(Translation in English further below).
Juni er her, og med den kommer den norske sommeren i full blomstring. Sankthansaften, midtsommeraften, sommersolverv eller jonsok – kjært barn har mange navn.
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Why is 17th of May the best day for language students? Because “Hurra!” is the only word you need to say all day! Oh well, - you may need a few more words. “Gratulerer med dagen” is a common greeting among Norwegian people on the day and “Hipp, hipp, HURRA” is the cheering you will hear from kids, and adults, in the parades and throughout the whole day.
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Våren (spring) kan være full av kontraster og ambivalens, og kanskje særlig (especially) i Norge. En dag snør (snows) det og er full vinter, neste (next) dag skinner sola (the sun), snøen smelter og den første hestehoven (coltsfoot) titter frem (appears).
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Read more: Våren og påska i Norge - Spring and Easter in Norway
Februar er den måneden jeg forbinder mest (associate the most) med norsk vinter, snø og skiføre (skiing conditions). Februar er også måneden for Ski -VM (Verdensmesterskap / World Championship) og Vinter-OL (Winter Olympics),og i år er det Ski-VM i Trondheim 26.februar til 9.mars.
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Read more: Februar - vintermåneden / The winter month in Norway.
In this blog I’ll be writing about authentic resources for Norwegian language learners at all language levels, from beginners to more advanced learners. I think there are many useful ways and methods to learn a language,
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Read more: Godt nytt år - Happy New Year, Happy New Resources.
This time I want to write a blog with links especially for those who study Norwegian (or would like to start learning Norwegian) and would like learn about Norwegian December, Advent and Christmas traditions - Juletradisjoner.
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I met Sam in 2023 when he took Norwegian lessons with me from June to August before he went to Norway as an exchange student for one semester in his second year of High School. He has been back in Australia for almost a year now and he has just completed his Australian High School Certificate (HSC). You can read more about his time in Norway in the blog.
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Read more: Exchange studies in Norway - Elevutveksling i Norge
When in Oslo and in Sydney, I have my own ‘hiking trail’, which I just 'have to do' (‘må gjøre’) when I'm in town.
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(The English blog is below the Norwegian)
Å reise er et begrep med mange definisjoner og for meg handler det blant annet om å være i bevegelse, om forandring, noe nytt, noe annerledes. Og ikke minst, om inspirasjon, ikke bare for alt nytt jeg ser og lærer, men også fordi jeg lar meg selv være litt mere ny når jeg er i nye omgivelser, jeg har litt mindre bagasje når jeg er på et nytt sted, og er litt mere åpen for nye ting.
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