This woman speaks Norwegian VERY good, although a little bit slow, but very good!! She's just showing her gratitude to Norway and the Norwegian people for their hospitality. :) And, I know I have said this before, but I love all these videos!!! Not just about Norway, but the ones about the UK....

@sizzlebae2060

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My jaw dropped when I heard her speak Norwegian. I don't think I have ever heard an American foreigner pronounce Norwegian that well :ooo

@AudunWangen

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Her pronunciation is like a native Norwegian to be honest, which I never think I've heard from an American. She has just a little bit of the American cadence and speaks slowly, but that's the only thing that would tell she's a foreigner. Impressive!

@jubmelahtes

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@@AudunWangen if I'm nitpicking her "L"'s sounds off. Though she sounds like she's just from the deep south-east

@AndreBendigtsen

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I have to agree on this. A bit wierd L's perhaps, but the pronounsiations and everything is amazing. Sounds like she's been raised here with american parents to be honest. Extremely well done! :-D

@reyalPRON

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Just a little to slow. can hear that she is searching for the syntax and making the words fit. If she has a day or two she will pick up the tempo

Wow, her pronunciation is just amazing!! She talks a little slower than the average Norwegian would do I guess, and she had a few difficulties finding the right words, but regardless of that, her pronunciation and accent is quite flawless.

She was in Norway as missionary for the Mormones. As a Norwegian I am impresssed how they show respect for my country in their videos despite coming her for selling a message being very different. The videos have given me a wish to meet and talk to these missionaries despite having little in common with their church.

The last part is for Norwegians. She's incredibly fluent in Norwegian, it caught me off guard. Impressive!

@thomasborg1415

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It feels very good to hear that she had such a good time too, and how greatful she is. It makes me feel proud to be Norwegian :)

She speaks Norwegian very well. As a teacher from Norway, I am very impressed when you compare her time in Norway to her overall language skills; pronunciation, grammar, fluency and intonation is pretty much spot on.

@Luredreier

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Yeah, I genuinely can't tell that she's not a native. The only thing that I'm noticing *watching* this is that she speaks a bit slowly. But honestly if I meet her in person while I'd think that's a bit odd I wouldn't have guessed the reason at all. My first guess would actually have been that she's a native speaker that's a little bit drunk or something or tipsy so she have to use a bit longer time to think then normal. But yeah, I would have been confused, as she's speaking too well to really be drunk too...

Breakfast 08:00 we eat bread lunch 12:00 we eat bread dinner 16:00 warm food before bed food 20:00 we eat bread

@janmorganfroynes5032

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Eat bread or be dead

@knutolabersas5601

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Jeg har ikke spist brød på mange år. Så det gjelder ikke for alle

@janmorganfroynes5032

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@@knutolabersas5601 Det er aldri noe sagt som gjelder absolutt alle til enhver tid. Der er jo klart en observasjon på hva majoriteten gjør, og noe som representerer norsk kultur og norm

@AudunWangen

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I don't eat breakfast, so for me: Lunch: 11 or 12 (bread, cereal, kebab or warm lunch if I'm at the office) Dinner: between 17 and 20 (usually homemade) Supper: between 22 and 01 (bread)

@steinarhaugen7617

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Ja. Sånn cirka.

Her speach at the end translates to: "What I want to say to the Norwegian people, is that I am infinitely greatful for the time I got to live in Norway and wxperience the culture, language, nature, food and everything really. I am greatful, especially for the people who accepted me even when I didn't understand Norwegian very well and even tho they didn't even know me. Those who opened their arms and accepted someone who came from a different country, it was meant that I was suppose to go to Norway and be a missionary there, because there was so many experiences that I experienced that was for me personally. Which really helped me become the person I am today. I work very hard to keep up with my Norwegian, which is very difficult in the US, but it's very important for me. To remember what I learned and is a big part of me today. I just want to thnk those who I know in Norway and those I might not know, but are good people in Norway that helps others feel included and give others a chance to those who are opened to learn something new." Hope this helped in case you were curious about what she said at the end. :)

It is insane how good her norwegian is, almost can't tell that she is not Norwegian 😮

@Henoik

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Jeg grøsser seriøst av hvor bra det er. Hun snakker litt sakte så høres bare drita ut, men du kan faen ikke høre at hun ikke er fra Norge! Helt sjukt

@mynewname7830

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@@Henoik Hører til og med litt Oslo dialekt, imponert!

