Do I need to SPEAK NORWEGIAN? | Mon Amie
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- Опубликовано: 4 апр 2020
- So many people ask me if I need to speak Norwegian to live and work in Norway. So here's my answer to that!
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As a native norwegian (Som innfødt nordmann) I am happy (blir jeg glad) every time (hver gang) I meet a foreigner (jeg møter en utlending) who actually makes an effort to learn Norwegian (som faktisk gjør en innsats for og lære seg norsk) It is respectfull and a good thing to learn the language in the country you live and work in (Det er respektfullt og en god ting å lære seg språket i det landet du lever og jobber i)
Lykke til videre :-)
Hahahaa sista meningen skippade jag att läsa engelskan först och läste till den norska meningen och jag förstod. Är det lika för er? Hälsningar från er granne till öst :)
@@winddragonlundholm1792 Å lese svensk er for det meste ikke noe problem for de fleste nordmenn og likeens med dansk.
For me I do'n like to speak English but if I don't have on choice I speak gladly English. Sorry for the spelling I'm in 7 grade now so. For meg så liker jeg ikke og snakke engelsk men vis jeg ikke har noe valg så gjør jeg det med glede. Beklager for skrivefeil jeg går i 7 klasse.
80 prosent av den norske befolkningen snakker engelsk, så ikke klag !!!!
Agree (enig) it shows respect, (det viser respekt), and it shows intrest (og det viser interesse)
If they do decide to learn it, I know of a great place to learn it 😎
Love your videos. I know you are from Portugal, but I love, what I feel, is a wonderfully Norwegian accent when you speak English now. Especially your inflection and cadence. It is charming. My mother was Norwegian and I went to school there for a year when I was younger. I learned to speak Norsk passably, but realized how little I have retained over the last 34 years during my last trip there in 2018. I so love hearing the language and there is such a warmth to the accent when I hear a Norwegian speak english. Koselig!!
In many jobs you have to speak Norway. In some companies that are looking for a employee you can speak one of the Scandinavian languege, and in few jobs you can also speak english along with Norwegian. But mostly you have to speak Norwegian when you are looking for a job here. It's probably because many companies see it a must when they are looking for a new employee
Hi Mon. I have been enjoying your vlog for a few weeks and find your insights into life in Norway really helpful. I wanted to learn another language and decided on Norwegian because it is a culture I'd love to explore. Born in a Viking town in the Western Isles of Scotland, means there is probably an ancestral itch to scratch 😉 I have been learning since October and love it. Mostly from books, Duolingo, RUclips, NRK news, podcasts and TV series. Even Norwegian songs can be really helpful. Dialects terrify me, and I guess learning to read bokmål and understand/speak standard østnorsk will have to do for now. Keep up the great work. You have no idea how much you (and all of the others who pour hours of hard work into RUclips videos) are helping those of us who want to learn more about your adopted home. ❤️
That's so kind of you to say, thank you! 💕 It's amazing what you are doing! So I hope you keep it up and one day visit Norway and put it all your practice into action ☺️ And by the way, I absolutely love Scotland!!!
Hi Mon Amie. Do you think you will post a video of you speaking norwegian in the future? Of course, there is no pressure, it would just be so fun to hear you speaking :) I love your videos. Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Hahah I have so many people asking me that, that I think I'll have to do it at some point 😅
Good idea 😉
Maybe you could also do just a quick sentence or two in Portuguese as well just for fun.
Kira learns Norwegia
I would like to hear you speaking in Portuguese, your voice is so peaceful... I'm curious.
May I mention that your English is also excellent!
