The Norwegian puzzle - find your missing pieces
Are you learning Norwegian?
Do you find some aspects of the Norwegian language hard to grasp?
Don't be puzzled! You have come to the right place!
In this podcast, you can pick the episodes covering the things you struggle with, whether it is pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary nuances, expressions, cultural aspects or you need some learning tips.
Bare hyggelig ;)
The Norwegian puzzle - find your missing pieces
Latest Episodes
#47 Infinitive and present tense: the explanation you were waiting for! [grammatikk]
That one little choice between infinitive and present tense van be tricky. We sit down and untangle the confusion from the ground up, because most learners were taught a shortcut that works… until it doesn’t. If you’ve ever stared at a verb and...
#46 Norwegian adjectives made simple: are you describing or defining? [grammatikk]
Norwegian adjective endings can feel like a guessing game until you learn what they are really doing. We focus on one practical distinction that clears up a ton of confusion fast: are you using an adjective to describe something, or to define w...
#45 Hva er klokka? - telling the time in Norwegian [expression] [culture]
We start with the everyday question, “What time is it at your place?”, and use it to unpack why telling time in Norwegian can feel strangely hard at first.We walk through two reliable paths: digital time and analogue time. For digital t...
#43 The rolled Norwegian R - how and when to pronounce it [uttale] [pronunciation]
The Norwegian R is the sound everyone worries about, and it turns out the worry is pointed in the wrong direction. We talk through what many learners are actually hearing in everyday Norwegian: a light tap R that barely “rolls” at all, often so...
