What did you say?

Hvordan har du det? Jeg håpe din all skjønn! Back in high school I had the chance to take Norwegian as a second language. It was just a basic introduction to the language but it was ohh so wonderful! I enjoyed that class very much! I continued studying it on my own after graduation because I loved it so much! It was a great way to connect my heritage. I am not fluent in it, I can get by with a little bit of cheating from my Norwegian dictionary, but I hope to grasp it more fully one day! I don’t speak Nynorsk or Bokmål. It’s a weird combination of the two and English…! Some of my friends have learned what Tusen Takk, Jeg vet ikke, Hvorfor, Hvordan har du det( that’s my favourite thing to ask people..haha), Ha det bra, Vær så snill , Jeg elsker deg and a few other things mean because they sometimes just creep into speech everyday!

I have been in the mall or store with people and have said a phrase in Norwegian and have been asked by countless people if I am from Norway, Sweden , Denmark or Iceland ( basically all your Nordic countries…I’m probably missing one) because I look like and speak like a Nordic person apparently. I get a good laugh over it and usually whoever is with me does to! Then there was the time I was in the airport and I was saying goodbye to my family and I said “Ha det bra!”( Have it good) and this lady at the airport said to me “I hope you enjoyed your stay in Canada” I thought I was going to die from trying to keep a straight face and telling her that I really am a Canadian….and as soon as I got far enough away from her I doubled over laughing! It was priceless! I guess my Canadian accent didn’t give my Canadian-ess away!

I love my Norwegian heritage, its so wonderful and interesting to learn about! I could spend hours learning about it, or studying the language! Ohh and we have awesome food to….hehe!!! I will try to find a couple yummy ones to post on here!

So Takk så mye for reading my blog!

Shalom!