Morphology is the study of words.  How words are structured, patterned and evolve tell us a lot about who influenced what language.  In How Vikings Changed the English Language: Spelling we discussed how words were spelt in Old English and Norse – phonetically.  However, as English went through the Great Vowel Shift English spelling was [...]

“Mamma. Ka du gjør? Ka du gjør?!” I couldn’t answer – I had no idea what Lilu was trying to say. “Ka du gjøøøør?! Mamma!” I looked at Moose, feeling a little hopeless. He said with a smirk, “She’s asking you what you’re doing.” Had I missed something? I thought that to ask someone what they were [...]

Hei, alle sammen! Thank you for being so patient with us. We haven’t uploaded a podcast in a while as we’ve just had a baby who is taking up a lot of our time. We greatly appreciate your encouragement and are excited to get back in the saddle again. We are only new at teaching [...]

There are two questions I am always asked: Is it easy to get a job in Norway? Is it hard to get a job in Norway? The only definite answer is: ‘it depends’.  It depends on your education.  It depends on your profession.  It depends on your Norwegian language skills.  And, it depends on your [...]