"Bonden lager mat i prestens kirke."

Translation: The farmer cooks in the priest's church.

[YmirP]

Is this common in Norway? People cooking inside churches?

[cstonebr17]

Nobody even takes notice of it anymore.

[LINHARS]

Ha ha .....

[otsogutxi]

What is it with all the farmer and the priest sentences?

[Luke_5.1991]

They're buddies.

[19Paris19]

Because God forbid the bus driver does it

[Jeannellen]

I wonder about the phrase "the priest's church" in English we might say the village church or the Lutheran church. Is there a significant meaning to "prestens kirke"? Is it a subtle comment against the priest? or the church?

[MuttFitness]

Wondering same thing.

[Libor]

Or perhaps priest's house like where they live like Father Ted n pals

[Faxe656748]

If they wouldnt cook in theyr churches, they wouldnt burn that often.

[hmada993]

What is the one word for the verb "cook"?

[Bronzdragon]

The closest would be 'koke', but that's literally to boil something. If you want to say 'make food', you would use 'lage mat'.

[LINHARS]

'Å lage mat'

[HellaBoss]

This sentence is the weirdest one here. I didn't know that there are churches with the kitchen and that there farmers make food

[Bronzdragon]

In more rural communities, and especially in the past, sometimes the church building had a room for a priest to live in his church. It's not necessarily the church directly, but close enough in this case.

[LINHARS]

In Norway to be "en prest" is a job like other jobs. They have families and homes like most people. In Norway "en prest" is very different from a catholic priest, there are even many women who are "prester".

[GAPanda]

Many churches have kitchens. They are commonly used for making food for church events (vacation bible school, festivals, etc.) and for the poor if they are involved in charity programs.

[Eddie_Werewolf]

The priest and the farmer live together. They can't marry because priests aren't suppose to marry but nobody said they couldn't live together platonically.

[LINHARS]

A Norwegian "prest" can marry.

A Norwegian "prest" is very different from a catholic priest.

[GAPanda]

In my experience on Duolingo, typically there is more focus on words for the most common religion in the countries where the language is spoken. Norway is a Lutheran/Protestant country, so I'm surprised we're introduced to the word for priest before the one for pastor. Is there a separate word for pastor, or is prest used? Can prest mean pastor?

[Denis999129]

I put "in" instead of "within" and it turned out incorrect. Why ?

[Bronzdragon]

It depends on the rest of your sentence. It's hard to say one way or the other without knowing exactly what you typed in.

[muldoonie]

If I wanted to say "The farmer makes food", as in they sorta "make" food by growing it, would "Bonden lager mat" still work?

[ChromateX]

So a Kirkekokk?

And also, is the -ens or -ets ending more common than (noun) av (noun)?

[Cybuhr]

The farmer cooks religiously.

[Chris64072]

I put" the farmer cooks food in the priests church" and it was marked wrong . Why? Please ??