Wow, she really worked on her Norwegian language. She stayed down south obviously, she has her dialect from there. Very good, impressive. 😊

It's not that we don't trust strangers per se, it's about not spending social energy on someone we'll probably never meet again

@cheesedemon88

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This, I think Norwegians are actually more ready to trust strangers to be helpful and trustworthy then Americans, but as you say, we’re not going to bother strangers with smalltalk unless we have a reason to.

Considering the length of stay in Norway which was very short period to learn the language, this young woman, speaks the language tremendously good. Most of the american people I know who have lived much longer and interacted with norwegians all the years through work, has never been as good as her. Hats off❤ She puts heart unto it, strategically work her way towards her goal and she made it. She is unique.👏Congratulations. Velkommen tilbake. Du kan få deg en jobb her, fordi du snakker veldig bra norsk⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️

Norway is larger than most people think, even larger than Germany! So there should be plenty of space for homes. The problem is rather the impractical topography, with plenty of mountains, lakes, glaciers etc.

Most here in Norway eats dinner around 4-5 PM, but then we eat "kveldsmat" around 8-ish. That's a late meal before bedtime, most often bread with something on top. :)

@nori8867

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Dinner just feels right to have after you come home from a hard day at school/work

@kilipaki87oritahiti

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Kveldsmat har blitt gammeldalgs.

Her pronounciation and the tone is amazing. Most americans struggle alot with our language

She Norwegian is very good! She is thanking Norwegians for her stay and says The people were good to her despite her being a stranger to The culture. They wanted her to know about them as Norwegians. There always include her in everything, those were her Norwegian words.

She speaks Norwegian very well. Impressive!

About friendship, have you heard about; The peach and coconut theory. An American is a peach that is easy to get into at the start of a friendship (soft pulp), but when you get close and talk about very private things, they become hard (like a peach core). A Norwegian will be difficult to get into at the first (like the shell of a coconut), but when you really get to know them, then you can be a friend for life (lots of love and good protection around you - Cocunutshell).

Several people have said it before. But the woman is speaking really good Norwegian. I am impressed. Yes she is speaking a bit slow, but there is not a single trace of accent in her voice.

As a Norwegian i have to say that she speaks quite fluent. litle faster and no norwegian would know that she isn,t Norwegian. she also seems like a realy nice girl

She is unbelievably good in speaking norwegian. Amazing indeed.🥰❤️🙏👏

She speaks better Norwegian than anyone Ive heared. She speaks fluent, and what she say is so nice. Cant hear that shes American. Great videos Tyler, come visit us 💕

As an American living in Norway for three years now, it is WAY too easy to fall into the trap of speaking English constantly - people love to practice their English and are all too happy to engage with you in it. So I really need to follow this woman's advice and switch to ONLY speaking Norsk or I feel like I'll never reach real proficiency. >_

She should study languages. An obvious linguistic talent. The dual intonation, which is by far the most difficult thing to get for anyone not Norwegian (or Swedish, it is unique to these languages in Europe), is spot on.

She speaks really good norwegian. Its the Oslo dialect (bokmål). She could almost pass as a norwegian. She even got the rolling R's going.

I never knew 4pm was super early for you guys! An average family in Norway eats around 4pm because the parents are home from work, and the kids are home from school. Getting home, eating dinner, then drive the kid(s) to some kind of activity 1-5 days a week (depending on the activity and how far they have gotten in it). After they get home again, the kids either do homework if they haven't already or have free time until bedtime. "kveldsmat" (evening meal) is super common before bedtime for kids as well. Something easy and simple like bread, or yogurt. So children grow up on this and often continue the tradition in adult life. Luchs is 11:30 at school and around that time for work as well depending.

