{"id":3347,"date":"2015-07-07T18:45:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-07T18:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=3347"},"modified":"2015-07-07T18:47:28","modified_gmt":"2015-07-07T18:47:28","slug":"the-easiest-things-about-learning-norwegian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/the-easiest-things-about-learning-norwegian\/","title":{"rendered":"The Easiest Things About Learning Norwegian"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Photo_1<\/a><\/i>Photo via Wikipedia<\/i> \/ Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite the mutual intelligibility between Swedish, Danish and Norwegian, Norwegian is considered the easiest of all the Scandinavian languages to learn for English speakers. We\u2019re here to help you begin your language journey by highlighting some of the easiest things about learning Norwegian.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a Germanic language:<\/b><\/p>\n

Norwegian belongs to the Germanic language family. What does this mean for you? During your studies, you\u2019ll conveniently find cognates between Norwegian and English vocabulary. For example, Velkommen til London. <\/i>Bet you can figure out what that means! Read it slowly and out loud and you\u2019ll quickly realize the phrase says: \u201cWelcome to London!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Photo_2<\/a>Photo via Pixabay<\/i> \/ Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n

Pronunciation is straight-forward:<\/b><\/p>\n

The Norwegian alphabet is the same as the English one, except for three additional letters: \u00e6<\/i>, \u00f8<\/i> and \u00e5<\/i>. In addition to using the same alphabet, you\u2019ll come to realize that each letter is pronounced similarly as well, with the exception of \u2018j\u2019 which is pronounced like \u2018y\u2019; \u2018e\u2019 which should sound more like the vowel of \u2018e<\/i>gg\u2019; and \u2018i\u2019 which is the sound elicited by the double vowels in \u2018bee\u2019.<\/i><\/p>\n

Tense Formations are easy:<\/b><\/p>\n

Forming tenses in Norwegian is one of the easiest aspects of the language. Although we won\u2019t give you a demonstration now you can rest assured that conjugating verbs will be a piece of cake --even more so than English conjugations!<\/p>\n

Words follow a similar order:<\/b><\/p>\n

Although the word order does vary slightly from English, most Norwegian word order is very similar to our own. To give you an example, Jeg kan snakke fransk<\/i> means \u201cI can speak French\u201d. This is a very helpful step when you\u2019re already juggling parts of a language in an effort to learn.<\/p>\n

Word Use is economical:<\/b><\/p>\n

What do we mean? Well, spoken Norwegian isn\u2019t particularly wordy. Whereas in English we use an elaborate system of adjectives to describe things, Norwegian is pretty straight to the point. To give an example: h\u00e6<\/i> can be used for a variety of things, from a simple \u201chuh?\u201d to \u201cI didn\u2019t understand what you just said, can you repeat?\u201d Similarly, Nei, men!<\/i> can literally mean \u201cno, but...\u201d as if starting a protest, but it can also be used to say \u201cIt\u2019s you! Good to see you!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Photo_3<\/a>Photo via Pixabay <\/i>\/ Pixabay<\/a><\/p>\n

Who says Norwegian is difficult to learn? You can see for yourself that its level of difficulty is no different from any other European language. In fact, because of the cognates, word order and verb conjugations, it is probably one of the easiest for English speakers to pick up. Are you interested? Of course you are. Well in that case, contact us<\/a> to find out what language courses we have available for you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photo via Wikipedia \/ Wikipedia Despite the mutual intelligibility between Swedish, Danish and Norwegian, Norwegian is considered the easiest of all the Scandinavian languages to learn for English speakers. We\u2019re here to help you begin your language journey by highlighting some of the easiest things about learning Norwegian. It\u2019s a Germanic language: Norwegian belongs to(\u2026)<\/p>\n

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