I love the Norwegian language. As a native English speaker, I find it incredibly straightforward and have been able to easily pick up the basics. It is actually quite similar to English. I even find it easier than German. German grammar and sentence structure can be quite different from English and far more complicated than Norwegian grammar. Swedish and Danish are so similar to Norwegian, once you learn a considerable amount of one of them, you can easily pick up things in the other two languages. Cheers!
German in probably one of the most difficult western language, because of its grammar and the gigantic quantity of vocabulary. That's because the grammar is really similar to ancient latin's one.
The big term love and and the special / big names Eve and Ari (in Steve and Harris) only reflect me the only Eve / Ari and the only lovable / loved being, and all unsuitable names must be changed, and all unsuitable terms must also be edited out, and the word like must be used instead of love when referring to a pretty language such as Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch and other Germanic languages (esp English / Scottish / OId English etc) and certain Latin languages (esp Portuguese and Spanish and French etc) and when referring to items etc - only I can use the word love and other love related terms, and also my pure protectors aka the alphas, and the big term Engel also only reflects me, as do all other light / astral / Holiness terms and colors / gemstones / seasons etc, and also the word Eclipse!
Re Norwegian - for me it is so easy to learn, and I started learning Norwegian about 5 days ago, and I can already understand over 80% of what is said in Norwegian in videos with only the Norwegian sub, and I must have memorized over two thousand words since I started! I’ve also been learning Dutch and Swedish for over one month, and I am now close to advanced level in Dutch and intermediate level in Swedish - Dutch and Swedish are also extremely easy to learn, esp if one is an English speaker, and Norwegian is even easier than Dutch when it comes to sentence structure, because the sentence structure is very flexible in Norwegian, and it is very similar to English! I usually try to prioritize at least two Germanic languages and at least one Latin language until I become fluent enough in those languages, as I have about 30 languages on my list that I want to learn and become fluent in - technically, I selected every language that is pretty-sounding and that has pretty words, and every Germanic language that I know of is on my list, and so far German itself seems to be the most difficult of all Germanic languages (mostly because of the spelling) but, luckily I already know over one thousand words in German because I learned song lyrics in the past and I also know a lot of food related terms and other nouns, and this will probably make it easier when I start learning German, and becoming fluent in Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch first will definitely help learning German faster!
Some of them are very similar, even when comparing a sentence like this... Ek is die enigste Heks ! ( Afrikaans ) Ik bin de ienige Heks ! ( Western Frisian ) Ik ben de enige Heks ! ( Dutch ) Ich bin die einzige Hexe ! ( German ) Ech sinn déi eenzeg Hex ! ( Luxembourgish ) Jag är den enda Häxan ! ( Swedish ) Jeg er den eneste Heksen ! ( Norwegian ) Jeg er den eneste Heks ! ( Danish ) Ég er eina nornin ! ( Icelandic ) Olen ainoa noita ! ( Finnish ) Is mise an t-aon cailleach ! ( Irish ) Is mise an aon bhana-bhuidseach ! ( Scottish Gaelic ) Fi yw’r unig wrach ! ( Welsh ) Sola venefica sum ! ( Latin ) Mi estas la sola sorĉistino ! ( Esperanto ) Je suis la seule sorcière ! ( French ) Yo soy la única bruja ! ( Spanish ) Jo sóc l’única bruixa ! ( Catalan ) Eu sou a única bruxa ! ( Portuguese ) Eu son a única meiga ! ( Galician ) Io sono l’unica strega ! ( Italian ) Sò l’unica strega ! ( Corsican ) Ako lang ang witch ! ( Filipino ) I am the only Witch ! ( English ) ( hex = spell / curse in English, which is also related to witchcraft / sorcery )
@@FrozenMermaid666 oh very cool!! Could you please tell how much time per day do you spend learning Norwegian? And what channels do you watch? Thanks in advance!
I think like any other language, it will be difficult in the beginning and as you progress it’ll become easier. As long as you have motivation you can learn it.
I study medicine and my dream is to live in Norway someday... The last words in this video gave me a lot of motivation to study Norwegian language, who knows I can work there after I graduate if I manage to learn the language!
I'm a native English speaker, and my second language is German, so I'm actually finding Norwegian quite easy. I find the similarities (and differences) absolutely fascinating.
From all the countries I've lived in, Norway was my absolute favorite! Love the people, the language (sound, cause I don't speak it) and their accent in English!