She spoke really good norwegian. At the point i could belive she was a native. Almost

@elementalgolem5498

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She spoke well but definitely not close to native. Not only accent but grammar on some words was a bit off

@theincrediblechickennugget159

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@@elementalgolem5498 Hence the "almost"

@elementalgolem5498

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@@theincrediblechickennugget159 again, almost would indicate she was close. She wasn't hence my disagreement. She was maybe a b1 or B2, native is c3

@theincrediblechickennugget159

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@@elementalgolem5498 Damn thats crazy

Her pronounciation is excellent. You can tell she's concentrating a bit to get it right, but it's almost completely flawless.

Her Norwegian is really good, she could trick us to think that she's actually a native speaker

She thanked the Norwegian for her oportunity to be here and all she learned here.

Actually, even though Norway is a small country when it comes to people, Norway isnt that small when it comes to land, just look at the map. Population density is 8,69 people pr km2 in Norway while the most dense is Macau with 22.570 people pr km2. (USA has 34.41 pr km2, so not too bad). We have lots of space to build houses (especially outside of the biggest cities).

Like other comments have already said (or written, I suppose), her Norwegian is incredibly good, especially given the time she had to work on it. There is a surprising amount of American missionaries here, at least in Trondheim. They all speak Norwegian exceptionally well, it's quite impressive. Glad to hear she enjoyed her stay.

Im from norway. And shes talking norwegian laguage very well at the end there.. WOW! :)

Her norwegian is pretty darn good, i have to say. She sounds sweet and all she was talking about for the most part was showing her gratitute and thanking the country and people for accepting and being so kind and supportive to someone from a different country. We in Norway are very happy when people try to learn our language, and obviously we want to help them improve even more if they want, but we also want to not make it awkward for them so most would instantly start speaking english back. For the amount of time she stayed in Norway, her norwegian is absolutely amazing. Alle som kommer til Norge, er velkommen til Norge, og alle som drar fra Norge er velkommen tilbake.

Her norwegian is surprisingly good O.O i know forigners that have lived in norway for 30years and dont speak half this good 😳 only strange thing is that she directly translates english expressions that we dont use here

Her Norwegian is really good👍🎉

I think one good way to start learning a language is to watch movies and TV shows in that language with subtitles. That way you adjust to the sounds, and you will pick up common words and phrases without making an effort. And maybe rewatch it without subtitles afterwards if you're dedicated. But even doing it with subtitles will prepare you for how the language flows, and that makes things easier once you start studying or talking to people.

…and yes, as someone who’s mom is a Norwegian language teacher, now retired, her Norwegian is very good. She speaks in the Østlands dialect, same as the one I speak, but with minor regional differences. The only give away was her speed of which she spoke. Faster, it would seem 100% fluent! Good for her!

Her pronunciation is perfect!!!

We have something in Norway called Kveldsmat(Evening meal) that alot of families have. Doing that since dinner is earlier.

In Norway we eat breakfast somewhere between 05:00 and 08:00, before work. Lunch is between 11:00 and 12:00 at work. Dinner is after work between 16:00 and 18:00. And then we have "kveldsmat" literally meaning "evening food" between 20:00 and 22:00. If we have a late dinner we usually skip the kveldsmat

After dinner we have something that we call kvelds. It is a lighter meal between dinner and bedtime. Tranditionally it was a couple of slices of bread with meats, or cheese or something, and perhaps a glass of milk. Nowadays, it is a bit more varied.

OMG - that is EXCELLENT norwegian pronounciation!

Okay, I know everyone else here says the same. But...her Norwegian freaks me out. Usually you can hear at least a slight accent, but with her... It sends chills down my spine to hear how good she is.

I'm always amazed how well mormons learn the local languange, it seems they put great effort into learning it comprehensively.

We have two specialized prisons in Norway for people between 15 and 18 years old. One in Bergen end one in Eidsvoll...they each have 4 inmates. That adds up to 8 minor inmates at all times country wide.

She talks Norwegian soooo good. She should be so proud. ☺️

About the food,i would say that the "norm" is like breakfast somewhere between 6-9 in the morning,lunch at 12,dinner at 17.00-18.00 as many people end there workday between 16.00 and 17.00,then we usally have snacks or cookies or some sandwitches

Her Norwegian is pretty darn great.

