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So I started watching a Norwegian children’s show on YouTube to help me learn the language and GUYS

GUYS

I am obsessed.

It’s so cute?????!!!!!!! LIKE WHAT!!???? I am legitimately invested now. Bing made a smoothie in episode one and his carrot ended up in the blended by mistake! But he went from despair to acceptance??!! Now I’m on episode two, he and his adorable elephant friend just found a smol frog and I’m seeing where this goes next ok bye

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norwegians, my partner and I have started using the phrase “chilling like kylling” 🐓 please either enjoy or forgive us

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This Twitter thread really spoke to me. I wanted to share it with anyone who hasn’t seen it. 

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Strategies for Learning at Home 🏡 PS: Learn Norwegian with the best FREE online resources, just click here https://www.norwegianclass101.com/?src=tumblr_infographic_learning_home_111623

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norwegian is an incredible language

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Today I learned that there's a Latin translation of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and I have never bought something off Amazon faster.

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Winnie Ille Pu

Who the heck translated Winnie the Pooh into Latin. Why would you ever do that.

(It is a rhetorical question: I am aware of the translator on the cover.)

I found another Pooh book in Latin!

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Free PDF Workbooks for Japanese, Spanish, Korean, etc. (30+ languages)

If you’re looking to practice a bit and remember your target language better… here are tons of free worksheets/workbooks for 34 languages (Japanese, Spanish, Korean, French, German, Italian, etc, etc.)

It’s the same type of “fill in the blank” workbook across all of their languages but the magic in actually rewriting things over and over is that the words end up sticking. Plus, there are English sections where you’ll have to force yourself to remember and write the word/phrase in the target language - which is even better for your memory (called active recall - forcing yourself to remember).  I’m personally a big fan of this approach and I’d do similar to pass vocab quizzes in my HS & uni language classes.

If you’re interested, give these a go.

Afrikaans— https://www.afrikaanspod101.com/Afrikaans-workbooks

Arabic— https://www.arabicpod101.com/Arabic-workbooks

Bulgarian— https://www.bulgarianpod101.com/Bulgarian-workbooks

Cantonese— https://www.cantoneseclass101.com/Cantonese-workbooks

Chinese— https://www.chineseclass101.com/Chinese-workbooks

Czech— https://www.czechclass101.com/Czech-workbooks

Danish— https://www.danishclass101.com/Danish-workbooks

Dutch— https://www.dutchpod101.com/Dutch-workbooks

English— https://www.englishclass101.com/English-workbooks

Filipino— https://www.filipinopod101.com/Filipino-workbooks

Finnish— https://www.finnishpod101.com/Finnish-workbooks

French— https://www.frenchpod101.com/French-workbooks

German—https://www.germanpod101.com/German-workbooks

Greek— https://www.greekpod101.com/Greek-workbooks

Hebrew— https://www.hebrewpod101.com/Hebrew-workbooks

Hindi— https://www.hindipod101.com/Hindi-workbooks

Hungarian— https://www.hungarianpod101.com/Hungarian-workbooks

Indonesian— https://www.indonesianpod101.com/Indonesian-workbooks

Italian— https://www.italianpod101.com/Italian-workbooks

Japanese— https://www.japanesepod101.com/Japanese-workbooks

Korean— https://www.koreanclass101.com/Korean-workbooks

Norwegian— https://www.norwegianclass101.com/Norwegian-workbooks

Persian— https://www.persianpod101.com/Persian-workbooks

Polish— https://www.polishpod101.com/Polish-workbooks

Portuguese— https://www.portuguesepod101.com/Portuguese-workbooks

Romanian— https://www.romanianpod101.com/Romanian-workbooks

Russian— https://www.russianpod101.com/Russian-workbooks

Spanish— https://www.spanishpod101.com/Spanish-workbooks

Swahili— https://www.swahilipod101.com/Swahili-workbooks

Swedish— https://www.swedishpod101.com/Swedish-workbooks

Thai— https://www.thaipod101.com/Thai-workbooks

Turkish— https://www.turkishclass101.com/Turkish-workbooks

Urdu— https://www.urdupod101.com/Urdu-workbooks

Vietnamese— https://www.vietnamesepod101.com/Vietnamese-workbooks

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Vi bruker det som formelt subjekt i en passiv setning på samme måte som i en aktiv setning. Vi kan bruke Det + passiv i upersonlig uttrykk:

Aktiv Folk gjør mye. De snakker om klimaendringer.

