Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Timestamps: 01:45 my credentials, 03:30 what languages are we talking about, 08:45 pronunciation basics, 21:00 word recognition, 33:22 free resources
This isn't a guide to *speaking* but to *reading.*
These are the flash cards from the short version ( youtube.com/shorts/9lTHlkyfm-M ), which are based on Danish but easy to adapt to Norwegian and Swedish.
Flash cards: ikke=not, og=and, på=on, med=with, der=there, dog=though, stor=big, nogle=some, eller=or, fra=from, ud=out, i=in, at=that ("say *that* I...") or to ("*to* be"); jeg=I, mig=me, han=he, ham=him, hun=she, hende=her, vi=we, os=us, de=they, dem=them. English "th" usually "d" (der, dog, dem).
"En" (common) nouns: en gård (a farm), gården (the farm). Plural is either -e (gårde/farms, gårdene/the farms) or -er (tider/times, tiderne/the times). "Et" (neuter) nouns: et land (a land), landet (the land), lande (lands), landene (the lands). Possessive -s works just like English (lands=land's).
Verbs: 1 form in present, 1 in past. Common verbs: BE=være (er/"is, are," var/"was, were"). HAVE=have (har/"has," havde/"had"). SEE=se (ser/"sees," så/"saw"). WANT=ville (vil/"wants," ville/"wanted"). Present-tense usually -(e)r (ligge/"lie;" ligger/"lies"; supplere/"supply;" supplerer/"supplies").
Timestamps: 01:45 my credentials, 03:30 what languages are we talking about, 08:45 pronunciation basics, 21:00 word recognition, 33:22 free resources
This isn't a guide to *speaking* but to *reading.*
These are the flash cards from the short version ( youtube.com/shorts/9lTHlkyfm-M ), which are based on Danish but easy to adapt to Norwegian and Swedish.
Flash cards: ikke=not, og=and, på=on, med=with, der=there, dog=though, stor=big, nogle=some, eller=or, fra=from, ud=out, i=in, at=that ("say *that* I...") or to ("*to* be"); jeg=I, mig=me, han=he, ham=him, hun=she, hende=her, vi=we, os=us, de=they, dem=them. English "th" usually "d" (der, dog, dem).
"En" (common) nouns: en gård (a farm), gården (the farm). Plural is either -e (gårde/farms, gårdene/the farms) or -er (tider/times, tiderne/the times). "Et" (neuter) nouns: et land (a land), landet (the land), lande (lands), landene (the lands). Possessive -s works just like English (lands=land's).
Verbs: 1 form in present, 1 in past. Common verbs: BE=være (er/"is, are," var/"was, were"). HAVE=have (har/"has," havde/"had"). SEE=se (ser/"sees," så/"saw"). WANT=ville (vil/"wants," ville/"wanted"). Present-tense usually -(e)r (ligge/"lie;" ligger/"lies"; supplere/"supply;" supplerer/"supplies").