I've heard that norwegian people are angry but we are not. We are just reserved to strangers sometimes because we want to take the time to get to know a person. I don't know about the rest of Norway but I eat dinner between 4 or 5 and I do have something that is called kveldsmat. Which is evening meal. It is normal to have three or four meal a day.

when it comes to eating, breakfast (before whenever you go to work\school i'd say usually between 6-8) lunch (at school and work it's somewhere around 10-12, depending) dinner is between 4-6, depending on the household and their work schedule, and a meal before bed, around 8-10, depending on the family, and age of possibly children.

Her Norwegian is amazing!!!!!

Like others have pointed out, she speaks really good Norwegian, especially pronunciation

Our relationships with others can be explained in this easy saying: Better to go deep and narrow than wide and shallow

We go up at 6 and eat breakfast, go to work. Lunch around 11-12. We get home from work around 3.30 and start making dinner. Then we eat the same as breakfast around 7 or 8. Then off to bed around 10.

We Norwegians eat breakfast 7-8 in the morning, Lunch 11-1200, Dinner 1600-1700, Food in the evening is 2100 which is a lighter meal such as bread. We eat dinner in the evening as well, but not as often, as you don't go to sleep with a full stomach like dinner can be. The lady in the video spoke incredibly good Norwegian and thank you for a nice speech to us Norwegians

Amazing how good she speaks

As a Norwegian I prefer to talk english with people that are trying to learn Norwegian, especially if it is work related or if I/they are in a hurry

Here's my translation: "What I wanted to say to the Norwegian people is that I am infinitely grateful for the time I got to live in Norway, and to experience the culture, like the language, the nature, the food, and everything, really. I am especially grateful for the people who accepted me, even when I didn't understand Norwegian well, even when they didn't know me, those who took me with open arms, one who came from another country, who just wanted to share a message. Or, what's really most important to me is that I was sent to Norway as a voluntary missionary" (this is where you skipped ahead) "and those I don't know, people in Norway who influence others, help others, thank you for watching this video."

Hey! Norwegian usaually eat dinner between 16.00-18.00, some eat later, but we also most often have "night food" which is a small breakfast like meal 1-2 hours before bed. Lunch for most is also eaten around 11.30 for most. And her Norwegian at the end is very fluent, there is barley any way to hear that Norwegian isn't her first language. If I had met her on the street I'd probably belive she was Norwegian.

Just a little sidenote. If you learn norweigan you can pretty much communicate with two other people in scandinavia. Swedish and Danish is very similar.

I like how slow she spoke norwegian so easy to understand for a Dane when it's at that speed :P

Norwegians: Our language is NOT "sing-songy" AI subtitles: [Music]

13:34 Her Norwegian is perfect. No accent at all. The only thing I notice is that she's speaking a bit slower then normal. That's it. If I meet her in Norway I honestly wouldn't have known that she wasn't Norwegian.

I would like to point out one thing. We may not be the biggest population, but by size we’re the 6th largest country in Europe. We got space. 😅

In Norway we usually eat dinner between 16-19 ish and we eat night food around 21-22 witch is the same as breakfast, simple breads with diffrent toppings. 4 meals a day 🙌🏻😂🇳🇴

Breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper are the four most common meals in Norway, so if you eat dinner at four or five you usually have a (bread/sand) meal later before bed.

Regarding felony & punishment beeing mild in Norway is mostly true. There is one thing You dont want to do in Norway: Drink/intoxicated & Drive… If caught You will meet one of the worlds hardest & severeve punishments….

Since it’s christmas, i think it’s a good idea to listen to some norwegian christmas music. Here are som you should listen to: Himme på jord-Kurt Nilsen Stjernesludd-Kurt Nilsen Når himmelen faller ned-Anne Grete Paus Selmas sang-Eva Weel Skram Home for christmas-Maria Mena En stjerne skinner i natt 😊

@steinarhaugen7617

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Hahahaha. Julegrøt.