The big terms love and and absolute and favorite and kar / rit (in karito) only reflect me the only favorite and absolute being and the only lovable / loved being, and all unsuitable names must be changed, and all unsuitable terms must also be edited out, and the word like must be used instead of love only when referring to a pretty language such as Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch and other Germanic languages (esp English / Scottish / OId English etc) and certain Latin languages (esp Portuguese and Spanish and French etc) and when referring to items etc - only I can use the word love and other love related terms and other big terms, and also my pure protectors aka the alphas!
Re Norwegian - for me it is so easy to learn, and I started learning Norwegian about 5 days ago, and I can already understand over 80% of what is said in Norwegian in videos with only the Norwegian sub, and I must have memorized over two thousand words since I started! I’ve also been learning Dutch and Swedish for over one month, and I am now close to advanced level in Dutch and intermediate level in Swedish - Dutch and Swedish are also extremely easy to learn, esp if one is an English speaker, and Norwegian is even easier than Dutch when it comes to sentence structure, because the sentence structure is very flexible in Norwegian, and it is very similar to English! I usually try to prioritize at least two Germanic languages and at least one Latin language until I become fluent enough in those languages, as I have about 30 languages on my list that I want to learn and become fluent in - technically, I selected every language that is pretty-sounding and that has pretty words, and every Germanic language that I know of is on my list, and so far German itself seems to be the most difficult of all Germanic languages (mostly because of the spelling) but, luckily I already know over one thousand words in German because I learned song lyrics in the past and I also know a lot of food related terms and other nouns, and this will probably make it easier when I start learning German, and becoming fluent in Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch first will definitely help learning German faster!
Hey, I am a native Norwegian speaker as I was born in Iceland, and also speak German, English, Dutch, and Spanish. Growing up in Iceland I learned English and Norwegian in my early school years. It gave me a huge advantage, as I was focusing on other words in other ways and exercising my brain. I have now lived in the USA for 8 years and am trying to teach my friends to speak fluently as we have a trip to Iceland an then Norway then the Black Forest Germany. These tips will help a lot with me teaching them! Thanks :)
You can learn from me I’m norwigean seens both know English Hello / Hei Nice / hyggelig To / å Meet / møte You / deg That’s how people says hi nice to meet you in Norway in Norway we’re saying hei hyggelig å mote deg we also have so many other words for only one word in Norway lol
You know what I am norwigean funny part it’s so hard because even world record was half a year 6 months normally to learn norwigean for kids is like 3 - 5 years so can you speak Norwigean
Your pronunciation of the German sentence was actually spot on :) but I would disagree on the point that you can directly translate German sentences (except the real simple ones) into Norwegian just because of the fact that German sentence structure can be very complicated. For example the sentence "nice that you have done this" -> "Schön, dass du das gemacht hast" would literally be "Fint at du det gjort har" (but maybe you can say it like this in Norwegian? :D)
Re Norwegian - for me it is so easy to learn, and I started learning Norwegian about 5 days ago, and I can already understand over 80% of what is said in Norwegian in videos with only the Norwegian sub, and I must have memorized over two thousand words since I started! I’ve also been learning Dutch and Swedish for over one month, and I am now close to advanced level in Dutch and intermediate level in Swedish - Dutch and Swedish are also extremely easy to learn, esp if one is an English speaker, and Norwegian is even easier than Dutch when it comes to sentence structure, because the sentence structure is very flexible in Norwegian, and it is very similar to English! I usually try to prioritize at least two Germanic languages and at least one Latin language until I become fluent enough in those languages, as I have about 30 languages on my list that I want to learn and become fluent in - technically, I selected every language that is pretty-sounding and that has pretty words, and every Germanic language that I know of is on my list, and so far German itself seems to be the most difficult of all Germanic languages (mostly because of the spelling) but, luckily I already know over one thousand words in German because I learned song lyrics in the past and I also know a lot of food related terms and other nouns, and this will probably make it easier when I start learning German, and becoming fluent in Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch first will definitely help learning German faster!
Great video Preben! I'm English but I'm probably more 'languagesey' than most people. Well... Definitely English people... (I have a degree in Arabic and I live in Somalia). So hopefully I'll get on alright with Norwegian. Just once in my life, I really want a cosey, winter, snowey, northern lights holiday and I've got Norway in mind :) so would like to learn some Norwegian over the next 6 months to a year.
