Marya’s log - TAC 2013 Viking Team (Language Learning Log) Language Learning Forum

Marya’s log - TAC 2013 Viking Team
Tags: Norwegian
Share with: Delicious Digg reddit Facebook StumbleUpon
Language Learning Forum : Language Learning Log

57 messages over 8 pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next >>

hrhenry
Octoglot
Senior Member
United States
languagehopper.blogs
Joined 5130 days ago
1871 posts - 3642 votes

Speaks: English*, Spanish^C2, Italian^C2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese
Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe

Message 17 of 57

08 January 2013 at 1:24pm | IP Logged

Solfrid Cristin wrote:

...strangely enough Norwegian seems to be one the really popular
languages here this year

I'm totally digging the fact that there are a bunch of people focusing on Norwegian this
year. Lots of good log reading.

On an unrelated note, it seems like this year has a lot more TAC log activity in general
- a good thing!

R.
==
2 persons have voted this message useful

stifa
Triglot
Senior Member
Norway
lang-8.com/448715
Joined 4873 days ago
629 posts - 813 votes

Speaks: Norwegian*, English^C2, German
Studies: Japanese, Spanish

Message 18 of 57

08 January 2013 at 2:42pm | IP Logged

pesahson wrote:

I've been listening a lot to this song in the past couple of days. I'm
not into pop much but doing it for language reasons is always justified ;).
Do you have any other music recommendations? So many Norwegian musicians choose to sing
in English I have a hard time finding songs.

This wasn't aimed at me, but...

A few that sing in Norwegian:
- *Kaizers Orchestra (No idea what genre; Jæren-dialect)
- *Kråkesølv (soft-rock; Bodø-dialect)
- DDE (country-tock-ish; Trøndersk)
- Sie Gubba (country-rock; Trøndersk)
- *Plumbo (Pop-rock; some eastern dialect)
- Dumdum Boys (cheesy 80's rock...)

And loads of others, I don't really know the Norwegian music scene that well..

(*I personally recommend these)
6 persons have voted this message useful

hrhenry
Octoglot
Senior Member
United States
languagehopper.blogs
Joined 5130 days ago
1871 posts - 3642 votes

Speaks: English*, Spanish^C2, Italian^C2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese
Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe

Message 19 of 57

08 January 2013 at 3:04pm | IP Logged

stifa wrote:

And loads of others, I don't really know the Norwegian music scene that well..

Another artist I like is Kari Bremnes. Her lyrics are clear, if not a bit on the
esoteric side.

R.
==
3 persons have voted this message useful

pesahson
Diglot
Senior Member
Poland
Joined 5728 days ago
448 posts - 840 votes

Speaks: Polish*, English
Studies: French, Portuguese, Norwegian

Message 20 of 57

08 January 2013 at 6:28pm | IP Logged

Thank you stifa and hrhenry! I will be checking out your recommendations.
1 person has voted this message useful

Marya
Diglot
Groupie
Poland
languagewanderer.com
Joined 4414 days ago
62 posts - 77 votes

Speaks: Polish*, English
Studies: Russian, Norwegian

Message 21 of 57

08 January 2013 at 6:37pm | IP Logged

pesahson wrote:

Marya wrote:

Listening to Norwegian songs. Here is a link to one of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFTl1LGJEp0
I picked this one for a reason; the lyrics are quite easy to follow so after 3-4 weeks
of studying I was able to understand it. I recommend it to people who have already
started learning Norwegian.

regards! :)

I've been listening a lot to this song in the past couple of days. I'm not into pop much but doing it for language
reasons is always justified ;).
Do you have any other music recommendations? So many Norwegian musicians choose to sing in English I
have a hard time finding songs.

I know quite a lot of the songs that you can actually use for studying Norwegian :) I found songs of
Aleksander Rybak interesting though he also sings in English. Also I enjoy Raske Men a lot. Here's a link to
one song ( It's with Norwegian subtitles)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BS-95N6uJTE
Later I'll try to post more materials that may come in handy:)
2 persons have voted this message useful

Marya
Diglot
Groupie
Poland
languagewanderer.com
Joined 4414 days ago
62 posts - 77 votes

Speaks: Polish*, English
Studies: Russian, Norwegian

Message 22 of 57

08 January 2013 at 6:40pm | IP Logged

Thank you a lot for sharing with songs!:),
Hrhenry, It's trud that more and more people ale learning Norwegian:) maybe they find it useful because Of
job opportunities etc..
Solfrid Cristin, tusen takk for offering help!:D
1 person has voted this message useful

pesahson
Diglot
Senior Member
Poland
Joined 5728 days ago
448 posts - 840 votes

Speaks: Polish*, English
Studies: French, Portuguese, Norwegian

Message 23 of 57

08 January 2013 at 6:53pm | IP Logged

I recognise Raske Men from I kveld med Ylvis.

It is interesting that quite a lot of people started learning Norwegian. I myself flirted with the thought of learning it for about 10 years. Of all the scandinavian languages Norwegian always appealed to me the most, for no apparent reason really. I finally decided to act on it. I won't be pushing myself much, I want this language to stay a hobby. If it works out, it was meant to be ;).
1 person has voted this message useful

Marya
Diglot
Groupie
Poland
languagewanderer.com
Joined 4414 days ago
62 posts - 77 votes

Speaks: Polish*, English
Studies: Russian, Norwegian

Message 24 of 57

08 January 2013 at 7:31pm | IP Logged

pesahson wrote:

I recognise Raske Men from I kveld med Ylvis.

It is interesting that quite a lot of people started learning Norwegian. I myself flirted with the thought of
learning it for about 10 years. Of all the scandinavian languages Norwegian always appealed to me the most,
for no apparent reason really. I finally decided to act on it. I won't be pushing myself much, I want this
language to stay a hobby. If it works out, it was meant to be ;).

Wow 10 years, quite a lot!:) so how's your studying going?;)

1 person has voted this message useful

This discussion contains 57 messages over 8 pages: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next >>

Printable version

You cannot post new topics in this forum - You cannot reply to topics in this forum - You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum - You cannot create polls in this forum - You cannot vote in polls in this forum

This page was generated in 0.6719 seconds.