Jellyfish Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 A few years ago I decided to learn some Swedish on my own and it turned out pretty well. When your native language is German there are a lot of similarities so you get easily into Swedish which is a pretty simple language the way it is used to day.I managed to learn the language so much that I could easily read news and write some basic sentences. I don't understand much though when someones speaks Swedish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyvion Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 I am a native Swedish speaker and I must say that I do NOT understand German at all, hehe. I actually had three German customers (in my boyfriend's market) today, and for some reason they insisted on speaking German. That was a little off topic, I know. If you want to write in Swedish, or learn something new, just let me know. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellyfish Posted September 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Well, lol, it has been some time and I don't think I can do it just now. Isn't it that a lot of Swedish people speak German or at least know so much that they can communicate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyvion Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Well, lol, it has been some time and I don't think I can do it just now. Isn't it that a lot of Swedish people speak German or at least know so much that they can communicate?Maybe from the older generation, but I would not say that it is a general thing among the younger ones. German is a subject you can choose in 6th-7th grade, however, since many new modern languages (like Mandarin) have been added, most people tend to choose those ones. I don't think I know anyone in my age (22) that can speak German more than just a few phrases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jellyfish Posted September 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Maybe from the older generation, but I would not say that it is a general thing among the younger ones. German is a subject you can choose in 6th-7th grade, however, since many new modern languages (like Mandarin) have been added, most people tend to choose those ones. I don't think I know anyone in my age (22) that can speak German more than just a few phrases.Well, then the old relations between Scandinavia and Germany may not be as tight anymore. You can choose Mandarin in 6th grade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyvion Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Well, then the old relations between Scandinavia and Germany may not be as tight anymore. You can choose Mandarin in 6th grade?Mandarin is usually a subject you can choose in 'High School' (years 10-12), but I cannot say that there are NO schools that offer it from an earlier grade. The most common languages from grade 6 are German, French and Spanish, and from my own experience and from what my friends have told me, French and especially Spanish, are mostly chosen over German.I am not saying that no one is choosing German, however, it is not so common anymore as it was before when German was an obligatory subject (many, many years ago). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadence Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 As a swede learning German I totally agree with you! The languages are very similar and I think it makes the learning process a whole lot easier. There are also a lot of words that are basically (or exactly) the same in both languages so it makes it quite easy to understand German even though i haven't actaully learned it properly yet. However I find it much easier to understand written and spoken (slowly) German than it is to speak or write German myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poikanen Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Swedish is a pretty easy language, definitely. I think it's almost more close to English than to Germany, although I have studied only little Germany. But my point is, once you know English, it should be pretty easy to learn Swedish. (Not sure about people whose native tongue is English.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedonologist Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Even as an English speaker I find that it doesn't take a lot to be able to read German, to a level of understanding the basics of what is being spoken about. So many similarities and when you learn suffixes and prefixes so much just comes naturally due to cognates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trellum Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 Swedish is almost as easy as norwegian. Both native speakers can speak and understand each other, but they seem to have some issues when they stumble across a danish speaker. Not sure about German tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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