Norwegian sounds like an interesting language to learn. I was thinking about German since I started learning it 5 days ago, but decided not too. German is too complicated and I am considering either Norwegian, Swedish or maybe Dutch. BUT I was wondering which language has a wide selection of literature and TV shows available between the three? Thanks for the good video.
I've been dabbling with Norwegian for the past few weeks and I don't find it particularly challenging except for two things: articles and pronunciation. Especially pronunciation, understanding spoken Norwegian is really difficult for me.
Re Norwegian - for me it is so easy to learn, and I started learning Norwegian about 5 days ago, and I can already understand over 80% of what is said in Norwegian in videos with only the Norwegian sub, and I must have memorized over two thousand words since I started! I’ve also been learning Dutch and Swedish for over one month, and I am now close to advanced level in Dutch and intermediate level in Swedish - Dutch and Swedish are also extremely easy to learn, esp if one is an English speaker, and Norwegian is even easier than Dutch when it comes to sentence structure, because the sentence structure is very flexible in Norwegian, and it is very similar to English! I usually try to prioritize at least two Germanic languages and at least one Latin language until I become fluent enough in those languages, as I have about 30 languages on my list that I want to learn and become fluent in - technically, I selected every language that is pretty-sounding and that has pretty words, and every Germanic language that I know of is on my list, and so far German itself seems to be the most difficult of all Germanic languages (mostly because of the spelling) but, luckily I already know over one thousand words in German because I learned song lyrics in the past and I also know a lot of food related terms and other nouns, and this will probably make it easier when I start learning German, and becoming fluent in Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch first will definitely help learning German faster!
I can usually understand and hear the words in the videos that teach Norwegian in Norwegian with Norwegian subs - I watch the video once with the Norwegian subs and then with the English subs (to learn the new words that I didn’t know) and then again with only the Norwegian subs! But maybe it’s not easy to understand when others speak fast - but those that teach in videos usually speak very clearly, so I can hear / understand every word! It’s usually necessary to become native speaker level to be able to understand what people say fast in general, and also, it’s necessary to learn dialect words too, because maybe they use words that are in their dialect, which is usually a reason why one can’t easily understand spoken Norwegian etc!
Im a native german who hates learning vocabs and speaks fluent english, so you have just taken my fear to learn norwegian, as i really dislike learning new languages, thank you!
@@NorwegianNationalist1 Well, school started and im focusing on my Abitur. After School I probably take myself a year to learn Norwegian and prepare on studying or even living abroad in Norway.
Reke and rekke.. in Dutch, they use double vovels for a long vowel. We use double consonants to show that the preceding vowel is long. That is the difference there.
@@_peepee_ Yes, that’s because English has been influenced heavily by so many other languages. The “ough” alone can be pronounced like six different ways. Then, there are differences in spelling between American and British English, such as humor/humour and realize/realise 😅 Phonetics can be a nightmare for anyone learning English. There are certain rules and patterns, but there are always so many exceptions. Like “i” before “e” except after “c”. But then “weird” immediately breaks that rule. 😆 Yes, English is weird.
The big terms love / in love (and the love emoji) and food related term sal (in Salenko) which means salt in Spanish and the special names Lia and Len only reflect me the pure being (the opposite of wom’n/hum’ns) and the only lovable / loved being and the special being, and all unsuitable names must be changed, and all unsuitable terms must also be edited out, and the word like must be used instead of love (only) when referring to a pretty language such as Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch and other Germanic languages (esp English / Scottish / OId English etc) and certain Latin languages (esp Portuguese and Spanish and French etc) and when referring to items etc - only I can use the word love and other love related terms / emojis and other big terms, and also my pure protectors aka the alphas, and only I can have have food / plant / flower / tree / fruit / nature related terms in my names etc, myself being the only being reflecting those terms and all other purity terms, and such terms cannot be misused in names by hum’ns, and the big term Engel also only reflects me, as do all other light / astral / Holiness terms and colors / gemstones / seasons etc!
Re Norwegian - for me it is so easy to learn, and I started learning Norwegian about 5 days ago, and I can already understand over 80% of what is said in Norwegian in videos with only the Norwegian sub, and I must have memorized over two thousand words since I started! I’ve also been learning Dutch and Swedish for over one month, and I am now close to advanced level in Dutch and intermediate level in Swedish - Dutch and Swedish are also extremely easy to learn, esp if one is an English speaker, and Norwegian is even easier than Dutch when it comes to sentence structure, because the sentence structure is very flexible in Norwegian, and it is very similar to English! I usually try to prioritize at least two Germanic languages and at least one Latin language until I become fluent enough in those languages, as I have about 30 languages on my list that I want to learn and become fluent in - technically, I selected every language that is pretty-sounding and that has pretty words, and every Germanic language that I know of is on my list, and so far German itself seems to be the most difficult of all Germanic languages (mostly because of the spelling) but, luckily I already know over one thousand words in German because I learned song lyrics in the past and I also know a lot of food related terms and other nouns, and this will probably make it easier when I start learning German, and becoming fluent in Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch first will definitely help learning German faster!
