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| slav Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5011 days ago 43 posts - 54 votes  Speaks: Slovak, Czech*, English* Studies: Spanish, Swedish | Message 1 of 5 19 May 2011 at 1:23am | IP Logged | ||
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By that, I mean, a language that is in the same language family as one you already know.
English is my secondary native language(well... I think in English, which is weird because it's not exactly my native language), and I'm going to learn Swedish. I'm fully committed to it, I'll study everyday. I know they're both Germanic so therefore related. How long might this take? I'm still kinda in my first month of learning it with limited resources(I'm getting a bunch of books on it soon), and can barely understand any of it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Keilan Senior Member Canada Joined 5090 days ago 125 posts - 241 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 2 of 5 19 May 2011 at 1:49am | IP Logged | ||
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http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Language_Learning_Difficulty_fo r_English_Speakers
This is a list of (very approximate) learning times for various languages assuming you are an English speaker. Swedish is listed in the 575-600 hour category (although you should read the article for specifics, it is aimed at 40-ish year olds with some language experience. However, I would say 600 plus or minus about 200 hours (probably plus, at least for me) is a fair guess. Although it varies by person, study method, etc. Anyways, if you study hard (3-4 hours a day), it's quite possible to be able to understand a bit within 3-4 months, and speak easily in a bit longer. Now if you're talking mastery (native speakers hardly know you aren't Swedish) it will take many years, but getting by in Sweden is much more doable. Anyways, this is all VERY approximate, so don't treat it as guaranteed numbers. Just a guideline of sorts. 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| slav Bilingual Triglot Groupie United States Joined 5011 days ago 43 posts - 54 votes Speaks: Slovak, Czech*, English* Studies: Spanish, Swedish | Message 3 of 5 19 May 2011 at 2:10am | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you for that. :D I'm 14 and know 3 languages... so I'm thinking that'll make it easier for me. I've heard that younger people have an easier time learning languages.
I'll only really have time to study 2 hours each day at the least... I won't treat it as a universal number that applies to all people trying to learn Swedish, but at least it can tell me whether it'll be less than a year, or more than a year, or several years, etc. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| dleewo Groupie United States Joined 5822 days ago 95 posts - 131 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Mandarin | Message 4 of 5 19 May 2011 at 2:22pm | IP Logged | ||
For those who don't realize, the above URL has an extra space which must be removed for it to work. Here is the URL fixed: Language Learning Difficulty for English Speakers Edited by dleewo on 19 May 2011 at 2:23pm 3 persons have voted this message useful |
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