Hi, I'm going to Sweden for 3 months on a student exchange. I'm a native English speaker. How possible would it be to learn Swedish during this time abroad immersed in the language?
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Anonymous2010-07-20 8:35
I have 3 and a half months before I'm in Sweden. So I could start learning now. However I have no idea where to begin. I have two ebooks, "Colloquial Swedish" and "Swedish: An essential grammar". I don't have any audio CD's. I've read around, and language learners seem to praise Assimil, however I can't find the Swedish version anywhere.
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Anonymous2010-07-20 10:33
jag lärde mig att tala nästan flytande svenska inom de förste 6 månader när jag bodde i stockholm. jag tror det skulle gå lätt och snabbt för dig att börja pratar och förstår språket om du träna och anstränga dig lite grann särskilt i början. Svenska och engelska grammatik är annorlunda men ännu inte svårt ovanligt.
det går bäst att lyssna på mycket svensk radio och kolla på svenska filmer och teve. det finns oerhört många dagliga gratistidningar du kan ju plocka upp varsomhelst.
lycka till, vannen!
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Anonymous2010-07-20 14:37
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There isn't unless you use French as the base (translations from Swedish are in French)
I'd advise Pimsleur, I've heard good things about Colloquial and Teach Yourself
If you try, there's no reason you can't learn it
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Anonymous2010-07-21 1:20
>>3
How do you overcome the beginning? I imagine learning a language, especially through immersion would become a lot easier/faster once you have a grasp of the language and can converse with other natives, be able to read the newspaper, listen to the radio or watch movies/tvs and have a grasp of what's being said. How did you quickly bring yourself up to this level?
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Anonymous2010-07-21 4:45
>>5
You have to suck a lot of cock to get past the first stage, after that there's less cock sucking
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Anonymous2010-07-21 4:46
I'd seriously advice Paul Pimsleur, it's amazingly efficient. Great for listening during transport or any daily activities which don't require your concentration
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May I ask as to what reason you were in Stockholm? Where are you from and where are you now?
I'd love to live or work in Norway or Sweden.
Tusen tack
Native Swede here, and while I don't know how you could start the learning, if you would happen to have any questions I would love to help! :-)
It be Translations, grammar or phonetics etc.
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Anonymous2010-07-21 19:58
I'm also learning Swedish. I'm lazy, so progress is slow, but I bought a book on Swedish grammar, and 'teach yourself swedish' book and CD, and can understand some simple sentences.
I started about three months ago, doing at most a little bit every couple of days or so. I plan to start doing a bit every day, to speed up the learning process.
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Anonymous2010-07-22 1:46
>>9
How do Swedes respond to foreigners speaking Swedish to them?
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Anonymous2010-07-22 11:17
>>11
Most people are surprised, it is however, normal that most people switch to english when talking to tourists/visitors. Just tell them that you would like to talk swedish to pratice instead.
That would be the downside, no real language barriers exist and when they do, we tend to switch to english to resolve it.
Also, where in sweden will you be studying? several dialects exist and some might be hard to understand.
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Fun fact, stockholm is called "Fjollträsk" (Sillyswamp) in most part of northern sweden .
You have heard of the fredagsmys and Fika, right?
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Anonymous2010-07-24 2:40
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Lol, from what I've read, there seems to be a bit of rivalry between Stockholmers and other Swedes.
I've heard of Fika, but not fredagsmys. According to google "Fredagsmys is an event where family and friends gathered on Friday evening after the completion of work week and celebrate the weekend with peaceful coexistence".
I arrive in Sweden during November, and stay for the winter, so that should be interesting because I come from a warmer climate (Australia).
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Anonymous2010-07-24 10:34
>>15
What will you be staying in Sweden for? Also Ausfag here, would love to work/live in Sweden or Norway.
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Anonymous2010-07-24 10:38
>>16
Student exchange after I graduate high school.