It depends on what your linguistic background is. Non-Germanic language speakers will have a hard time. Speakers that come to Norway from East Asia are probably the people that will have the most difficult time learning Norwegian. Or any Scandinavian language.
I'm a German and I struggle If I shoud learn Swedish or Norsk - or both at the same time. Eventual I go to Holiday in these Lands bevore (As childhood my Family was like EVERY year going to Danmark but Danmark is not really a Land I wanna stay for longer - I know it was Norway.
Norwegian is not an easy language, but an easier language to learn for English speakers. It is a Germanic language after all. There will be a point the higher one goes, the rate of return slows down, unless they are interested in mastering the language, a person won't be attempting to let's say go for 10k vocab, if they already meet the amount needed for what they do with the language with 5k words.
Most difficult thing with Norwegian is the Accent . Learning vocabulary and grammar is not TOO difficult but I have only met 1 or 2 non - Norwegians who sound just right. Jeg sjelv snakker / laeser Dansk og Norsk etter 2 aar ophold i begge laender men trods det har jeg ikke helt tabte min Skotske aksent.
Fantastisk Preben!! 👍 Videoen var informativ. Jeg er enig i at om tysk eller engelsk er ditt morsmål, så kan lære norsk være lettere. Yes and yes!!! For anyone out there who wants to learn a new language give Norwegian a try with Preben’s Norwegian Community. Norwegian sentence structure is very similar to English structure. And, many Norwegian words are similar to either English or German. I get the benefit of both. 😊 Tusen takk Preben og ha en fin dag!!! I appreciate all your videos and clips on my endeavor to learn Norwegian!😜
There are two words in Norwegian that I find confusing - i and på. English in means to locate something within a greater area for example I live in a city and that is the similar to i in Norwegian Jeg bor i en by, but from what I understand in Norwegian i has a more general meaning and can be apply to anything that is surrounded for example a sofa, which has two sides and a back. In English we would use the preposition on to say the cat is sat on the sofa, but in Norsk you use the preposition in so it's katten sitter i sofaen, which to an English speaker indicates that the poor cat is trapped in the sofa! It's the same for på we would use the preposition in and not on for example what is this word in English, but in Norsk you say hva er dette ordet på Engelsk? - or what is this word on English? The other two words are ligger and sitter.
Vi sier også jeg sitter på toget, jeg er på sykehuset, jeg er på kjøkkenet. Substantiv intetkjønn og preposisjonen på. Selv om man ser for seg en person på taket av toget. I sofaen, for sofaen er hannkjønn.
Norwigean : hei norsk er ikke vanskelig bare masse dialekter og unødvendig mange ord English : hello norwigean is not difficult just many And many words SORRY IDK WHAT DIALEKTER IS ON ENGLISH IDK KNOW THAT WORD EITHER
I love the Norwegian language. As a native English speaker, I find it incredibly straightforward and have been able to easily pick up the basics. It is actually quite similar to English. I even find it easier than German. German grammar and sentence structure can be quite different from English and far more complicated than Norwegian grammar.
Swedish and Danish are so similar to Norwegian, once you learn a considerable amount of one of them, you can easily pick up things in the other two languages. Cheers!
German in probably one of the most difficult western language, because of its grammar and the gigantic quantity of vocabulary. That's because the grammar is really similar to ancient latin's one.
The big term love and and the special / big names Eve and Ari (in Steve and Harris) only reflect me the only Eve / Ari and the only lovable / loved being, and all unsuitable names must be changed, and all unsuitable terms must also be edited out, and the word like must be used instead of love when referring to a pretty language such as Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch and other Germanic languages (esp English / Scottish / OId English etc) and certain Latin languages (esp Portuguese and Spanish and French etc) and when referring to items etc - only I can use the word love and other love related terms, and also my pure protectors aka the alphas, and the big term Engel also only reflects me, as do all other light / astral / Holiness terms and colors / gemstones / seasons etc, and also the word Eclipse!
