12-15-2003, 01:25 PM
Do you mean .. "What's easier to understand
1. Idiomatic Norwegian
2. Norwegian translated word for word from English"?
Given the fact that sentences in English are constructed differently than the Norwegian counterpart, I'd say that for me it's easier to understand idiomatic Norwegian.
Hmm.. I think I might have misunderstood your question.
Do you mean.. "What's easier to understand"
1. Idiomatic Norwegian
2. English translated word for word from Norwegian"?
Well.. easier for whom? :)
For native speakers of English, or even for people who speak English as a second or third language, a battered pidgin*-like English language is still preferable to Norwegian.
For me, I'd say it's easier to understand my own language. The thing is; I can understand Norwegian just fine; it's just that I prefer speaking English.
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Adamantine, you listen to Pain of Salvation? They're a Swedish prog-rock band.
1. Idiomatic Norwegian
2. Norwegian translated word for word from English"?
Given the fact that sentences in English are constructed differently than the Norwegian counterpart, I'd say that for me it's easier to understand idiomatic Norwegian.
Hmm.. I think I might have misunderstood your question.
Do you mean.. "What's easier to understand"
1. Idiomatic Norwegian
2. English translated word for word from Norwegian"?
Well.. easier for whom? :)
For native speakers of English, or even for people who speak English as a second or third language, a battered pidgin*-like English language is still preferable to Norwegian.
For me, I'd say it's easier to understand my own language. The thing is; I can understand Norwegian just fine; it's just that I prefer speaking English.
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Adamantine, you listen to Pain of Salvation? They're a Swedish prog-rock band.
