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I think preferring to use English over Norwegian might not go down well, especially if you understand Norwegian.

Remember to shop on Saturday because all is closed on Sunday.

Try your Norsk as much as possible. I am still learning and not knowing it makes it feel more isolated.

Do you go to a class to learn Norwegian? I am living in a skiing town, it only has a full time population of 300 so finding a class is proving difficult.

so... how did you find your class, do you have to pay for it, do people all have different fluency levels?

thankyou for your help in advance

Pete101 wrote:

Do you go to a class to learn Norwegian? I am living in a skiing town, it only has a full time population of 300 so finding a class is proving difficult.

so... how did you find your class, do you have to pay for it, do people all have different fluency levels?

thankyou for your help in advance

You don't need a class, if you ask me (and you didn't!).

Think about it, inside a classroom, there is only one person who speaks Norwegian.  Outside the classroom, there are three hundred.

My advice would be to listen to as much Norwegian as you can (listen to the radio ro audio books), buy books in Norwegian about things you're interested in (you'll talk most about stuff you're interested in, so those words are best to have), and, as difficult as it is, have everyone speak to you in Norwegian like you're a three year old, since, given your level of Norwegian, that's exactly what you are.

I did that (amongst other stuff), didn't go to a class, and now, after about 18 months, people have started to add the word "really" to the sentence "where are you from", which is exceptionally gratifying, and encourages me all the more.

I took a few classes but I wasn't really too happy with them. We had to spend a lot of time going over the same thing week after week because new people would start on the course.

I can say the alphabet in my sleep but only count to 13 because of it.

I was lucky enough to find a job where they didnt mind my speaking English so long as I was trying to learn Norwegian. The benefit is that I can speak Norwegian to my colleagues until I get stuck, then switch

I've found that "Hva er ord til i Norsk?" (what is the word for in Norwegian?) is helpful when I get stuck.

So yeah, just go out and try it! Folks might giggle cause you're saying it wrong but you'll get better.

I am on a waiting list for my class. Mine are free because I am married to a Norwegian. They did test my fluency level.

My girlfriend is Norwegian and I'm employed. I wonder if I qualify? While learning on the job is great, I wouldn't mind some help with tricky stuff.

Do you have any contact details for enquiries?

Norwegian is a difficult language. Grammatically is quite simple but phonetically is hard. It takes time and effort to learn it, so my advice to you is to take classes "norskkurs" and try to practice everything you learn, cause it's not true that the language will come to you easily (that is if your native tongue is not scandinavian).

Here are some links to classes. ope it helps and maybe we will meet there (I'm still in level 2