#norwegian vocabulary list

[salvadorbonaparte]

Duolingo Alternatives by Language

Disclaimer: I haven't used or tested all of them. All resources have different strengths, e.g. Drops being designed for vocabulary. They often aren't full alternatives for Duolingo or formal classes. I just wanted to compile resources for all languages on Duolingo to make the switch easier, especially for the less popular languages.

Feel free to also check out my collection of free textbooks

If you want a more detailed resource list for any of these languages (or perhaps one not listed here) you can send me an ask and I can see what I can do.

Arabic

AlifBee

Arabic Unlocked

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

Infinite Arabic

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Write It! Arabic

Catalan

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mondly

Qlango

Chinese

Bluebird

Beelinguapp

Bunpo

Busuu

Chineasy

Clozemaster

Drops

Du Chinese

Hello Chinese

HeyChina

Immersive Chinese

Infinite Chinese

Ling

Lingodeer

LinGo Play

Lingopie

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Pleco Chinese Dictionary

Qlango

Czech

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Ling

LinGo Play

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Danish

Babbel

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Dutch

Babbel

Bluebird

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Say Something in Dutch

Qlango

Esperanto

Clozemaster

Drops

Esperanto12.net

Kurso de Esperanto

LingQ

Qlango

Finnish

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

French

Babbel

Bluebird

Beelinguapp

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Collins French Dictionary

Conjuu

Dr French

Drops

HeyFrance

Infinite French

Lilata

Ling

Linga

Lingodeer

LinGo Play

Lingopie

Lingvist

LingQ

Listen Up

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Nextlingua

Oxford French Dictionary

Qlango

TV5MONDE

Xeropan

German

Babbel

Bluebird

Beelinguapp

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Collins German Dictionary

Conjuu

Drops

DW Learn German

Infinite German

Ling

Linga

Lingodeer

Lingopie

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Nextlingua

Oxford German Dictionary

Qlango

Xeropan

Greek

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Greek Alphabet Academy

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Write It! Greek

Guaraní

Clozemaster

Guarani Ayvu

Haitian Creole

Bluebird

Mango

Hawaiian

Drops

Mango

ʻŌlelo Online

Hebrew

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Shepha

Write It! Hebrew

High Valyrian

Valyrian Dictionary

Hindi

Bhasha

Bluebird

Beelinguapp

Clozemaster

Drops

Hindwi Dictionary

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Hungarian

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Indonesian

Babbel

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Irish

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Collins Irish Dictionary

Drops

Easy Irish

Ling

Mango

Teanglann

Italian

Babbel

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Collins Italian Dictionary

Conjuu

Drops

Infinite Italian

Ling

Linga

Lingodeer

Lingopie

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Nextlingua

Oxford Italian Dictionary

Qlango

Japanese

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

HeyJapan

Hiragana Quest

Infinite Japanese

kawaiiDungeon

Ling

Lingodeer

Lingopie

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Oyomi Japanese Reader

renshuu

Takoboto Japanese Dictionary

Todaii

Qlango

Write It! Japanese

Klingon

boQwl! Klingon Language

Klingon Translator

Write It! Klingon

Korean

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

Hangul Quest

HeyKorea

Infinite Korean

Ling

LinGo Play

Lingopie

Lingodeer

Lingvist

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Write It! Korean

Latin

Bluebird

Cattus

Clozemaster

Collins Latin Dictionary

Grammaticus Maximus

Latinia

Legentibus

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Perdisco

Qlango

Vice Verba

Navajo

Navajo Language Renaissance

Navajo Language Program

Speak Navajo

Norwegian

Babbel

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Mjolnir Norwegian

Norskappen

Qlango

Polish

Babbel

Bluebird

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Portuguese

Babbel

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Collins Portuguese Dictionary

Drops

Infinite Portuguese

Ling

Lingodeer

Lingopie

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Nextlingua

Qlango

Romanian

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Russian

Babbel

Bluebird

Beelinguapp

Busuu

Clozemaster

Collins Russian Dictionary

Drops

Infinite Russian

Ling

Linga

LinGo Play

Lingopie

Lingodeer

Lingvist

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Nextlingua

Qlango

Write It! Russian

Scottish Gaelic

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Go!Gaelic

Mango

Spanish

Babbel

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Bunpo

Busuu

Clozemaster

Collins Spanish Dictionary

ConjuGato

Conjuu

Drops

Infinite Spanish

Ling

Linga

Lingodeer

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

Listen Up

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Nextlingua

Say Something in Spanish

SpanishDict

Qlango

Xeropan

Swahili

Bluebird

Bui Bui Swahili App

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Nkenne

Swedish

Babbel

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

Lingvist

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Turkish

Babbel

Beelinguapp

Bluebird

Busuu

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

LyricsTraining

Mango

Mondly

Qlango

Ukrainian

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Drops

Ling

LinGo Play

LingQ

Mango

Mondly

Mova Ukrainian

Qlango

Speak Ukrainian

Vietnamese

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Collins Vietnamese Dictionary

Drops

Learn Vietnamese with Annie

Ling

Lingodeer

LinGo Play

Mango

Mondly

Welsh

BBc Cymru Fyw

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Say Something in Welsh

Yiddish

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Mango

Proste Yiddish

Roni Gal Learn Yiddish

Vaybertaytsh

Yiddish Book Center

Zulu

Bluebird

Nkenne

Bonus: Polygloss which claims to be available for all languages as long as there is another user also learning the same language

#langblr #language learning #duolingo #studyblr #studyspo

[skieslanguage]

introduction

I've made a new language account after losing access to my old one, so I figured an introduction would be a good start

about me:

-sky, he/they (not my real name, but ya know)

-20 y/o

-learning Japanese

-native Norwegian speaker, by no means a teacher, but definitely willing to help you out :)

interests:

-dogs !!

