Kitchen Languages.
My French and Norwegian roomies were quite happy to teach me my ‘phrase of the day’ when I told them I wanted to learn:
How was your day?
French: Comment était ta journée? OU Comment c’est passée ta journée?
Norwegian: Hvordan var dagen din?
We’re going to keep a sheet of paper on the kitchen counter so that we can write out what we’re saying, which really helps actually. I got a refresher for remember French grammar and I’m starting to learn Norwegian sentence structure and pronunciation. HOORAY FOR GRAMMAR!
I asked my roomies the word for ‘class’ which I then put into the sentence structure I had just learned:
How was class?
Comment était tes cours?
Hvordan var timen din?
A phrase a day until my goal of having a simple conversation in either language is feasible. ^^