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Suppose you saw they had Swedish coming soon. Lots of mutual intelligibility there. Or is Norwegian a hard requirement? I say this as an English speaker who le

by luxpir 11y ago

Suppose you saw they had Swedish coming soon. Lots of mutual intelligibility there. Or is Norwegian a hard requirement? I say this as an English speaker who learned Swedish and now does OK with Norwegian after a little tuning.

ColinWright 11y ago
Thanks for the reply ... Norwegian is a hard requirement, and as it happens, quite difficult to satisfy. I'm doing the best I can with an odd mixture of techniques, and the time-line is short. Had Norsk been there it might have tipped the scales as to whether I succeed or not, hence my comment. And I say this as someone who had rudimentary conversational Danish many years ago, and about 1000 words of Swedish about 10 years ago.
- luxpir 11y ago
  Now I'm curious! Although really just any chance to have a quick language discussion... If that's the case it sounds like a good grammar book or two, plenty of daily audio exposure and flashcards ought to get you somewhere approaching what this service offers. I'd imagine you're well up on decent resources by now, though[0]. And I can only guess as to what your end goal is. Presenting to a tough crowd in Norwegian is all I can come up with. A northern-Norwegian friend let on a little about the massive regional variations there, too, which makes it fun when someone from a 'non-standard' region replies in their own special, often ancient, brand of Norwegian. -- [0] - If you're stuck for new material, you can always try Lars Monsen's shows on nrk.no - a tough but kind outdoorsman - with the subs on.
  - ColinWright 11y ago
    Long story. It's inessential, but I'd really like to have enough for a particular event. Details by email if you are interested. I have references with grammar, and I have some vocab, but the problem is getting simple enough language in sufficiently good audio, given my time constraints. It's complicated.
- j_s 11y ago
  Was reviewing the commercial Pimsleur and Michael Thomas options and stumbled across this very-intro-level freebie which may be of slight help: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11542&PN=16&TPN=6 http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T... Good luck!
  - ColinWright 11y ago
    Downloaded and I'll check up on it later - thanks. EDIT: Getting started - at first glance it's a useful addition to what I already have - thank you.
tacone 11y ago
IIRC, those languages have been "coming soon" for quite a bit.

by luxpir 11y ago

ColinWright 11y ago

Thanks for the reply ... Norwegian is a hard requirement, and as it happens, quite difficult to satisfy. I'm doing the best I can with an odd mixture of techniques, and the time-line is short. Had Norsk been there it might have tipped the scales as to whether I succeed or not, hence my comment. And I say this as someone who had rudimentary conversational Danish many years ago, and about 1000 words of Swedish about 10 years ago.

luxpir 11y ago
Now I'm curious! Although really just any chance to have a quick language discussion... If that's the case it sounds like a good grammar book or two, plenty of daily audio exposure and flashcards ought to get you somewhere approaching what this service offers. I'd imagine you're well up on decent resources by now, though[0]. And I can only guess as to what your end goal is. Presenting to a tough crowd in Norwegian is all I can come up with. A northern-Norwegian friend let on a little about the massive regional variations there, too, which makes it fun when someone from a 'non-standard' region replies in their own special, often ancient, brand of Norwegian. -- [0] - If you're stuck for new material, you can always try Lars Monsen's shows on nrk.no - a tough but kind outdoorsman - with the subs on.
- ColinWright 11y ago
  Long story. It's inessential, but I'd really like to have enough for a particular event. Details by email if you are interested. I have references with grammar, and I have some vocab, but the problem is getting simple enough language in sufficiently good audio, given my time constraints. It's complicated.
j_s 11y ago
Was reviewing the commercial Pimsleur and Michael Thomas options and stumbled across this very-intro-level freebie which may be of slight help: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11542&PN=16&TPN=6 http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T... Good luck!
- ColinWright 11y ago
  Downloaded and I'll check up on it later - thanks. EDIT: Getting started - at first glance it's a useful addition to what I already have - thank you.

tacone 11y ago

IIRC, those languages have been "coming soon" for quite a bit.