hope that’s what you meant!! c: If anyone else can think of more, please feel free to add them to this post! 

HOOOHHH YEAH BUDDY - now this is one of those things our teachers always tried to drill into our heads when we were younger (a bit like the English “then/than”-issue, I think), so there’s no wonder you’re confused. !(•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑

We have a nice little rule that tends to help whenever you encounter this problem:

“Den gang da, hver gang når.” - “That time da - every time når.”

So, to elaborate:

While both “da” and “når” means “when”, “da” is used if the action only happened once, while “når” is used if it’s a habitual action that happens frequently or is going to happen in the future. 

(I suppose you could try to think of “når” as the Norwegian version of “whenever”, though it’s way more frequently used than its English counterpart)

In other words:

“Da mamma kom hjem, var middagen klar.” - “When mom came home, the dinner was ready.”

- here referring to one certain point in time, in which mom came home and the dinner was ready. Dinner isn’t usually ready by the time mom comes home, but in this case, it was.

“Når mamma kommer hjem, er middagen klar.” - “Whenever mom comes home, the dinner is ready.” 

- here implying that (1. habitual) every single time mom comes home, dinner is always ready, OR (2. future) that when mom comes home later today, dinner will be ready. 

A1-A2

På Vei

tekstbok

arbeidsbok

website

B1

Stein på Stein

tekstbok

arbeidsbok

website

B2

Her på Berget

tekstbok

arbeidsbok

my current favourites from my ‘norwegian in norwegian’ playlist (keep in mind some of these are sung in different dialects):

“her” - karpe diem“kan du lære mæ?” - kristian kristensen“riv i hjertet” - sondre justad“alle snakker sant” - siri nilsen“vår beste dag” - marit larsen“fredag” - kjartan lauritzen“lørdag” - emile the duke“du fortenar ein som meg” - daniel kvammen“sansen” - tôg“ås to i osjlo” - ravi“årner sæ” - ravi/jo nesbø“hjerteknuser” - moi

Hi! Well, I’m Norwegian so I’m not exactly learning Norwegian, but I did some research for you and this is what I found.

Dictionaries 

http://www.babla.no/engelsk-norsk/ Is a Norwegian-English (and vice versa) dictionary.

http://nob-ordbok.uio.no/perl/ordbok.cgi is a digital dictionary. I don’t know how useful this is as it is in Norwegian though.

http://www.heinzelnisse.info/ is a German-Norwegian Norwegian-German dictionary

http://lexin.udir.no/ is another dictionary; this site was made for minority students in Norway. Therefore it has the translations in languages such as Persian, Arabian, Dari, Kurdish, Tamil, Thai, Turkish, Russian, Polish, Tagalog, and others. 

Listening

http://www.ling.hf.ntnu.no/nos/ this is a site where you can listen to Norwegians from all over Norway’s recordings of a story called Nordavinden og sola. You can familiarize yourself with different Norwegian dialects or just practice listening.

http://radio.no/ Norwegian radio. You can listen to whatever is currently getting streamed in Norway at some of the channels.

http://norwords.com/index.html/ once you’ve made an account and signed in, you can listen to authentic audio recordings of text books. And you can also do other lessons here. (If you do make an account I suggest you go to http://norwords.com/news/). 

Games

http://www.tekstlab.uio.no/grei/ is a grammatical game made by students for students learning Norwegian. It has the explanations for the games written in English. 

http://www.digitaldialects.com/Norwegian.htm here you memorise greetings, numbers, colours, et cetera and you have to click the correct English translation.

Pen pals

http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/Learn/Norwegian.asp you can find Norwegian pen pals here; if you’re willing to teach them some of your own native language as well. (I’m not sure but I don’t think it works if your native language is English, I’m afraid.) 

Norwegian lessons

http://www.learn-norwegian.net/ has lessons for beginners

http://norwegianlanguage.info/norword/index.html on it’s site it says that “NorWord was originally written during summer and fall of 1995, by Nancy Aarsvold (currently at St. Olaf College) and Louis Janus, (currently at CARLA, U of Minnesota). The lessons presented above have been edited to use proper æ, ø and å characters on the web.” Keep in mind that this is from 1995.

http://www.learnnorwegiannaturally.com/ is another Norwegian lessons website. They also have a youtube channel.

Newspaper

http://www.klartale.no/ is the only easy-to-read Norwegian newspaper that aren’t made for children/teenagers.

Youtube

Michelle Alexandra seems to have a few Norwegian lessons. So does Karin and learnnorwegiannaturally. I’m sure there’s more but these were the best I could find.

å tenke - to think

å lyve - to lie

å tro - to believe

å dømme - to judge

å være ansvarlig - to be responsible

å innse - to realize

å innrømme - to admit

å leve - to live

å dø - to die

å eksistere - to exist

en kritikk - a criticism

en tanke - a thought

en idé - an idea

en løgn - a lie

en sannhet - a truth

en beslutning - a decision

en samtale - a conversation

en forklaring - an explanation

et valg - a choice

en makt - a power

et problem - a problem

en mulighet - a possibility

en dom - a judgement

ei løsning - a solution

et ansvar - a responsibility

en samvittighet - a conscience

et forslag - a proposition, a suggestion

en begynnelse - a beginning

en verdi - a value

en fremgang - a progress

en virkelighet - a reality

ærlig - honest

endelig - ultimate, final

fornuftig - reasonable

Listening comprehension is difficult in any language but with Norwegian it can be a real challenge when you add the seemingly endless number of dialects in. I’ve managed to make it my best skill, but only after I became obsessed with improving it. The main way I did was by using podcasts! They’re a great free resource that have helped me greatly over my two and a half years of learning this lovely language.

I thought I’d throw together a list of my favorites to share for anyone looking for something to listen to. The advice I give to anyone who is trying to improve their listening comprehension is to listen to something you enjoy and listen to the same episode more than once before continuing. Slow it down if you need to! It will be frustrating but it’s the only way to improve (I’ve found at least). I got into the groove of listening to something every day and now I rarely have problems understanding what my teachers and friends say to me - even if they speak in dialect.

Comedy/Humor 

Dustene http://podcast.badeog.no/dustene My absolute favorite. Comprised of Fanny Vaager, Hasse Hope and Magnus Devold. (I swear this isn’t my favorite just because a few of my questions have been answered on the show…)

O-Fag http://ofag.eikern.net Ylvis in podcast form! 

Misjonen https://www.p4.no/programmer/misjonen With the much adored (by me) Atle Antonsen and Johan Golden 

Radioresepsjonen https://radio.nrk.no/serie/radioresepsjonen Hosted by Bjarte Tjøstheim, Steinar Sagen & Tore Sagen

Non-Comedy 

Filmpolitiet https://radio.nrk.no/serie/filmpolitiet Movie, TV and game reviews

Språkteigen https://radio.nrk.no/serie/spraakteigen A Norwegian podcast about Norwegian!

Ekko https://radio.nrk.no/serie/ekko Various topics

For Beginners

Klar Tale http://www.klartale.no/klartale-podcast Basically a podcast version of the website. This is the only one I can really recommend to beginners that I’ve listened to.