What is typical Norwegian? | Easy Norwegian 1
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- Опубліковано 16 січ 2014
- Sindre is in Oslo and tries to find out what is typical Norwegian :D
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Host: Sindre Garcia
Camera and Editing: Fredrik Magnusson
Proofreader: Brittany Newland
Me : hello nice to me-
Norwegians : _BRUNOST_
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahaha😂
LmfAo
Rizky Citra Anugrah dør🤣🤣
BRUNOOOOOST er kjempe godt
me: *sleeping*
a norwegian, breaking into my window: BRUNOST
im upset this doesnt have more likes
BRUNOST
Fuckn killed me LOL
It's my ear or norwegian sounds like german? :"v
@@diegodelperu409 Norwegian is a Germanic language; it came from the same language long ago. English is also a Germanic language!
So, Norway is 50% cheese 50% cheese accessories.
Good to know.
And skiing
Add skiing and a lot of mountains and snow. Don't buy the troll dolls in the item shops in Norway. That's just tourist selling crap that no one in norway actually have
brown cheese is a sweet cheese that most people grow up with
Brown cheese
Yeah norway is pretty nice
brunost will be the first norwegian word that i'll learn.
The only one you need;)
And brødskive xD (kaku In my dialect tho)
Vincent Meyer det er odøling
learnt already haha
You already know a lot of Norsk words without knowing you know them. 😁
The kid that said Troll understands everything
Fook, I dunno, trolls, I guess.
lol, yup, I was literally just reading up on Norse mythology today and trolls were a major part. I didn't know trolls were of Nordic origin until today. But that explains why in the game Dark Age of Camelot, which is divided into three realms including the Nordic Midgard, the Midgard realm is the one with trolls.
@@Aprinsa Wow, and there was me thinking trolls originated on the Internet. Seems we have a long and proud history before that though!
Yes it'real
Aprinsa most norwegians don’t know shit about norse mythology, so it’s pointless to make it a topic for conversation with norwegian people
This language sounds like when you make an audio recording in English and then play the recording backwards and it sounds all funky.
HAHAHA It does!
Really? I didn't know that was the way we sound to others x3
Oof that’s actually really accurate XD
really? it sounds pretty nice to me. It feels like they are singing or reading a poem, telling a fantastical story.
im sure youre right, but I cant hear it since im norwegian
Wow! Everybody said "brunost." I must try this brown cheese if I ever go to Norway.
It's really good
I feel like visiting norway
+Jeahav Valentin
You should! Although the weather is a bit unpredictable an horrible, it's awesome. Make sure to try Brunost. Haha
Rin Kagamine I definitely will try Brunost sir
+Mark Richardson You may even be able to try it right at home! I come from the US but live in Germany now and there was brunost back home and also right here in Germany at the local grocery store. :) Always from Norway, always delicious!
That one girl: meatballs
Swedish people: 👁️👄👁️
haha exakt vad jag tänkte på
"Kjøttkake" (norwegian meatballs) and "köttbullar" (swedish meatballs) are two quite different dishes.
@H no.
Lol that guy lost his balloon 1:58
poor dude
😁😁😁😁😁😁
LMFAO
@@william1310 you should look closely he lost the first but he had another one
Typical Norwegian..
It's interesting to notice the concept of personal space from the video, it seem that a typical Norwegian don't like people to get too close to them
And it get's even more interesting when you get to know other aspects of norwegian culture, one-night stands for example: if you try smalltalk with someone on the t-bane they'll literally think you're crazy but that same day at night you may see them going to bed with a total stranger.
you made my night.. sooo true lol
David Rivas Thats the same everywhere :/
Dutch Lion Not in my country, if you get wasted then obviously you increase your chances of ending up in bed with strangers no matter which country you are, but here in Norway that's particularly frequent and so is that when sober, the average Norwegian is extremely shy and socially sensitive towards strangers. I find both things very contradictory, that's my point.
Here it's so crazy! You can't sit next to a stranger on the bus without it beein awkward, here it's unusual to talk to strangers!