14:38 she speaks very well, and if she ever reads this, thanks and what a great message. I’m sure I speak for most Norwegians in saying “hjertelig velkommen tilbake”

We eat «evening food» later at night; usually bread with something on, or a yoghurt or something more light than dinner. Lunch is at around 12.

It is a bit wrong to say that Norway is categorically more expensive. It is more correct to say that Norway is comparatively more expensive if you come from a country where the average earner is less. If you look at the "average earnings index" Norway isn't really that expensive for norwegian. Given the quality of produce one might actually argue that it's cheaper. It might be assumtious but I don't believe a store clerk in the US could afford shopping at Whole Foods and still afford to travel on vacation.

Already in 5th grade we had Geography which dealt with the whole world, where we looked at all parts of the wood, right down to what was grown there and important minerals that could be found. I remember that we learned that the USA was one country that had both large forests and large steppe landscapes, had 50 states, where several of these were similar in several ways to Norway, such as snow and cold in winter. Had several alpine resorts. That there were almost as many Norwegians in the USA as at home in Norway, and that these often lived in states that are very similar to Norway, such as Washington state. That the United States spent the most on the military in the world. And that you were about 218 million inhabitants at the time.

What she basically says, it's not perfectly translated: What I wanted to say to the people of Norway, is that I am infinitely grateful for the time I was given to live in Norway and to experience the culture, for instance the language, the nature, the food and everything, really. I am thankful, especially for the people that took me in, even though I don't understand Norwegian that well, even when they did not know me, those that opened their arms welcomed me being a someone from another country, for those that wanted to share a message or what was most important for me, really. The point was that I was sent to Norway and be a voluntary missionary there, because there were so many experiences that I -skip- And those I don't know, which are good people that affects others in Norway, that helps others to feel included -skip- The people of Norway, thank you for watching this video. Yes, the grammatical structure is very similar to English, there are certain things that are different, but also a lot of the English words stems directly from that language tree, hence a lot of similarities. You can download a google translate extension that can directly translate the whole page or whatever text you highlight(before you would copy it)

I will say about the mormons coming to Norway, they are very impressive in how quick they learn our language. Cudos to them.

10:17 Called it, she's a missionary, and probably one from my church as well, missionaries from our church go to this sort of boot-camp for learning the language of the country a missionary is assigned a mission in, and it only lasts 6 weeks I think she said, but most missionaries tend to try and only speak the country's language instead of their own language. The downside with that in Norway is that we all know and speak quite a lot of English, and most pretty well, but we always want to train and better out English skills, so we tend to try and speak English to the missionaries whenever we have the opportunity :P 10:22 Roughly put, most people's eating schedule is: Breakfast at 7 am, Lunch and 11 am, Dinner at 3 pm, supper at 7 pm, you can change those number by 1 or two hours depending on the meal, dinner varies from 3 pm to 5 pm as being the usual time to eat for most people, and supper depends on how late or early one goes to bed, generally people eat supper no later than 1 hour before bedtime, because they don't want the food to be undigested or something when they go to bed. People will also have smaller meals in-between the main four meals, these would usually consist of fruits or vegetables, a middle-bar (kind of like a protein bar, except it's more aimed at regular meal intake), or other things that aren't as filling as the main meals. The people that do that would usually be the ones that abide by the idea that not giving their stomach time to rest from digestion will promote fat burning, as the digestion system would constantly be burning energy and resources, etc.

This was the best spoken Norwegian I've heard of an American person! She got the endings and the "rolling R's" very good! She should be learning real Norwegian (Trøndersk) though 😅

wow! her pronounciation is awesome! a little slow maybe, but flawless!

12:46 She says this until you Tyler skip past the last part. 🙃🙃🙃 "What i wanted to say to the Norwegian people is that i am infinitely grateful for the time i got to live in Norway and experience the culture, such as, um, the language, the nature, the food and everything. Um, i am grateful because especially for the people who welcomed me, even when i couldn't understand Norwegian very well. Even if they didn't know me. Those who want to open their arms and welcome someone who came from another country. Who just wanted to share the message or yes, what is most important to me actually. I know that there is meant to be a lot about the fact that i would be sent to Norway. That i would be a voluntary missionary there, because there are so many experiences that i..."

