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Anybody here speak Norwegian? How hard is it to learn, relatively speaking? Pic semi-related.

>> No.2794366

>>2794346
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>> No.2794364
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Pretty easy, I'm just starting to learn it. The hardest things are the intonations (the ways in which it goes up and down are part of the proper pronunciations) and the dialects. It's a heck of a lot simpler than German though.

Take the verb for "to be" for example:

I am - Jeg er
You are - Du er
He is - Han er

I rest my case.

>> No.2794384

It's gonna be tough to learn the pronounciations of the language. The language isn't a far cry from English, however, so it's relatively easy to learn the grammar. English and Norwegian has a common ancestry of course.

It's also a gateway to learning Swedish and Danish as well, so that's a plus.

>> No.2794390

It's very simple. Link related.

http://www.pagef30.com/2008/08/why-norwegian-is-easiest-language-for.html

>> No.2794404

Yes, i am norwegian..

>> No.2794409

>>2794390
I actually read this a few minutes, pretty interesting.

Anybody have any suggestions for someone who wants to learn it?

>> No.2794417

>>2794409
Immersion is the easiest way, but you can probably pick it up relatively fast with a textbook and pronunciation guide.

Once you have a cursory grasp, open up Hunger in the original Norwegian and keep reading until there's something you don't understand. Research it, then continue in that fashion.

>> No.2794424

>>2794417
Thanks a bunch, I think I'll head to the bookstore later.

Norwegian has always fascinated me for some reason, despite the fact that I'm partly Danish.

>> No.2794426

"Hunger" in norwegian is "sult"

>> No.2794444

>>2794409
Just consume Norwegian language and culture. Torrent the Pimsleur Norwegian course. Listen to Kaizer's Orchestra or whatever and read the lyrics.

Watch Norwegian movies such as Dead Snow, Nord, and The Bothersome Man. You can watch the latter on YouTube, if it's still on there.

You can find texts of the original Norwegian version of Hamsun's Hunger online - on Open Library and #bookz, probably on Project Gutenberg too.

Get a book such as this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Norwegian-Teach-Yourself-Ingvald-Marm/dp/0340262850/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&q
id=1341859727&sr=8-6

>> No.2794479

Is Norwegian the new trawl topic?

>> No.2794493

Norwegian here, don't waste your time on it. While we do have a lot of great literature (Hamsun is the best we have though), you'll get much more out of learning german or french.

>> No.2794499

How difficult is Russian? I kinda want to learn it because it seems to have the best range of fairly recent lit outside of English.

>> No.2794502

>>2794493
>french
French is the worst language. It sounds terrible and is stupid as fuck, plus nothing of value was written in it.

>> No.2794506

>>2794502

sound the edgy opinion alarm

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>>2794502
dis nigga serious?

>> No.2794556

>>2794502

This guy obviously cannot speak French.

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>> No.2794578

>>2794502
>French is the worst language. It sounds terrible and is stupid as fuck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvyMG0z0FZY

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>someone says french is shit
>shitstorm of reactions
>mfw

yeah it aint crap but it aint a big thing either. theres nothing special about it other than the fact that everyone thinks it is special.

t'es faché?

>> No.2794594

>>2794578
Repressed feels: Unlocked.

>> No.2794601

>>2794502
>nothing of value was written in it
except for works by
Moliere
Voltaire
Balzac
Baudelaire
Lautreamont
Maupassant
Rimbaud
Flaubert
Proust
Beckett
Perec
and a few others

>> No.2794603

>>2794601

its almost as if the user you're replying to was making a dumb generalization to upset people!

>> No.2794621

>>2794603
lol that was cute. you must be a fag

>> No.2794628

>>2794621

just a good poster, ma'am

>> No.2794639

>>2794603
Or was a typical Cambridge undergrad