Willem Anema she doesn’t sound like a none native speaker at all 👍
Thank you! ☺️
Mon Amie This video has inspired me to make a russian version coming Thursday. I will shoutout you out your name on it and recommend my viewers to your channel .Hope you might give a watch .Stay safe 😊
A tip is to start with simple words and sentences and then slowly start with more and more advanced words and sentences
Hei Mon Amie. I like your videos so much, feels like you make them with all of your heart ♥️ Thank you! I moved to Northern Norway for 7 months ago to work as a pharmacist, have learnt Norwegian before I moved, but learning every day more and more new words and expressions 😊 Lykke til videre! ❤️
Hei hei! Thank you for your kind comment! It was so great of you to have started to learn the language before moving. I hope you are enjoying living here ♥️
What a coincidence !! I was just learning the Norwegian alphabet before you post this video !! =D
In a few years I really want to move over to Norway, so I find these videos very helpful and informative. Thank you.
Honestly, for me as a native norwegian, i do not care if you speak norwegian or english to me. I understand both so ill speak what people is most comfortable with.
But my stepmom on pure stubornness refuses to speak english to servers in resturants and just speaks norwegain to them because she thinks that if you are to work and stay in norway you should speak norwegian.
Of course you should lear enough to at least do small talk. Would be fun to hear you speak. Greetings from Oslo :)
You are my english teacher....hahahh.....I don't know why but is true . . . Um grande Abraço do Brasil !!!
Thanks for sharing your experiences I want to emigrate to Norway to study next year. your videos help me a lot to know better about noway people and culture.
That's so good to hear! 🥰
I am Norwegian! I like to speak english too. We start at children-school (barneskole) when we are 5 or 6 years!
Veldig sjarmerende og godt innhold. Gøy å høre om hvordan en utlending opplever Norge. God kvalitet på video, men lyden kan bli litt bedre :). Likt og abonnert.
I can relate to the point about food. I went skiing in Norway and accidently bought yoghurt instead of milk!
Muffin117 😂😂😂I can relate to your experiences as I did the same in my early days in Moscow 😄.Embarrassing indeed
I have a good advise for you trying to learn norwegian when it comes to pronouncing the letters Æ-Ø-Å. Learn how to move your mounth correctly and it will be much easier. I say this because a lot of foreigners seems to have problems with theese sounds that forms the letters mentioned. I also say this since I have a bad hearing, and has learned a lot by learning the movement of the tongue and lips as well as using proper breathe technique. Fun fact: The words; mil, bil and pil almost looks like the same when you say them, but if you are good you should be able to both hear and see the different ways they are spoken.
Mon Amie - keep up the good work ;-)
I realy like your approch. Speek norwegian as often as you can and expext an norwegian reply. If you do not understand, ask for a translation 😊
É muito bom ver seus vídeos, são bem objetivos. E, acho que já disse em outro comentário, seu inglês não é cansativo para nós brasileiros. Hahahaha
Muito bom ❤️
Hi could you please make a video regarding present situation in Norway and how is it going to effect the students coming for 2020 intake
Hi amei, your English is excellent.
Hello!
I wanted to know if Artificial intelligence and Machine learning jobs have demand in Norway?
Norwegian learner here. I love how this language resembles English when it comes to vocabulary and even grammar sometimes, e.g. katten er tre bananer lang. You could never say it like this in French (the same is true of Spanish and Portugese, I think).
Yes you have to learn Norwegian to work here
Terje Hallandvik just like any nation I guess but is it a tough language to learn?
Ralf Vlogs Whether it is difficult or not depends on the starting point. For people from South Asia, Norwegian sounds are absolutely horrifying, while for Eastern Europeans it is generally very simple. There is no language that is universally difficult, so we had to consider which native language users spend the longest time speaking "correctly" (as a child) and that is an almost impossible thing to measure.
Terje Hallandvik I was in Finland for ski some years back and noticed most speak perfect English so it was easy for tourist as their local language was so hard in the ears .I love trying new things and will be traveling this summer for some days for a vlog in Norway 🇳🇴 .Are your weather similar to that of Moscow/Russia?Thanks
Ralf Vlogs some places in Norway have quite the same climate as Moscow. in Norway, children start learning English in 1 class.
