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| Aquila123 Tetraglot Senior Member Norway mydeltapi.com Joined 5311 days ago 201 posts - 262 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: Finnish, Russian | Message 17 of 50 24 January 2014 at 8:43am | IP Logged | ||
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Norwegian names of the meals:
frokost or morgenmat - breakfast formiddagsmat or lønsj - lunch middag - dinner kveldsmat - supper nattmat - a meal during the night niste or nistemat - food to take with you and eat on journeys By the way: The word "nattmat" has a rather high frequency. Edited by Aquila123 on 24 January 2014 at 8:45am 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4644 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 18 of 50 24 January 2014 at 9:36am | IP Logged | ||
Has it really? I haven't been living in Norway for many years, but when I did, I cannot remember that this is a word we used very often. I would associate it with eating a hot dog or a kebab at 3am in the morning after a night on the town drinking too much, but please correct me if I'm wrong. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Aquila123 Tetraglot Senior Member Norway mydeltapi.com Joined 5311 days ago 201 posts - 262 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: Finnish, Russian | Message 19 of 50 24 January 2014 at 12:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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It is most often associated with going into the quichen and making some quick food after a late saturday, but could also be as you said buying some fastfood on the way home in the middle of the night, or eating some food at night if you have sleep problems. I do not know how long you have been away from Norway, but the Norweagian society has become immensely stressful, and this fenomenon has some connection to a super-stressed society. Edited by Aquila123 on 24 January 2014 at 12:12pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Ogrim Heptaglot Senior Member France Joined 4644 days ago 991 posts - 1896 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, French, Romansh, German, Italian Studies: Russian, Catalan, Latin, Greek, Romanian | Message 20 of 50 24 January 2014 at 1:56pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the clarification. I left Norway almost 19 years ago, and although I try to keep up with Norwegian news, politics, culture and society in general, I discover each time I go back, once a year or so, that both society and language have moved on. I guess back in the 90s Norway was not that stressful, at least I do not remember it as such.
Maybe I should add "modern Norwegian" to my list of languages to improve :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| leroc Senior Member United States Joined 4316 days ago 114 posts - 167 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 21 of 50 24 January 2014 at 4:12pm | IP Logged | ||
The nattmat I have experienced is the one I quoted, rather then any late night meal. It may be have a different connotation in the cities, but then again, I live in a small college town in the north.
Edited by leroc on 24 January 2014 at 4:13pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5914 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 22 of 50 24 January 2014 at 6:55pm | IP Logged | ||
It's almost always spelled "lunsj", even Språkrådet prefers that spelling (not that it matters that much what they think... I googled). I've never seen "lønsj" from anyone except people who are supercommitted to Norwegianising everything regardless. I would also add matpakke. If you bring food (especially bread etc) to school or work in a box or wrapped in kitchen paper, that's what you call it. I should start doing that instead of always buying my lunch in the cafeteria :-) Liz 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Aquila123 Tetraglot Senior Member Norway mydeltapi.com Joined 5311 days ago 201 posts - 262 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: Finnish, Russian | Message 23 of 50 05 February 2014 at 10:55am | IP Logged | ||
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Maybe it is spelled "lunch". I am committed to as phonemic a spelling as possible, so I allow myself to spell it "lønsj", because that is how Norwegians pronounce it. But I did not know, what was regarded as correct though.
I also consequently spell clutch, as "kløtsj" and wire as "vaier", and even "service" as "sørvis", to take a couple of other examples. I do not know what is so-called correct in all these cases. I think the phonemic way is the best, anyhow. Edited by Aquila123 on 05 February 2014 at 10:56am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5914 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 24 of 50 06 February 2014 at 2:37pm | IP Logged | ||
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The Olympics are starting tomorrow, so:
Gull - gold Sølv (pronounced "søll") - silver Bronse - bronze (Norwegian.) Edited by Lizzern on 06 February 2014 at 2:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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