"Jenta spiser pepper."

Translation: The girl eats pepper.

[Varkhul]

A nutritious meal I'm sure

[xMerrie]

Is this 'pepper' the spice one, the spicy one, or the one that comes in four colours? :)

[Deliciae]

It's the spice, the (ground) peppercorns.

We call bell peppers 'paprika'.

[NoNameNoFace]

Then what do you call the spice called paprika?

[Deliciae]

Paprika(krydder)

[kashhhhhhhhhh]

so you'd say, "vi trenger å kjøpe paprika krydder"?

[xMerrie]

Thanks! :D

That would be easy to remember, it's the same in Dutch. ('Peper' and 'paprika')

[Deliciae]

Perfect, then you know it already! :)

I've always liked the word 'paprika'.

[JanSoukup1]

In Czech we use 'paprika' also. :)

[Tattamin]

Same in German. ;)

[tlight5]

Same in Hungarian

[xMerrie]

Yeah, me too. It's a funny word. :)

[Auzri]

So it is the black stuff you put in food and not a jalapeño pepper? I'm sorry I'm just double checking! Thank you in advance

[Deliciae]

Pepper (also comes in red/pink, white, and green)

Chilipepper, often shortened to just "chili" (jalapeños being one variety)

Paprika

[pfnuesel]

What are the four colors?

[xMerrie]

Red, yellow, green, and orange. At least, those are the colours sold in the Netherlands.. :)

[celticlord88]

So shes eating pepper by itself? These sentences are so strange.

[imaKid2]

Yup. And pet bears are legal in Sweden apparently.

[learnig_by_doing]

I like Sweden

[zirrex]

I guess pepper comes right after a lemon.

[MuttFitness]

Why is she eating straight pepper? Mental problem?

[imaKid2]

I think Duo is the one who has a mental problem... he teaches the lessons.

[UneJamKuqEZi]

I have recently found that many of the sentences in the Norwegian course, are the same as some of the sentences in the Swedish course, as in they use the same English version. Such as this sentence:

Norwegian: Jenta spiser pepper.

Swedish: Flickan äter peppar.

English: The girl eats/is eating pepper.

[Arina830648]

Sometimes the verb goes 'eats', and other times it's 'is eating'. Is the translation always going to ve the same - 'spiser'? Is there any difference between these tenses (present simple and continuous) in Norwegian?

[The_Lion_King_26]

No, there is no difference between present simple and present continuous.

[Norbert986872]

Yeah, I am asking myself same question

[learnig_by_doing]

I'm not sure. I'm from Germany and translated into german 'spiser' means just 'eats'

[cosmic_bats]

How is jente and jenta pronounced differently? I still can't hear the difference and for these I just guess.

[aerobolt256]

In Norwgian the ending e gets reduced to "uh" and ending a is a fully pronounced "ah"

[HumanComponents]

Wrote "jenten" figuring the pronunciation was the same for both forms but was wrong. So "jenta" is pronounced like "Yent-ah" and "jenten" is pronounced like "Yent-uh"?

[Luke_5.1991]

"Jenten" is spelled as it's pronounced. "Yent-en."

[HumanComponents]

Oh, right. It's just the neuter "t"s that get dropped, not the common "n"s.

[Luke_5.1991]

Exactly!

[CarolineWa862356]

In Russia we call bell peppers 'Bulgarian pepper'

[paul938059]

Shouldn't 'jenta' be 'jenten' if it's "the girl"?

[learnig_by_doing]

This sounds reallly tasty. Would try it to

[Lennon927]

What's a good way to remember the difference between "jenta" and "jenten"? How are they both, "the girl"? Is this a plural/singular situation? I'm just confused a little.

[WidePutin]

The meal is insubstantial