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日本のボキャブラリ Japanese Vocabulary

Some words and phrases I’ve recently learned!

日本語 | norsk (bokmål) | english

早い（はやい）| tidlig | early

海（うみ）| hav (n) | sea

どっちも | begge | both

どっちら | hvilken/t | which one

パソコン | pc (m) | PC

運動する（うんどする）| å trene | to exercise

一緒（いっしょ）| sammen | together

送る（おくる）| å sende | to send

ドライブ | å kjøre | to drive

写真を撮ります（しゃしんをとります）| å ta et bilde | to take a photo

例えば（たとえば）| for eksempel | for example

素晴らしい（すばらしい）| utmerket | excellent

Since today is the International Day of the Basque language, an awesome discovery was revealed: the most ancient poem written in Euskara has been found on the margins of some notarial documents. You can see in the image above how difficult it is to read, since the verses mix with the other lines and the font is devilish.

It dates back to the 16th century - scholars consider it was written sometime between 1508-1521 - and it is presumed to be a draft, not by a professional poet, but by some teenager in love who was an scribe apprentice.

The poem lacks any literary quality, but it’s very valuable since it’s written in old Eastern dialect and it’s the only document we have that uses this archaic form, so it’ll be very useful for linguists.

This is the poem - remember, the oldest one in our language to date.

Ene laztan gozo ederra My sweet beautiful love

penaz penaçen naçu you have me agonising in pain

Orreyn culez ninduçula Having me that “zulez” [word unknown]

Nola amora nençaçun How did you make me fall in love

ori escuan ezpata? with that sword on your hand?

Çeure escuoz naraçu You bring me in your hands

andicoz eta ebeticoz from here to there

Barcaçio diqueçut ezcutaria, I’ll give you my pardon, squire

usatu eztet arma guiza erayten I’m not used to killing people

lecobidi guiçon gaztea but the young man.

Amore minez penaçen Agonising due to love pain

olloa lumaz estari the chicken covered in feathers

ni amorez yçerdi myself sweating of love

ene barco negarretan in my tears

çaldiac  [ag]ueri leyara horses come to the battle.

Niri [j]uan çatan neure amorea Love went away from me

leena [on]ezquero the first one 

There are also dictionaries, vocabulary, phrase books.

📂 - Link.

This should be enough but I'll update if that'd be necessary.

Happy Learning!

Norwegian on the Web — free course by NTNU

Barnebøker for Norge (children’s books for norway) — free norwegian children’s books for a variety of levels & they also have audio! also they have an option to go between bokmål and nynorsk which is pretty fun

Klart Det! — for more advanced lessons (B2+)

Norwegian Teacher Karin on youtube — she doesn’t upload that frequently anymore but her past videos are super helpful

NorwegianClass101 on youtube

Future Learn Introduction to Norwegian — free four week course by the university of oslo

På Vei (textbook) — this is a beginner textbook but it’s entirely in norwegian so a bit of knowledge of norwegian is needed

På Vei Digital — free exercises to go along with på vei

Exploring Norwegian Grammar — free grammar website made by kirsti macdonald who co-wrote på vei 

Loecsen Learn Norwegian — another free (very beginner) course

norwegian dictionary with both bokmål and nynorsk — not a translation dictionary but just a regular one but it has both bokmål and nynorsk

NRK Nyheter — this is a bit advanced obviously but NRK is my go-to if i want norwegian reading practice (it’s just news but also NRK has tv programs as well including skam & they also have radio)

SKAM website full episodes — you’ll need a vpn but they have norwegian subtitles also it’s great for learning how people speak every day

Lovleg episodes — same as above (you’ll need a vpn) also lovleg will be a little hard to understand if you’re learning bokmål bc it’s very dialect-y but another show to watch in norwegian that i think is good

my norwegian playlist on spotify — it’s not super long but good for discovering norwegian music if you don’t know any :-)

edit bc my friend recommended these 2 podcasts:

Norsk for Beginners — for A1-A2 learners

Lær Norsk Nå — for B1-B2 learners

be sure you’re passionate about what you want to study, because you’ll need a deep love to carry you through an intense program (that can range from 1 year to 7+, depending on what you’re studying) where you will sometimes have some bitter lows

related, don’t go to grad school just because the job market blows and you’re not sure what to do. you’re better off taking a couple years to gain experience and skills at a job that you can then transfer to postgrad academic work later

talk to a lot of people before you decide to go somewhere. talk to professors and potential advisors, talk to administrative staff, and try to talk to current or recent students. you’ll have a better idea of what it’s like, professional connections for when you start, and possibly new friends

continuing from the above point, don’t go to or apply to somewhere where it’s hard to get information about the program or that people aren’t responsive. if they’re not trying to reach out when you’re a potential student, they’re unlikely to support you once you’re there

be willing to communicate! talk to your advisor and professors if you’re having a hard time or are finding things challenging. if they’re worth their salt, they’ll help you out and provide solid suggestions. 

