"Vi fikk masse fisk i går."

Translation: We got a lot of fish yesterday.

[langjd]

Wir haben gestern einen Haufen Fische gef... angen. I don't think I'll get used to that word.

[laura-f]

hahahahah. only funny for german speakers though

[langjd]

Norwegian has a lot of funny things to offer for German speakers. For example, many common words and idioms in Norwegian correspond to archaic ones in German, so sometimes when speaking Norwegian I feel like someone in a Schiller play.

[laura-f]

i totally feel you on this one.

[ellasm123]

is there any rule for when you would use mye vs masse?

[SansEspoir83]

Well, there is this youtube video which has a good guide on it.
Here's the TL;DR version:

Mange is for subjects you can count.

Mye is for subjects you can't count.

Masse is more of a spoken form

(And Riksmålsforbundet says you should never use "masse" in written form, as it's childish even in spoken form)

[TARDISToni]

And here's that video link for those of us using the app who can't access links in rich text ... :-)
https://youtu.be/lBRxrv1FcnI

(And indeed, it says little more than what's summarized in the post above, but it IS entirely in Norwegian - but spoken slowly and clearly, which gives us learners a good chance to practice our listening comprehension! )

[Nic698651]

Masses of them...