Team Nordic [study and support group]

[AlOlaf]

Could this be a new version of Norwegisch ohne Mühe?

[Philipp]

Hei Team Nordic, I’m looking for recommendations for books in bokmål. My Norwegian is very basic, but I can guess many words from German. I read some sample texts from Jo Nesbø and I’m able to get the gist. A crime novel would be nice, but I’m open to other genres. No children’s books or YA, please. I read a lot of Harry Potter lately and have enough of angsty teenagers for a while. Is the Harry Hole series a good choice or is there something better suited for beginners?

[Brun Ugle]

Hei Team Nordic, I’m looking for recommendations for books in bokmål. My Norwegian is very basic, but I can guess many words from German. I read some sample texts from Jo Nesbø and I’m able to get the gist. A crime novel would be nice, but I’m open to other genres. No children’s books or YA, please. I read a lot of Harry Potter lately and have enough of angsty teenagers for a while. Is the Harry Hole series a good choice or is there something better suited for beginners?

I think it would probably be as good as anything else. One advantage is that a lot of Jo Nesbø’s books have been translated to English and German, so you could consult the translations if you get stuck.

[Philipp]

I think it would probably be as good as anything else. One advantage is that a lot of Jo Nesbø’s books have been translated to English and German, so you could consult the translations if you get stuck.

Thanks. Then I'll to start with Flaggermusmannen. I'm curious how it goes.

[suomiruotsinorja]

Moi/hej/hei everyone!

This study group seems to be just the place for me! I am Finnish, studying in Sweden and dating a Norwegian guy. My biggest problem at the moment is mixing up Swedish and Norwegian. I am fluent in Swedish and I can understand Norwegian well. However, when I try to learn to produce Norwegian it ends up affecting my Swedish (I sometimes use Norwegian words by accident and confuse my Swedish friends). Any advice? The languages are so similar - which is a blessing and a curse.

[Brun Ugle]

Moi/hej/hei everyone!

This study group seems to be just the place for me! I am Finnish, studying in Sweden and dating a Norwegian guy. My biggest problem at the moment is mixing up Swedish and Norwegian. I am fluent in Swedish and I can understand Norwegian well. However, when I try to learn to produce Norwegian it ends up affecting my Swedish (I sometimes use Norwegian words by accident and confuse my Swedish friends). Any advice? The languages are so similar - which is a blessing and a curse.

Unless you really want to learn Norwegian, you might as well just stick with Swedish since Norwegians usually understand it without many problems. If you do want to learn Norwegian, then I’ve heard some people say that it helps to concentrate on the different “feeling” of the languages. That is, every language has its own personality or feel and if you can “feel Norwegian” when you speak Norwegian and “feel Swedish” when you speak Swedish, you won’t mix them up. It sounds like New Age mumbo jumbo, I know, but it is said to help.

[AlOlaf]

The 10-part Danish television series “Historien om Danmark” is back on dr.dk, now with Danish subtitles as well as synstolkning. It can be viewed outside of Denmark, and it’ll be available until August 12, 2019. Here’s the link to the first episode:

https://www.dr.dk/tv/se/historien-om-da ... -stenalder

[Elsa Maria]

The 10-part Danish television series “Historien om Danmark” is back on dr.dk, now with Danish subtitles as well as synstolkning. It can be viewed outside of Denmark, and it’ll be available until August 12, 2019. Here’s the link to the first episode:

https://www.dr.dk/tv/se/historien-om-da ... -stenalder

Thanks, that is a good show and I missed a few episodes the first time around.