Top ten tips for taming the Swedish language
Published: 22 Jan 13 17:19 CET | Print version
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Losing interest in your language lessons? Need to add some spice to your Swedish skills? Want to talk to the blonde that lives next door but you don’t have the courage? Then The Local’s top ten Swedish learning tips are for you.
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Or maybe you find yourself sitting in a Swedish for Foreigners (SFI) class staring listlessly out the window, mourning how the weekly tests do nothing for your heart rate.
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Or do you wish your Swedish was a smidgeon more advanced so you could expand your small talk to medium talk when buying a latte at your local café.
Or do you just need a motivational kick into the field to get into the game and interact with the locals...
Well, you’re not alone. And that’s why we've gathered what we consider to be the best tips to help you break through the barrier and speak better Swedish.
This list aims to provide useful tips for anyone from a beginner to someone who has almost mastered the language.
But be warned, some are not for the faint of heart.
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@mayhem You are confusing cause and effect. You're claiming that the segregation Swedes shower me with is due to my dislike of them when in fact it is the reverse: my dislike of them is due to their segregation.
How much they dislike you depends on where you come from. If you come from a nice place like Germany, Holland, The States, Canada, Australia, Britain, or the rest of Scandinavia, you might be accepted a little bit eventually. But If you are Third World trash (which is what they call you when you're not around), then you will never be accepted, no matter what you do. (Can you imagine Princess Madeleine marrying a guy from, say, Pakistan?) I studied Swedish eagerly for over 3 years thinking that it was my poor command of the local language what made me unpalatable to the Swedes. Trust me, it wasn't that. I still don't even know anything about their traditions or holidays or anything that has to be conveyed through human relations. You need actual human interaction to learn those things.