I started learning Norwegian a while ago via Duolingo as well as some other sources, and honestly it's the most fun and interesting language I've ever seen en. Their mother tongue is so beautifully spoken, and I am probably obsessed with the culture at this point hahaha. Lots of love to those from Norway and anywhere else in the world!
Me too! I got into Norwegian after watching some strange foreign films (I can't quite recall them) and listening to artists and being like "wow I love them" and they end up being from Norway. Do you still study Norsk?
@@EK-vn1nl THE ARTISTS ARE AMAZINH
Norsk er så lett å lære og ja norsk er vakker så ja jeg likker norsk.
i wanna be ur friend now
I'm also trying to learn via Duo, but I'm afraid that my pronunciation is closer to Italian than actual Norwegian
They say a lot of critical things about themselves, but they actually seem very nice and down to earth.
Yeah we are
I live in Norway. I have my entire life. But im not Norwegian by blood. Trust me. They’re not nice
@@calmricemilk515 Not nice to you, that is. (Perhaps, your attitude has something to do with it?)
Magnus Krogshave Who hurt you dude?
Herr Bönk im pretty shy so im not saying anything that most people find offensive. I mostly keep my mouth shut. But that dont stop them white fisherboys to talk offensive to me
"To complain about the weather" That's so British too
YangSing1 i like your channel
and german >:(
I have been in Norway just this week. I must say you guys are some of the nicest and most welcoming people I have ever seen. Everyone was super helpful and kind. Oslo is an amazingly beautiful city. Everything is super clean. Great gardens... I have fallen in love with Oslo and cant wait to return.
Thank you very much for your compliments, it makes us very proud:) You're very welcome back!
Are there any good museums too?
@@Ryosuke1208 yes! Do visit the open air museum (they have houses from different eras and there are actors around that will tell you how people used to live. We had a wonderful conversation with a gentleman in the biggest house and learned a lot from a lady in one of the smaller "huts"). I also quite enjoyed the kontiki museum! Super interesting! On the top of my head these 2 are the ones that stood out more, but if you like I can check which ones I visited to let you know if we liked them or not.
They give good sucky too
Visit Bergen too.❤
More Norwegian videos please! :)
me too
Agreed! :D (Please!)*
yes why did they stop after one video? The Easy German videos really helped me become fluent. Not as many resources for Norwegian..
Especially since they have more videos for the other two scandinavian languages
Ja, helt enig! Vennligst lager dere mer videoer på norsk, så at vi kan kunne lære oss dette hyggelige språket. :)
I've been living in Norway for a whole year and as an Italian girl, I must say that I find norwegian people really welcoming (or at least they were with me) ♥
Jeg savner Norge så mye, fantastiske folken opp der! ♥
È seriamente difficile il Norvegese come la gente dice? Ci sono dei trucchetti grammaticali e via dicendo?
I need tips on how to learn norsk faqqq
Ja, jeg savner Norge også! Min beste venn bor der. 😭❤️ jeg glad i det norske folk!
Shisu takk!
Shisu
Jeg har bodd i Norge hele mitt liv ❤️
I was an exchange student in 1989 and am going back to see my host family this year. I’m learning the language to thank them properly. The Norwegians were wonderful to me. Kind and helpful! Not at all closed off in my experience!:)
Black Metal.
Your profile pic makes this perfect
@@cucumber_zucker Finnish is more MeloDeath related..
No it’s not
@Julius Songling Cornflakes. Come on.
yes the best answer in the comment section! sons of northern darkness!
Hearing Norwegian being spoken so fluently, I'm really liking the sound of Norsk.
What i would answer to this:
-Brown cheese
-Bunad (National clothing on 17th of May)
-Unstable weather
-Snow
-Skiing
-Mountain Hiking
-Kvikklunsj (The best chocolate in the world lmao)
-Porridge?
-Avoid social interactions/sit or stand far away from people
*I live in Norway, so i know this from experience*
Honestly suprised noone said kvikklunsj
@@Joey-rh7vh det er jo fordi det ligner på kit kat
@@Maja-ey6bz haha helt sant, bare helt jævelig mye bedre
@@friendbud9622 kvikk lunsj er så sinnsykt mye bedre enn alt annet i andre land
Grandiosa?
