#norwegian — Public Fediverse posts

Folklore read live!

Do you trust your mom?
Because this boy sure shouldn't.

Witness the worst mother in folklore LIVE right NOW: https://youtube.com/live/OonwtpROL_I

#FairyTaleTuesday #WritingCommunity #storyteller #FairyTale #AmReading #reading #indieWriter #fairy #folklore #folk #tales #stories #GrimmBrothers #dnd #dnd5e #pathfinder #pf2e #ttrpg #fantasy #lotr #norwegian #folklore #legend #epic #mother #Asbjørnsen #Moe

Chords for this cover. Inundating to Endless Summer by Marcus & Martinus. Has that bright pop energy. Harmonize along here. Page:

https://chordyes.com/chord/marcus-martinus-endless-summer

#guitarfriends #guitarlife #norwegian #duo #malevocalist #summer #dance

Here's the acoustic guide. Playing Min Første Kjærlighet by Anna Lille. Easy listening, easy playing. Check the riff. URL:

https://chordyes.com/chord/anna-lille-min-forste-kjaerlighet

#guitartone #guitargear #norwegian #femalevocalist #love #nostalgic #acoustic

On #Duolingo I'm learning both #Norwegian and #Vietnamese

The perfect film to watch? Easy: #Downsizing

She's Vietnamese, they're Norwegian.
A match made in Hollywood heaven.

On #Duolingo I'm learning both #Norwegian and #Vietnamese

The perfect film to watch? Easy: #Downsizing

She's Vietnamese, they're Norwegian.
A match made in Hollywood heaven.

Monday, December 1, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/12/monday-december-1-2025/

Learning foreign languages is one of my hobbies (which I tend to far to seldom, due to time restrictions, unfortunately).

But, #TIL that there is a 🇪🇺 European Day of Languages (which actually exists since 2001), and it's actually today. I also learned that I am one of 3 out of 5 Europeans who can speak a foreign language besides their native language. Furthermore, I actually know 5 out of the 24 official European languages which is actually a fifth of all European languages 🤯

Of course I don't speak all of them fluently (in fact it's only my native language (German) and English I feel really comfortable with). But non the less interesting to know and somewhat motivating to sharpen the other three, as well.

How many languages do my followers (or anyone stumbling upon this post) speak? How many would you like to speak? What was the last language you learned, or what is the language you are currently learning, or the next one you are planning to learn? And why not start today, at the "Day of Languages"?

Whatever you do today: 🇩🇪 Habt noch einen schönen Tag! 🇫🇷 Bonne journée! 🇪🇸 ¡Que tengas un buen día! 🇳🇴 Ha en god dag!

And if you haven't understood any of those: 🇬🇧 Have a nice day!

https://social.linux.pizza/@EUCommissi[email protected]/115269418757702067

#multilingual #europe #europeandayoflanguages #languages #learnlanguages #spanish #espanol #german #deutsch #french #francaise #norwegian #norsk

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

How Russia prepares its strategic missile plant for eternal war — Dead and wounded everywhere — Russian attack on Dnipro kills at least 18, injures nearly 300 — Council of Europe, Ukraine to sign accord on June 25 to set up Russian aggression tribunal — Europeans oppose following Trump if he pushes Ukraine to cede territory, lift Russia sanctions, poll finds … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/wednesday-june-25-2025/

Oh oh oh... listen to this one.

I watched Hjem til jul (Home for Christmas) when I lived with my ex-wife. The audio is Norwegian, but since my ex-wife was watching too, the subtitles were in English.

Then I rewatched recently. I decided to put on the bokmål subtitles. (Bokmål is one of the Norwegian dialects.) I can understand some bokmål, but not a ton.

Then I thought about it more. I'm done with Bandidos, but I don't have another series with decent Spanish subtitles... except that Hjem til jul does come with a ton of other subtitles than bokmål or English.

I look, and yes! There's Latino-American subtitles.

So now I'm watching it with the audio in Norwegian and the subtitles in Spanish. It is a little weird, but it works.

:madjoy:

#HjemTilJul #HomeForChristmas #subtitles #bokmål #Spanish #Norwegian

How can ships become cleaner? | #DW Documentary

Soot, particle pollution and heavy fuel oil: freighters and cruise liners are real climate killers. It’s high time for a change of course on the seas. The film shows how both #innovations and tried-and-tested ideas can make shipping cleaner.

