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Not sure what this means. In the context below, Småbarnsforeldre is a blog, and they recently posted a blog about the birth of their seventh child. I think the writer is saying that she's not going to comment on every detail of the other blogger's story, but just wanna make sure. Jeg orker...

Hi I'm translating a document about a survey, and have come across the following sentence: xx% er lite trygge, ikke trygge, eller usikre på om... I don't understand particularly what 'usikre' means here - how is it different from being 'ikke trygge'?? Any suggestions welcome. Is it 'are not...

I dag er jeg stolt, glad og ikke så lite ydmyk. Nominasjonskomiteen har nominert meg på plass nummer to på stortingsvalglista for Rødt Buskerud ved neste års stortingsvalg.... Buskerud har i dag 9 stortingsrepresentanter, og jeg tror det skal velges 8 stykker fra fylket neste år. I'm not sure...

I'm curious about the use of "frem" here, why it's there and what it means. Å lage mat gjør meg glad.. utrolig nok. Jeg er ikke flink, men jeg liker å høre podcast, tenne lys og lage mat. Det å prøve seg frem er gøy, men det er ekstra gøy å lage noe jeg vet smaker godt!

I have no idea what this is, although it seems obvious it has something to do with movies. The writer is listing things that make her happy, and this is just one of the items, so there's no other context. Filmkos med tente stearinlys og godteri! Thanks for the help!

I'm mostly curious why it's in the infinitive form following a nominative pronoun. I think å skulle ha means "should have", so I'm not sure how this fits. Why is the "skulle" there? Is the "han" a typo? Thanks for the help. Det er nok ikke så enkelt for han å skulle ha en blogger...

Jeg satt å tenkte på de tingene som faktisk gjør meg glad her om dagen og jeg kom såvidt på noe i starten. Det tok seriøst flere minutter for det ballet på seg med ting, ok det skremte meg litt. I can't figure out what this phrase is saying. I mean, I kind of can. I'm assuming it's something...

I'm confused about what the "og" is doing there. In alle er bra nok som man er, behøver ikke og operere seg for å ligne på sine forbilder. In Hebrew, it does something similar, where it'll say "continue and (verb)" to indicate an ongoing action beyond a certain point in time (i.e. There was...

Jeg har lært at ordet "mye" betyr "much." Men når jeg høre på nordmenn å snakke, bruker de "masse" mer enn de bruker "mye." Så spørrer jeg, vet dere forskjellen mellom disse to ordene?

Forøvrig er også det å følge med på mobilen eller tv’en, og/eller lese når du er og trener noe av det dummeste du gjør… I was wondering about why the "og" is there. Am I right in thinking that this is equivalent to the English present progressive, emphasizing being in the act? Thanks!

I understand that they are used to indicate the meaning of written words that have otherwise have the same spelling. I presume it is always the most common meaning that does not get any mark, which is often also an unstressed word in the sentence, but I was wondering if there was any logic...

I was curious about the meaning of this phrase. The person is upset about a particular behavior, but I couldn't make out whether or not he's saying that he can't allow himself to get too upset, or if he's saying he can't handle it when people do this. Jeg vet ikke hvor ofte jeg ser dette når...

Can someone please tell me which tense this is? Thanks! Han kjørte videre etter å ha truffet en syklist.

Is there any difference between the phrases å ta kontakt med and å få kontakt med? Does the latter phrase mean that someone should call you instead of you calling anyone first? Or do they have identical meaning and could be used as synonyms? I find only the first phrase in the vocabulary, but I...

Det skal være nødsluser i alle rom nød=emergency What does sluser mean? Thank you

I need help with the use of gjerne here. Nei, faktisk kan dette ofte ha mer negativ effekt enn positiv. Mitt råd er generelt at folk bør prøve å få på plass minst 2-3 styrkeøkter [gjerne opp mot 5-6], og ellers litt gåing og mosjon hverdagen igjennom. Det er ikke slik at det vil være skadelig...

