{"id":3325,"date":"2015-06-30T13:07:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T13:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=3325"},"modified":"2015-06-30T13:18:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T13:18:37","slug":"norwegian-slang-words-phrases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/norwegian-slang-words-phrases\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian Slang Words & Phrases"},"content":{"rendered":"

Slang words are the way you know you\u2019ve really learnt a language. Or the cheat\u2019s guide to sounding like an expert before your time. Either way, Norway has not let us down in its own slang available and we were spoilt for choice in our search. We\u2019ve whittled down from a huge selection and come up with a few of our own personal favourites to share with you.<\/p>\n

\"GO<\/a>Let\u2019s start with people. A boy can be referred to as a larka<\/i> and a girl a larki<\/i>. Snuppe <\/i>refers to a \u2018chick\u2019 or girl, Kis<\/i> is equivalent to \u2018dude\u2019, and if you\u2019re a tough guy then you might be called a t\u00f8ffing<\/i>. A man who likes to womanise is a rundbrenner<\/i>, and if you use the phrase kjerring<\/i>, be careful: positively, the use means \u2018girl\u2019 or \u2018lady\u2019 but negatively it can mean \u2018shrew\u2019 or \u2018hag\u2019. So choose wisely.<\/p>\n

\"GO<\/a>Moving on to some expression of emotions, if something is merely cool or great you would say it was kjekt<\/i>, and if it is awesome, knallbra<\/i> is the word for you. On the other hand, if something sucks, describe it as kjipt<\/i>. If something is \u2018crazy\u2019 or \u2018wild\u2019 it might be tagged with the word texas<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\"GO<\/a>And now on to drinking. Start off the evening with your drikkekammerat <\/i>(drinking buddy) and golle<\/i> or gosse<\/i> (gloat) when they get their \u00f8lbriller <\/i>(beer goggles) on before you. Pretty soon you\u2019ll get that warm and fuzzy feeling that comes from being in good company sharing the pleasures that you like with the people you like - koselig<\/i>. In fact, you\u2019ll possibly start saying glad i deg <\/i>to your drinking partner (which is sort of like the way English people \u2018love\u2019 everyone when they are feeling affectionate). You know it\u2019s a good party when you come across a stinn brakke<\/i> - a full house. Perhaps if you\u2019ve had a little too much to drink and are being a little silly, you might hear \u2018skjerp deg\u2019<\/i>, which means you\u2019re making an idiot of yourself and should smarten up. Sound advice.And here\u2019s some more: on the way home you should probably stop for some f\u00f4r<\/i> (grub) in preparation for the dagen derp\u00e5<\/i> - the morning after, or hangover.<\/p>\n

\"GO<\/a>Let\u2019s spin out a little story to end, written in our own kr\u00e5ket\u00e6r<\/i> (bad handwriting). We decided to go for a little lunch and settled on some open sandwiches. The cafe we found was really harry<\/i> (cheesy, shabby or kitschy), but not in a l\u00f8 <\/i>(bad\/ugly) way, it was really cute - and the range of p\u00e5legg<\/i> (all the things you put \u2018on\u2019 an open sandwich) was amazing and en rosin i polsen<\/i> (\u2018a raisin in the sausage\u2019 - something of a nice surprise in the midst of something already pretty good). And despite one of our friends talking continuously about castles in the air, to which we responded \u2018har <\/i>du<\/i>r\u00f8yka<\/i>sokka<\/i>dine<\/i>?\u2019 (have you been smoking your socks? - how to show disdain for someone\u2019s pipe dream), we had a really fun evening.<\/p>\n

We really could go on. There were so many fantastic examples to choose from. We strongly urge you to do some research of your own and see what you come up with. If you like what you see, can we suggest a course? Why not contact us<\/a><\/strong> and see what language courses we have available? You\u2019re going to love Norwegian and feel inspired to visit Norway for yourself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Slang words are the way you know you\u2019ve really learnt a language. Or the cheat\u2019s guide to sounding like an expert before your time. Either way, Norway has not let us down in its own slang available and we were spoilt for choice in our search. We\u2019ve whittled down from a huge selection and come(\u2026)<\/p>\n

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