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Language practice

Choose a language, then practise its grammar, vocabulary, culture or writing.

WORKSPACE

Pick a task before a language tab. Choose the language you want to use, then work on one small task. Reading a script, learning a grammar rule and responding in conversation need different practice.

Before you start: Choose one goal: say a phrase, understand a sentence, or recognize writing. Guided lessons are the explanation-first route; the practice tabs let you drill a skill.

Grammar
Patterns that let words form sentences.
Writing system
The characters or letters used to record a language.

Start here — Need to speak today?: Choose a language and start with Survival. Practise the reply as well as the phrase you say first.

What you should get: You can make one small variation and explain why the form changes. If you cannot, revisit that rule before adding more phrases.

Full steps, example and limits
  1. Need to speak today?

    Choose a language and start with Survival. Practise the reply as well as the phrase you say first.

  2. Need to read?

    Use Writing systems for recognition, Pronunciation for spelling-to-sound rules, and Kanji + Hanzi for character and word study.

  3. Need to build sentences?

    Read a grammar rule, work through its example, then answer without looking. Check Vocabulary and Culture to see how the words are used.

Try this: Choose German. Find a survival exchange and say both parts aloud. Change one noun using the grammar explanation instead of memorizing a second whole sentence.

Know the limit: Track depth varies. A chart is a reference, and recognizing an answer is not the same as producing it in a conversation.

Start with pronunciation
Pronunciation: sounds, reading rules, stress, tone & practice →
All 47 pronunciation chapters & the IPA sound key →

PUBLISHED · FOUNDATION 01 · 15 SEPTEMBER 2026

Norwegian: start here

Latin with æ ø å. This practice track starts in Bokmål.

Track direction: Verb-second clauses and noun gender.

Published below: one grammar rule, worked example, exercise with an answer, introductory words and expressions. Planned next: sound contrasts, wider grammar and guided reading/listening. This is the start of the course.

Norwegian: written standards and dialects

Bokmål and Nynorsk are written standards. Spoken dialects do not map neatly onto a two-accent switch.

Bokmål

Written standard

Baseline for the first practice unit: jeg, ikke, kommer.

Nynorsk

Written standard

Learn its own inflection and preferred vocabulary: eg and ikkje are useful early contrasts.

Spoken dialects

Regional and social variation

Use recordings for the area you need; both written standards can be read with varied pronunciation.

Try it: Is every Nynorsk writer speaking the same dialect?

Show the answer

No. Written standard and spoken dialect are separate choices.

References: Språkrådet ↗ NTNU Norwegian course ↗

Open the writing chart for this script →
NORWEGIAN / FOUNDATION 01

Norsk · Bokmål / Nynorsk

Verb-second clauses and noun gender.

The words for everyday life.

Find a situation, read the phrase, or show the native text. Learn common replies as well as questions.

Pronunciation & how to use these phrases

Latin with æ ø å. This practice track starts in Bokmål. Device speech, when available, is only a model for that installed voice; historical and unsupported varieties have no automatic voice here.

Published: a first rule with a worked example and answer, introductory vocabulary, and basic expressions. Next: sound contrasts → inflection and sentence patterns → connected reading/listening → independent use. Bokmål and Nynorsk are written standards, not two uniform spoken accents. Dialects remain normal in conversation and broadcasting.

6 phrases

Basics & communication

HelloHei.
Thank youTakk.
Excuse meUnnskyld.
I do not understandJeg forstår ikke.
Where is the bathroom?Hvor er toalettet?
Water, pleaseVann, takk.
Further reading & cultural sources
Practice scores last for this visit.Norwegian audio is unavailable on this device. All exercises work without audio.