Procrastination Kills Success
Since this is a blog, I'm going to be completely honest. I definitely forgot about the Genius Hour project until Wednesday of this week. I still got my goal completed from my action plan for the week, but I didn't achieve my goal from last week to practice every day. Truthfully, procrastination and forgetfulness are going to be my worst enemies for this project.
Despite my failure of being lazy, I did learn some interesting things about Norwegian today. When you are saying "the" in front of a subject, you put "en" at the end of the word. I found that to be really cool and helpful. Some of the words/phrases sound weird and some words are super hard to pronounce. One word that threw me for a loop was "kjøtt" (meaning meat), which is pronounced "shet". That was pretty hard to figure out when I was just reading the word, before I heard it pronounced.
In spite of the confusion, learning Norwegian is a lot of fun. I really am enjoying myself and I can't wait till I am able to speak at least decently normal. In order for that to happen though, I'll need to avoid procrastination and push myself to actually make Norwegian a daily habit. ;)
Addie, I totally relate to you where the procrastination is concerned. I think that learning a new langue is something that you have to practice frequently to really grasp onto, that is still something that I am trying to get better about doing. I am glad that you are starting to catch on the little things about the language like the "the" thing that you mentioned.
ReplyDeleteDo you have Duolingo set to give you push notifications to remind you to practice each day? You can also set a goal for how many points you want to earn each day.
ReplyDeleteAddie, I totally relate to you where the procrastination is concerned. I think that learning a new langue is something that you have to practice frequently to really grasp onto, that is still something that I am trying to get better about doing. I am glad that you are starting to catch on the little things about the language like the "the" thing that you mentioned. -Allie
ReplyDeleteNorwegian sounds like a challenging language to learn, but I am sure that you are doing wonderful! One tip that I have: when you start to get familiar with some of the words, and you can start to decipher the verbs and sentences a little better, set your phone to Norwegian. I am doing the same thing with my phone (it's set in French). Personally, it has helped me to understand how words and phrases would be used in a more casual French style, rather than an educational style and really helped me see the things that I'm learning in the language. It's really satisfying when I figure out what an important message on my phone says. Hopefully that made sense. Anyways, have fun learning Norwegian!
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