Hi, I’m using this because it’s the instance I’m on right now and I can connect with Scandinavian people and talk about it. I lowkey want to move to Norway or something but anywhere is fine as long as it’s not the USA. Problems? Money, I can’t just move to another country in a snap, and my family is super Trumper and patriotic. They are super against moving to another country and learning another language

    • dumples@piefed.socialEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      My Norwegian is not very good. Since I went to the Norwegian Institute of Life Science to continue to biology education all my classes were in English. (There isn’t really a large enough population to make or even use Norwegian textbooks at this level).

      So everyone wanted to practice their english with me and since my roommates were German I practiced my German with them. We all struggled to do a little Norwegian speaking. Most of us like myself included got by with some words and focusing on the written word. Which is a great skill to learn

      • Becky/Tricia@nord.pubOPEnglish
        4·
        6 days ago

        Ahhh ok, I’m learning German next year!!! My Norwegian isn’t so good either but I’m trying 🤞

        • dumples@piefed.socialEnglish
          31·
          6 days ago

          There’s a lot of overlap between English, German and Norwegian when written. Anything is better than nothing

          • Becky/Tricia@nord.pubOPEnglish
            2·
            6 days ago

            That’s very true! I can understand the gist of basic Norwegian sentences and therefore Swedish even due to the similarities! I was conversing with a Swedish guy and he understood me!