Ah, there is more detail, as expected, in the book by the Strandskogens, also recommended.
― Hitsville Ukase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 20 August 2021 18:06 (four years ago)
I really enjoyed learning Norwegian but then I had some difficulties and it didn’t quite stick. I can elaborate if you like.
― Hitsville Ukase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 20 August 2021 18:09 (four years ago)
^ yes
i think i've figured out the possessive thing, it's just definite noun goes first, indefinite noun goes second. i can't get over the number of words for grandparents. bestparents, fathermother, mothermother, oldmother, something else. then grandchildren is childrenchildren?
― criminally negligible (harbl), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:34 (four years ago)
Main difficulty was: it was easy enough, what with being closely related to German and English. But I couldn't find a context to use it and practice it. I used to be on a Yahoo Group, two of them actually, but it was usually more for absolute beginners. And then once I tried to write more complicated things and made a few mistakes it would freak out the some of the gatekeeper native speakers and such. Not a guy way to learn or speak a language. Now we have italki I guess.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:48 (four years ago)
Best thing to do if possible is to start speaking sooner rather than later but then you need an appropriate person to do that with.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:49 (four years ago)
Or course I should practice what I preach but...
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:51 (four years ago)
yeah i would like to do italki. maybe another month or so.
― criminally negligible (harbl), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:55 (four years ago)
the lack of speaking is why i can't speak spanish anymore even though i used to be quite good at it when i did talk to people. even though there are TONS of opportunities i could find easily, but i like new shiny things and i want to do a new language. also hate hot weather and want to visit a cold place.
― criminally negligible (harbl), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 18:59 (four years ago)
It's complicated.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:04 (four years ago)
Certain languages call, and there is very little use in trying to ignore them for an "easier" language.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 31 August 2021 19:32 (four years ago)
On the other hand Norwegian is just not a big enough language to concoct some kind of long distance immersion.
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 01:50 (four years ago)
On another note: how’d you do on Oscar’s Duocon Keynote?
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 01:52 (four years ago)
Got my Oscar's Duocon Keynote August badge successfully. Assume you did too JR?
― brain (krakow), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 07:46 (four years ago)
i didn't see that, what is it?
― criminally negligible (harbl), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 10:52 (four years ago)
Monthly challenge
― Gwar ina Babyon (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 12:02 (four years ago)
oh, yes, i unknowingly completed the challenge
― criminally negligible (harbl), Wednesday, 1 September 2021 12:05 (four years ago)
Just finished the October challenge over the weekend but my heart wasn’t in it.
― Spiral Scratchiti (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 00:43 (four years ago)
Almost wish it would randomly choose a language for me to work on.
― Spiral Scratchiti (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 01:16 (four years ago)
How’s the Norwegian going, harbl?
― Spiral Scratchiti (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 15 October 2021 03:18 (four years ago)
p good. 76 day streak. i was in diamond league then i got demoted. i don't do quite enough to get back there but it's ok.
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Friday, 15 October 2021 03:41 (four years ago)
I still have a soft spot for Norwegian for some reason.
― Spiral Scratchiti (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 15 October 2021 03:45 (four years ago)
Have you tried to read any of these yet?http://runeberg.org/folkeven/
― Double Chocula (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 16 October 2021 13:20 (four years ago)
no, but looks useful, thanks!
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Saturday, 16 October 2021 13:31 (four years ago)
Jsem zde cizí.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 November 2021 14:35 (four years ago)
Czech is looking real good to me right now. Wonder how long this infatuation will last.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 02:37 (four years ago)
i am on a 100 day streak. i did forget one day but i had a streak freeze. i still think it's cheating but who cares it's a phone game right
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 12:19 (four years ago)
No judgment necessary. Streak freeze is sometimes needed.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 9 November 2021 12:26 (four years ago)
Still enjoying the Czech. Will see how long this infatuation honeymoon lasts.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 13 November 2021 22:21 (four years ago)
ja, jeg vil gjerne kjøpe seks elefanter
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Monday, 15 November 2021 22:53 (four years ago)
Hah, that's one reason I am enjoying the Czech course, none of that BS.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 November 2021 22:55 (four years ago)
what you don't need to learn "why is the plumber jumping on the turtles" in czech? i thought they did this on all the languages. i didn't get far enough in russian i guess.
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Monday, 15 November 2021 22:57 (four years ago)
Hungarian course is the uncrowned king of that stuff.
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 November 2021 23:13 (four years ago)
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/26091495/Duolingo-Czech-review-and-summary
― Exploding Plastic Bertrand (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 15 November 2021 23:30 (four years ago)
oh i've never looked at the forums before! just found norwegian4people.com through there and was able to mostly understand a simple story about anders getting dressed and ready to eat frokost
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Tuesday, 16 November 2021 00:22 (four years ago)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_word_order
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 19:54 (four years ago)
Duolingo has a Norwegian Level 2! Who knew?
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:12 (four years ago)
Jeg forstår ikke engelsk.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:21 (four years ago)
Ingen forstår meg.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 20:22 (four years ago)
In other news I see that some people use Discord to learn languages, Norwegian in particular.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 21:34 (four years ago)
how do i get norwegian level 2? i just got to unit 4 but i'm not done with all of 3 yet
― certified juice therapist (harbl), Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:15 (four years ago)
Sorry that was about Pimsleur, not Duolingo
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:30 (four years ago)
It’s pretty rare for them to have higher levels for smaller languages.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 18 November 2021 23:31 (four years ago)
Když kocour není doma, myši mají pré.
― Sterl of the Quarter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 November 2021 21:34 (four years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh5DfKPzNrI
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 December 2021 01:16 (four years ago)
https://blog.duolingo.com/ending-honoring-our-volunteer-contributor-program-2/
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 December 2021 02:17 (four years ago)
Friend sent this but I don’t really buy it: https://slate.com/technology/2021/11/duolingo-weird-sentences-linguistics.html
― Goofy the Grifter (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 5 December 2021 15:24 (four years ago)
Zari seems to have an elevated presence these days.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 04:58 (four years ago)
Also noticed this Early Bird Reward thing.
― tvod+ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 December 2021 09:02 (four years ago)
Can’t believe I am still doing this
― Heatmiserlou (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 26 December 2021 22:23 (four years ago)
152 day bokmål streak
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Thursday, 30 December 2021 14:42 (four years ago)