-art (drawing, crocheting, sewing)

-games (stardew valley, the sims, minecraft are constant interests, other games come and go)

how my blog will work:

-I'll make lists of vocabulary as I learn, with sentences to help learn

-most likely I will add a link to a Memrise course I've made with the sentences for practice

-all of my vocab/sentences posts will be tagged #skyjapanese !

-other people's language posts will be tagged #otherjapanese

-like mentioned, I speak Norwegian, and I'll be happy to make vocabulary lists if requested. I'll try my hardest to make them learner friendly

my ask box will pretty much always be open /pos

feel free to DM or send an ask if you'd like to talk/practice Japanese together :)

#japanese langblr #langblr #langblr introduction #japanese studyblr #norwegian langblr

[nordic-language-love]

i was curious if you could recommend any books/resources for learning Norwegian? (or just your favorite language resources in general) thank you!

Hi there!

In terms of books like textbooks:

The Mystery of Nils (A1/A2) and Mysteriet om Nils (B1/B2) are pretty great imo.

Norwegian Tutor from Teach Yourself has been an absolute life-saver for grammar

Also from Teach Yourself is Norwegian Short Stories, which has vocab lists for each story

Enjoy Norwegian is good for higher intermediate (although I've never really clicked with it)

Another one I never clicked with but is used in a lot of language schools is På Vei (A1/A2 level)

Some other resources:

Lesnorsk norskkurs - texts from A1-B2 level

I do actually think the Duolingo course is okay tbh (the audio's sometimes a bit strange, but as far as free resources go it's really good imo!)

Memrise is also a popular resource: here's a link to the first of their Norwegian courses (never clicked with it myself, but a lot of people like it)

Lingohut is also pretty good!

CALST is awesome for helping you learn to speak specific dialects

I’ve not tried using it, but Bnorsk seems to be a website where you can learn Norwegian for free

I also take classes on italki (if you're interested in giving it a go then lmk so I can give you a referral code and get you a few dollars off your first lesson. I've also taken lessons from a number of tutors and can maybe help you find the best one for you)

Here's a bunch of Norwegian instagram accounts you can follow

This is a website with set expressions and idioms in Norwegian

Bildetema is good for vocabulary - you see pictures with the Norwegian words next to them, and you can click on them to see how they’re pronounced. There are lots of different topics too!

ung.forskning.no is quite good if you're like B1 level and interested in science because the articles are quite short and basically made for younger readers so the language isn't so difficult (a number of them also have corresponding podcast episodes, so you can read the article to learn a bit about the topic and then listen to the podcast)

Drops and uTalk (both apps) also have Norwegian available to learn (I’m not a huge fan of them, but you might be!)

I also use the Anki app on my phone to create flashcards (there’s a free knock-off version and a legit version that costs like £20+. I use the free one and it’s fine).

Podcasts:

Norskpodden is a good podcast for learners as they also have a transcript

Lær Norsk Nå! is also aimed at learners

Norsklærer Karense has her own podcast too (A2+)

I quite like Smartere på 10 minutter as well because it's interesting and it's short and the presenter speaks in clear Oslo dialect. If you're still not used to listening in Norwegian, you can slow it down to half speed. (B1+)

Oppdatert is also not too long, the presenters speak quite clearly and it’s about current affairs (B1+)

E-books

While I absolutely do not endorse the author's awful transphobic views, I know a lot of people are interested in reading the Harry Potter books as a way to expand their vocabulary, and it sure would be a shame if you could find all the PDFs free online and not have to give money to that aforementioned author. (Side note: the translator uses "omforladels" as a translation for "sorry" which like no actual Norwegian person apart from maybe in some dialects uses ever. Also remember it’s a translation, and the translator has tried to maintain a sense of “Britishness”, so some of the language isn’t entirely natural)

You can also search ebooks by language (including Norwegian) and download them for free from here (definitely 100% not illegal in any way shape or form *shifty glance*)

If you prefer to buy Norwegian ebooks actually legally, you can do so here.

Youtube channels:

Special shoutout to Norwegian Done Easy because Markus is my italki tutor and he's awesome (plus I'm featured! So you can see my silly little face Norwegianing as hard as it can!)

Norsklærer Karense (I'm uhh not actually a fan BUT she has lots of useful videos for like A1-B2 level. There's also a lot of useful information about culture and moving to Norway and integration and test-taking)

Preben's Norwegian Academy (he's from Nord-Norge, so you get some dialect exposure too)

Norskkurset (it's not updated for a little while but there are some good videos there!)

