mitchy: (Who mew)
mitchy ([personal profile] mitchy) wrote2015-07-04 07:40 pm
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*dusts*

Deary me, completely forgot to post things again. I keep getting seduced away by Facebook. *hangs head in shame*

For now, let me ping [livejournal.com profile] commoncomitatus. What do you think of this?

https://lockerdome.com/tre/6170042811288129/7753419918154257?ts_pid=2&ts_pid=2

I'd be interested to know if you agree with their categorisation of Swedish :)
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[personal profile] commoncomitatus 2015-07-04 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha! I'd be inclined to agree, to an extent.

On paper, it's definitely one of the easier languages -- in the first, a lot of the words are either the same or similar to English, being that they both have Germanic roots, and by the same token so too are the basic grammatical rules (sentence structure, etc., works almost exactly the same). That said, there's some stuff that is mind-bendingly different -- there are three different versions of any given adjective, and DO NOT GET ME STARTED on bloody definitive ('the') nouns. IT IS CHAOS, I TELL YOU.

For the most part, though, yea, have to say on-paper Swedish is pretty straightforward, on the proviso that you have a pretty decent understanding of how grammar stuff works in English first.

That said, spoken Swedish is a bloody nightmare. They have NINE BLOODY VOWELS, each with at least two different pronunciations -- and pronouncing stuff right is way way way more important for comprehension than it is in English, because the same word with one or another version of the same vowel will mean two completely different things. Like, it is ridiculous.

[identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com 2015-07-04 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Had a feeling it was something like that. How are your efforts going, btw? :)
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[personal profile] commoncomitatus 2015-07-04 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty good! Can actually get through books without much trouble now, so just got to get my head around the talking part. School-wise, about halfway through the equivalent of A-Level, and should be finished after that! :D

[identity profile] mitchy.livejournal.com 2015-07-04 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Woo hoo! Congrats :)
commoncomitatus: (cass thinks she's all that)

[personal profile] commoncomitatus 2015-07-04 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Tack så jättemycket! ;)