How I learnt Norwegian on my own

How to Learn a Language (full outline)

Have a goal in mind to help you keep motivated.

Listen to as much content as possible in your target language. Listen to podcasts or youtube videos that have transcripts, and listen to each podcast multiple times. Listen not only for comprehension, but how the words and sentences are pronounced. Look up words you don't know, write down the sentences that they come from, and read them over and over again. Read everything many times until you know them by heart. Use Google translate to read the sentences to you. This is how you can learn new words, grammar, conjugations, and pronunciation all in one exercise.

Write new words in sentences in order to learn them in context. Make a list of these sentences and read them as much as possible. This makes the new words and how to use them come out automatically.

It's ok to use grammar books and other more formal ways to learn the language, and this is necessary to some extent. But using the method outlined here is more like the way a child learns a language naturally, and will help you progress much faster than if you only use the usual textbooks for learning a language.

Write a journal in your target language. You can also write what happened in your day in English first then use google to translate it in your target language - again read your journal entries many times. Another way to do it is to try to write in your target language first, then write it in English and use google to translate it and check it against what you wrote for mistakes and different vocabulary.

Buy and read books that you find interesting, especially children's books. Find the accompanying audiobook if possible and listen to it being read while reading along with it.

Watch tv series and movies. Watch each episode or scene from a movie over and over again. Watch without the subtitles first to see how much you understand, then watch with the subtitles in the target language, then watch with English subtitles. Go back and forth between watching with and without subtitles as much as you need to. Write down new vocabulary with sentences from the show, also write down interesting sentences that have new expressions or grammatical structtures.

Write stories using the vocabulary from your lists. Write the stories in English using your intended vocabulary and then translate them yourself or use google translate. Read and listen to the story until you know it by heart. Use google translate to read it to you. You can also use the audio without looking at the text and try transcribing the story for more practice, which helps with spelling and comprehension.

Don't have any aversion to learning things by heart because it helps you to speak without needing to stop and think about what you're saying. It helps you speak more quickly and more like a native.

Talk to yourself in your target language. Speak to yourself about your day, about a movie you saw, or a book you want to read. Pick a picture and try to describe it, imagining the what happened and telling the story (find Les Livres des Saisons for a good picture book, or a similar one in your target language).

Don't give up - as long as you work, you will get better. Even if you feel like you haven't made progress in weeks, trust the process. At some point you will notice the jump in progress that you've made.

(I made this also using the outline that @TempestPhaedra wrote.)

Are you cheering for France or Norway in the World Cup match on the 26th? :-)

Resume:
1. Find your motivation. Make a plan based on your motivation and goal
2. Read things over and over again
3. Learn a lot of simple words that you can use all the time
4. Write your own personnel texts (like a journal for example)
5. Buy books that you think it's interesting
6. Listen to audio books
7. Use series and movies
8. Make interesting stories using the vocabulary you want to learn
9. Learn sentences and stories by heart
10. Speak to yourself

Can share a link to download this video??????

It was after reading her profile intro did I realized that English is not her mother tongue either…😢this girl is simply a hard-working type yet a genius.

Loved this video, keep up the great work!

I return to his fine video to hone my language learning. Thanks! 🎉

A colleague of mine has an Ukrainian girlfriend and she actually said she learned Norwegian by watching Peppa Pig.

Amazing content as always!

gj Carlsen

Whoa!! Thats a lot of commitment!! As someone who is learning norwegian on her own i will definately implement some of these tecniques. Thanks!!

I've been meaning to learn Lithuanian for years as someone with Lithuanian heritage but who grew up outside the country. Hoping to apply these tips and see what happens

Well you'd have to learn it on your own because they don't talk to anyone.

Funny thing, I saw this video while studying in another country, and was kind of just curious. Now it's been almost two years since I immigrated to Norway and live happier than ever, though a lot of things are still ahead of me. Jeg snakker flyttende norsk in a way that I feel free, not suffocating while speaking it, so, Im sure this video and lessons from it had helped me with all of the languages Ive learned and in my life overall)

In Norway ,how you learn the language intonation ought to follow where you live. The reason is that the intonations are very different depending on different dialect regions. Focus on learning the "bokmål" standard first with the intonations where you live.
The two most different intonations within Norway are northeast Norway (Finnmark) vs Oslo region. In Finnmark one will fade out at the end of sentences most of the time, even in questions. This is an influence from finnish immigration in the 1800s. In Oslo region one almost never fades out toward the end of a sentence. Rather the opposite (ascend)

That's some polyglot material right there (she is).

