I LOVE IT MAGGLE <| sep |> I literally missed the sale by 2 minutes and contacted them and they still wouldn ' t honor it <| sep |> His mouth made me feel uneasy . <| sep |> I am Dave ! Yognaught and I have balls ! <| sep |> JUICE IS LOOSE <| sep |> I ' m American , and I ' ve lived here for 3 . 5 years . And have taken 2 years of norwegian classes well over 600 hours of instruction , plus speaking practice at a nursing home and immersion and all of that stuff . I ' ve passed the statemandated tests as part of my immigration , and they say I have enough language skills to work . But I ' m far from fluent . I have trouble keeping up with normal conversation , which is obvious to me when I ' m around my spouse ' s family my spouse is Norwegian . I can usually manage in stores and with small talk , but not always . I definitely don ' t know all the academic terms math , science , and so on to even think about actual education . Reading is the easiest for me . But boy does it take some trying to be able to understand speaking , and even more trying to speak . There are lots and lots of different dialects , some of which aren ' t anything like the written form . For example , Hva ? means What ? , but in the local dialect , it is Ka ? . And there are hundreds of dialects . Furthermore , there are 2 official forms of Norwegian . This , to me , is going to be the hardest part of teaching yourself . there are also a few sounds that aren ' t in English , , , for example and a lot of folks have trouble with kj , skj , sj , and so on . Of course , your situation might be different . Maybe you ' ll pick it up more quickly but I ' d count on at least a few years with persistent work . I ' d probably start with getting some basic vocabulary , perhaps using books that they use to teach adults here , all of which have audio exercises . I ' d suggest learning the bokml form of Norwegian for university Once you get the pronunciation and fairly advanced grammar down , vocabulary building will help you muchly . On additional note You ' ll likely need to take a fluency test to be admitted into classes , but check the requirements of the school . Most undergraduate courses are in Norwegian , but I think a few might be in English . On the other hand , for a masters or above , there are a lot of English offerings . Above all , good luck