Mon Amie : Hva jobber du med?(Norwegian)
Good videos ❤️mam
Hi Monica, I'm looking forward to study in Norway as an MA student and I found out that the only way for me (I'm from Italy and can't take advantage of Erasmus+) to get some financial support is work for at least 3 months. Could you give me any advice about get a job as a foreigner who wants to move in Norway to study the next academic year? (This message may seem out of context, but I was actually researching how much it matters to know Norwegian in my situation, besides the fact that I'd like to learn at least the basics! :) ) Thank you for your help!
Hey mom Amie I plan on coming to Norway for my Bachelors degree in computer,I want to ask if they are thought in English language in any public university and if yes,what are the names of these universities
Bom dia! :) 7:30 Not entirely true. It's easy to see that Norwegian and Portuguese are related (although somewhat distantly), especially when trying to learn a non Indo-European language. There are even tons of IE cognates, like: Casa - hus, pé - fot, cem - hundre, te - deg, me - meg, se - seg, conhecer - kjenne/kunne, sogra - sviger(inne), morrer - mord/morder, terra - tørr, the numbers, and plenty more. ;)
Hei. Forstår du de forskjellige dialektene vi har i Norge? Er det en spesiell dialekt du har problemer med? Og hvilken dialekt synest du er enklest å forstå? Once in Mocambique, they speak portuegeese, I leaned one frase: Na faloo portugeesh :-)
Forgot to ask,what’s the weather like at your end these days?Still snowy in Moscow though 😳
5-6 degrees c
Terje Hallandvik thanks 😊
@@Ducanralf yr.no. 10 degrees south west coast. 15 tomorrow
Alot of foreigners have problems with æøå and differentiating them from the sound of other letters. I voiced the sounds so many times to a colleague of mine and she voiced other sounds back when trying to replicate themXD
When I was in Norway just for few days travelling, I used mostly english in shops and restaurants, but I tried to use as much norsk words as I could. Then many people were looking at me like thinking "what you are doing???". Maybe you can tell me why? Were they just suprised or something?
Norwegians, like most cultures, dont like it if we mess up their language. I guess they feel " say it right or dont say it at all"
Nice video Mon. Basically in Oslo it's not important really due to the tourism and people there do tend to prefer English as it's the most powerful Germanic language. However it's important to learn if you branch out and for job purposes as people from outer regions will work there also. It's actually not safe to not speak Norwegian in the eastern parts as they'll think you're rich and there's a bit of crime there. Overall if you're in Oslo English is very good. But Norwegian is worth learning properly in Norway, however most Norwegians, like 3 million of them know English as a secondary language as they're taught it in school from the age of 7. I liked this video yes!!!! :)
How would someone speaking English be richer than someone speaking Norwegian? :p
@@Neophema not sure define rich? Meaning money? Oh that's mixture of inheritance and hard work. Anyone with that can be 'rich'. That's not an achievement whether Norwegian or not. The hard work, courage, commitment and unstoppable love and dedication for the land of Norway, because I'm Norwegian, motivates me to working more and saving money. With that I learnt finance to strategically plan the out flow(money spent) compared to the inflow (money got) every day. Overall motivation to working hard, correct and with righteousness to earn money and keeping a very strategically placed financial record of one's self. It doesn't matter where or who you are. It matters what you do. At least that's what I do so that's all I can say. I do not regard myself as rich but I know I have a nice life that I appreciate and I help in developing the land of Norway because I want to give some to the land also. Two things for a good life. One live in the present, second don't over think it. At least that's what I do anyways yes!!!!👍😅 #BeAwsomeYourAwsome👏✨
Hi! I’m Marta from Spain. I’d like to know what do yo do in your free time in Norway in a typical week. I wish to live abroad in those nordic countries but I don’t know if for Mediterranean people it will be hard. Thanks!
Hey!! There is so much to do here! You have snow sports during winter, hikes in the mountains, swim in the lakes and fjords and just the normal stuff to do in cities. If you check my vlogs you'll see we are pretty active during weekends and after work 😘
Mon Amie thanks! I’m going to start as soon as posible planning my future in this direction. Thanks for all your videos and advice, encourage people so much!