Norwegian Teacher Karin (another one that's not updated for a while but still has some good videos)

Norwegian With Tor (for a little Tromsø dialect)

Hope that's enough to get you started/keep you going! Let me know if you have any questions :)

#ask #norwegian #norsk #resources #learning norwegian #norwegian langblr

[corvid-language-library]

hello! what are the main things that you suggest learning first when tackling norwegian? and some habits that i can pick up early so that i don’t struggle when trying to advance?

i’m a complete beginner and the only way i’ve learned another language was when i was too little to remember. when i know a little more norwegian than just the bare bones i think i’ll test my hand at transcribing stuff from children’s shows but until then i’m unsure of how to structure the beginning stages of learning for myself.

Hi there!

Firstly, yay for starting out on your Norwegian-learning journey! It's a beautiful language and I hope you enjoy the world it opens up for you.

As for what to learn first: alphabet is the best place to start so you're familiar with the sounds and can match them more-or-less to the words you're reading. You don't have to start speaking right away (I certainly didn't lmao I was B1/B2 level in all my other skills before I even really touched speaking) but you should be able to understand what the words you're learning sound like.

Other things to learn are verbs in all their forms. Norwegian doesn't have a lot of tenses and they mostly overlap with English in how they're used, so you can start using past tense/present perfect/imperative very early on. Here's a post I made about it on my old blog.

About the most complicated grammar you'll come across at beginner level is possessive pronouns and definite articles. If you've got a solid grip on those and verb forms then all you really need to do is learn vocabulary and you'll be able to say a lot!

Other than that, just try to learn the most common words. Here's a list I made on my old blog of all the resources I've used (and some I haven't) to learn Norwegian. Check them out and see what you like! (I no longer recommend Duolingo though due to its reliance on AI and just general lack of ethics these days)

Regarding habits to pick up...

The most important habit to pick up is interacting with the language daily imo. You don't have to study every day, per se, but have the radio on as background noise or listen to at least one song or just write the date or something small. Last year @chenopodiumlang started a "no zero days 2023" challenge and honestly by the end of the year I forgot I was even doing a challenge because it's become so ingrained in me that I need to interact with each of my languages every day that I don't think about it; I just do it.

With Norwegian there's a severe lack of material for intermediate level. You'll find plenty of stuff for beginner level and maybe a couple of textbooks that go up to intermediate level, but it's not like more popular languages where there are lots of graded readers, intermediate-advanced textbooks, online exercises etc. So I recommend interacting with native media relatively early on so the transition's less intimidating. Listen to the radio often so you get used to the sound of the language and different dialects. When you hit intermediate level, it'll be just a little bit easier to start watching TV with Norwegian subtitles. Regularly browse the headlines of NRK and see if you can pick out a word or two here and there (don't worry about understanding them all, don't even worry if there are days you can't understand a single word). Eventually you can graduate to reading the first paragraph of a news article, then maybe a short article etc.

Hope that helps! Best of luck with your Norwegian-learning journey 😊 Feel free to ask any questions!

#what does the jay say #nutcracker norsk

[woahzpeltwrong]

WHAT I THINK OF YOU BASED ON YOUR DUOLINGO LANGUAGE OF CHOICE AS A PERSON WITH AN ALMOST 800 DAY LONG STREAK EXCEPT IT KIND OF DEVOLVES AND I MOSTLY COMPLAIN ABOUT DUOLINGO:

(I hope i did this cut right if not this is gonna be LLLOOONG)

Spanish: The classic. It's classic because it's the language that Duolingo is best at. It's actually half decent. You actually have a chance at learning Spanish! Besides that, you probably enjoy the memes about Duolingo, and I imagine your streak is decently long.

French: Everything I know about french Duolingo is bad. It's the only language that's picky about punctuation, it's often wrong for no reason, you probably are struggling. Also, can you conjugate a verb? Duolingo is generally bad with that. Besides that, everyone I know who does French duolingo is slightly pretentious and I don't think I trust you as a person.

German: Ohhhh boy. If you're attempting to learn German with Duolingo alone you might as well just buy the textbook already. While Duolingo is already not great, grammar is so rough for German on Duolingo. Please don't try to learn German grammar with Duolingo. Anyway I think if you're learning German in general you're pretty cool and that's no different for Duolingo learners. Best of luck to yall

Italian: I don't actually know much about Italian Duolingo. I do know that the two people I know that the two people that I know who do Italian Duolingo are gay though so Im assuming you're either Italian-American or gay.

Japanese: This used to be so, so much worse. They improved it, though. It's actually not horrible! Please do supplement your learning with something besides Duolingo, though. You will learn practically nothing otherwise. Anyway 99% chance you like anime because you're learning Japanese on Duolingo

Chinese: it could definitely be worse! It's definitely HORRIBLE, but it is usually actually right and its grammar isn't absolute trash like some of the other ones. It is definitely on the worse side for grammar, but it's not Latin. Aside from all of that, I do think there's at least a 25% chance you're doing this because you ARE Chinese, and a 75% chance you're doing this because you heard Mandarin was hard and wanted to see how true that was without putting money into it.