Norwegian is such a beautiful language. Thank you SO much for posting this. Please keep making more!
Norwegian is one of the prettiest languages ever, and all other Germanic languages are also magical and gorgeous! I highly recommend learning Norwegian 2gether with Icelandic and Norse and Dutch, as they are the prettiest languages ever, as pretty / refined / poetic as English, so they are too pretty not to know! I am advanced level in Norwegian and upper intermediate level in Icelandic / Norse / German and upper advanced level in Dutch, and am learning many other pretty languages as well!
There should be Easy Norwegian / Easy Icelandic / Easy Danish / Easy Faroese / Easy Swedish yts and also Easy Norse and Easy Gothic yts, as these videos are real helpful for upper intermediate and advanced learners - hopefully some groups of volunteers start making them soon, as these languages are so gorgeous, they should be known and learnt by all, and I cannot recommend them enough, they are real fun to learn and speak and hear and see! 🇫🇴 🇳🇴 🇮🇸 🇩🇰 🇸🇪
Thank you so much for posting that very interesting video about Norwegian culture !
I really enjoyed watching this! It is funny how similar everyone's answers were! I want to go to Norway so badly ♥
Me: _Mom, can we have norwegians._
Mom: _No, we have Norwegians at Home_
Norwegians at Home: _Hei, Brunost er det som typisk norsk_
Correction. Hei, brunost er det som ER typisk norsk
Will there ever be more Easy Norwegian videos? I love this series for German and would love to utilize it for my Norwegian as well! Tusen takk!
I really love Norwegian and I'd love to learn it, it's such a beautiful sounding language and the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Norway are the gorgeous landscapes and mountains.
does really so many People think Our Language is beautiful?
I love it! I think it's the most beautiful language and I'm learning because of that.
My native language is Portuguese, but I find Scandinavian languages beautiful, Norsk in particular
It is my favorite language and I really wish I could learn it.
Well in my opinion is one of the most beautiful language ever, I'm teaching norwegian my self på Internett and I hope to become fluent by December...
Hilsen fra Colombia.....
in my opinion, Our Language is beautifull
Wow norwegians are really beautiful.
Please make more episodes about Norway and the norwegian language !! :)
Oh stop it you!
Norwegian is such a beautiful language! I could listen to it all day long.
Please! Keep posting videos from Norway! I'm IN LOVE with that country an language! Det et vakker
2:55 Holy shit! He's the Norwegian version of Peter Dinklage, also known as "midget from Game of Thrones".
lmao
No he looks like Damian Lewis
I had a Norwegian cat once. A skog kat, I think it’s called in Norwegian. Here, we call it a Norwegian deep forest cat. I’m not a cat person but that was the greatest cat I have ever had in my life. The woman I was married to at the time got it. I would absolutely get another one. Anyway, I love your language and think the ladies up there are very pretty
Why did this series end!?!? You guys have to continue Easy Norwegian!
The language is beautiful. Currently learning how to speak norwegian actually.
I'm learning to speak it too :D
yeah me too do you guys can give me some advice website or youtube channel for learning norsk xd
Jeg snakke bare litt norsk, men jeg elsker det og jet vil lære norsk :)
+daaaannnyy The norwegian teacher - Karin :)
Hvordan er din norsk nå?
I must say that they couldn't be more wrong about their reputation. Norwegians are NOT smug or unfriendly. They are an incredibly approachable, helpful and warm people. I spent six months there traveling around and it's my favorite country to visit. I made friends very easily and they were eager to show me around and teach me about their history, food and culture. It's a beautiful place and I can't wait to go back.
Thank you so much for this testimony, I'm planning to visit next year and I got a little nervous when they said they were cocky lmao.
That's true... I'm living in Norway and I must to say it's the best choice I made
nobody:
Norwegians: *B R U N O S T*
Tusen takk. I'm trying to learn Norwegian because my great grandparents came to the us from Norway and I really want to go there!
