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 Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 3:54 pm
Välkomna!Welcome! Welcome! I thought I could start teaching some Swedish in this thread, since some people here wants to learn it. I thought I might start of with some facts and history about the language and then move on to teaching the language itself. Svenska - Swedish What’s Swedish?Swedish is spoken by about 9 million people in Sweden, the Aland Islands and Finland. It’s the first language of Sweden and the Aland Islands and official language in Finland, together with Finnish. Swedish is a Germanic language and is part of the same language family as English, Norwegian, Dutch etc. Swedish is closely related to Norwegian and Danish. It’s said that people speaking one of these languages are able to understand the other two, but believe me, that is not true. Okay, speaking generally, there might be a point in it, but I think it’s very personal, actually. As a fluent speaker of Swedish from the East coast of Sweden I have no trouble at all understanding and sometimes even speaking Norwegian (trust me, it is not pleasant to hear), but when it comes to Danish I’m screwed. How is it even possible to communicate in that language!? xd Nah, I’m just kidding, it’s a nice tongue, isn’t it? ^^ To the point now, people from the Southern Sweden do get along with Danish pretty well, but not as well with Norwegian. Like I said, it depends on who you are and where you live. HistoryThis is a brief history of the Swedish language. About 1000-1100 years ago, Old Norse, the language spoken by Viking tribes in Scandinavia, started to split up into several languages. One of these languages, spoken in what was about to turn into the country of Sweden, became what we today call Swedish. In the Middle Ages, when Christianity just had arrived from Europe, Swedish got heavily influenced by Latin, since the church got a lot of power. This happened to many other European languages as well, so it’s nothing unique to Swedish. At about the same time, Swedish got a lot of vocabulary from German, thanks to trading around the Baltic Sea and whatever. Queen Margaret has now united Sweden, Norway and Denmark into the Kalmar Union. After the Swedish Empire had fallen, Sweden welcomed French culture and the French language had a huge influence on Swedish. Today we’re mostly influenced by English, because of Internet and stuff. Enough history now, I’m tired. >.< Hope you have enjoyed it so far, more will certainly come! If you have any questions, please post them and I'll try to answer. smile Good night!
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 9:09 pm
I'm very interested in learning Swedish. (Been studying Danish for well over a year now, actually, but I've wanted to learn Swedish and perhaps Norwegian as well for a while.)
Um... Since I know Danish fairly well, will that make Swedish much easier? (I've done a little Swedish on Rosetta Stone, and it doesn't seem to differ too much from Danish. At least, the basics don't. I can understand most of the Swedish pretty well.)
Not sure if you need to reserve some more posts, or whatnot. If you do, I can delete this post.
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 2:31 am
Kyori-Chan I'm very interested in learning Swedish. (Been studying Danish for well over a year now, actually, but I've wanted to learn Swedish and perhaps Norwegian as well for a while.)
Um... Since I know Danish fairly well, will that make Swedish much easier? (I've done a little Swedish on Rosetta Stone, and it doesn't seem to differ too much from Danish. At least, the basics don't. I can understand most of the Swedish pretty well.)
Not sure if you need to reserve some more posts, or whatnot. If you do, I can delete this post. I guess it could help, since the grammar is pretty much the same. The only difference is pronounciation and vocabulary, but you'll get the hang of that too. smile I will not delete your post, because questions are a part of the education as well. 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:52 am
You know how to make something interesting. biggrin Because of that I'm going to read through all the lessons you write. Not sure I'll study fully anytime soon though...dandan'oukin. (Nagasaki dialect for "thank you very much." 3nodding )
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 9:33 am
Yay!
I've been wanting to learn Swedish for quite some time. surprised
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:35 am
Hermonie Urameshi You know how to make something interesting. biggrin Because of that I'm going to read through all the lessons you write. Not sure I'll study fully anytime soon though...dandan'oukin. (Nagasaki dialect for "thank you very much." 3nodding ) Wow, thank you! surprised And you're welcome. ^^ I'll do my best with these lessons. I was thinking audio files as well. Eccentric Iconoclast: I promise you'll learn a lot now. ^^ By the way, guys, could you try download this file? http://www.zshare.net/audio/2166892ec69b46/It's just a song, but I want to see if I can have my audiofiles for the course here. Thank you! smile
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:44 am
Oh, audio, too? That'd be awesome. whee
The download works fine for me, by the way.
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 10:58 am
Kyori-Chan Oh, audio, too? That'd be awesome. whee
The download works fine for me, by the way. Oh, that's good, thank you. ^^ Yes, I thought you might want to hear what's written in the soon-to-come dialogues. 3nodding And my voice is soooo pretty! heart j/k razz
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 11:25 am
Yay Swedish. biggrin
I shall study.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:56 pm
Thank you, Dave! ^^ Alfabetet - The AlphabetAa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz Åå Ää ÖöThe alphabet in Swedish. biggrin I'm the one speaking, live with it. >.< More to come. I had to go out and chase some goats. Seriously, I hate goats.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:08 pm
Goats are cute. xd Some friends of ours had goats.
I want to hear A Whole New World in Swedish...now that I heard the song again. ninja
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 1:37 pm
Hermonie Urameshi Goats are cute. xd Some friends of ours had goats.
I want to hear A Whole New World in Swedish...now that I heard the song again. ninja That song used to be one of my favorite songs. For some reason, they've taken down the Russian versions of all of the Disney(-esque) songs. crying That sucks because the Russian Jasmine had a really fantastic voice. Not as good as the German Nala in Can You Feel the Love Tonight, but still really good. At least I managed to secure an audio copy of Once Upon a December from Anastasia in Russian. heart I've actually translated half of that song into Aquénandi; I ought to translate the rest. ninja [/thread derailing]
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Eccentric Iconoclast Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:15 pm
Hermonie Urameshi Goats are cute. xd Some friends of ours had goats.
I want to hear A Whole New World in Swedish...now that I heard the song again. ninja I'm uploading some songs in Swedish right now, A Whole New World included. I'll put the link here in a few minutes, depending on how long time it takes to upload them.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:22 pm
Eccentric Iconoclast At least I managed to secure an audio copy of Once Upon a December from Anastasia in Russian. heart I've actually translated half of that song into Aquénandi; I ought to translate the rest. GIMME! whee
Ok, now go back on topic for now.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:18 pm
Are you done chasing goats yet, my dear Swede?
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