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cordelia0507
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Speaks: Swedish*
Studies: German, Russian

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26 May 2009 at 6:11pm | IP Logged

Masked Avenger - yeah that's a very good point. Sorry I misunderstood!

Edited by cordelia0507 on 26 May 2009 at 6:13pm
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GuardianJY
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Speaks: English*
Studies: German, Italian, Swedish, French

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26 May 2009 at 6:13pm | IP Logged

Masked Avenger wrote:

cordelia0507 wrote:

Swedish is spoken by 10 million people in Sweden and Finland as mothertongue. Additionally most people in Finland can communicate in Swedish to varying standards (= add ca 5 mil).

Yes, I approve of that.

Take your English-speaking self to Finland, catch one of the natives who often speak better English and muddle your way through Swedish, the same language a majority of Finns are forced to learn in school. They'll love you for that.

:)

I laughed out loud.

Anyway, in response to the topic of this thread, for a Scandinavian language I also recommend Swedish first (It's what I'm learning in addition to Finnish). I know someone that had a conversation with someone that spoke Norwegian, she speaking Swedish and the person speaking Norwegian, and they understood each other perfectly. They're mutually intelligible to a degree.
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