I've been using Domingo. Pretty good for beginners, then you can learn the rest by watching shows and seeing people use them in context.
Me and my roommate can have whole conversations about ordering food now in Norwegian.
knowing random food words watching shows in a foreign language
Unless those shows are cooking ones and very basic ones at that, I very highly doubt you're going to be "watching shows" to get better at a foreign language and to actually achieve any results with that after using Duolingo of all things.
Er, yeah that's kind of how it works. You learn the language a bit then start listening to people use it.
We watched Lilyhammer and had a fun time pointing out what we could understand or not.
You completely missed the point. Watching a show in a language where you understand maybe 3% of it, isn't going to help you improve your skills. If you understand more of it, then yeah fair enough - but Duolingo isn't going to teach you enough or the right things to be at that stage. Pointing out that you understand 1 or 2 words every 5 sentences isn't "learning a language better". Understanding the gist of what's going on, certainly.
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