Such a great street interview. Amazing people ,i like the attitude of every people ,just enjoyable watching this.
+macku901502 Did you have a bad experience amongst norwegians ?
+Vasile Buruian Some norwegians can be impolite, just in general and i think it sucks that non-norwegians get to meet these people before the nice ones. you know if you have 1 bad experience the rest isn't getting any better.
Wow. everyone seems so friendly and always smiling :)
"The sun always shines on TV"
Do more of these videos in Norwegian! They are so helpful!!
I'd like to request more Easy Norwegian videos. I really think this language sounds beautiful and there isn't too much authentic material for those who are learning the language. This is double necessary for Norwegian since there are 2 written standards and a wide variety of dialects which deviate from those standards and from each other vastly. I particularly would like to see/hear the dialects in Østfold, especially Vikværsk and East Oslodialekt. Thanks a bunch and keep the lang vids coming!
I know the compliments aren’t directed at me and directed at norway but they make me happy and makes all bubbly and giddy-
I’m learning Norwegian, so far it’s going well! I can understand a few of the sentences, and a lot of the words! :D
I wish they'd make a second one of this!
Very nice that what I got from Norway. Everyone was so friendly. It was such a refresher compared to America.
Jajajaj fake
Easy Norwegian, what a wonderful idea. :)
This is great pleaaasseee make more Easy Norwegian, it’s my favorite way of learning languages!!🙏🏼
I can't wait for more episodes!
hi easy languages! I really love your videos! And I was so happy to see that you have an Easy Norwegian Video - but than i noticed that it's from 2014 and there's no Easy Norwegian 2 - oh no ... is there any chance for more norsk videos? - best greets from a fan!
Please make more norwegian videos ! We love it :)
I am learning to speak Norwegian but no where in my lessons have we discussed brunost. Glad I watched this.
Thank you so much! waiting for some other videos from Norway.. keep it up (y)
Are there other episodes planned to come out any time in the future? I love your channel and it is a great idea to listen to people on the streets when you learn a language. But for some reason Norwegian has only 1 episode =( Please, make some more!
This language is so easy to understand...the pronuntiation is so musical ....please make a lot more of these great videos!
They all look gorgeous! ♥️♥️♥️
tusken takk Sindre.
More please!!
Im from Minnesota. Land of Norwegian Americans. It’s crazy how much we talk like Norwegians in English.
Truth. There is a lot of handed-down Norwegian culture in everyday Minnesota: "uffda", "melk", duck duck grey duck, etc
One more reason to move to Scandinavia. Amazing Norway
I go to Norway so much and brunost is so nice. Big fan of jt
I'm loving these videos
More norwegian video plzzz, I'm learning this language, and my listening skills is just terrible....:((
Schwvartz King Yah it's not a difficult language but when people speak fast and especially in a dialect far from bokmål, it can be difficult to understand spoken Norwegian by some.
Sean O'Sullivan i understand what you are going through. We need to train our ears to recognize every syllable. We do this by watching movies and videos, but it seems many of them jump from one dialect to the next. One movie is a different dialect from another. Even the people in this video were doing it. Hard to find straight bokmål.
Yes, I guess we just have to accept the fact that bokmål is simply a written language that resembles the spoken language of middle/upper-class Oslo and even they have some differences in the way they speak. Films and TV series are great. Also music which is sung in their dialect can also be useful. If you are not keen on earning Nynorsk but would like to familiarize yourself with it to an extent, I would recommend the poetry of Olaf Hauge. My girlfriend bought me his book with cross the page translation but i would challenge myself to translate without any help. And it helped me see that Nynorsk is not a million miles from Bokmål and I have become more accustom to dialects in the Nynorsk regions as a result of reading his amazing poetry.
Im shocked that its people learning our language. Im so used to seeing others learning other language than norwegian if that makes sense
@@nellyb1029 Ikr im shocked that some people r learning norwegian...
I though it was a ukjent språk
Men det er litt rart tbh vis du skjønner hva jeg mener
I love the harmony and tonation of norwegian, they swallow the letters though.