Passiv Det gjøres mye. Det snakkes om klimaendringer.

Når det egentlige subjektet i passiv er i ubestemt form, foretrekker vi å plassere det lenger bak i setningen og sette inn det som formelt subjekt:

Kongen sendte en utsending. En utsending ble sent. -> Det ble sendt en utsending.

På Island bygde de opp en ny stat. På Island ble en ny stat bygd opp. -> På Island ble det bygd opp en ny stat.

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You can say a surprising amount with ~300 words

This is part of my guide on how to start learning a language more quickly. You can find the guide homepage here.

You can express yourself surprisingly flexibly when you know 300 well-chosen words (and grammar) in a language. (By “words”, I really mean lemmas, i.e. I’m counting “run” and “runs” as one word.) When trying to talk about a topic, there will probably be some key words that you don’t know, but you can ask for or look up those words and then use them for the rest of the time that you’re talking about the topic. You can see an example of how using the 300 words works.

Here’s the list of 300. I hope it’s a useful guideline and starting point for you. I may revise it, so please refer to the original post for the most up-to-date version. In addition to these general words, there will probably be some others that will be among the most useful for you (e.g. “class” if you’re a student). When you find yourself using them again and again, learn them too.

* Note: You should really think of this as a list of concepts. Your goal isn’t to translate each word to a word in your target language, but to figure out how to express that concept in your target language. In some cases, a concept may translate to multiple words (for example, I listed “you” as a concept, but in some languages there are different words for “formal you” and “informal you”). Some concepts may translate to no word at all, but rather a certain grammatical structure (for example, Russian doesn’t use the verb “have”; to say “I have a cat” in Russian, you say “at me there is a cat”).

Use a dictionary to find out how to express these concepts in your target language (for some subtleties, you’ll need to google or ask in a forum). After that, I suggest memorizing the words by making yourself a Memrise course with the words and going through the course. Learn to be able to go from the concept to the word in your target language, not the other way around; you want to be able to produce the word, not just recognize it. You should also learn how to pronounce your target language. To hear native speakers pronounce words in your target language, check out Forvo.

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This list has been translated into: Cantonese, Finnish, French, Spanish.

Version 1 of this list, which had 200 words, was translated into: Afrikaans, Czech, Dutch, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Mandarin Chinese, Norwegian, Swedish, Thai.

If you’d like to translate this list into another language, please feel free! :) Just include a link back to this post, and let me know when you’re done so that I can link to your list here.

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First Verbs

be

there is

have

do

go

want

can

need

think

know

say

like

speak

learn

understand

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Best language learning tips & masterlists from other bloggers I’ve come across

(these posts are not my own!)

THE HOLY GRAIL of language learning (-> seriously tho, this is the BEST thing I’ve ever come across)

Tips:

Some language learning exercises and tips

20 Favorite Language Learning Tips

what should you be reading to maximize your language learning?

tips for learning a language (things i wish i knew before i started)

language learning and langblr tips

Tips on how to read in your target language for longer periods of time

Tips and inspiration from Fluent in 3 months by Benny Lewis

Tips for learning a sign language

Tips for relearning your second first language

How to:

how to self teach a new language

learning a language: how to

learning languages and how to make it fun

how to study languages

how to practice speaking in a foreign language

how to learn a language when you don’t know where to start

how to make a schedule for language learning

How to keep track of learning more than one language at the same time

Masterposts:

Language Study Master Post

Swedish Resources Masterpost

French Resouces Masterpost

Italian Resources Masterpost

Resource List for Learning German

Challenges:

Language-Sanctuary Langblr Challenge

language learning checkerboard challenge

Word lists:

2+ months of language learning prompts

list of words you need to know in your target language, in 3 levels

Other stuff:

bullet journal dedicated to language learning

over 400 language related youtube channels in 50+ languages

TED talks about language (learning)

Learning the Alien Languages of Star Trek

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Feel free to reblog and add your own lists / masterlists!

