#21

Depends how old they are and where they live.

‘Peng’ is still a thing

#22

Are we sure people aren’t actually still saying SICK, and the incredibly hip people on drownedinsound.com just don’t agree with it??

#23

Not sure a 52yo is the right person to ask tbh

#24

Lol. Yeah that was meant as a more general question tbf. (I mean I’m 33 and I have no idea)

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#25

BEEFY!

#26

Translation questions for you @whiterussian

What’s the difference between du, dere and deg - they all mean ‘you’ right? What defines which one you use?

Also, why are some definite articles --en and some --et, is there a pattern/rule for this? Eplet and Kyllingen for example. WHY?

#28

Thanks for your question, @sadpunk!

“Dere” is plural, which while you don’t have it in English, is the same as the difference between “I” and “we”, I suppose. “Du” and “deg” are both singular, and can be compared to how you have different forms for “she” and “her”, for example. “Du” corresponds with “she” and “deg” corresponds with “her” in this scenario (so it’s the difference between object and subject in grammatical terms).

Hope this helps!

:norway:

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#29

Oh, completely missed this part at first.

This has to do with the genders of the nouns. --en is male, --et is neutral, and --a is female! (So the same difference between “le” and “la” in French, for example.)

This sounds like a very complicated language now, but it’s not really. For example, the verb “to be” is just “is” for everyone, so verbs at least are very simple.

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#30

That does help, thank you!

Eller, i Norsk, tusen takk!

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#32

På norsk :wink:

Why the sudden interest in the beautiful Norwegian language, @sadpunk?

#33

Isn’t Pa “on”? I was trying to say, “in Norwegian”

No real reason. I’m the kind of nob who just decides to be into something for a bit, so am using lockdown to do some Duolingo. Norwegian is apparently quite an easy language for English speakers to learn and it seems like a really lovely place.

#34

Yep, but that’s just how you say it. It’s always på a language where in English you would say “in” a language.

That’s cool! I know @japes has been doing some duolingo Norwegian as well for a while. You could pair up! And do feel free to ask me any questions, I am more than happy to help.

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#35

Thanks AW. Will probably go with either lit or sick.

#36

Thank you!

I really struggle with the listening exercises sometimes, but otherwise enjoying it. Wouldn’t DARE try to speak it though.

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#37

lærer du å snakke norsk, sadpunk? jeg vil ha noen å øve med!

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(i’m still shit at it)

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#39

Whoa. Feeling really bad about my 3-month Spanish duolingo stint last year now that I “took a break from”

#40

[word] you [word] speak Norwegian, sadpunk. I [word] have [word] [word] [word] [word]

So, in response, I say: ya?

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#41

Nailed it! :smiley: