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| Aras Groupie United States Joined 6843 days ago 76 posts - 83 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, Ancient Greek | Message 1 of 10 15 August 2006 at 7:41pm | IP Logged |
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I am taking a German class in school, and although German is a great language(I won't just be studying in school) I figure that I can use the time at school to help me study it and give me more time to study another language. I've been looking into the Northern Germanic Languages
(Icelandic, Faeroese, Norn, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish) and would like to start studying one of those. However, since I've just started learning German a week ago I'm worried that I'll get them confused. Does anybody have any experience with this? I have plenty of time to learn both since I'm in high school and not old enough to work, so that's not worry. Thanks. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| AML Senior Member United States Joined 6910 days ago 323 posts - 426 votes 2 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: Modern Hebrew, German, Spanish | Message 2 of 10 15 August 2006 at 8:15pm | IP Logged |
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I'd probably just concentrate on German for now. But if you insist on
studying another, then I'd go for Swedish, due to its economic importance and since it probably has the most study materials available. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Darobat Diglot Senior Member Joined 7273 days ago 754 posts - 770 votes Speaks: English*, Russian Studies: Latin | Message 3 of 10 15 August 2006 at 8:54pm | IP Logged |
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Norn is dead, so probably not that language. I too would sugest Swedish, as it seems to have more resources than any of the other languages you mentioned. Although I'd also advise against learning another language quite yet. Perhaps wait a few months until the basics of German have set in before starting a second.
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| hokusai77 Triglot Senior Member Italy Joined 7237 days ago 212 posts - 217 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Italian*, FrenchB1, EnglishC1 Studies: GermanB1, Japanese | Message 4 of 10 16 August 2006 at 1:55am | IP Logged |
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Yes, I agree with the other members. Stick on German for the moment, and then go for Swedish.
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 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6788 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 10 16 August 2006 at 3:37am | IP Logged |
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Yes, definitely stick with German now and when you feel you have that under control you can try to add another language. I noticed that you mention all the Nordic languages in one row, but for learning purposes there are two distinct groups: Icelandic plus 'Norn' (Old Norse) plus Faroese in one group, and the rest in another. See this thread. The German grammar strangely enough is closer to the first group (with a lot of morphology), while knowledge of German vocabulary + English will help you more with the second group. And it is definitely easier to study a language from the second group because there is so much more material to study.
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| Aras Groupie United States Joined 6843 days ago 76 posts - 83 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Ancient Greek | Message 6 of 10 16 August 2006 at 8:36am | IP Logged |
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Alright, thanks. I'll stick with German for now and add another one in half a year or so. Appreciate the help! :)
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| siromar Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6830 days ago 104 posts - 103 votes Speaks: Arabic (Written)*, EnglishC2 Studies: French, Swedish | Message 7 of 10 16 August 2006 at 7:52pm | IP Logged |
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Swedish is so much cooler than German. Switch to it at once! :p
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| lady_skywalker Triglot Senior Member Netherlands aspiringpolyglotblog Joined 6975 days ago 909 posts - 942 votes Speaks: Spanish, English*, Mandarin Studies: Japanese, French, Dutch, Italian | Message 8 of 10 16 August 2006 at 11:04pm | IP Logged |
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I can't really add more to what's already been said. I agree that you should concentrate on German for the time being and then move on to another Germanic language once you have mastered the basics (at the very least). A good knowledge of German will no doubt help you learn Swedish or any of the other Germanic languages but you'll minimise the confusion if you stick to just one language for now.
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