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 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6912 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 10 of 23 21 June 2009 at 1:36am | IP Logged | ||
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Learn two Scandinavian languages if you want to (e.g. out of purely linguistic interest), or stick to one (while keeping your ears open).
As Lizzern says, not a lot people learn another Scandinavian language - most (all?) adapt their native tongue. This being said, I have heard a handful of Swedes speaking Norwegian/Danish (and could have fooled me any day), but not really the other way around. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
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| raeve Diglot Groupie GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6365 days ago 65 posts - 66 votes Speaks: EnglishB2, German* Studies: Swedish, Serbian, Spanish | Message 12 of 23 21 June 2009 at 7:45am | IP Logged | ||
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Well, I'm thinking about studying at a Norwegian university, so I would actually have to know written Norwegian... It doesn't seem to be too hard though, once you've figured out the pattern in which it differs from written Swedish...
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| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5912 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 13 of 23 21 June 2009 at 1:32pm | IP Logged | ||
Some (not all) universities/courses will consider letting you write in English if you're not a native speaker of Norwegian. You would still want to be able to follow lectures though - where were you planning on studying (dialects can be difficult)? But there are Swedes in my year at uni and they get on just fine after some initial difficulties, and I live in a place with a particularly odd dialect. It's doable. You may need to take a Norwegian language test for admission to uni here, not sure how that works but I think I've heard it referred to as the Bergenstest. Don't know though, never had to take it :-) Knowing Swedish will give you a LOT for free, but if you want to be able to write Norwegian, yes you will have to adapt it, but it shouldn't be too hard to do, because as you say, it's really a matter of figuring out how they differ and then keeping them apart. Liz 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| taKen Tetraglot Senior Member Norway mindofthelinguist.woRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6120 days ago 176 posts - 210 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Dutch, French Studies: German, Icelandic | Message 14 of 23 21 June 2009 at 5:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well, both languages share a lot of vocabulary but they do actually sound very different
from each other. Just get exposed to both languages a lot, and the difference will be clear. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| raeve Diglot Groupie GermanyRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6365 days ago 65 posts - 66 votes Speaks: EnglishB2, German* Studies: Swedish, Serbian, Spanish | Message 15 of 23 26 June 2009 at 3:05pm | IP Logged | ||
That sounds pretty good - so far I've only looked at the University of Oslo, but I couldn't find anything on their website about being able to do the work in English. Do you by any chance know which university offer that? Basically I could study in any city which has a bigger Statkraft office. ;) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5841 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 16 of 23 26 June 2009 at 3:36pm | IP Logged | ||
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Why don't you check the uni of Stavanger which is a nice town: http://www.uis.no/frontpage/
The first thing they showed on their home page is that there is some kind of energy co operation with Germany going on, sponsored by the university. This ought to suit you! It's pretty shocking if Norwegian universities can't accommodate an international student who speaks fluent English and wants to learn Norwegian. I am sure there is a way for you to study there. Call their university academic advisors and explain the situation. I did about half of my university studies in Sweden in English and the purpose was partly to accommodate intl students. The English lang. course was slightly easier to get into as it was less popular. I'd be extremely surprised if Norway doesn't have the same setup. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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