There are two amazing things about Norway that you have not covered. The first one is Svalbard with Longyearbyen that is the northernmost town in the world , Barentsburg that is a Russian mining town and Pyramiden that is a Russian ghost town and the second one is Angelina Jordan that is an unbelievable singer born and raised in Oslo. You will find a lot of videos by searching on KZread.

@runejohansen3332

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I second that on AJ. I hate cold an snow, so svalbard is no no. Been to Longyearbyen and New Ålesund tho..never again😉

Yup, her Norwegian is excellent. Mind you she was here as a Mormon missionary. The Mormon church has an impressive language program for their young ones so they can interact with the natives when the serve their mandatory time as missionaries.

As a Swede, when I heard the thing about eating dinner at 4 pm, I was confused since most people I know eat after 6

@steinarhaugen7617

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Wow her Norwegian is really good and I'm not even Norwegian myself 👌🏾👌🏾

Wow!! She speaks perfect Norwegian!

She speaks perfect Norwegian!!!! Amazing!

We usually eat an evening meal too. So dinner, and then before bed we have a few more slices of bread.

Her norwegian is waaaay to good what!? Like she does not have the american accent at all. Amazing

@tyler walker Back in the viking times and before that, the languages spoken by both norwegians/scandinavians and for instance english people were very similar. Both languages origin from the same germanic language group. In addition, alot of the vikings inhabited both england and other countries, and thus set their mark there language-wise. That is why we have alot of similar words in norwegian and english. Examples is words like "egg", which is the same. You also have the word "boat" which in norwegian is "båt" - pretty similar, but in some norwegian dialects they say "baot" which is even closer.

@kilipaki87oritahiti

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Old English and Old Norse was very similar, before they simplified it. And yes without the Norwegian and Danish Vikings there wouldn’t be any English. People forget all the time that English is in fact as you mentioned a Germanic language… actually without the Vikings Europe would have looked completely different than it does today.

As for eating. We eat dinner at around 18, but as a kid, we ate around 16-16:30, but we had "kveldsmat" or evening food, which usually was a slice of bread with someting on top at around 19-20.

Yeah, she spoke Norwegian pretty well. I've met few Utah missionaries, and their pronounciation is pretty good too.

Dinner at 16.00-17.00 and kveldsmat (4th meal) at 19.00- 21.00. Lunch at 11.00/12.00

Personally I feel like she has only really lived in Oslo. House prices, public transport, general cleanness and her description of the bunad seems pretty typical for the Oslo area. Also her dialect sounds typical for the area. I think it's a little funny how she says "Norway is a really clean city" halfway through the video. 7:41 Edit: timestamp

Yes, Norwegians eat an evening meal ("kveldsmat"), dinner isn't the last meal of the day. Btw, she's extremely good as speaking Norwegian, doesn't even have the slightest hint of that typical american accent :)

Norway is so clean that even You try hard You wouldn't find smallest wrapper or cigarette buds on the streets anywhere this goes for every Nordic country for example In Reykjavik and other towns in Iceland wash their streets every Sunday night

10:18 We in Norway eat lunch around 10-11 am. And most of norwegians eat 4 meals a day. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and evening meal. ☺☺☺

We have Breakfast Lunch Dinner (Desert, kakes, waffles) Supper

Wow! She speaks really good Norwegian 👏👏 I think maybe the reason we eat dinner that early is because we finish earlier at work. And yes we usually eat supper (slice of bread with toppings)👍😊 On fridays and saturdays we usually eat dinner later than in the week😊

You have better sleep if your belly is not full. But we eat around 5 pm and then some slices of bread around 9 before we go to bed around 11.

We eat breakfast(coffee), lunch, snack or coffee and biscuits, dinner and evening tea and bread.

The Norwegian speaks is very good and the strange it have no american slang to it is real good Norwegian she talk a bit slow but good! And a amazing girl she is 👍👍 And you mention some words are almost the same in english her is a few. ARE = ER, Hound = Hund, Motor = Motor Shot = Skutt so it is many word who almost are alike 👌

Wow! Her Norwegian is perfect!