App Profile: Mjølnir Norwegian

maxthraxx

Rating: 5/5

As an expat Norwegian learner around A2-B1 level I have realized independently how important vocabulary knowledge is. If you know the words along with basic grammar, you can make yourself understood and understand a lot of spoken and written Norwegian just via context. If you don’t know the words, it’s a lot harder. Mjølnir app looks perfect for addressing this, as it uses spaced repetition (effective and widely used memory technique) AND it’s also targeting the most used phrases and vocabulary first (trying to find these on the net can be difficult and of uncertain reliability.) So you’re learning the most efficient content, paired with the most efficient learning method. Excellent. Finally, I also like that all the flash cards come with audio from native speakers (super useful to train your listening and pronunciation skills), and that it doesn’t allow you to overload yourself - when you’re done for the day, you’re done. The UI is simple but looks good and is bug free for me so far, so good marks there. All in all I’m very happy with it and look forward to finishing the entire content within the next year. I think it’ll be helpful as another tool to increase my Norwegian knowledge.

Drew5555

Rating: 5/5

I’ve been learning Norwegian for a few months now and this has become my most important tool for serious acquisition of the language. What I like most about Mjølnir is that it feels like a halfway point between a serious book on Norwegian language and grammar and (on the other hand) many of the “popcorn”-level free apps out there that only give you some basic vocabulary without serious grammatical instruction or listening practice.

Ze5

Rating: 3/5

There’s a lot of good Norwegian content, and I really like hearing the different accents of the speakers. But, this is a very difficult app to learn a language with. Memorizing random words in random order is tedious, and it’s hard to build connections between concepts and vocabulary this way. I’m often reaching for my dictionary to look up words on a flashcard that I havent seen before. No one learns a language by memorizing a list of nouns, then a list of verbs, etc. There should be more thematic decks (say a deck about food that includes all the parts of speech and listening to sentences about that topic, where cards reinforce each other and you build connections between ideas). I’d also appreciate the ability to bookmark cards and create my own decks of things I want to prioritize reviewing.