Russian: ME TOO!!!! This is my primary language on Duolingo currently and all I have to say is why? It's really not worth using Duolingo for, since I started in October 2022 and all I can say is that my potato is cold. It's primarily focused on vocabulary, but it's very random vocabulary, and you learn exactly none of the grammar at any point. I think you're cool :)

Korean: immediately stop. Please learn Korean somewhere else. It's not worth it. One of the worse ones, but at least it's not Latin Duolingo. If you actually actively do this you TERRIFY me and i am begging you to stop

Portuguese: uhhhh.... sure, i guess. It's not great, but it's... fine, I think. It's decent for vocabulary, if nothing. I have literally never met a Portuguese Duolingo learner though

Arabic: ALPHABET? YES. EVERYTHING ELSE? PLEASE NO. My opinion of you is the exact same as for Chinese, 75% chance you heard it was hard and didn't want to commit yet

Dutch: I genuinely did not know this was on Duolingo until I started doing this. Since it's not super popular I am also going to assume Duolingo does not care about it and it is probably only good for vocab. I do not think you are out there, I do not think people learn Dutch on Duolingo.

Swedish: as always please learn on something else its only good for vocabulary anyway you probably live in sweden, i think? Isnt it popular there or something??

Norwegian: general rule of thumb: vocabulary is the only thing duolingo is good at. Anyway, what? Learn somewhere else, anything below chinese on the list has been left to rot and they do not care about it

Turkish: wwwwow. You are really something! Learn Turkish somewhere else. At least it's not Latin

.....

At this point i became tired of saying "it's only good for vocabulary, learn grammar somewhere else." This can be assumed for literally everything.

.....

Polish: YOU SCARE ME POLISH DUOLINGO IS HARD

Irish: you are above the age of 45 and american

Greek: you are a mythology buff

Hebrew: you were probably curious. Everyone else learned somewhere else

Danish: im sorry that you're learning Danish. You are a sad person.

Hindi: The only person I know who is doing Hindi Duolingo is Indian herself, so I guess you're probably Indian idk

Czech: ...???????? Stop

Esperanto: generally i just hate Esperanto with such a burning passion that i don't think anyone should learn it

Ukranian: you're trying! I imagine you will give up in a week though, sorry!

Welsh: I'm all for protecting endangered languages but this isnt how to do it

Vietnamese: a language with six tones and they teach you how to pronounce 0 of them. You're probably cool but stop with duolingo

Hungarian: I did not know this was on duolingo! Very brave of you to try learning a Uralic language on Duolingo, is it going horribly?

Swahili: learn somewhere else. You are probably so cool but duolingo and SWAHILI??????????

Romanian: The only person ive ever met who did this gave up in 3 days because duolingo sucks. I am assuming your streak is no longer than a week

Indonesian: ..... okay. Sure. At least its not Latin.... I think you started learning this completely for fun though

Hawaiian: I HATE DUOLINGO FOR THIS!!!! IT IS A CRITICALLY ENDANGERED LANGUAGE IT DESERVES SO MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU FOR LEARNING IT BUTHFJCNEIFBDJFJDSJD!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE YOU DUOLINGO

Navajo: see above. Love you. Hate duolingo.

Klingon and High Valyrian: i hate you

Latin: HERE IT IS. MY WORST ENEMY. GOD I HATE LATIN DUOLINGO. THE AUDIO QUALITY WAS CLEARLY RECORDED IN A CAR. ITS NOT EVEN GOOD FOR VOCABULARY BECAUSE IT IS LITERALLY WRONG VERY VERY OFTEN. ITS SUPER PICKY ON WORD ORDER AND FOR WHAT? ITS LATIN!!! ITS NOT PICKY!!!! IVE BEEN LEARNING LATIN IN A FORMAL SETTING FOR 3 YEARS NOW AND I HATE LATIN DUOLINGO MORE THAN ANYTHING. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN LATIN BUY A LATIN ENGLISH DICTIONARY. IF YOU WANT GRAMMAR GO ONTO MAGISTRULA. ITS A GREAT WEBSITE FOR LATIN GRAMMAR. OH, BUT WHAT ISNT GREAT? DUOLINGO. IN LATIN, TO ANNOY IS TRANSLATED AS "vexare". THIS IS. ACCORDING TO DUOLINGO, "to come from". WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT??? I HATE DUOLINGO. I HATE THIS. ITS ALWAYS WRONG. THE AUDIO QUALITY IS ACTUALLY GARBAGE. I HATE DUOLINGO I HATE DUOLINGO I HATE DUOLINGO. DO NOT LEARN LATIN ON DUOLINGO!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE DUOLINGO SO MUCH I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT DONT USE LATIN DUOLINGO YOU ARE BEING LIED TO

Scottish Gaelic: you are again over 45 and American

Finnish: ohhhh god. I am so sorry. Ur cool ig but im sorry

Yiddish: i am, again, so sorry. Its duolingo. You can't write IN YIDDISH in duolingo because of course you cant

Haitian Creole and Zulu: I don't believe you these are the bottom two languages

#duolingo #language learning #language

[studyscrasic]

Langblr Reactivation Challenge 2.4

Record yourself reading an article, short story, or passage (basically anything written in your target language). Listen to it and see if you can point out any areas you can improve with your speaking and any areas that you’re doing well. You can post your recording if you wish.

I read this article in Norwegian, which was very fun because I didn't know the Norwegian word for butterfly is "sommerfugl" (literally, "summer birds!")

I think my pronunciation is decent, but I definitely need to work on not getting tripped up by numbers and long words. I also want to work on having a more natural speaking rhythm when I read aloud.

