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I'm really enjoying these Norwegian sentences! The creative ones tend to stick in your mind and help reinforce the grammar structures
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Hard to operate these fiddly little bits of technology without opposable thumbs!
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I believe it's because bjørnen = THE bear while A bear = en bjørn. So basically while you use "a/an" you need to use "en/ei/et", but when you use "the" you add "en" at the end of the verb. At least that's how I understand it ;)
It turns out, that this is normal in Norway. Most bears are literate. However, that one bear did not go to Norway Bear School.
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Norwegian bears are smarter than the average bear. Sometimes they get lazy and skip reading.
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...because he prefers reading magazines.
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I have a question. The -en at the end is mute? Because I never really listen to it.
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Same here, for some reason I can't hear the "_en" when the examples are spoken out loud. :/ And yet, when checking the word alone, it seems like it should be pronounced...
Anyone to confirm/infirm?
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I can hear it. It's like a more subtle version of the double 'n' sound in "Good mornin' ".
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But in the Netherlands they make sandwiches. Ik zag 2 beren broodjes smeren...
I put "the bear does not read a book." It still said I was correct but I feel like it's not.
It's correct. The Norwegian present tense covers both the continuous/progressive and the simple aspect.
It's through duolingo i came to know that bjørn borg means Bear Castle :)
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That's the Swedish equivalent. The umlaut ("ö") and the "slashed o" ("ø") were each originally shorthand for writing "oe". This relationship is clearer in Danish and Norwegian, in which the "æ" is equivalent to Swedish and German "ä". The "å", on the other hand, was originally a shorthand for "aa", and has no equivalent outside of Scandinavian languages. Note that, while these letters are still sometimes spelled out as "oe" and "ae", it's always better to use the single-letter version if you can.