@@martamartin2115 Be aware of the winter, and the lack of sunlight. It can be really tough. I try to go to warmer places for 3 weeks during winter, to get away from all the darkness.
Went to Barcelona for 5 days last January, it felt like a norwegian spring!
if you ask from a grocery store seller or taxi driver some question they can answer in English?is there anyone in someplace like hospital and police that they cant speaks English? or everybody can?
Everyone speaks English 😉
Hei ! I have a question : is there biologic food products in Norway ? Is it easy and not too much expensive to buy biologic food in Norway?
Thank for your video !
It's called "økologisk". Yes there is and it cost more. All food is biologic by definition, but ecologic means no insect spray or bad behavior against animal is used.
@@norwayphilosopher ha yes thank you very much ! I forgot the correct word ! Thank you !
I have a question: where would you say are the best International companies located? - Bergen, Oslo, Trondheim? - thanks
Depends of the area of work but mostly Oslo and Stavanger.
@@MonAmieDesserts thank you...I think Oslo would be best for me. If any of your contacts know any good recruitment agencies that deal with International companies, i would appreciate a comment.... I have a Masters degree in Energy Management
Fruen, vær så snill å kjeft !!!!
If you want to have a job where you meet the public, you will need to speak and understand Norwegian at a high level. In fact I believe every large private companies also demands that. But your Norwegian hasn't need to be perfect :) What's important is to make yourself understood, and to understand others. That said, I think this is common in every country (not Norwegian of course ;) ).
How did you learn your Norwegian? I have been trying to learn Spanish through Duolingo and that has been working fairly well. The problem with it is that you really don't speak it that much and it would be nice to have someone correct my pronunciation. Do you have similar issues with Norwegian?
Hallo mon, jeg heter Mery og jeg er fra Chile, jeg vil raise til Norge etter dette pandemisk, jeg snakker litt norsk og engelsk, jeg er ingønior in datamaskiner, kan jeg få en job der, hva sines du?? Hilse på deg.. Lykke til..
Por favor, faça um vídeo falando apenas Norueguês!
I am Norwegian and I have so many foreign friends who can not get a job. It doesn´t matter if they are very educated, a little educated, out going, hard working and so on. It´s sad and difficult. I think it´s important that people know before they come here: It´s not easy to go to school and get a job on the side. Also not easy to start up your own business like a restaurant or kebab shop. The latter is because of a lot of strict rules, applications, very high taxes and the fact that Norwegians often find it too expensive to eat out. Knowing Norwegian is a must in 90 % of the cases I would say. Even then they don´t find jobs. Norwegian people also don´t find jobs. They are most often prefered over immigrants for various reasons. There´s a lot to understand about Norwegian behaviour expectations too. And..in addition to speaking the language you will need to understand many dialects. Cause people in Norway often move to other parts of the country while keeping their dialects, so, you´ll meet them in your workplace, school, store. It´s expected that you can give them the same service as people that speak the "Oslo-dialect", (bokmål). Don´t get me wrong, I love having immigrants coming here, and I work to help them, but, I feel like someone should warn them and have them do a thorough preparation. Learning the language, watching for instance Mon Amie´s video´s to know more about behaviour. And, have a lot of money saved up before you come here. I see people leave during studies all the time cause they run out of money too fast. I think Oslo is the only place you get a job while speaking english, not Norwegian. A lot of people try to live in my city and study here and work in Oslo. It´s both too hard on them physically, mentally and it costs a lot to travel back and forth. These are bright, hard working people. Mon Amie, I love your videos. I find it so fun to hear what you experience here. I guess we Norwegians often are quite proud of our country and like listening to people talking about us, haha. :-p If I try to correct anything you say it´s only to help, not to take your courage away. And, they are my opinions, of course. I´m not always right. :-) Love from Hamar!
