Hello all. Please be patient with my rather novice question. I'm
currently up to lesson 5, and I'm somewhat concerned about two things.
First, my progression is somewhat uneven. I feel that in translating
written from ON to English, I'm probably working well about 90-95%
accuracy. From English to ON, that drops to about 65-70%. Anyone
find the same? Something I'm doing wrong?
Second, I don't think I'm very good in the "spoken word"
pronunciation. I know there are some references in the lessons to
the pronunciation coding, but I find them very confusing. Does
anyone know of other sources for a simplified breakdown of the
various pronunciations in ON? I'm not looking for an "easy" out, but
sincerely would like to learn the correct pronunciation. Further
this, I think it's stated that ON is very similar to modern day
Icelandic. However, I've gone to an online Icelandic radio, and find
I can't understand even a single word! Even the pronunciations don't
sound similar. I thought I'd be able to pick up a few "he, she's,
we's" in the mix, but I couldn't make out anything. I have only a
rudimentary understanding of Spanish, but can make out some words and
phrases on TV/Radio, and I guess I figured it should be the same for
ON. Any thoughts?
Thank you all in advance.
-Bob