Re Norwegian - for me it is so easy to learn, and I started learning Norwegian about 5 days ago, and I can already understand over 80% of what is said in Norwegian in videos with only the Norwegian sub, and I must have memorized over two thousand words since I started! I’ve also been learning Dutch and Swedish for over one month, and I am now close to advanced level in Dutch and intermediate level in Swedish - Dutch and Swedish are also extremely easy to learn, esp if one is an English speaker, and Norwegian is even easier than Dutch when it comes to sentence structure, because the sentence structure is very flexible in Norwegian, and it is very similar to English! I usually try to prioritize at least two Germanic languages and at least one Latin language until I become fluent enough in those languages, as I have about 30 languages on my list that I want to learn and become fluent in - technically, I selected every language that is pretty-sounding and that has pretty words, and every Germanic language that I know of is on my list, and so far German itself seems to be the most difficult of all Germanic languages (mostly because of the spelling) but, luckily I already know over one thousand words in German because I learned song lyrics in the past and I also know a lot of food related terms and other nouns, and this will probably make it easier when I start learning German, and becoming fluent in Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch first will definitely help learning German faster!
Some of them are very similar, even when comparing a sentence like this...
Ek is die enigste Heks ! ( Afrikaans )
Ik bin de ienige Heks ! ( Western Frisian )
Ik ben de enige Heks ! ( Dutch )
Ich bin die einzige Hexe ! ( German )
Ech sinn déi eenzeg Hex ! ( Luxembourgish )
Jag är den enda Häxan ! ( Swedish )
Jeg er den eneste Heksen ! ( Norwegian )
Jeg er den eneste Heks ! ( Danish )
Ég er eina nornin ! ( Icelandic )
Olen ainoa noita ! ( Finnish )
Is mise an t-aon cailleach ! ( Irish )
Is mise an aon bhana-bhuidseach ! ( Scottish Gaelic )
Fi yw’r unig wrach ! ( Welsh )
Sola venefica sum ! ( Latin )
Mi estas la sola sorĉistino ! ( Esperanto )
Je suis la seule sorcière ! ( French )
Yo soy la única bruja ! ( Spanish )
Jo sóc l’única bruixa ! ( Catalan )
Eu sou a única bruxa ! ( Portuguese )
Eu son a única meiga ! ( Galician )
Io sono l’unica strega ! ( Italian )
Sò l’unica strega ! ( Corsican )
Ako lang ang witch ! ( Filipino )
I am the only Witch ! ( English )
( hex = spell / curse in English, which is also related to witchcraft / sorcery )
@@FrozenMermaid666 oh very cool!! Could you please tell how much time per day do you spend learning Norwegian? And what channels do you watch? Thanks in advance!
I think like any other language, it will be difficult in the beginning and as you progress it’ll become easier. As long as you have motivation you can learn it.
I study medicine and my dream is to live in Norway someday... The last words in this video gave me a lot of motivation to study Norwegian language, who knows I can work there after I graduate if I manage to learn the language!
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I'm a native English speaker, and my second language is German, so I'm actually finding Norwegian quite easy. I find the similarities (and differences) absolutely fascinating.
From all the countries I've lived in, Norway was my absolute favorite!
Love the people, the language (sound, cause I don't speak it) and their accent in English!
Just curious, how do you live somewhere without learning their language?
@@johnfortnite1 they speak English in Norway too.
@@cupio-stardust Not everyone I think
The big terms love and and absolute and favorite and kar / rit (in karito) only reflect me the only favorite and absolute being and the only lovable / loved being, and all unsuitable names must be changed, and all unsuitable terms must also be edited out, and the word like must be used instead of love only when referring to a pretty language such as Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch and other Germanic languages (esp English / Scottish / OId English etc) and certain Latin languages (esp Portuguese and Spanish and French etc) and when referring to items etc - only I can use the word love and other love related terms and other big terms, and also my pure protectors aka the alphas!