Container ships supply people all over the world with goods, while #cruises attract millions of passengers every year. But ships also cause around three percent of global #greenhouse gas emissions.

This is despite the fact that emission-free #maritime #trade has been possible for thousands of years - thanks to the wind. "We need to get back to sailing ships," says Captain Andreas Lackner. Fifteen years ago, the #Austrian and two friends put a sailing cargo ship into operation. The "Tres Hombres" has been working since 2010, transporting up to 40 tons of goods across the seas without an engine. The clipper ship takes cocoa and rum from the Caribbean to Europe, or 20,000 bottles of organic wine from La #Rochelle to #Copenhagen. "We’re closing the gap between fairly paid producers of organic goods and conscious consumers," says Lackner.

Others have also rediscovered the power of the wind. Ralf Oltmanns from East Frisia sailed the world's #oceans at the age of 16, before founding an advertising agency. Now, 30 years later, the passionate sailor has developed a new twist on a century-old propulsion system in order to make large ships cleaner. The Flettner rotor, named after its inventor, Anton Flettner, is a type of sailing machine: a cylindrical structure that rotates in the wind to generate thrust. Oltmanns has used the original invention to create a modern product. "Depending on the size of the rotor and the wind conditions, a freighter can save between 5 and 25 percent on fuel," the 63-year-old calculates. The rotor could make both cargo and passenger ships more climate-friendly. Anna Braren was convinced by his idea: Her shipping company equipped its first ship with the Flettner rotor in 2021.

With countless innovations and strict regulations, #Norway is leading the way in the transition to emission-free #shipping. The #Scandinavians are focusing on #electric motors and hybrid #technologies. #Climate change is already being felt in the #Norwegian Arctic - another reason why the government is getting serious. From 2026, only emission-free ships will be allowed to sail in #Norway's most beautiful fjords. And climate-friendly #tourist ships are already sailing along the traditional postal ship route.

youtube.com/watch?v=uGevleI5I1…

#documentary #dwdocumentary

📚 📚 Finished OE Rölvaag's Giants in the Earth - The Norwegian American author's novel on pioneer life in the Dakota Territory based on the experiences of his, and his wife's own families.
This book was absolutely dependent on the last few pages as to how I would feel about it ... For me, almost any other ending would have left me frustrated by the journey the story took. 📚📚

#book #books #booklist #oerölvaag #oleedvartrølvåg #rolvaag #norwegianamerican #norwegianimmigrants #novel #writer #author #mybooklist #mybookshelf #bookshelf #dakotaterritory #pioneers #pioneerfamily #settlers #norwegian #norwegianliterature #literature

I just learnt "I love you" in Norsk. It's apparently "jeg er glad I deg", which translates literally to "I'm happy in you"... The translation sounds so wrong rofl. 🤣 😝

#Duolingo #Norwegian #Norsk #Bokmål

🧵 1/ Good morning! It's #ResearchSupportPartnershipUiO #Wednesday again; I start the day guiding a master's student in history on how to use #Transkribus for recognizing C17th #Danish #Norwegian prints. A good start for this material would be the public model #NorFraktur provided by the National Library of Norway. It performs reasonably well and should make keyword searches in the material much easier! Try it out yourself: https://readcoop.eu/model/danish-norwegian-and-german-print-17th-century-2/!

@evelyn #Bokmål is a think #language of most #Norwegians, but it is not so #Norwegian. It is an #ethnolect of the #Danish language, however Norwegians do not want to know this fact. But #Nynorsk is really Norwegian. Three languages origin from Old #Norse; they are #Icelandic, #Faroese and Nynorsk. I heard that the modern #Icelanders (and only they) can read #manuscripts written in #Norway fifteen #centuries ago, without learning Old Norse.

#Bokmaal #Norsk #íslenska #føroyskt #Scandinavian

I was planning on having some black #tea, but as soon as #BeardGrabber heard the water boiler turn off, he got excited and started pointing at the #chamomile #infusion bags and calling out for something that I eventually found out meant #kamille te (the #Norwegian translation of it).

So, I'm having a cup of chamomile infusion 'tea' now. :)
Wouldn't want to disappoint him, especially since he reminded me of the tea water, which I tend to forget myself. 😅

#parenting