It wasn't a part of the challenge, but I also made a vocabulary list of words I didn't know or remember from the article, since there were definitely some unfamiliar ones:

art (n, m/f) - character, nature, kind, species stadig (adv) - constantly, steadily synlig (adj) - visible bevis (n, neu) - evidence, proof å styre (v) - to guide, to control, to govern å blafre (v) - to flutter å kartlegge (v) - to map, to identify, to survey langvarig (adj) - prolonged forekomst (n, masc) - an occurrence prikk (n, masc) - dot, spot, polka dot iøynefallende (adj) - eye-catching, conspicuous, striking skadedyr (n, neu) - pest, vermin å fungere (v) - to function å forutsi (v) - to forecast, to predict, to prophesy

#langblr #langblr reactivation challenge #norwegian langblr #norsk | norwegian

[ordblr]

Langblr Reactivation Challenge: Døgn 3, Veke 1: Ordtilfang/Vocabulary

Word lists are easy to format for Tumblr, but I hate them (both making them and trying to study from them - gestalt processing and all that) so I'm going to find something else to do for this part of the challenge. When I actually manage to learn words (in terms of active vocabulary), it's because I've learned them as part of a chunk - like, owl isn't really owl in this stage of me-knowing-what-animals-are-called-in-Norwegian, ho er dyret i mosen, if you know what I mean, and then I have to work backwards from there.

If folk are interested in non-wordlist vocabulary posts, I'll write some. It could be fun, it could be crazy, it could be party. I still have to figure out what form those are going to take. For example, if I choose the theme "the woods" it might be some short encyclopaedia-style summaries in Norwegian of different things that live in the woods, traditional knowledge and skills associated with the woods and folk stories that are set in the woods. Another sort of thing that might be interesting is more narrative-style descriptions of what might be found in the woods. Finally, authentic texts in Norwegian could be rustled up for certain topics. What you all think? Any preferences or alternative suggestions?

#langblr #vocabulary #langblr reactivation challenge #langauge learning #I might also do some Tolkien vocabulary as well

[chiara-klara-claire]

language resources list with certification mock tests atm for German, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch, Finnish / rebloggable version 

Look up specific vocabulary lists too, so you are ready to talk about big topics as climate change and Queer rights :)

My English had a huge improvement when I was 14-15 and signed up to Deviantart and tumblr, actively & passively using English everyday, while my fellow classmates used it for 3 hours a week with grammar exercises.. my teacher was once surprised I knew the word “picky”, learned from a tag game...!

Keep in mind English is obviously easier to learn than Chinese and Arabic if your mothertongue is i.e. Dutch or Italian, its grammar also doesn’t require studying the grammar the same way you’d have to do with i.e. German, Finnish or Icelandic, at least that’s how I perceive it, and immersion plays a big role but that probably plays it as well...

#polyglot #langblr #language tips #language blog #language learning #foreign languages #learn languages #fluency #mine #thinking about changing my username tbh

[xofantasycloud]

11-23 please :)

Also if you're willing to answer, what's your job like? But no worries if that's too much.

11, Ever drank alcohol?

Yes I have😉 Although what I haven't done is try a negroni sbagliato with prosecco, has anyone tried it?😂 Like I feel like I should try it since there's such a hype surrounding it now, but idk😂 12, Every smoked anything?

Nope! Seen too many patients suffer because of it, plus I can't stand the smell of the smoke🥴 13, Do you prefer to eat-in or take-out?

Oh, hard one. I'll say eat-in, I do love to cook, the only problem is that I hate doing the dishes😂 14, If you could time travel what decade would you go to first?

I think the 1920's!😊 15, An actor everyone loves that you don't like for whatever reason

Can't think of any really actors in the moment, but I'll twist it around and say that I don't really like Captain America in the Marvel movies lol, him a lot of people seem to like a lot😂 16, Something not in your regional dialect that is in your vocabulary

Well there is a few things I say in Swedish that we don't really say in Stockholm where I live due to my best friend being from the north, but I don't think y'all will understand them if I list them, so I'll just go ahead and say; yes😂 17, Color of your eyes?

Blue! 18, Do you need glasses?

Yep, which is why I have glasses🤓 19, Speak any other languages?

I speak Swedish and English and a tiny bit French, I can understand Norwegian and if I focus hard enough I can sort of understand Danish (iykyk)😂 20, Have any tattoos?

Yep, I've got two! 21, Want any tattoos?

Always! I'm thinking of at least two or three that I want to get! 22, Have any piercings?

My ears are pierced, but I haven't used them in years🙃 23, Want any piercings?

When I was younger I wanted my nose pierced, but I don't currently feel the need for more piercings🙂

And sure, I can absolutely talk a bit about my job! Sorry in advance for the novel😝

So right now I'm studying to become a nurse and when I'm not studying or at one of my internships I work part time as a midwife's assistant! My tasks vary, but I usually support the labouring women, I help them with their contractions (putting pressure on knees/hips/back, reminding them to relax and to breathe, holding their hand, talking them through it) and help them use the laughing gas correctly, then I assist the doctors with things such as the epidurals, ultrasounds and other procedures, I help the women (and their partner's) with their babies once they're out and I of course assist the midwives (hence the name lol) with whatever they may need during this whole thing lol.