Re Norwegian - for me it is so easy to learn, and I started learning Norwegian about 5 days ago, and I can already understand over 80% of what is said in Norwegian in videos with only the Norwegian sub, and I must have memorized over two thousand words since I started! I’ve also been learning Dutch and Swedish for over one month, and I am now close to advanced level in Dutch and intermediate level in Swedish - Dutch and Swedish are also extremely easy to learn, esp if one is an English speaker, and Norwegian is even easier than Dutch when it comes to sentence structure, because the sentence structure is very flexible in Norwegian, and it is very similar to English! I usually try to prioritize at least two Germanic languages and at least one Latin language until I become fluent enough in those languages, as I have about 30 languages on my list that I want to learn and become fluent in - technically, I selected every language that is pretty-sounding and that has pretty words, and every Germanic language that I know of is on my list, and so far German itself seems to be the most difficult of all Germanic languages (mostly because of the spelling) but, luckily I already know over one thousand words in German because I learned song lyrics in the past and I also know a lot of food related terms and other nouns, and this will probably make it easier when I start learning German, and becoming fluent in Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch first will definitely help learning German faster!
Hey, I am a native Norwegian speaker as I was born in Iceland, and also speak German, English, Dutch, and Spanish. Growing up in Iceland I learned English and Norwegian in my early school years. It gave me a huge advantage, as I was focusing on other words in other ways and exercising my brain. I have now lived in the USA for 8 years and am trying to teach my friends to speak fluently as we have a trip to Iceland an then Norway then the Black Forest Germany. These tips will help a lot with me teaching them! Thanks :)
That's so cool, I wanna learn Norwegian so badly)
You can learn from me I’m norwigean seens both know English
Hello / Hei
Nice / hyggelig
To / å
Meet / møte
You / deg
That’s how people says hi nice to meet you in Norway in Norway we’re saying hei hyggelig å mote deg we also have so many other words for only one word in Norway lol
You know what I am norwigean funny part it’s so hard because even world record was half a year 6 months normally to learn norwigean for kids is like 3 - 5 years so can you speak Norwigean
As a person who started to learn russian, those new letters don't scare me hahaha
As a German native speaker who also speaks English, I feel encouraged to learn some basics in Norwegian just for fun :)
Your pronunciation of the German sentence was actually spot on :)
but I would disagree on the point that you can directly translate German sentences (except the real simple ones) into Norwegian just because of the fact that German sentence structure can be very complicated.
For example the sentence "nice that you have done this" -> "Schön, dass du das gemacht hast" would literally be "Fint at du det gjort har" (but maybe you can say it like this in Norwegian? :D)
That’s makes no sense to me and I am from Norway I’m born here and have lived in Norway my hole life FINT AT DU GJORT HAR makes no sense for me
Re Norwegian - for me it is so easy to learn, and I started learning Norwegian about 5 days ago, and I can already understand over 80% of what is said in Norwegian in videos with only the Norwegian sub, and I must have memorized over two thousand words since I started! I’ve also been learning Dutch and Swedish for over one month, and I am now close to advanced level in Dutch and intermediate level in Swedish - Dutch and Swedish are also extremely easy to learn, esp if one is an English speaker, and Norwegian is even easier than Dutch when it comes to sentence structure, because the sentence structure is very flexible in Norwegian, and it is very similar to English! I usually try to prioritize at least two Germanic languages and at least one Latin language until I become fluent enough in those languages, as I have about 30 languages on my list that I want to learn and become fluent in - technically, I selected every language that is pretty-sounding and that has pretty words, and every Germanic language that I know of is on my list, and so far German itself seems to be the most difficult of all Germanic languages (mostly because of the spelling) but, luckily I already know over one thousand words in German because I learned song lyrics in the past and I also know a lot of food related terms and other nouns, and this will probably make it easier when I start learning German, and becoming fluent in Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch first will definitely help learning German faster!
Thank you very much for this video. My native language is german and I speak English. This video took my fear for learning Norwegian away :)
youŗe lucky hhahahah
If you can say something in norwigean can I say if it makes sense or not :) I can even learn a few words to you sines I’m from norway
Good work and we'll done you're a very good teacher.
Great video Preben! I'm English but I'm probably more 'languagesey' than most people. Well... Definitely English people... (I have a degree in Arabic and I live in Somalia). So hopefully I'll get on alright with Norwegian. Just once in my life, I really want a cosey, winter, snowey, northern lights holiday and I've got Norway in mind :) so would like to learn some Norwegian over the next 6 months to a year.
Norwegian sounds like an interesting language to learn. I was thinking about German since I started learning it 5 days ago, but decided not too. German is too complicated and I am considering either Norwegian, Swedish or maybe Dutch. BUT I was wondering which language has a wide selection of literature and TV shows available between the three? Thanks for the good video.
Very informative! Thank you very much!
