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| albysky Triglot Senior Member Italy lang-8.com/1108796Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4380 days ago 287 posts - 393 votes  Speaks: Italian*, English, German | Message 1 of 7 27 November 2012 at 8:47pm | IP Logged |
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If someone plans to have a 6 months erasmus in Sweden ,is it advisable to learn swedish
or is it perfectly possible to get by only with English ? ... how much learning swedish could improve the interections with local people ? Edited by Fasulye on 22 January 2013 at 9:40am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| juman Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5210 days ago 101 posts - 129 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: French | Message 2 of 7 27 November 2012 at 9:43pm | IP Logged |
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Hi there... moste Swedes speak English to an almost fluent degree. It's part of our
education from a young age kind of part of the culture here. So getting by in Sweden with just English is no problems at all. Have had several people at work and other places that only speak English and live in Sweden. So welcome :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6901 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 7 28 November 2012 at 12:27am | IP Logged |
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Assuming Erasmus means that you'll study at an university or something like that (in a fairly big city), it's very common that foreign students speak English during the first semester (even the first year). I've got surprised several times when people who I thought only knew English apart from their native Russian/Polish/whatever all of a sudden spoke Swedish.
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If you are interested (as indicated by your other thread), go for it!
If you're hesitant, I still recommend learning it at least passively, plus some useful words like those for getting the directions and names of foods (or just ways to ask: is it spicy? does it suit vegetarians? etc... not necessarily for yourself!). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4513 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic | Message 5 of 7 28 November 2012 at 1:00pm | IP Logged |
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There are usually language courses at the receiving university for erasmus students (free of charge). I'd recommend taking such a course if you want to make the most of your stay.
Learning Swedish will certainly do you no harm. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6651 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 6 of 7 11 February 2013 at 1:36pm | IP Logged |
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Most students do not learn Swedish to a conversationable degree, that is my experience form the Erasmusees I've
met. Germans, for some reason being an exception. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Hyrax Diglot Newbie Kenya Joined 4313 days ago 8 posts - 14 votes Speaks: Swahili, English Studies: German, French | Message 7 of 7 30 March 2013 at 4:00pm | IP Logged |
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It is more enjoyable if you learn the language!
I was very fortunate to do a year at university in Germany. I would say that it is important to learn the native tongue of the country, it is part of the experience. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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