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Hi Language Enthusiasts,

Do you want to learn German but don’t know where to start? Then I’ve got the perfect resource list for you and you can find its links below. Let me know if you have any suggestions to improve it. I hope everyone can enjoy it and if anyone notices any mistakes or has any questions you are free to PM me.

Here is what the resource list contains;

Handmade resources on certain grammar concepts for easy understanding.

Resources on learning pronunciation.

Websites to practice reading.

Documents to enhance your vocabulary.

Notes on Colloquial Language.

Music playlists

List of podcasts/audiobooks And a compiled + organized list of websites you can use to get hold of grammar!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qQdkYK6_1JblpQFYw7GHOYGKZuNeIhAArGIfUftdvJY/edit?usp=sharing

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Newcomer is a fantasy video game where players are immersed in the second language they want to learn. 100+ characters to communicate with, eight language learning mechanics, and RPG features make second language acquisition an adventure. Designed for beginner - intermediate learners, players progress and learn a second language at their own pace. 

Thought langblr might be interested in this. Current languages are French, Italian, English, and Spanish, with Japanese as a stretch goal!

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Kristiansand Domkirke Kristiansand, Norway

Completed in 1885, it's one of the largest cathedrals in Norway. I loved the vines hanging on one side of the church. I regret not stepping in... overheard later that an organist was playing the pipe organs at the time, so I missed out on that.

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today i learned the norwegian version of eeny meeny miny moe/ip dip sky blue:

Elle, melle, deg fortelle Skipet går ut i år Rygg i rand, to i spann Snipp, snapp, snute du-er-ute!

and then the person/thing you point to on ‘ute’ is eliminated.

reblog and add your own language’s version if you feel like it!

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Uttrykk #1 - på størrelse med

A (er) på størrelse med B ✨ A (is) the size of B

Hagl på størrelse med golfballer forårsaket store skader på biler. (Hail the size of golfballs caused major damage to cars.)

Etter seks uker er embryoet på størrelse med et bringebær. (After six weeks the embryo is the size of a raspberry.)

Han har et ego på størrelse med solsystemet. (He has an ego the size of the solar system.)

Innen ett år ble et område på størrelse med Jamaica ødelagt i Brasils del av Amazonas. (Within one year, an area the size of Jamaica was destroyed in Brazil's part of the Amazon.)

Prostata er omtrent på størrelse med en kastanje. (The prostate is about the size of a chestnut.)

Flekkene på veggen var på størrelse med en mynt. (The spots on the wall were the size of a coin.)

✨ Corrections/additions welcome! ✨

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Uttrykk #2 - samme hvor mye

samme hvor mye ✨ no matter how much

Det forsvinner ikke, samme hvor mye jeg blunker. (It doesn't disappear, no matter how much I blink.)

Samme hvor mye jeg er sammen med andre mennesker så føler jeg meg ensom. (No matter how much I'm together with other people, I feel lonely.)

Er du like trøtt samme hvor mye du sover? (Are you always tired no matter how much you sleep?)

Samme hvor mye vi klager så forandrer det ikke situasjonen. (No matter how much we complain, it doesn't change the situation.)

A similar expression is uansett hvor mye (regardless of how much; however much):

Uansett hvor mye du prøver, vil du ikke endre denne situasjonen. (No matter how much you try, you won't change this situation.)

Ryggproblemer går ikke vekk uansett hvor mye jeg trener. (My back problems don't go away, no matter how much I train.)

You can substitute mye for other adjectives and adverbs, ex. uansett hvor ofte (no matter how often):

Planten vokser ikke, uansett hvor ofte jeg vanner den. (The plant doesn't grow, no matter how often I water it.)

✨ Corrections/additions welcome! ✨