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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4850 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes  Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 1 of 12 28 January 2014 at 8:36pm | IP Logged |
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A question for Cristin and c.o. ;)
As for now, I learn Swedish and well, I'm still a beginner, but... I really prefer more Swedish than Norwegian, but I hear the news from several sources (some of them are the direct ones) that the job market in Sweden is getting worse and many young Swedes move to Oslo. It's not a tragedy yet, but still. And since I'd like to live in Scandinavia someday (sooner or later), I'd like to ask you, how do you think - how long would it take to make my Norwegian as same as Swedish (when I'll reach such level, of course :D). Let's say about two examples: one is aprox. B1 and another - C1/C2 (I guess it's the lowest level to get a good white collar job in Scandinavia). 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5325 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 2 of 12 28 January 2014 at 10:41pm | IP Logged |
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If you really prefer Swedish you can just stick to that. We have masses of Swedes here, and I doubt that
more than 5% really try to speak Norwegian. But yes, job prospects are a lot better here, and efforts to learn Norwegian will certainly be appreciated. If you are just a beginner it would probably make sense to switch to Norwegian which you could do with very little effort. But again, follow your heart. We don't mind Swedish :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| daegga Tetraglot Senior Member Austria lang-8.com/553301 Joined 4512 days ago 1076 posts - 1792 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Swedish, Norwegian Studies: Danish, French, Finnish, Icelandic | Message 3 of 12 28 January 2014 at 10:52pm | IP Logged |
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If you are somewhere in the B2/C1 area, it shouldn't take much time to get to B1 in the
other language. I'll be able to say more about this a few months from now ;) A B1 doesn't give you a lot of transferable knowledge I suppose, but on the other hand, getting to a B1 doesn't take much time even if you start from scratch (certainly less than 1 year). Getting to C1/C2 will take quite a bit of time even if you have that level in the other language already. It will be faster than from scratch, sure, but the upper levels just take their time. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4850 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 4 of 12 28 January 2014 at 11:18pm | IP Logged |
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Well, I'm asking because it's quite specific example (Danish is even closer to Norwegian, but well, nevermind).
And, of course, I would communicate there in Swedish (although I guess that 90% of people would switch to English), but it's not a case in many white collar jobs... where you have to know language almost perfectly. Well... Maybe I'll change my mind and go to Georgia instead? :D Life is sometimes very surprising. Edited by prz_ on 28 January 2014 at 11:19pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6588 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 5 of 12 28 January 2014 at 11:21pm | IP Logged |
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I don't see why anyone would switch to English if they hear a Slavic accent. As opposed to an American one :D
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| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4850 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 6 of 12 28 January 2014 at 11:28pm | IP Logged |
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People in Croatia quite often switched to English, so you know...
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| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5900 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 7 of 12 28 January 2014 at 11:35pm | IP Logged |
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If your Swedish is at a good level, you might not need to learn any Norwegian at all before starting a job. Many employers state that they want you to be fluent in a Scandinavian language, but it doesn't have to be Norwegian. There are even Swedish doctors here who never bother to learn Norwegian - they don't really need to.
I get the impression that as long as you speak one of the three languages, and can tick that box, that won't be what stops you from getting a job - they'll be looking at your other qualifications to decide if they want to hire you. So you can keep going with just Swedish, or switch to Norwegian, it's up to you really :-) Liz 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| ericblair Senior Member United States Joined 4702 days ago 480 posts - 700 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 8 of 12 28 January 2014 at 11:45pm | IP Logged |
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What kinds of work are there for immigrants to Norway, anyway?
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