Thank you a lot! Very Motivating and interesting video😊
I've been dabbling with Norwegian for the past few weeks and I don't find it particularly challenging except for two things: articles and pronunciation. Especially pronunciation, understanding spoken Norwegian is really difficult for me.
Re Norwegian - for me it is so easy to learn, and I started learning Norwegian about 5 days ago, and I can already understand over 80% of what is said in Norwegian in videos with only the Norwegian sub, and I must have memorized over two thousand words since I started! I’ve also been learning Dutch and Swedish for over one month, and I am now close to advanced level in Dutch and intermediate level in Swedish - Dutch and Swedish are also extremely easy to learn, esp if one is an English speaker, and Norwegian is even easier than Dutch when it comes to sentence structure, because the sentence structure is very flexible in Norwegian, and it is very similar to English! I usually try to prioritize at least two Germanic languages and at least one Latin language until I become fluent enough in those languages, as I have about 30 languages on my list that I want to learn and become fluent in - technically, I selected every language that is pretty-sounding and that has pretty words, and every Germanic language that I know of is on my list, and so far German itself seems to be the most difficult of all Germanic languages (mostly because of the spelling) but, luckily I already know over one thousand words in German because I learned song lyrics in the past and I also know a lot of food related terms and other nouns, and this will probably make it easier when I start learning German, and becoming fluent in Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch first will definitely help learning German faster!
I can usually understand and hear the words in the videos that teach Norwegian in Norwegian with Norwegian subs - I watch the video once with the Norwegian subs and then with the English subs (to learn the new words that I didn’t know) and then again with only the Norwegian subs! But maybe it’s not easy to understand when others speak fast - but those that teach in videos usually speak very clearly, so I can hear / understand every word! It’s usually necessary to become native speaker level to be able to understand what people say fast in general, and also, it’s necessary to learn dialect words too, because maybe they use words that are in their dialect, which is usually a reason why one can’t easily understand spoken Norwegian etc!
With you is easy to learn sir!
Thank you sir 😂
Im a native german who hates learning vocabs and speaks fluent english, so you have just taken my fear to learn norwegian, as i really dislike learning new languages, thank you!
How did it go?
@@NorwegianNationalist1 Well, school started and im focusing on my Abitur. After School I probably take myself a year to learn Norwegian and prepare on studying or even living abroad in Norway.
Reke and rekke.. in Dutch, they use double vovels for a long vowel. We use double consonants to show that the preceding vowel is long. That is the difference there.
Not like in Finnish, where you are supposed to have a pause between the two vowels.
I'm surprised such a beautiful country needs people to come and work. I'm really considering making the move
Norwegian for me as Ukrainian easier than English...🥰 So I'm in love with Norwegian
I’m so glad ! 😃😍
everything is easier than english haha english is so confusing and inconsistent for no reason
@@_peepee_ Yes, that’s because English has been influenced heavily by so many other languages. The “ough” alone can be pronounced like six different ways. Then, there are differences in spelling between American and British English, such as humor/humour and realize/realise 😅 Phonetics can be a nightmare for anyone learning English. There are certain rules and patterns, but there are always so many exceptions. Like “i” before “e” except after “c”. But then “weird” immediately breaks that rule. 😆 Yes, English is weird.
The big terms love / in love (and the love emoji) and food related term sal (in Salenko) which means salt in Spanish and the special names Lia and Len only reflect me the pure being (the opposite of wom’n/hum’ns) and the only lovable / loved being and the special being, and all unsuitable names must be changed, and all unsuitable terms must also be edited out, and the word like must be used instead of love (only) when referring to a pretty language such as Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch and other Germanic languages (esp English / Scottish / OId English etc) and certain Latin languages (esp Portuguese and Spanish and French etc) and when referring to items etc - only I can use the word love and other love related terms / emojis and other big terms, and also my pure protectors aka the alphas, and only I can have have food / plant / flower / tree / fruit / nature related terms in my names etc, myself being the only being reflecting those terms and all other purity terms, and such terms cannot be misused in names by hum’ns, and the big term Engel also only reflects me, as do all other light / astral / Holiness terms and colors / gemstones / seasons etc!