Some valuable thoughts here. However, I totally disagree on the statement that foreigners should know different dialects as well. Sure, if they move to a place in Norway where they have a distinct dialect , then they should certainly try to pick up some local words. Otherwise, I think that most Norwegians (provided that they are not being "difficult") are able to speak "Bokmål" (standardized Norwegian) when dealing with a foreigner. But this really depends on the situation and what type of job we are talking about. For instance, in my local REMA1000 grocery store, there are two or three foreigners (Africans) working there, they are doing a great job even if they don`t speak 100% fluent Norwegian. But I guess that they would have some trouble when dealing with some of the more archaic dialects of Norway (which you normally don`t meet in Oslo anyway)- however this would perhaps have been the case with me as well. And I am a native Norwegian.
@@bjrnjensen7074 I agree that they shouldn´t need to learn the dialects completely, but they need to know that it will take time to be able to understand and make them selves understood. More time than they have planned and therefor more time than they have the possibility to spend on it. I have people coming to our Norwegian course that struggle so hard to speak Norwegian, even bokmål. Now, they have somehow managed to get an
internship as a cleaner or something else at a nursing home for elderlies in the municipality. They struggle som much they tell me. They are being told that they misunderstand all the time. I believe that! I mean, it´s even hard for me sometimes to understand the over 50 generation of Norwegians. -Which is both the pasients and a lot of the other staff where they work. I also have so many misunderstandings with my immigrant friends whether they´ve been here for a year or seven. If immigrants have the chance to spend a long time learning, then they´ll be fine, but... Students who think they can study hard stuff at universities as well as getting jobs to cover their living expenses are in big trouble. SO, for instance: Don´t fake having money by borrowing from family and friends if they need this money back within that first year that you come here. And, as a laymen teacher for these people that I mentioned works at an elderlies home,.. I feel like it doesn´t help them enough at all that I teach them bokmål. The misunderstandings - so many misunderstandings. Poor people, I feel for them. Also, I don´t hear people adjust their dialects when speaking to immigrants here. Only if they have that special interest and joy when speaking to an immigrant. This is my experience. I believe that the more modern and young Norwegian people are the more they will try to meet you half way. The more they will be able to. I think some older people or people with difficult dialects don´t know how to adjust to help and some don´t want to. I agree that some Norwegians are being difficult and not adjusting even if they could. I see this a lot. I believe it´s easier in Oslo, yes. I live in Hamar and the dialect here is not that different, but, still, it´s hard for many. Do you hear people helping out a lot? Is this in Oslo?
@@ZoieNhoa I live in Oslo, yes. I simply don`t know that many immigrants in Norway, as of today only two people that I have "regular" contact with. I never asked them about this topic, as they both speak quite good Norwegian, though with a little accent. One of them works in a center for younger adults with authism-I think he is doing just fine there, as he has been there a while. There is a reason that most countries have some sort of standard language, it is meant to be a tool for communication. Dialects are fine, of course, but most people should be able to modify their language when speaking to foreigners, or people who come from a completely different dialect-region. Most people do that also, I think. Personally , I have never experienced any Norwegian trying to communicate with me in their own, in som cases archaic dialect. Mutual intelligibility is in everyones interest, and this means sometimes making compromises. I speak standard Norwegian myself, and according to my German-teacher at UiO it was quite easy to understand as a foreigner. I myself also tend to speak a bit more slowly when speaking with a foreigner.
