Duolingo Progress with spotlight on Norwegian

  I am making progress with Ukrainian, Norwegian, and Finnish with a higher accuracy in Korean

Can you recognise any words that I learned?

Can you translate any of these words to English or your target language?

 My grandmother's grandfather was Norwegian and he migrated to Australia.  I first tried to learn when my cousins came over from Norway, but found Duolingo as an adult much more accessible to go step by step.  My kind relative tried to show me the alphabet which was really interesting as a ten year old.  But there was no other resources available for self-learning once she left.

Norwegian -	Katten spiser musen,

Part of speech	Translation
	English - The cat ate the mouse.

 Reflection: Katten and musen both show how both the noun and the definite article are combined into one word. In my experience verbs in Norwegian are not conjugated.  But I also wonder if they show tense and if not how is it indicated to the listener or reader.

   Vocabulary comparison across languages: 

English - mouse German - Maus Danish - mus Dutch - muis Swedish- mus Norwegian - mus Yiddish -מויז moyz Italiano - topo  Francais - Souris Romanian-mouse Haitian Creole - sourit Esperanto - muso Latin-mus Welsh - llygoden Irish - luchóg Scottish Gaelic - luchag Zulu - igundane Hawaiian - iole Swahili-panya Czech - myš Hungarian-egér Polish-mysz Ukranian-миша mysha Turkidh Turk-fare Indonesian - mouse Japanese-ねずみ Nezumi Korean -생쥐 saengjwi Hindi -चूहा chooha Vietnamese- con chuột Greek- ποντίκι pontíki Russian мышь mysh'

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Duolingo Progress with Korean & German

Spotlight on Korean

I am interested to learn Korean.  I have heard of K-Pop and Gangnam Style dance trend from around ten years ago.

Korean -	Hello (on the phone  여보세요 (yeoboseyo)

Part of speech	Translation
	English - Hello

 Reflection: It is a steep learning curve.  I having been working on Korean with Duolingo for over 2 years.  I have Level 12 or 4334 XP in experience engaging with alphabet and sounds. But I still haven't learnt any vocab.  So, I picked a greeting as an example for this post.

   Vocabulary comparison across languages: 

English - hello German - Guten Tag Danish - Hej Dutch - Hallo Swedish- Hallå Norwegian - Hallo Italiano - ciao  Francais - salut Romanian-Buna ziua Haitian Creole - bonjou Esperanto - saluton Latin-Salve Welsh - helo Irish - Dia dhuit Scottish Gaelic - halò Zulu - Sawubona Hawaiian - aloha Swahili-mia Czech - ahoy Hungarian-Szia Polish-Witam Turk-merhaba Indonesian - halo Japanese-こんにちは Kon'nichiwa Korean -안녕하세요 annyeonghaseyo Hindi - नमस्ते namaste Yiddish - העלא hela Ukranian-привіт pryvit Vietnamese- xin chào Greek- Χαίρετε Chaírete Russian привет privet

   Spotlight on German

I started learning German in the second year of high school 12 months after my fellow students (as I changed from another high school that only offered French).  I enjoyed learning it, but found it a learning curve two change from two genders of nouns in French (le, la) to getting used to learning three genders in German ( der, die, das)

German - Dein Bär war total faul, wir schenken ihm keinen Elefanten.

English - Your bear was totally lazy, e aren't gifting him an elephant.

 Reflection: I love embracing the accents like bär for bear in German.  It feels like a secret code as you adapt first to the novelty before you get used to remembering the accents.

   Vocabulary comparison across languages: 

English - bear German - bar Danish - bjørn Dutch - beer Swedish- Björn Norwegian - Bjørn Italiano - orso  Francais - ours Romanian-urs Haitian Creole - lous Esperanto - urso Latin-Ursa Welsh - arth Irish - béar Scottish Gaelic - mathan Zulu - ibhere Hawaiian - bea Swahili-dubu Czech - medvěd Hungarian-medve Polish-niedźwiedź Turk-ayı Indonesian - beruang Japanese-くまKuma Korean 곰 gom Hindi -सहना sahana Yiddish - בער ber Ukranian-імператор imperator Vietnamese- Hoàng đế Greek- αυτοκράτοραςaftokrátoras Russian медведь medved'

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