Learning the Swedish language is not easy.
By Valenas
@Valenas (1507)
United States
June 4, 2008 3:39pm CST
But I am having fun with it. I met the most wonderful person in January of this year. He lives in Sweden. No, we are not in a relationship over the internet, but he has become one of my closest friends, separated by land and sea. After a while, I thought that it would be nice to move to Sweden. I live in the USA, but a nice change might be nice. Things are not bad here, and I have a wonder family and a wonderful friend. Maybe I need something new to appreciate what I have, or maybe I just need something new to appreciate experience. I plan on moving there after college, when I have the funds.
Any advice? Both in learning the language, and adjusting to a new environment.
Also, feel free to share your experiences (for any language or location), I would love to hear them.
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5 responses
@poohgal (6845)
• Singapore
3 Sep 08
Learning a new language is never easy. I'm now trying to learn Spanish and Japanese. The grammar for Spanish is quite different from English so there's a lot to remember and learn.
Japanese language is very different from English. However, I do watch a lot of Japanese anime and dramas. That helps me in learning Japanese more effectively.
Maybe you can try to watch Swedish movies with english subtitles. That might help. 
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@Valenas (1507)
• United States
5 Sep 08
My friend showed me a short film in Swedish, and it really helped because I was able to see what was going on and decipher what they were saying by using the events in the storyline.
Spanish is very weird. I took classes on it, but it did not sink in as much as it should have. And, I heard that Japanese is very difficult, so I wish you much luck with that language.
@dont_pick_your_nose (2279)
• Australia
25 Aug 08
Sounds great! I would love to learn a new language, i can only speak fluent english but have always been interested in setting myself the challenge. My great grandmother origanally Russian can speak 5 different language fluently and speaks in both russian and english everyday. She speaks Russian, English, Polish, German and italian.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
5 Jun 08
I think the best way of learning another language is to talk to someone from that country maybe you should try and hook up online with someone that speaks that language in one of the programs to actually chat on line...maybe there is some swedish people here you can make friends with...
@Valenas (1507)
• United States
5 Jun 08
I have one Swedish friend that I do that with. I am a bit antisocial (in the non talkative sense), so branching out would be a little difficult. I do have two other friends that I am considering going to for help, and a fourth that has not signed in for over a month. Hopefully I will find some friends on here that will be willing to help me out. :3 Maybe, if they need help with English, I may be able to return the favor.
Thank you!
@wangchunxia (701)
• China
6 Jun 08
Maybe it is very difficult for many people to learn another language , for me , i think the Swedish is not easy !
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@Valenas (1507)
• United States
29 Aug 08
I was actually able to understand that, although three of the words are similar to English, and I already understood, "bra." =D
I am still hoping, even after all of this time, and still learning from talking with friends and being around the language because of him.
Thank you for all of your well-wishes.