We're often times an extension of them, because sometimes they need to stay where they are (close to the woman, in another room or with the baby) so then I'm running around gathering stuff that they need! But I help them with stuff like the CTG, with examinations, with helping the women move around, with keeping track of times (like when they've given the women medications, when the women have changed positions, when they've gone to the bathroom), and I of course have to be there during the pushing stage, when the baby comes and after the baby's come. So during the pushing stage it's the midwife that runs the show, but sometimes it takes multiple people saying the same stuff for the women to actually hear us and do as we say. Sometimes I'm tasked with holding onto a leg or support a hip, and then when the baby comes I'm the one who has to remember when the head comes, when the time of birth is, the amount of blood the women's loosing and what time the midwife gives the different medications. Then afterwards I assist the midwife with the suturing if there's been any tearing, and sometimes the doctor if the tearing's bad!

After the baby's out and we've taken their measurements, I usually tend to the women, I take their blood pressure, help them to the bathroom, maybe help them clean up a bit if they wishes. Then I sometimes show them good positions to put the baby in to breast feed and how to best hold them if the midwife haven't already, and then they're often times off to stay at another floor!

Sorry if this felt a bit jumbled, but I just jotted down some of my tasks, I didn't really mention the cleaning of rooms or getting the patients food, but that's ofc something I also do lol. Hope this is sorta what you were hoping for!😊

PS, did not include my participation when complications arise, but that may include taking blood samples, checking temperatures, running to get blood, tending to the women if the baby needs urgent care, cutting the cord, stuff like that🙂

#thank you for the asks!❤️

[alex-likest0es]

In your reblog about how easy it is for English people to use gender neutral language, what do you suppose the solution is? /gen

What can English-speaking people do to aid French and Spanish speakers in creating a more gender-neutral world? Definitely its harder for languages with gendered nouns to adopt gender neutral language, but I don't think anyone's suggesting that Spanish and French get rid of gendered nouns. The article listed was talking about getting rid of masculine language in US laws: "For example, rather than using “he,” the law should use “the Secretary” when referring to the head of a federal agency, or rather than a “fireman,” laws should reference a “firefighter.”"

So I guess I'm wondering: should English-speakers not use more gender-inclusive language while they wait for French and Spanish speakers to catch up or find a solution? Should they not change it because a large portion of the rest of the world supposedly can't?

Basically I'm hoping for some more constructive thought on this, bc why are we talking about it like it's an impasse. it's definitely hard for languages that use masculine and feminine nouns etc. to eradicate gendered language altogether, but doesn't the gender-neutral focus only have to be centered around people who choose not to use gendered language for themselves?

Other languages have done it. Swedish uses gender neutral pronouns, and some Spanish speakers have introduced e as a gender neutral alternative. They didn't get rid of the masculine and feminine in their language altogether, just around nonbinary or gnc people.

I just don't know what the alternative might be.

Yeah well Germanic languages like English, Dutch, Norwegian, and other are easier to come up or adopt gender-neutral vocabulary. Latin languages, however, (French, Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese) aren't as simple since Latin was a gendered language. I can only really speak for French since it's the only other language I speak so here we go.

Here's the conjugation for the verb talk

Je parle (I talk)

Tu parles (you talk, singular)

Il/elle parle (he/she talks)

Nous parlons (we talk)

Vous parlez (you talk, plural)

Ils/elles parlent (they talk)

Notice how even though I added an S to il and elle to make it plural, it still means "they". "Ils" means "they" unless you're referring to a 100% female subject, then you would use "elles", even if you're talking about 99 guys and 1 girl, it's still "ils". So by the French rules, ils is technically gender neutral. A lot of French rules only become feminine is you add an E at the end. Example; UN directEUR (a school principal, masc), UNE directRICE. It only takes a few letters at the end of the word to switch it from masculine to feminine. I don't know if there's anything we can do for Latin languages or at least French since they're really specific and picky.

#languages

[nordic-language-love]

Mini Speaking Challenge!

My Norwegian tutor's away for the next two weeks (boo) and I'm left without a lot of opportunities for speaking practice. So! I've come up with a mini speaking challenge. If anyone wants to join me, feel free!

Official start date: Monday 13th June (I'm actually starting today because it's the start of my two weeks without my tutor, but I'll post everything a week late so it feels like I'm doing the challenge with you!) Of course you can join late or do this any time! It’s 15 days long, so it will end on Monday 27th June.

To take part:

Do the daily tasks

Upload or don't upload the recording - it's up to you! (You don’t even have to record yourself if you don’t want to, but it can be useful!)

If you do post the recording, let people know if you want feedback/corrections or not

Make a short summary of what you did/how it went/how you felt

Use the hashtag #langblrminispeakingchallenge

Like and leave kind/encouraging comments on other people's posts

Remember that the rules are more like guidelines, and you should absolutely do what works for you!

The Daily Tasks

Day One: Free Speaking

Introduce yourself or talk about your day or maybe some thoughts you have. Just go with the flow. This day is for you to see how you feel! Write down how you felt while speaking and what areas you think you need to work on. Then, set yourself at least one specific goal to focus on (e.g. improve my pronunciation of X sound, learn to differentiate between sounds X & Y, stop making X grammar mistake.) My suggestion is to pick 1-2 sounds, 1 specific grammar point or 10-20 words you want to learn (or a combination, of course). Try to refrain from setting lots of goals as this will be overwhelming!

