Riz Lærer Norsk Og Serbisk

å uglese

(imp.) uglese

(pres.) ugleser

(past) ugleså

(pres. perf.) har uglesett

(pres. part) ugleseende

(past part. sing.) uglesett

(past. part. plur./def.) uglesett

v. to dislike, to look askance

Jeg følte meg uglesett. / I felt looked askance at.

Note: This word literally means "to owl see" or "to owl look".

Hi there!

I actually think Norwegian Duo's not that bad, especially compared to other courses. It got me to A2 level without my really using any other resources! But of course, A2 is still only the top of beginner level, and from thereon out it's pretty ineffective on its own (although I still used it even at B2 level as a way to refresh vocab I'd forgotten or just do a little practice every day when I didn't have the time or energy to do anything else).

There are a lot of different ways you can study Norwegian. Here are some things I did (it's an essay lmao I'm so sorry):

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

If you’ve been learning Norwegian for a little while, you’ll probably have come across sentences (or tried to write sentences that a native speaker corrected) that turn your knowledge of word order a bit sideways. I’m talking about sentences like:

Hvis du ikke er sulten, må du ikke spiser noe. (If you aren’t hungry, you don’t have to eat anything)

Han fikk jobben til tross for at han ikke hadde de nødvendige ferdighetene (He got the job despite the fact he didn’t have the necessary skills)

Hun er en slags jente som ikke bryr seg om hva andre synes om henne (She’s the kind of girl who doesn’t care about what others think about her)

You’ve been told that ikke comes after the verb, and yet here are sentences where that’s blatantly not true. So, what’s going on?

Morning coffee and reading.

Hi it’s werelivingarts and I’m back with some unique tips on learning foreign languages. I love learning Mandarin and Korean, and my foreign friends absolutely love it when I try to speak with them. ✨

Learning languages is tough but really fun. Remember that you need to set goals, such as by the end of today, I will finish studying the alphabet, not the simple “getting fluent” goal. It’s okay when things you first say are gibberish because you will certainly get better by learning your mistakes. 

Here are just some extra weird ways to help you learn:  ● Use region-specfic social media (Weibo for Chinese, Kakao Talk for Korean, Tuenti for Spanish, etc) ● Narrate in other languages as you commute (e.g. the mysterious man who wears brown cap-toe Oxfords just get his cats turn left and is now entering the supermarket) ● Read newspaper and magazine  ● Change your phone language    ● Get help from your native speaker friends  ● Take notes in other languages