Hi Ozan are you Turkish? I dont know for some reason it sounds kindof like turkish to me in rythmn and tone. I lived in ankara for a year
@@jenxffg2068 I agree. Turkish has a similar silly intonation. Almost the same kind of melody that makes Norwegians always sound utterly surprised when speaking. But I love our brother people.
// A Swede
@@herrbonk3635 "aa-a men jaha, men hörru varre såå det var, eller huuur, men va säger ni!!" you think we're gonna take it from a Swede that Norwegians sound surprised? Hahaha
@@Vingul Your examples seems to be when we actually *are* surprised, for real. So, yes, we sound surprised when we are surprised. Does that make any sense to you? :D
@@herrbonk3635 yeah, makes a lot more sense than your previous statement ;-) a Swedish girl once told me she thought we sound "cute" or something like that, but having grown up with Vi på Saltkråkan, Emil i Lönneberga, Pippi Långstrump etc etc I would have to turn that around on the Swedes, hehe. Uansett, synes bare det er skoj med litt vennlig rivalri mellom Norge og Sverige. Ni är bara sååå gulliga, lol.
such a beautiful language
Hey guys, 2018 is almost here and still no episode 2. You did a good job there, resurrect it please. Tusen takk.
Conclusion: Norwegian sounds like a whimsical German and French mix. Also Norwegians are a bit distant but very cute. And really adore their food, especially brown cheese and the outdoors.
sounds rather like german and english mix, a lot of the words are similar to these languages
***** If you go to Kristiansand, yes. lol
fransk? Hvorfor Fransk? Français? pourquoi français?
I don't think that norwegian Sounds similar to french..
To German, yes. But French no.
tim tasir Of course it is not ALL that similar to French but the accent in Kristiansand has a significant R sound compared to other cities. I suppose German.
Norway has beautiful nature and reserved people so it may not be the best place to live for some people. If you think you can't fit in the culture, please don't immigrate to Norway. Instead be a tourist and enjoy the scenery.
Fredrik what a great video!!!! (i watched it more then 3 times) hahahha no tips to improve just GREAT!! Felicidades!!!
The best language video I've seen.
Wow they are almost all beautiful
Damn! I've forgotten how beautiful that language is. Need to get back to studying it, I think.
I think I just fell in love.... I'm dying to learn this language now so that I can go and visit this gorgeous country!!
It is actually really great! You can learn sooooooo many things (not everything, cause it's quite hard to understand some words) from these!
They are some really good looking and intelligent people.
I've been watching this video for 2 years, hoping there will be more =_=
denne videon er veldig god til a laere norsk! Jeg haper dere vil lage mer! I would love more videos!
Thank you for this video, I just started learning Norwegian so I didn't understand much but it was very interesting nonetheless. Norwegian people are very attractive, that's one thing I noticed. I'm going to try and visit there someday because my great-grandmother was 100% Norwegian. She used to fix lutefisk for my dad when he was a boy.
Why are Norwegian girls so beautiful?
The one at the right at 3:00 is extremely beautiful.
Johannes Mustermann Yes :)
The vikings didn't rape the ugly ones
(that was extremely offensive and probably made in pretty poor taste lol)
Matt ahbgieyhbsfwuero :D
SilverWave Cos they take it up the bum.
Sounds like a cross between Swedish and German, Swerman.
Shoarma
Nazi reindeer. Or a beer-drunk elk.
Norwegians are similar to swedish, but it sounds completely different from german.
no. not at all like german. From my experience, danish sounds like a mixture of swedish and german...
not at all. it's completely different from both.
Just saw this video. I`m learning norsk and it´s very helpfull to understand this language. Tusen Takk!
I've begun seriously studying this language (it was a toss-up between this and Russian next) and this helps. Wish there were a lot more videos!