Day Two: Research & Drilling

Try to find information about the sound, grammar or vocabulary you struggle with most. (If there are multiple things, you can work on multiple things, but it's a good idea to start by focusing on just one or two.) Find/come up with some tongue twisters/minimal pairs to practise that sound or write some sentences with your target grammar/vocabulary, then practise saying them aloud.

Day Three: Describe a picture

Find a picture on any website (unsplash, pixabay, pinterest, social media, news websites etc). Try to describe it: say what’s in the picture, what you think it shows, whether you like it and why (not). If you're a beginner, look up some words and phrases such as "there is..." and "I can see..." and practise saying them. You can describe multiple pictures if you like.

Day Four: Drills

Practise the drills/sentences you came up with on day 2. Maybe come up with some new ones too if you want!

Day Five: Parroting

Watch a short video or listen to a podcast in your target language. Try to parrot back phrases, words or even just sounds (depending on your level). Pay attention to intonation and rhythm in the sentences!

Day Six: Retell a Story

Think of a book/TV show/film and try to summarise the story or the premise. If you’re still a beginner, learn some book/tv/film genres and say which ones you like/dislike.

Day Seven: Drills

Practise the drills/sentences you came up with on days 2 and 4. Remember to reflect on your progress!

Day Eight: Free Speaking

Talk about your day/week/thoughts/any topic you want. Reflect on your progress so far (there might not be much/any at this point, and that's okay!) and your goals. Make some adjustments to your goals if you want (e.g. add some new words into the mix, focus on a different grammar point or focus on a different sound).

Day Nine: Read aloud

Find an article, a book or some simple beginner sentences from a textbook/website and read aloud. Make a list of new words/difficult words to pronounce/examples of grammar you often mess up.

Day Ten: Drills

Practice the drills/sentences you came up with previously. Alternatively, practice the words/sentences from the list you made yesterday.

Day Eleven: Would You Rather

Go to this website. Translate the Would You Rather prompts given, then say which you'd rather do and why. You can do this as many times as you want! If you're still a beginner, look up useful phrases or verbs for giving opinions (e.g. "I think..." "I believe..." "In my opinion..."), or just try to translate the prompts.

Day Twelve: Practice mouth shapes

Watch a video of a native speaker speaking your target language (choosing something that’s your level will make this activity easier!) Pay close attention to the person's mouth. Video yourself saying some of the same words/sentences. Watch both videos back and compare your mouth shape. Repeat the exercise, trying to mimic the native speaker's mouth shape.

Day Thirteen: Drills

Practice the drills/sentences you came up with previously. Reflect on your progress and come up with new drills/sentences if necessary.

Day Fourteen: Choose a Topic

Talk about one of the topics from the Speaking in 20 challenge week 2 (or any of the other weeks, or choose your own topic). If you're still a beginner, learn some vocabulary/simple sentences related to the topic and repeat them aloud. If you're more advanced, try to talk about one (or more!) of the prompts.

Day Fifteen: Reflect

Talk about the challenge (if you’re advanced enough - otherwise just write some thoughts in your preferred language), reflecting on your progress and general thoughts/feelings. Were the exercises helpful? What did you struggle with most? Did you make progress in the areas you wanted to? What else could you do in future to help you progress?

#langblrminispeakingchallenge #langblr challenge #langblr #language blog #learning languages #languages #let me know your thoughts!

[corvid-language-library]

2024 Goal Check-in (January)

I'm hoping by doing a monthly check-in I'll keep myself on track, but we'll see what happens!

Japanese

Reach ~N3 level - I'm currently reviewing N4 grammar and vocabulary. I think I'm getting more of it in my head, but I definitely have a long way to go before I reach this goal. It's difficult at this stage to say if I'm on track or not. I'm also learning N3 kanji.

Learn 10 songs by heart to a level where I could sing them at karaoke - I've been learning 少女S by SCANDAL this month. It's going well, but I think I'll need to keep practising often if I want to remember it!

Finish reading another book of short stories - Started Japanese Short Stories For Language Learners - Bilingual Stories in Japanese and English by Anne McNulty & Eriko Sato, but I've not made much progress.

Finish both Minna No Nihongo books - I've completed another unit and a half so I've now completed 6/25 units from book 1 and I'm halfway through unit 7.

Norwegian

Read at least 2 books in Norwegian - I brought 2 books in Norwegian with me from the UK, but I've not looked at them yet

Maintain an overall B2/C1 level - I feel like I'm definitely slipping back towards B2 level. I need to work harder to maintain my level

Finish Enjoy Norwegian textbook - I decided to start from the beginning again and finished unit 1/10 last week.

Life in Japan

I haven't really had the energy or felt confident enough to attempt most of the goals on this list, so rather than listing all 11 with some variant of "I haven't done this yet," I'll draw your attention to the final goal on the list, which is...

Be able to point to every prefecture on a map and name their capital cities - I've been doing this quiz and this quiz pretty frequently and I'm now able to do this! Sometimes I mix them up but I've got most of them down. Gonna keep practising regularly though to keep that knowledge there.

Non-language

Read 36 books - I've read 5/36 books, which is 2 books ahead of schedule.

Complete a first draft of a novel manuscript - I wrote like 450 words last night? So not really much progress

Comfortable two-block oversplit with back bend - I've barely stretched this month, but I did do a little. My splits are suuuuper stiff and my back feels cranky af.

