I'm having some trouble with Norwegian possessives, as it's quite different from the way English does things. I'm going to construct a silly paragraph with lots of possessives done in different ways, and throw in a few location words I've been learning too. Let me know if I'm being grammatical.
"My wife's dog is eating the cat's food. The cats are eating the dogs' apples and your chairs are on the floor behind the table. The letter is ours and the girl loves her man. The girl loves her (someone else's) man too. The boy likes her book. We like the teachers' cups and we are visiting the chef's house. The chef's house is down past the store. Are the children yours (plural)?"
Mi kones hund spiser kattens mat. Kattene spiser hundenes epler og dine stoler står på gulvet bak bordet. Brevet er vårt og jenta elsker mannen sin. Jenta elsker hennes mann også. Gutten liker boken hennes. Vi liker læreres kopper og vi er på besøk kokkens hus. Kokkens hus er nedenfor butikken. Er barna deres?
I think it may have to do with formality. "Min kone" is more formal, used more in formal toned conversations, while "Kona mi" is more used in a regular conversation
So, I have totally stopped learning Norwegian because I'm super lazy and I just don't have enough incentive to keep doing this long term. I've failed the people of Norway. Jeg beklager.
It's difficult to keep at it, I'm the same when it comes to sign language, would love to know it, but don't have the incentive to keep at it so I do actually learn it and not just a few words here and there...
Yeah, unfortunately my only incentive at the moment is "it'd be interesting to learn" and that's just not enough at the time being. I really enjoyed what I learned though and I hope to pick it back up in the future. I think it's a really beautiful language.
If you ever give it another go, you could try to find Norwegian movies/videos that are subtitled. One of the big things that contributed to me learning English easier was how I was subjected to a lot of English speaking movies and shows as I was growing up.
Yeah, I'm sure that'll help a lot. I was watching a lot of Norwegian stuff on Youtube just to tune my ear to how it sounded. I liked watching Magnus Carlsen interviews lol