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- "En bjørn er et farlig dyr."
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Bjørnen sover, bjørnen sover
I sitt lune hi.
Den er ikke farlig, bare man går varlig
Men man kan jo, men man kan jo
Aldri være trygg.
We have a very similar kid's song to this, in Poland as well: "Stary niedźwiedź mocno śpi"
Not in Norwegian. Adjectives that end in "-ig" don't take the "-t" neuter ending.
The silent "g"s always throw me off. Any tips on which words have them or do I just have to memorize?
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A whole lot of those words (silent g) end in -lig... and when you hear it, it sounds like the English -ly ending, e.g., carefully. Also, there are words (silent g) that end in -ig (e.g., modig, which means brave or courageous). Those ones sound like English words that end in -y, such as messy or rainy.
I hope this helps. :0)
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And for some strange reason "aldri" is written without the g in Norwegian (unlike Danish).
When I was in school 40 years ago, in a classroom setting, people said "The bear..." to characterize "the animals that fit into the category named 'bear'...". In that sense the statement "The bear is a dangerous animal." would have referred to any bear, not a specific bear and the definite-ness was the category/species, not the animal. I don't think it is in common use today, though.
