Comments on: Why Do We Learn Swedish?

By: Christina

Christina — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:17:34 +0000

I discovered about 20 years ago that my bioligical mother is Swedish and I have a host of Swedish relatives! I am naturally gifted for languages (I speak fluent French and a bit of Spanish). It’s a language that intrigues and attracts me at the same time. And I might be able to understand the Girl with the Dragon Tatoo trilogy in original version!

By: Helena

Helena — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:38:31 +0000

Well if only the swedish school system agreed with us..M 6 year old son born and raised in the US until now is not happy about people speaking swedish. But since they still teach in swedish he has to learn.If anyone knows of a good childrens language course like muzzy let me know.Most people here are horrified I never taught him I just figure we would not live here so did not make sense to me to teach him.

By: David

David — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:36:29 +0000

To say that there is no sense in the Swedish use of “en”, “ett” isn’t troue. It just uses a different system… I can’t tell you the system, Swedish is my native language so I’ve never had a reason for learning the reasons more then for school.

How ever, to get back to the point: I thank all of you for your reason, you’ve helped me in my school work!

By: Sanne Linnéa

Sanne Linnéa — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 07:32:13 +0000

Wow, this is really flattering.
I never thought you wanted to learn our language.
I’ve never met someone from abroad who have wanted to learn swedish for this reasons as you discribe it. But if I should meet someone I would be really impressed, though all I hear is that our language sounds “ugly” and that there’s no reason to learn it because we don’t use it with foreginers. And it’s true.. Here in sweden it’s necessary to learn english to be recived grades. With no english – no grades – no school. School gives work. So we learn your language deeply for ten years. Nearly every swede talks english, becuse it easier to get some place to work also. In upper school the english teacher don’t even speak swedish mostly.
Actually english influences us roughly, some of our swedish words are trade for you english bacuse most of the swedish people only use the english words.
Exemple: Event, no one in sweden says händelse/tilldragelse, which is our word. Even the lexicons and translaters on the internet don’t even translate event to the swedish tilldragelse.

I have nothing against english, at all. And I don’t think any swede have, except for old swedish teachers…

But I have to say good luck with your swedish, because it’s one of the worlds most diffucult language to learn because it makes no sense. We talk like it sounds best, sometimes there are not even rules how to talk swedish, like you say a and an (in swedish en och ett).
Example, again…:
ett suddigummi – an eraser
en penna – a pen
ett träd – a tree
ett blad – a leaf
en säng – a bed

As I said, good luck and I’d be really flattered so I hope to hear it in the future

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:55:46 +0000

I’ve lived in Sweden for 4 years and I have never needed to speak Swedish and never plan on speaking it.

It really is just choice now and not required to live here anymore.