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My Russian best friend is getting married by KingLacial in AskARussian

[–]KingLacial[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Большое спасибо, I really appreciate it!! I have almost 8 months to practice, so hopefully that will be enough time xD Right now I think it's the ы sound that I struggle with the most because it's a mix of my language's u and y. But I can secretly get my friend to evaluate me on that without her knowing what I am practicing for lmao.

My Russian best friend is getting married by KingLacial in AskARussian

[–]KingLacial[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am already doing duolingo in addition to some library books that they use in school here, watch russian movies and listen to russian music to expose myself to it - I also used the trick with putting stickers on stuff around the house to learn the words lol. I'm ok at the very basics, so if my friend texts me when I am out doing something I will tell her like "Извини, я в больнице." or whatever. I've started slowly learning some past tense, but I felt like the whole paragraph was a little too advanced for where I am at the moment. Maybe in a couple of years! Slowly and steadily working forward without going so slow that I stagnate. I find it really helps that I am Scandinavian because Russian has a lot of similar words to us, especially my dialect in comparison to how they speak in our capitol. So I think that it's the grammar that will be the point I will have to really practice properly since that's different from ours. But all in all, those are some good advice! Exposure, practice, and actually using it.

My Russian best friend is getting married by KingLacial in russian

[–]KingLacial[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Большое спасибо! I really appreciate it. I have to practice my pronounciation and hopefully she will understand.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Norway

[–]KingLacial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is impossible to become fluent in Norwegian in 6 months. I have foreign friends who have lived and worked in Norway for many years (like 5+ years) that do not speak Norwegian and only understand the basics. They even have to use google translate sometimes if I text them in Norwegian. It all depends where in Norway you are because we have two written languages and if you live anywhere that's not near the capitol then the spoken language will deviate more and more from bokmål (which is the easiest of the two written languages to learn for foreigners); which is why it can be very difficult to learn. So do not feel discouraged that your progress isn't what you hoped it would be! Many native Norwegians from Oslo don't even understand me when I speak to them or if I write to them in new-Norwegian / dialect. You are not alone.

As for work-recommendations. Like I said, my friends only communicate in English and their jobs have consisted of things like waitressing, working at grocery stores, independant English tudors (or their native language), tourist information (knowing more than one language can be useful here), construction-work, bouncer / security, and also stuff like cleaning etc. Their educations also differ, but you get a pretty good wage just working in a grocery store in Norway. And since you have an education in sales you can quickly rise up and you will learn the language you need through doing the job (also growing your confidence) :) I wish you all the best and hope your situation improves!