@@bjrnjensen7074 I agree so much with you! Mutual intelligibility should be everyones interest! New word for me. :-) I like it! I wish more people cared. People in "villages" have not cared to translate to me unless I specifically ask them to. For me it´s just a few words and expressions I haven´t heard of course. The other day I saw a Norwegian older man and an immigrant argue in a store, both customers. It wasn´t a big thing, but..The Norwegian man did not care to explain in words even. He pointed at the thing he was upset about and looked harshly at the man. I could see in his eyes that this was the kind of: You oughta know what you did wrong here and you oughta correct it thinking. I´ve seen it before. People that mean that if you don´t understand then I don´t even care to explain. You´re not "worthy of it". This was not in a village by the way, this was in Elverum city. The immigrant got really mad, -more and more angry and loud. I wanted to say something, but I got scared because the anger levels rose so much, so quickly between them and I was with other people outside of my job, on vacation. My job is running an organization who aids integration in Norway. I feel like people don´t see how small, yet toxic, everyday situations could lead to way bigger turmoil in the future. Add it all up and you get an explosion after some time. I believe there are many kind people who cares. They´re not the problem. Anyway, since you can´t change people who don´t want to change you´ll have to try and work around them. Find ways to make it work. Show that you seek peace. That you work hard, try your best. It´s unfair to you, but maybe needed anyway. Especially since you need a job to pay for life. Maybe we could inspire more Norwegian people to spend time with immigrants, talking. Talking, talking and talking. Practise. There are many language-café´s around. Visit one! :-D And keep up the niceness and positivity you´ve got going on, Bjørn! That´s beautiful!
Trust me if an English person said 'Hei, jeg er det engelske folk fordi jeg kommer derfra. Men jeg prøver for tiden å lære norsk og det er fremgang, men det vil skje en dag fordi jeg er engasjert og dedikert til å lære det. Jeg heter forresten ...' That's enough to put a BIG smile on ones face and be like woe...hei hei hei bra. I liked this video Mon and subscribed yes!!!! :)
Lita Just wondering is Norwegian language tougher to learn than Russian ?Just curios 😊
Lita veldig bra start :)
@@Ducanralf If you want to learn Norwegian you can do it on Duelingo or via a course. I think Russian is the same but more people speak Russian so...if you want to learn it then learn it. Overall I'm Norwegian and love Norway thoe yes!!!! :) #HailNorgeElskeDet,3
@@Hallandvik_ Takk for at du sa det :)
It is said that norwegian is the 7th easiest language in the world.. So according to what you say, it might not be that easy to learn..norwegian. If permitted, how long have you been studying norwegian? I've started taking some norwegian lessons with a native speaker teacher and till now it seems to me quite easy although I have nothing to do with anglosaxon and northgermanic languages as I speak greek and greek has nothing to be compared to those languages.. It's totally different language
I hope this means that it´s been easy for you! :-) But, to be safe, check how it works if you ask this person to not try to make it easy for you to understand. Ask them to talk normally like they would to a college, a grand parent, a kid, and so on. Also, try to ask whether the words you have learned can mean more things than what you have learned so far. :-) a lot of words has at leats two meanings. Good luck!
At what age did you move?
I moved in 2014! So I was 21 ☺️
Your epic!
I have not been to norway yet, but I am learning norwegian. I have heard Norwegians tend to be up tight about their language. If we can't speak it correctly they get upset
We often do, but not because it isn´t completely correct, but because of the tremendous amount of misunderstandings we get. Especially around time and places. We base a lot of our integrity on being on time and managing to go through every days list of tasks. when people make us late by not understanding, it causes a chain reaction of problems for us. The next appointment we have will feel that we don´t respect them. And we ourselves do not feel respected. We tend to try to fit too many things into everyday, so.. please make sure to understand what we believe you and us have made a deal about. So often I stand somewhere in the city waiting for an immigrant, trying to call them, not getting in touch, missing an other appointment because of it. Later they say they slept or was somewhere else, or misunderstood the time..it is very frustrating. We don´t see time as coming, but disappearing from us. I wonder sometimes if some of the misunderstandings are due to facebook events. Cause there you can often choose to say maybe. Or to say going, but then not showing up. And at some parties, you can show up later than the staring point of the event. But in most aspects of everyday life this will be considered very rude. But how would you know the difference? Ask. Say the appointment back to us. We´ll hear it and react if somethings gotten lost in translation. Also, please learn to use the numbers up to 24 instead of saying or expecting the term am and pm. We don´t use those, at all. You will have to know what I mean if I say: It starts at 19. So be there ten minutes to 7. If we just say 7, you´ll have to figure out whether we mean morning or evening. :-) good luck!
