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| Floki Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4641 days ago 2 posts - 3 votes | Message 1 of 6 18 August 2011 at 10:01pm | IP Logged |
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Hey guys so as you might of gotten, I am a native English speaker.
I love the Scandinavian nations. I love the cold the people and just evreything about them!! I don't know any other language other than English haha. and I have fallen in love with the Swedish language after watching 'Let the right one in' Amazing film any way I am learning Swedish on my own without and where to learn in from sept the Internet. my question is, how would I get going with it? How do I remember/learn it? Anyone have any tips on learning a new Language? Thanks sorry if the post is a little strange written =D 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6703 days ago 4250 posts - 5710 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 6 19 August 2011 at 1:49am | IP Logged |
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Take a look here:
Scandinavian/Nordic Language Resources 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5632 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 3 of 6 19 August 2011 at 7:47pm | IP Logged |
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Nice to hear that you like us and our countries!
Why don't you start with an interactive forum like Livemocha.com? That has a Swedish course. There are plenty of sites like that and some of them have a Swedish section. Anki flashcards are a fun way to learn, especially if you add sound and pictures. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Floki Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4641 days ago 2 posts - 3 votes | Message 4 of 6 19 August 2011 at 10:07pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks guys!
I will take a look at the links =D and I love Scandinavian countries!! =D 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| WentworthsGal Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4682 days ago 191 posts - 246 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Spanish | Message 5 of 6 08 April 2012 at 11:34pm | IP Logged |
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I couldn't quite understand if it was just the internet you wanted to learn from or books as well. I looove the Hugo in 3 Months series and have used the Swedish one with (in my opinion) great success. I feel it gives a great basis of which to work on and build. You can usually find them cheap on Amazon and sometimes ebay too. After a couple of months I started reading a teen book called "I taket lyser stjärnorna" by Johanna Thydell and altho I couldn't understand a lot I found it quite easy to get the gist of what was going on, especially with looking up the most frequent words. I was able to get this book from the library so it might be worth a try asking them if you wanted to give it a go too...
Good luck, I love Swedish too!! My fave language so far :oD 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| delwin Diglot Newbie United States delw.inRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4412 days ago 4 posts - 10 votes Speaks: English*, Swedish Studies: French, Mandarin, Esperanto, Spanish | Message 6 of 6 10 April 2012 at 4:02am | IP Logged |
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There is a bunch of great Swedish music, and the older folk music is super easy to understand. I recommend
checking out Triakel. Another good Swedish band is Movits!, though that's jazz-influenced rap and a bit harder to understand. For listening, Barnradion and Klartext on Sveriges Radio P4 are awesome. I download them via podcast and listen to them on my iPod while walking to class. I really recommend the book Nya Mål if you can afford it. By far the best Swedish book around, but you'll have to order it from bokus.se or some other Scandinavian bookstore online. I borrowed it from my university's Germanic Studies program. Also, get the Prisma dictionaries, or use ord.se online. Tyda.se is good for some slang and quick declinations, but don't trust in it too much. I use ord.se most of the time. For reading practice, if you can't get Nya Mål (which has a lot of reading), get a copy of "En komikers uppväxt." It's one of the most famous Swedish books ever written, and there's an accompanying audiobook (Google "en komikers uppväxt ljudbok") and movie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfEkHlBB91Q). En komikers uppväxt is written very simply, you should be able to understand the syntax within a few weeks of study, and after that, it's a great way to learn vocab. It's a very well-regarded work of literature that happens to be written very simply, kind of like Albert Camus's "L'Étranger." The words you'll learn for it will all be very useful. There are also a lot of Anki paquets for Swedish. I downloaded AnkiDroid on my phone and use it to practice all my languages daily. I'm sure there are iOS and Blackberry equivalents if you have a smartphone. 6 persons have voted this message useful |
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