Rottene reiste seg på bakbeina og trippet mot dem. What does trippe mean here? Takk

Hei! Jeg holder på med å gå gjennom innrømmelsessetninger på norsk og fant denne diskontinuerlige subjunksjon "om...så". Jeg lurer på om det høres riktig ut å skrive: "vi gikk på tur om det så regnet ute" og i tillegg til dette, lurte også på om det var mulig å sette leddsetningen på 1...

Hi there, I did not know there was a synonym for 'ansikt' until I read the following sentence: 'Dere skal også kunne fungere i hverdagen sammen, så dere bør ha noe til felles utenom en fascinasjon for hverandres fjes." Is fjes a pure synonym of ansikt? Is it used only in some contexts...

Hi there, Question about this sentence: "Det å få en jobb hvor du har ansvar for andre, trenger ikke nødvendigvis å bety at du er verken smart eller flink i jobben du har fått." What is the function of the first word 'det'? How is this different than just saying "Å få en jobb hvor..." Thanks...

"Det store røde og knudrete arret i Alberts ansikt" What does knudret mean? Thank you

When should I say å vinke noen and å vinke til noen? For example, "han vinket meg fra bussen" versus "skal du vinke til faren?" Or should I write "skal du vinke faren?" Is preposition "til" is used only when there is no relation with personal pronoun (meg, deg, henne, ham)?

Hello, Two uneducated and quite evil characters want to steal something. The hero of the story says it's a toy, but they know it's not true. "it doesn't look like a toy", say A. He turns to his evil companion and says "Gjør'n vel?" What does it mean? Thank you

A man is asking an impolite question to a woman. When she doesn't answer because she is emberrrased, he is shouting: "Nå? Skal du svare, eller?" "Nå" means now... does it mean here 'come on'? well? Skal means both "should" and "will", which one is it here? Is "eller" a short for "eller...

I don't understand what this word means here. The definitions I found were "zest" or "spice", or verbs associated with those. I still don't get the full meaning, though, of what it's trying to say because it seems like it contradicts the elegance that it speaks about afterward. Tradisjonen med...

Hei! Jeg prøver å finne ut om ordene "fra" og "siden" kan brukes om hverandre som fullstendige synonymer når disse fungerer som tidssubjunksjoner. Sitatene som følger er tatt fra ordboken NAOB. Tusen takk for hjelpen. Orros SIDEN det er usigelig længe siden vi to mødtes → ? det er usigelig...

Hei, trenger litt hjelp med konjunksjonen hverken–eller når denne blir brukt til binding av to hovedsetninger og når hverken plasseres på 1. plass. ex: "Jeg ønsker hverken å gifte meg eller (jeg ønsker) å kjøpe hus. Er det korrekt å skrive følgende? « Hverken ønsker jeg å gifte meg eller...

Hei. Vet noen av dere om det finnes en nettside hvor man kan sjekke frekvensen at et viss ord i skriftlig og muntlig bokmål? For noen uker siden fant jeg en sånn liste laget en professor ved UiB. Det ser ut som om siden er borte UiO har en frekvensliste men man trenger passord... Takk for...

In this context, I feel like this means like "just like that" or "all of a sudden", but I couldn't find it in the dictionaries I know of. Når hengekøyene var vel på plass mellom trærne og kveldens bålpass var valgt ut, så hang vi opp et par lyslenker og noen julekuler – og vipps så hadde vi en...

Based on context, I think this means something like "we found" or "we discovered", but I wanted to just make sure. "Vi hadde blinka oss ut en DNT-hytte vi skulle besøke også, og satset på å finne en fin camp i nærheten av hytta. " Thanks!

I've seen this word around in the reading I've been doing. but can't quite get its meaning. I think it's someting along the lines of "awesome" or something like that, but I can't find it in dictionaries. Here's the most recent context I saw it in. Og neste morgen sto jeg opp grytidlig og dro...

"Første turen var svært kortreist, og gikk ikke som planlagt for min del." The person is talking about two trips she took with a friend. When I translate it as a sentence, it's translated as "short". When I do the word by itself, it's translated "locally". Does it mean both things? I couldn't...