Youtuber：Norwegian with Ilys

1. motivation - her goals is to speak like native



2. how to kid learn language

- they don't think, they just learn, hear and repeat





1. listen all the time

2. read things many time

- hearing over and over again

3. learn simple word

- 学简单字，然后遇到在句子中出现时候，抄下来

4. keep a journal (or something like that)

- writing own story

5. buy and read books

6. listen audio books

7. movie/ series

8. write stories with your vocabulary lists

9. learn sentences and stories by heart

10. speak to yourself - if u don't knw wat to say, take a pic and describe it

11. don't give up

While learning French, I spent a lot of time talking to myself, writing original sentences with new vocabulary and grammar, and trying to read any book or article I could find. Listening was just too difficult (I kept trying, often watching my favorite movies overdubbed) but it finally came around. It was a very exciting season of life; exploring a linguistic dimension I had previously been blind to.

Hi, I'm learning Norwegian now also and I really find your content very helpful. Do you think it would be possible to be able to speak really well with the correct accent and pronunciation even if you're not living in Norway? And where do you find these tools to help you speak correctly? :)

Much respect

Now this video in itself is motivating! My grandfather that i never met spoke fluent Norwegian with his brothers, but my grandma didnt want any of her kids learning it because she believed that in the US her kids should only speak English. Since 23 and Me showed me just how Norwegian I am, i have stopped practicing spanish to have fun with Norsk and I'm loving it so far! Thank you for this video! I shall now watch more 🙃

I recommend the Eleven Reader app or website for reading Norwegian content (or any other lenguage) and create your own audiobooks to stu practice more naturally than Google Translate :D

Great content, and I really love your voice, wow!

Thank you, this video was so helpful!

I’m teaching myself Norsk right now and this was HUGELY inspiring and exactly what I needed to hear. THANK YOU!

My tip. Go on Google Gemini (or any AI) and ask: Is this a good Norwegian sentence?: Then write the sentence how you believe it should be in Norwegian and the AI will correct you if necessary. I learnt a lot like that.

Jefe hola kvä

thank you so much ilys for this great piece of content, this video , hands down has the best advice of language learning combined

For those who wish to speak Norwegian BETTER than a native - Med ordet i sin makt (HÅKON LUTDAL) - freely available, google it.

17 mai

I never thought about that thing about the clock. You're a good teacher.

So great that you chose Norway and that you are learning Norwegian. You speak fluent English and Norwegian and of course also French. After learning French for 3 years in high school, I can't speak the language.

So sexy girl , amazing , I love her ❤

5:44 cruel 😭

Hi Ilys, can I download this video on my phone since YouTube does not show a download option?

Is it a good suggestion to change your phone settings to your target language?

Thanks for the video. It looks like the last language guide you'll ever need)

Hører ingen forskjell mellom deg og folk som har bodd her hele livet haha

the main thing i picked up from this video is this idea of learning a big complex thing via learning oddly specific parts of it very well instead of a more, learning more parts of it at once, kind of method, and now im wondering if this works well for learning other things, if its valuable to try learning like, not niche, rarely used parts of what your learning but, very small chunks of the big thing your trying to learn, without actually seeing much of how that small chunk interacts with the rest of the big thing, and instead just getting that small thing down perfectly.

I guess I’ll try ur method with finnish but ill also use a textbook for cases

Wow there is a 2% hint of a non-Norwegian accent and 98% bokmål in your tone!
WELL DONE =D

Estou lutando pra aprender francês por conta própria. Vou usar suas dicas e tentar não desistir. 🙏🇧🇷

It’s funny to hear that you sometimes slip a bit into a Norwegian accent when you speak. This even though your English pronunciation is also very good. It’s very nice to hear that you value Norway. I’m glad that you settled in here and that you chose Norway. I love Paris, but I don’t speak French. All the best.

I am currently learning Swedish, and I also want to essentially make it equivalent to my mother tongue. I would also love to learn Norwegian someday, due to the fact that it is very reminiscent of Swedish, and in doing so I think this channel would be so incredibly useful! Your progress is an inspiration to my own journey!

If I didn't have the knowledge that you weren't Norwegian, I would never have guessed. Sure I can trace some french "quirks" in inflections of certain words, but it's nigh on imperceptible. Most native speakers I know struggle with the R, either it's too weak or too strong, but yours is just right and it does so much of the heavy lifting.

I have 100% born and raised Norwegian friends with worse pronunciation lmao, and even though I love my GF to deat: She's been here for 17 years and she's probably still worse at pronounciation than you were at the 9 mo mark (even though her vocabulary is good).

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