Re: Scandinavian languages, Danish, articles

Isidora Zamora scripsit:

> What's wrong with rolig?  (Of course, I had the opportunity to simply
> absorb all the semantics of this word by hearing it used very frequently in
> all sorts of different contexts)
"Peaceful, tranquil" in Danish and Bokmal Norwegian, but "pleasant, amusing"
in Swedish.  I don't know the Nynorsk story.

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