2006-08-22 05:14:53 · 17 answers · asked by dr_tallie 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
I'm a qualified Norwegian speaker. Swedish is not, relatively speaking, a hard language to learn. This is particularly the case if you already speak another foreign language and know the hows and wherefores of language learning. A problem I had with Norwegian was getting regular access to native speakers and readable literature, but the internet these days should help there. Grammatically, Swedish is easier than German and French....but all languages take effort and time to master, the main thing is to keep going and not lose heart: you'll get there in the end!
2006-08-22 06:21:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Swedish would be easier in many ways than the other three. Even though German is another Germanic language, it has retained more of the old Proto-Germanic case system than either Swedish or English. The pronounciation of Swedish isn't any harder than the pronounciation of German. Most of the Germanic languages share nearly the same sentence-level grammar, so there would be much that was familiar to you.
French and Spanish are not Germanic languages so there is a great deal more to learn and a great deal that is different from what you find in English or Swedish.
Swedish, therefore, is an easier language to learn than any of the other three.
2006-08-22 07:01:42 · answer #2 · answered by Taivo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that Swedish is fairly simple. The pronounciation is not that hard. There is that sing song sort of way they talk; but, I think you can pick that up. It is proabally the easiest of Danish and Norwegian. Spanish might be easier if you live where I do as most of the people here speak it. I think a little easier than French or German. But, here is the thing you need to have people to talk to in Swedish.
By the way I have heard danes express the same opinion ... that since Denmark is such a small country and so few people there and then that they all speak English anyhow.
I say go for it and good luck to you!
2006-08-22 17:38:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
These days you can learn how to speak German over the internet. Check out this online course, it's voted as the best German online course of all time: http://www.rocketlanguages.link/german The course is very easy to follow, I was able to learn German in just 3 months.
I live in New York City, I wanted to go to a German language teacher but that would have cost me over $800 per month. Good thing with this internet, $800 it's a lot of money for me.
2014-08-11 01:21:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hej.. I´m from Sweden n I can say that swedish is pobably a very hard language to learn.. every language is hard, of course, but I´d say all our adjectives, nouns n verbs etc n our way of speaking is very hard.. to get fluent in swedish n to understand our language would probably take long n it would be very frustrating at times, but as long as u have the will to do it then go for it..
In my opinion both german, french n spanish r easier (i´ve studied them all a bit) n I think they´re better structured, but I don´t know.. that´s just how I feel..
PLUS.. u can count on basically every swedish person to know a bit english as we all have to study it from like the age of 8 or so, which means u can travel to sweden without having any problems with communication, n if u learn swedish u can only speak it in sweden, so it may feel a bit unnecessary to learn it unless ur really interested in languages..
Conclusion; swedish is a hard language to learn but if ur comitted to it, u can do it! Although it may be an unnecessary knowledge.
2006-08-22 08:50:17 · answer #5 · answered by v_christina21 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Swedish is not so hard to learn compared to the other three. I studied German and Spanish and their grammar is much harder. Although the pronunciation reminds of singing :) Try it, it's fun!
2006-08-24 11:07:57 · answer #6 · answered by deadly_jelena 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a germanic language, so grammar would be a bit more easier for English speakers to grasp than romance languages for example. Unlike Spanish, there is only one verb to be and one past tense which are much easier. The harder parts are there being more than one word for "the" and having to memorize which one goes with which noun (no logical breakdown).
2006-08-22 05:37:23 · answer #7 · answered by Rossonero NorCal SFECU 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-01 16:15:18 · answer #8 · answered by tonya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't be all that difficult. When I visited Sweden a few years ago, everyone spoke Swedish..... even little kids!
(It's a joke, people!)
2006-08-22 05:36:51 · answer #9 · answered by Angry C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you speak Swedish, you can also learn danish quite easy.. its not too bad a language to learn..
2006-08-22 05:20:24 · answer #10 · answered by dianafpacker 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