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"It/There exists" I meant to say

And "står" for the most part means "stand" so with some exceptions to use "står" it has to be to describe an item that's on top of something, be it the floor, or some other surface. Since you are talking about a bed, it's an item that's on top of the floor, so you use "står"

One exception, however, is when describing something that's written, then you also use "står", like "det står i boken" meaning "it's written in the book"

I'm aware of what står means, and I'm also aware you can use "ligger" for things like: Tallerkenen ligger på bordet. I was just also wondering if it's okay to use "er" in place of these two sometimes, or if doing so would sound ungrammatical.

I'm afraid not, I'm trying to think of an example where it would be okay to switch from "står/ligger" to "er" and it just sounds completely wrong

And yeah, I found it really neat that to say "It is in the newspaper" you render it like "Det står i avisen".

Okay. Tusen takk.

No problem

The coolest thing about the language so far to me is how you do the definite articles. Taking the indefinite article and tacking it on as a suffix is something I never even conceived of.

I can image writing English this way lol. "The dog is eating the food" becoming "Doga is eating fooda"

Only for male and non-gendered nouns, though

I'm aware that the feminine gender is very often grouped in with masculine, but the program says a few words still show their femininity with definiteness. Like, "en jente" is more common than "ei jente", but to form the definite "jenta" is more common than "jenten". It also said though that this varies greatly depending on dialect.

But yeah, of course you don't say "jentei". That's probably what you meant.

Yeah, that's for sure. Learning the written is doable, mastering the dialects, however, takes a lot more work, because we sometimes get confused what people mean, lol

Yes, that's what I meant

Also, you will also come across words that double its consonants when moving into the definite article

I'll keep that in mind. So far I'm doing fine with my spelling. Norwegian spelling isn't hard at all. Although I get ski/skj/sky/etc mixed up sometimes as they represent pretty much the same main sound. En skje, en skilpadde, unnskyld, etc.

Oh, and another question. I realize there is overlap, but what are the main differences between: Unnskyld ///Unnskyld meg (vs.) Beklager ///Jeg beklager ?

I'd say "unnskyld" is like saying "sorry", while "beklager" is like saying "pardon".

But in terms of your example, "unnskyld meg" actually means "excuse me", while "unnskyld" would mean "I'm sorry"

Would "unnskyld" and "unnskyld meg" be more like "I'm sorry/excuse me" in the sense of apologizing for wronging or inconveniencing someone, while "Beklager/jeg beklager" is more "I'm sympathize with you?" Even though there is overlap?

No, "unnskyld" and "beklager" are primarily apologising words, expressing sympathy would more be "jeg er lei for det"