I LOVE DUOLINGO!! I learn Norwegian there :D
Are you still a life? Where you reached in duolingo
Do you know: hei jeg heter .... Hva heter du🇳🇴😊 om from Norway😊
I love duolingo but it asks me to translate the stupidest sentences
"Mauren liker edderkoppen"
"Edderkoppen spiser Mauren" (Poor ant got betrayed)
Also
"Fuglene spiser ris" I'm quite certain that when birds eat rice they explode but ok Duolingo whatever you're into I guess...
@@cameronburke8002 I just started the Norwegian course on Duolingo a couple of days ago and already encountered a sentence about being eaten by the wolf XD
Shillin Hite I’m also learning Norwegian on Duolingo and I got that same sentence too 😅
I've heard people say Norwegian sounds like German to them. As a German speaker, it sounds very different to me. Norwegian speech melody bounces up and down a lot, that's pretty weird to me ;)
I love the last lady in the little shop, such a sweet person. :)
3:23 As somebody from the outside, I have not heard about the cheese but the lady is right about “fjord, sea, sailors” - wherever you go in Europe, you find Norwegian salmon in shops and that kind of maps the rest in mind
some of these women are goddesses on earth, I swear.
Norwegians seem a little more reserved and shy
+Klaod Nell Hehehe Yes we are, but its jut because we like to keep are own business to ourselves. If you become friends with a Norwegian then you while get a totally other perspective of us, I promise :D
+Dark Pheonix *will
If I weren't the most antisocial thing in the universe, the first thing I'd try to do is befriending Norwegians :)
More videos please... I love how Norwegian sounds, it is really cool
:P
Have you heard northern Norwegian?
I decided to look up how Norwegian language sounds after thinking about the bloodline on my father's side. He's Canadian, but ethnically part Scottish and Norwegian. My mother is native Ojibwe. It's interesting hearing a language that was spoken by your great-great-great grandparents!
I can listen to Norwegian for the whole eternity!
Have you heard northern Norwegian?
I want to try brunost so badly. It looks so delicious!
L
Thanks a lot you guys at Easy Languages. Norwegian is a great language. Lykke til 👍
Please do more !!! ❤️
as a fluent Swedish speaker I understand almost 50 % of the whole video
Only 50%?
Syrian in Sweden / syrisk i Sverige I'm a native Danish speaker and I understand like 80%
Syrian in Sweden / syrisk i Sverige I'm gonna assume you're not a native Swedish speaker, that's probably why.
Med et navn "Syrisk i Sverige," jeg vil å sa nei, haha.
I'm Norwegian, and Icelandic is just easy Arabic
Northern mythology: Midgard, Asgard, Thor, Tyr, Odin, Freya, Heimdall, the Valkyries, the elfs, Yggdrasil, the Trolls, the Wargus, the Runes, the Vikings, the Valhalla, Bifrost, Ragnarök, Jormungänder, Fenrir, etc...The fjords, the Aurora Borealis, the Nordkapp, the midnight sun, the dark winter, the most majestic forests and landscapes in earth, glaciers, the salmon, the Smalahove, the Villsau sheep, Edvard Grieg's suite Nº1 op. 46, Ibsen's "Peer Gynt", wooden (and burnt) churches, Black Metal... From Spain I answer better than most norwegians???
Thats so us, we take all that for granted and blatantly reply "brown cheese" like a bunch of tossers xD
BROWN CHEES
Stfu
Lol who cares about all that stuff
Psynergi I love your hair
Only one episode! More Easy Norwegian videos please!!
It's interesting because what Norwegians seem to think others think of them is totally opposite of how the majority of us feel. I actually find the typical Norwegian to be polite, welcoming, courteous, approachable, and sweetly honest.
Norwegians are also an introvert's dream, because they never infringe upon your personal space or overstep. They seem very respectful of boundaries, and I absolutely love them for it.
there's a rhythm when ppl are speaking the language. beautiful!
Have you heard northern Norwegian?
I don't if its only me, but i like the norwegian is spoken.
Wish this series had continued!
I am italian and I am trying to learn norsk. 4th day of studying and I wanted to check how much can I understand up until now. Of course the vocabulary is the main problem, but I guess I got the main sentences construction.
Thank god and the uploader for subtitles! XD