Hei! Jeg er doktorgradsstudent i språkvitenskap. Jeg holder på meg å lage en kontrastiv analyse mellom begrepet "vitenskapelig ord" og "folkelig ord" på fransk og norsk. Det vises at begrepet "vitenskapelig" har to veldig forskjellige betydninger i de to språkene. På fransk betyr "savant" et...

Heisann! Vad heter "survivors of sexual violence" och "survivors of sexploitation/trafficking" paa svenska och norska? Tack.

Mange tenker at billig mat er halvfabrikat og usunt. Why usunt if mat isn't neuter?

Hello, I'd like to ask if the t in the name of the county Innlandet is pronounced or not. I know that the d is silent but I am not sure about the t. If it is silent too, then this name is pronounced as if it was spelled "Innlanne", isn't it? Thank you in advance.

Hello, I have questions about the pronunciation of the name Erling as follows: - Is the e in this name pronounced [æ]? - Do [r] and [l] in this name merge into the retroflex lateral [ɭ]? Thank you in advance.

Hey Everyone, I'm not sure exactly what's the meaning of this word. Perhaps to slap or to pinch? Here's the context: Sønnen deres på fire år hadde fortalt at far slo. De benektet det sterkt, og mente gutten overdrev. Etter hvert kom det frem at de ikke slo, men knipset ham på hodet da han...

Hi! It's me again with a line from the series Wisting. With my collegue, we disagree on the meaning of røyk here. As cigarette butts are central in the story, she thought it was about smelling of tobacco in the following line: "Og så lukter han surt, han lukter røyk." (recording of an abducted...

Hi! This is a line from a Norwegian TV series. I'd like to know if it's an expression, like "pull oneself together" or if it's about literally gathering stuff. The man speaking is a policeman who has just lived difficult moments (custody, risking his life catching a murderer) i morgen drar...

Hi! I have trouble understanding the meaning of "hokus pokus" here The context is a lawyer who answers journalists after they heard that he represents both a police officer accused with tampering with evidence and the man who had been sent to jail because of this evidence. He says they both...

I came across this phrase: Det kan virke som at jeg ikke gir deg nok oppmerksomhet... I was curious as to why the ikke is before gir in the second clause. Thanks!

Dear friends, I am looking for Norwegian idioms/phrases/sentence examples that use the Norwegian equivalent(s) of this English proverb: "Teaching fish how to swim" = Teaching grandmother to suck eggs. I have been given one: egget vil lære høna å verpe. Any other suggestion? Thank you.

I’m translating a small Norwegian article into English, and the author mentions that he purchased something for kr. 3,25. So I’m wondering, should I write that as 3.25 crowns or 3.25 kroner? A lot of sources I’ve seen have kept it as kroner, but they are mostly informal.

I know these two languages (at least bokmål) are quite close, however there are subtle differences, false friends, differences in word order and grammar. I have been looking for a book or resource about this but so far without success. Politikens forlag published some years ago...

Hey everyone, I'm trying to understand a trial scene in Knut Hamsun's Markens Grøde, and I'm not sure what exactly are the titles and positions of some of the elements here. The words I'm struggling with are: Lagretten, Lagmannen, Dommerne. My initial understanding was that this is a jury...

Det er to setninger: De skal komme hit over påsken De skal gå på kurs rett over jul Betyr det at begge handlingene vil skje "i løpet av" påske og jul eller "etter/etterpå" påske og jul?

Hi there. Can you help me understand the difference between ild v. brann? Both translate to "fire" in English. Going off a little research and cognates in Dutch, can I assume that: ild = the "substance" of fire ("vuur" in Dutch). Example: The candle's fire feels warm. brann = an instance of...

Hi everyone, there is a section in Knut Hamson's Markens Grøde when an expedition comes to survey for a copper mine, and each gentleman in the expedition has a title and a profession with some connection to the mining industry. here's the section: - det var en Bergkyndig iblant dem og en...

Hi everyone, It looks to me that there are two main ways of saying "there is... / there are..." in Norwegian: 'det er...' and 'det finnes...'. After looking at sources that use these two expressions, it looks like "det er..." is more colloqual and common and "det finnes..." is a higher...