This September 29-October 15 festival lovers can sing to a fine Norwegian tune or any tune they so desire (so long as the crowd doesn’t have to suffer) during the Ultima Contemporary Music Festival in Olso. This year’s festival will focus on Japanese music. It will feature more than 50 Japanese artists, dancers, musicians and composers to showcase varied presentations of the performing arts in Japan today. Sounds pretty unique and worth checking out.
Today’s word is a Norwegian word used in Norway:
hoytid / selskap – festival
I included both of these because both came up in my English to Norwegian translation request on TriTrans.
Norwegian is a Germanic language spoken by some 4.6 million people in Norway. It is closely related to Swedish and Danish. There are two form of Norwegian; book language or Bokmål and new-Norwegian or Nynorsk. To learn Norwegian online go to Wiki for background details; then head off to Omniglot for a brief look at the alphabet and pronunciation guide. The link here provides you with a number of web resources for learning the language of Norway. Their list includes, Web TV, audio, colleges, etc. BBC Quick Fix has some of the basics with audio. Pimsleur Language CD’s are great if you have the extra cash to spend, otherwise pick up the Lonely Planet phrasebook before you take off.