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I don't think there will be a problem living in Norway without knowing the language, most Norwegians are more than capable to speak and have a conversation in English.
I disagree. If you're coming to a country to stay, and wont be bothered to learn the language, that sends a message that you are not willing to adapt or integrate.
Even though most Norwegians, especially the ones at your age, late teens, are quite good in English, I think they will find it exhausting to converse for a long time. It's one thing to be one on one with someone, but a different thing when you are several people.
Let's say that you are a group of people in a room, you're the only one who doesn't speak Norwegian, and everybody else talks Norwegian, you will feel left out and wont be able to participate in conversations. You wont be able to know what other people are saying between them, so you won't be able to just "jump in".
I think the Norwegians would start to feel guilty and bad when you're sitting there not understanding shit, and then next time they wont invite you.
The situation may not always be like I described, but you cant expect everybody to speak English.
I speak from experience. I remember me and some friends had pre drinks or an after party this year in England, we were like 7 Norwegians and there was this 1 british dude. In the beginning we all spoke English, but after a while more and more of them got tired of it, and he just sat there all alone not understanding shieeeet.
We felt really bad and guilty, but at the same time we were tired and just wanted to relax and speak Norwegian, but then he couldn't follow what we were saying, and not having a clue what the conversation was about...
Sist endret av Nexusone; 27. desember 2013 kl. 01:04.