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JOHNNY AUWENEARTH
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Choose a language, then practise its grammar, vocabulary, culture or writing.

WORKSPACE

Pick a task before a language tab. Choose the language you want to use, then work on one small task. Reading a script, learning a grammar rule and responding in conversation need different practice.

How to use this
  1. Need to speak today?

    Choose a language and start with Survival. Practise the reply as well as the phrase you say first.

  2. Need to read?

    Use Writing systems for recognition, Pronunciation for spelling-to-sound rules, and Kanji + Hanzi for character and word study.

  3. Need to build sentences?

    Read a grammar rule, work through its example, then answer without looking. Check Vocabulary and Culture to see how the words are used.

Try this: Choose German. Find a survival exchange and say both parts aloud. Change one noun using the grammar explanation instead of memorizing a second whole sentence.

You should get: You can make one small variation and explain why the form changes. If you cannot, revisit that rule before adding more phrases.

Know the limit: Track depth varies. A chart is a reference, and recognizing an answer is not the same as producing it in a conversation.

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PUBLISHED · FOUNDATION 01 · 15 SEPTEMBER 2026

Norwegian: start here

Latin with æ ø å. This practice track starts in Bokmål.

Track direction: Verb-second clauses and noun gender.

Published below: one grammar rule, worked example, exercise with an answer, introductory words and expressions. Planned next: sound contrasts, wider grammar and guided reading/listening. This is the start of the course.

Norwegian: written standards and dialects

Bokmål and Nynorsk are written standards. Spoken dialects do not map neatly onto a two-accent switch.

Bokmål

Written standard

Baseline for the first practice unit: jeg, ikke, kommer.

Nynorsk

Written standard

Learn its own inflection and preferred vocabulary: eg and ikkje are useful early contrasts.

Spoken dialects

Regional and social variation

Use recordings for the area you need; both written standards can be read with varied pronunciation.

Try it: Is every Nynorsk writer speaking the same dialect?

Show the answer

No. Written standard and spoken dialect are separate choices.

References: Språkrådet ↗ NTNU Norwegian course ↗

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NORWEGIAN / FOUNDATION 01

Norsk · Bokmål / Nynorsk

Verb-second clauses and noun gender.

The words for everyday life.

Find a situation, read the phrase, or show the native text. Learn common replies as well as questions.

Pronunciation & how to use these phrases

Latin with æ ø å. This practice track starts in Bokmål. Device speech, when available, is only a model for that installed voice; historical and unsupported varieties have no automatic voice here.

Published: a first rule with a worked example and answer, introductory vocabulary, and basic expressions. Next: sound contrasts → inflection and sentence patterns → connected reading/listening → independent use. Bokmål and Nynorsk are written standards, not two uniform spoken accents. Dialects remain normal in conversation and broadcasting.

6 phrases

Basics & communication

HelloHei.
Thank youTakk.
Excuse meUnnskyld.
I do not understandJeg forstår ikke.
Where is the bathroom?Hvor er toalettet?
Water, pleaseVann, takk.
Further reading & cultural sources
Practice scores last for this visit.Norwegian audio is unavailable on this device. All exercises work without audio.