20 - Rizha

vide - Pomme

See You - Renata Toscano Bruzón

Fly Con Vos - Rizha

Sainte-Victoire - Clara Luciani

Yo Perreo Sola - Bad Bunny

Elle, tu l’aimes - Hélène Ségara

Vondt I Hjertet - Razika

Ceux qui rêvent - Pomme

Petit poisson - Maxenss

La lavande - Pomme

Muérdeme - María Escarmiento

Comment dormir avec ta voix dans ma tête - Maxenss

Désert - Maxenss

C’est toi qu’elle préfère - Alice et Moi

Mr/Mme - Loïc Nottet

P FKN R - Bad Bunny

je sais pas danser - Pomme

Safaera - Bad Bunny, Jowell & Randy, Nengo Flow

Dors - Clara Luciani

Nombreux - Angèle

La Santa - Bad Bunny, Daddy Yankee

Insomnies - Angèle

Bichiyal - Bad Bunny, Yaviah

BAGDAD - Rosalía

L’été - Maxenss

J’entends - Angèle

Que Se Muere Que Se Muere - Rosalía

La Den Gå - Lisa Stokke (lmao)

Dernière danse - Indila

MALAMENTE - Rosalía

Flûtiste - Maxenss

No Tú No - Renata Toscano Bruzón,  Majo Cardozo, Majo Chicar

Neues Zimmer - Annenmaykantereit

La Llorona - Ángela Aguilar

Ya No Más - Pilar Pascual, Santiago Saez

Hinter klugen Sätzen - Annenmaykantereit

Grüne Augen lügen nicht - JEREMIAS

Ta fête - Stromae

Les filles désir - Vendredi Sur Mer

Jalousie - Angèle

Bajo La Piel - Alice Wonder

La Camisa Negra - Juanes

Her - Karpe

Ich geh heut nicht mehr tanzen - Annenmaykantereit

De là-haut - Pomme

QUE NO SALGA LA LUNA - Rosalía

Você É Demais - Carmela Barsamián, Paulo Sánchez Lima

die Welt = world

die Umwelt = environment

ver = prefix to indicate something difficult or negative, a change that leads to deterioration or even destruction that is difficult to reverse or to undo, or a strong negative change of the mental state of a person

der Müll = garbage, trash, rubbish, litter

-ung = -ing

die Vermüllung = littering

ver- = see before

zweifeln = to doubt

-ung = see before

die Verzweiflung = despair, exasperation, desperation

das Monster = monster

das Wort = word

der Groll = grudge, anger, malice, rancor

die Imitation = imitation

un- = un-, in-

fähig = able

-keit = -ility

die Unfähigkeit = inability

die Fehde = feud

der Handschuh = glove

der Fehdehandschuh = gauntlet

der Wurf = throw

Monsterwortbildungsunfähigkeitsangstverzweiflungsrückzugsecke

Monster=monster // wort=word // bildung(s)=formation

unfähigkeit (s)=incabability  // angst=anxiety

verzweiflung(s)=desperation  // rückzug(s)=retreat // ecke=corner

Monsterwortbildungsgespür

Monster = monster 

Wort = word 

Bildung(s) = formation

Gespür = intuition

In German the word “Freund” can mean both “male friend” or “boyfriend”, and “Freundin” can mean both “female friend” or “girlfriend”. In order to avoid sending the wrong message, it’s best to stick to the indefinite “ein/eine” for buddies, and the possessive “mein/meine” for romantic relationships:

“Eine Freundin von dir ist hier.” – “A friend of yours (who is a girl) is here.”

“Mein Freund ist sehr nett.” – “My boyfriend is very nice.”

“Meine Freundin ist da.” – “My girlfriend is there.”

I tried my hand at translating one of my favourite Norwegian poems into English.

«Fra en annen virkelighet», Gunvor Hofmo, Fra en annen virkelighet (1948)

What is it?: In Swedish you can use the word världens (meaning “the world’s/of the world”) as a type of amplifier (I believe that’s the correct terminology?). It basically is a synonym to jätte, väldigt etc. 

English equivalent: It has the same feeling as “ever” in English when used like “The best word ever” = Världens bästa ord. 

Construction: Världens + superlative adjective + noun in the indefinite form.  So for example: Världens godaste glass, världens snyggaste tröja, världens fulaste höghus. In gift shops you’ll often see mugs with texts like Världens bästa mamma/pappa/förälder which means “The best mum/dad/parent in the world”.

Metaphorical usage: The expression can also be used a bit more metaphorically when talking about time. Let’s look at an example my brain produced yesterday evening: Idag har kanske inte varit världens bästa dag - “Today maybe hasn’t been the best day ever”. Here the meaning of “the best day in the world” doesn’t really make sense and it has instead extended to a more temporal meaning (closer to the English “ever”).