Adventures in learning Norwegian

[yuuago]

I'm officially 50% of the way through the Norwegian course on Duolingo. :) While it's really only useful for vocabulary drills, it still feels kind of nice to see those circles filled out.

Also! I figured out how to use PressReader, which I have access to through my library. Which means I now have easy access to a whole bunch of Norwegian newspapers, among other things. I'm nowhere near good enough with it to be able to read these things easily, of course. But I can generally puzzle out the meaning of at least a few sentences at a time, even if I have to look some of the words up. (Or a lot of words. Most of the words, sometimes.)

It will be pretty good practice, I think. The idea of looking for actual reading material in Norwegian kind of exhausts me, but if you shove a headline under my nose, I'll at least make an attempt at reading it. And so far it's certainly more of a practical challenge than Duolingo vocab drills.

Comments

[hokuton_punch]

Awesome! \o/ And that's cool as heck about the papers, it sounds like a really good way to practice reading.

[yuuago]

Yesss <3 It's really cool to have so many options now. And the prospect of having fresh material every day is also exciting.

And it gives me access to a ton of Canadian newspapers too, which is pretty awesome. Maybe I'll start reading them again. (Or... maybe not, since the news is so depressing these days, but. I COULD. If I wanted to.)

[merit]

congrats!! :)

seems like a good way to incorporate modern language into your vocab as well.

[yuuago]

Oh, definitely! And turns of phrase that wouldn't necessarily turn up in lessons. :D

[(Anonymous)]

Does it means that learning French is close ? ^-^

Mélusine

[yuuago]

Sorrrrt of.

I want to go to Norway next year, so I'm going to continue with Norwegian until my trip. But after that... who knows? ;D