Fantastic
But this app, it just seems to teach you in the way a child would be taught a language, slowly… working on the basics first and really building a solid understanding. Also each section gives you the opportunity to review and listen to all the words, which is super helpful, especially if you only have a moment to spare. On top of all that, it’s completely free… it’s a no lose situation!
I strongly recommend this app to anyone who wants to learn Norwegian. Really looking forward to getting further into the lessons.
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An OK app. Some translation errors
Loses 2 stars for occasional incorrect translation (ex. calls fingernail [negl] the word for nails hit by hammers [spiker], square (shape) [kvadrat] by word for town square [torg] and orange (fruit) appelsin by the color orange (oransje). Verb forms are also not quite right (or at least inconsistent). The interface is clunky (font sizes, can only hear some things 1x, always starts at top of lesson list, etc).
Overall, not my first choice but it does do some thing Duo doesn’t. An OK tool to have in the box.
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Incorrect translations
In the “verbs” sections, they only translate some of the words to represent the verbs as “to <verb>” I.e. “å like” whereas some of the words are translated to their imperative/present forms without mentioning it, which can be very misleading for beginners especially without context.
It feels like the developers just Google translated every vocab word and threw them in carelessly. BNR needs to have a native speaker validate these translations.
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