Re Norwegian - for me it is so easy to learn, and I started learning Norwegian about 5 days ago, and I can already understand over 80% of what is said in Norwegian in videos with only the Norwegian sub, and I must have memorized over two thousand words since I started! I’ve also been learning Dutch and Swedish for over one month, and I am now close to advanced level in Dutch and intermediate level in Swedish - Dutch and Swedish are also extremely easy to learn, esp if one is an English speaker, and Norwegian is even easier than Dutch when it comes to sentence structure, because the sentence structure is very flexible in Norwegian, and it is very similar to English! I usually try to prioritize at least two Germanic languages and at least one Latin language until I become fluent enough in those languages, as I have about 30 languages on my list that I want to learn and become fluent in - technically, I selected every language that is pretty-sounding and that has pretty words, and every Germanic language that I know of is on my list, and so far German itself seems to be the most difficult of all Germanic languages (mostly because of the spelling) but, luckily I already know over one thousand words in German because I learned song lyrics in the past and I also know a lot of food related terms and other nouns, and this will probably make it easier when I start learning German, and becoming fluent in Norwegian and Swedish and Dutch first will definitely help learning German faster!
It depends on what your linguistic background is. Non-Germanic language speakers will have a hard time. Speakers that come to Norway from East Asia are probably the people that will have the most difficult time learning Norwegian. Or any Scandinavian language.
Im learning Norwegian as a native english speaker and its way too easy and there's so many words thats extremely easy to understand
I'm a German and I struggle If I shoud learn Swedish or Norsk - or both at the same time. Eventual I go to Holiday in these Lands bevore (As childhood my Family was like EVERY year going to Danmark but Danmark is not really a Land I wanna stay for longer - I know it was Norway.
I speak french and english, but I want to learn norwegian (because I found out I have norwegian DNA)
Can I say for example jeg går det or jeg drar dit? Or it dosent matter ?
Norwegian is not an easy language, but an easier language to learn for English speakers. It is a Germanic language after all. There will be a point the higher one goes, the rate of return slows down, unless they are interested in mastering the language, a person won't be attempting to let's say go for 10k vocab, if they already meet the amount needed for what they do with the language with 5k words.
Most difficult thing with Norwegian is the Accent . Learning
vocabulary and grammar is not TOO difficult but I have only
met 1 or 2 non - Norwegians who sound just right.
Jeg sjelv snakker / laeser Dansk og Norsk etter 2 aar ophold
i begge laender men trods det har jeg ikke helt tabte min
Skotske aksent.
Can I learn by myself?
Thanks buddy
Fantastisk Preben!! 👍 Videoen var informativ. Jeg er enig i at om tysk eller engelsk er ditt morsmål, så kan lære norsk være lettere.
Yes and yes!!! For anyone out there who wants to learn a new language give Norwegian a try with Preben’s Norwegian Community.
Norwegian sentence structure is very similar to English structure. And, many Norwegian words are similar to either English or German. I get the benefit of both. 😊
Tusen takk Preben og ha en fin dag!!!
I appreciate all your videos and clips on my endeavor to learn Norwegian!😜
Thank you so much Kent! I really appreciate so much your feedbacks and your support 👏😊
There are two words in Norwegian that I find confusing - i and på. English in means to locate something within a greater area for example I live in a city and that is the similar to i in Norwegian Jeg bor i en by, but from what I understand in Norwegian i has a more general meaning and can be apply to anything that is surrounded for example a sofa, which has two sides and a back. In English we would use the preposition on to say the cat is sat on the sofa, but in Norsk you use the preposition in so it's katten sitter i sofaen, which to an English speaker indicates that the poor cat is trapped in the sofa! It's the same for på we would use the preposition in and not on for example what is this word in English, but in Norsk you say hva er dette ordet på Engelsk? - or what is this word on English? The other two words are ligger and sitter.
Vi sier også jeg sitter på toget, jeg er på sykehuset, jeg er på kjøkkenet. Substantiv intetkjønn og preposisjonen på. Selv om man ser for seg en person på taket av toget. I sofaen, for sofaen er hannkjønn.
@@themetricsystem7967 Takk for enkel forklaring.
To me norwegian is very easy to learn
the "NO" after the title :)))
Tusen takk perben du er fin norsk lærer
For an Italian yes
"OK"
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So, basically... hard?
No i can teach you.
@@vekteren3549 please teach me Norwegian!
No its not
Its so ez i can talk heare hei er du rare nei
JEG HELSKER NORSK
Norwigean : hei norsk er ikke vanskelig bare masse dialekter og unødvendig mange ord
English : hello norwigean is not difficult just many And many words
SORRY IDK WHAT DIALEKTER IS ON ENGLISH IDK KNOW THAT WORD EITHER
The words were dialects on Dialekt and unnecessary on Unødvendig
Dialects and unnecessary