Consistently hold a handstand for 5 seconds - Still dealing with an icky shoulder so I'm avoiding handstands, but it's gettings loads better and I'm easing back into yoga.

Noticeably improve my demi pointe - I've not done much in the way of exercises, but when I have time before classes at work I do a few elevés and relevés. My calves still cramp SO BAD :(

Diet-related goals

Tackle my diet soda and sugar addictions - I've been doing okay at the latter, practising more restraint, eating fruit instead of processed snacks. I'm trying to get more used to green tea to substitute my diet soda addiction but it's slow going.

Slim down enough that none of my clothes are tight anymore - It's been a bit up and down. I ended up gaining 0.2kg, but I've since lost it and I've now lost a total of around 2kg. Some of my clothes have now gone from "too tight" to "snug but okay fit" but many are still a bit too tight for comfort.

#chough chatterings #japanese langblr #norwegian langblr #language blog #language goals #2024 goals

[iprobablyspeakyourlanguage]

Basic Norwegian, Swedish and French food related vocabulary

Cutlery - Couverts (couldn’t find the translation in Norwegian nor in Swedish)

En kniv - En kniv - A knife - Un couteau

En gaffel - En gaffel - A fork - Une fourchette

En skje - En sked - A spoon - Une cuillère

Et glass - Ett glas - A glass - Un verre

En tallerken - En tallrik - A plate - Une assiette

En kopp - En kopp - A cup - Une tasse

En skål - En skål - A bowl - Un bol

Frukt og grønnsaker - Frukt och grönsaker - Fruit and vegetables - Fruits et légumes

En tomat - En tomat - A tomato - Une tomate

En banan - En banan - A banana - Une banae

Et eple - Ett äpple - An apple - Une pomme

En gulrot - En morot - A carot - Une carotte

En pære - Ett päron - A pear - Une poire

En jordbær - En jordgubbe - A strawberry - Une fraise

En løk - En lök - An onion  - Un oignon

En agurk - En gurka - A cucumber - Un concombre

En grapefrukt - En grapefrukt - A grapefruit - Un pamplemousse

En sitron - En citron - A lemon - Un citron

En applesin - En apelsin - An orange - Une orange

En bringebær - Ett hallon - A raspberry - Une framboise

En drue - En druva - A grape - Un raisin

En plomme - Ett plommon - A plum - Une prune

En potet - En potatis - A potato - Une pomme de terre / une patate

En fedd hvitløk - En vitlöksklyfta - A clove of garlic - Une gousse d’ail

En sopp - En svamp - A mushroom - Un champignon

Mat - Mat - Food - Nourriture

Sukker - Socker - Sugar - Sucre

Smør - Smör - Butter - Beurre

Et brød - Ett bröd - A bread - Un pain

En te - Ett te - A tea - Un thé

En fisk - En fisk - A fish - Un poisson

Et egg - Ett ägg - An egg - Un œuf

En ost - En ost - A cheese - Un fromage

#langblr #language #language learning #norwegian #swedish #english #norwegian learning #swedish learning #norsk #svenska #vocabulary #vocab #vocabulary list #french #french learning #français

[studyscrasic]

Read and pulled new vocabulary from another Norwegian-language article, Finner spor av ukjente vulkanutbrudd i manuskripter fra middelalderen, and thought I'd made another short vocab list.

I loved reading this one as it combined my interest in history and science and the work these researchers are doing is so cool! Forskning.no is rapidly becoming my favorite site for Norwegian news and articles.

formørkelse (n, masc) - an eclipse å vekke (v) - to arouse, to cause, to wake someone å reagere (v) - to react frykt (n, masc) - a fear å framstå (v) - to appear, to seem skygge (n, masc) - a shadow, shade tidsskrift (n, neu) - a magazine, a journal å inneholde - to contain svovel (masc or neu) - sulfur bevis (n, neu) - proof, evidence å koble (v) - to connect, to link, to couple åpenbaring (n, m/f) - a revelation, a manifestation å notere (v) - to note, to list, to write down begivenhet (n, m/f) - an event å bekrefte (v) - to confirm kjølig (adj) - cool, chilly å snevre (v) - to narrow

#norsk | norwegian #langblr #studyblr

[sillylangs]

paper related norwegian vocab

#norwegian #Norwegian language #norsk #vocabulary #vocabulary list #norwegian vocabulary #language #languages #langblr

[vibininnorwegian]

tomhendt (tomhendt, tomhendte) || empty-handed // adj.

en leverandør || a supplier, provider // n.

å nynne (nynnet, har nynnet) || to hum // v.

særegen (særegent, særegne) || distinctive, odd // adj.

å susse (susset, har susset) || to kiss, peck // v.

i årevis || for years // adv.

en likegyldighet || indifference // n.

nokså || quite, rather, fairly // adv.

å utnytte (utnyttet, har utnyttet) || to utilise, exploit, make use of // v.

en terskel || a threshold // n.

rynkete (rynkete, rynkete) || wrinkled, creasy // adj.

en hengelås || a padlock // n.

å skildre (skildret, har skildret) || to describe, depict, portray // v.

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hiiii please let me know if i made any mistakes 

thank you! ★

#norsk #norwegian #langblr #norwegian langblr #norwegian language #vocabulary #vocab list #languages #norwegian vocabulary #bokmål #lol im tryin