I am a master student in Stavanger. I have been here 9 months now and have been studying norwegian for more than year... I am from Brazil so I am struggling a bit, like you said you did, to get to a good level of proficiency. How long did it take for you to be able to say: ok, I speak norwegian now? And how much time did you study norwegian per week during this process? It is kinda hard to study for the master and focus in learning the language at the same time! Obrigada pelos vídeos :)
Olá!! ☺️ Those are all good questions! Maybe even a good theme for whole video hehe My "learning Norwegian" story is quite strange and not at all the ideal one. I guess I felt I could speak Norwegian on my first year working as an architect. Until then, although I tried to learn, I was in the university where everything was in English and had no money to do a Norwegian course, since they where all so expensive. But I'll probably make a video about this! 😁😘
i’m native Norwegian
Du er flink i engelsk.
Takk!
Six years....?....yes I would expect you to be nearly fluent. I have lived abroad myself, it is out of necessity and courtesy that one learns the language where you live. Norwegian is easy to learn🙂
No it isn't very easy compared to english. Like our substantives have different endings. Where it is in english 'the' everything we have endings after it's sex or lack there of. The car is male and ends on - en, a cat is female SOME PLACES and ends with - a. The card is none a ends with - et. This must be memorised and many foreigners struggle with this.
Hello Mon Amie👋 thanks for your info-cative(information and educative) vlog.
I’ve been following almost all your vlog on Norway 🇳🇴.
I’m embarking on a journey of migrating to Norway 🇳🇴. I don’t know no one there so I would like to ask if you could be of a help in finding accommodation and of course a job.
I am IT professional with nearly 2 decades of experience.
Thanks ☺️
The greatest challenge in learning Norwegian is not the language itself. No, it's the Norwegians.
By and large Norwegians speak and understand English very well. People are lazy and choose the line of least resistance. If speaking English is easier and more effective then that is what will be spoken. If you want to learn Norwegian you must be bloody minded and refuse to speak English. Only use English words or sentences where you don't know the Norwegian words. Eventually the line of least resistance starts to work in your favour. It's easier for them to speak in Norwegian to you than in English.
If, like me, you are a native English speaker you will find the Norwegians can get quite upset that you refuse to speak English to them - they want to practice their English. When this happens ask them how the f**k are you supposed to learn Norwegian if you only speak English. Then suggest that they speak in English and in you Norwegian.
BTW, it is one of THE easiest languages in the world to learn if you are a native English speaker. The syntax in the languages is very similar and this really helps.
My method was that I bought a teach-your-self book, looked at how the verbs and nouns worked, and ditched the book. I swotted a vocabulary of around 100 words and became extremely bloody minded. I decided to not give a monkeys about grammar but to just opened my mouth and let the verbal diarrhoea take over. I also accepted that I was going to make a bloody fool of my self. I spent a lot of time thinking in Norwegian, having imaginary conversations and the like. The subtitles on the TV and cinema are a brilliant aid for expanding your vocabulary, use them actively.
3 months later I was able to hold my own in a conversation, not discussing String Theory or anything complicated, just normal everyday stuff. I couldn't get everything, about 70% perhaps, but that is all you need. 5 years later I took the Bergens test and apparently I spoke, read, wrote and understood Norwegian nearly as well as a native speaker. Now, 40 years later I am reaching the compulsory retirement age for career officers in the Norwegian Armed Forces. I still have a slight accent - never really worked on that, I still make small grammatical mistakes that reveal my first language, and I still don't give a f***.
Only if you expect the world to end with a zombie plague (as opposed to C19). "Stand Still, Stay Silent" ;) Sorry, had to plug my favorite webcomic here.
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I just don't understand ppl who move to a foreign country and live there not learning its language. This may sound rude, but you guys should've stayed in your country then, imho. If I moved to Norway, I'd spend all my free time learning the language until jeg snakker Norsk perfekt slik at alle forstår meg.