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    <em>Second notebook entry</em>

    <em>Today was a boring day at work, because I had nothing to do. I have had to wait until my boss can give gave me a project to work with and meanwhile I have had to study for my certification. </em>

    <em>I hope to be working on something tomorrow... If I don't, I think I will be sleeping on my desk all the working hours. </em>

    <em>So that's all for today! Over and out.</em>

     

    That is fine, but I think this sounds a little more natural: 

     

    Today was a boring day at work, because I had nothing to do. I was waiting for my boss to give me a project to work with, and in the mean time I studied for my certification. 

     

    I hope to be working on something tomorrow... If I don't, I think I will be sleeping on my desk all day. 

     

    So that's all for today! Over and out.

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    October 16, 2013
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    She told me it meant "i'm just a little boy" in chinese, but when I asked my other friend, (s)he told me it meant "stupid". Oh shit, she lied to me and now she doesn't dare sending me more messages because she lied. 

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    August 7, 2013
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    Hi! 

    Your Norwegian is really good, there are just some minor parts that needed a little bit correction ^^ 

     

     

    Festivalen

     

    I kveld, skal jeg gå til en festival med musikk.

    > I kveld skal jeg til en musikkfestival.

     

    Festivalen varer i en uke, og nesten en million folk går til festivalen.

    > Festivalen varer i en uke og har nesten en million besøkende.

    <em>This sentence is not necessarily wrong, it is just that it sounds kind of strange. My suggestions is probably how most people would say it. "Besøkende" means "visitors".</em>

     

    Mange folker er klasseløs som er en skam. Jeg vil gjerne bringe familien min med meg, men denne festivalen er ikke familievennlig.

    > Det er synd at så mange av de besøkende er klasseløse, fordi jeg ville gjerne tatt med meg familien min, men dette er ikke mulig i og med at festivalen ikke er særlig familievennlig. 

    <em>I am not sure people would really use the term "klasseløs", as it is not too often used in daily speech, especially not in this context. So depending on how you define "klasseløs" the wording might be a little bit different. Also, the word "skam" is quite strong and not as mild as "it's a shame", so unless you find it really really bad, you wouldn't really use it. My suggestions directly translates to: "It's a shame that so many of the visitors do not have class, as I would have liked to bring my family, which is not possible as the festival is not too family friendly. </em>

     

    Mange år siden, festivalen var innbydende, men ikke nå.

    > For mange år siden var den innbydende, men ikke nå (lenger).

    <em>When writing texts, try not to use the same words too often. In my correction, I have substituted "festivalen" with "den".</em>

     

    Jeg gleder meg til gangen når blir festivalen morsomt igjen.

    > Jeg gleder med til den dagen det blir morsomt å gå på festivalen igjen. 


    "I kveld skal jeg til en musikkfestival. Festivalen varer i en uke og har nesten en million besøkende. Det er synd at så mange av de besøkende er klasseløse, fordi jeg ville gjerne tatt med meg familien min, men dette er ikke mulig i og med at festivalen ikke er særlig familievennlig. For mange år siden var den innbydende, men ikke nå (lenger). Jeg gleder med til den dagen det blir morsomt å gå på festivalen igjen."

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    August 6, 2013
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