Swedish Language
Sweden Language Online
Swedish is a language spoken by my grand parents. I listened as a
child to their vocalizations. We often said Tack sa Mycket as we left
them after a visit. My great grandmother never did learn English. Back
in the 1880 time period there were separate communities of Swedish
people who never traveled outside their own neighborhoods. The stores
were managed by Swedish people. Church services were in Swedish. Even
schools were taught in Swedish.
So I have had a lot of fun gathering together these details about
the Swedish language. I intend to spend more time learning more. The
internet is great for this sort of activity. Have fun!
A Swedish Language course from Harvard below. MORE..
Svenska, as the Swedes call
their language, is spoken by the approximately 8 million inhabitants of
Sweden, as well as another 300,000 people in Finland. It belongs to the
North Germanic sub-group of the Indo-European language family (English
is in the West Germanic sub-group), which includes Danish, Norwegian,
Icelandic, and Faroese. It is extremely similar to Danish and Norwegian,
especially in written form. Its grammar and syntax are very similar to
English, more so than German or French. Many Swedish words are easily
recognizable by English speakers, and even more so by German speakers.
So naturally, Swedish is a relatively easy language for English speakers
to learn. Pronunciation is a little difficult at first, especially due
to the vowels, and a beginner should listen to a native in order to get
a good idea of the Swedish sounds.
This course was designed for
beginners and no previous knowledge of Swedish is assumed. However, the
lessons may also be helpful for those people who have had previous
experience and would like to improve their grammar or just simply
practice or brush up.
Contents
Note: A graphical browser (netscape 2. or higher) is required in
order to view the special Swedish characters.
(all are unaffiliated with this course)
From Travlang MORE
Here is a sample:
Svenska: Grundläggande ord
(English = Svenska)
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(Numbers)
(English = Svenska)
(Shopping/Dining)
(English = Svenska)
(Travel)
(English = Svenska)
(Directions)
(English = Svenska)
(Places)
(English = Svenska)
(Time and Dates)
(English = Svenska)
Swedish News
Aftonbladet
Swedens major newspaper (Swedish)
Dagens Nyheter
National and international news (Swedish)
Expressen
Göteborgs newspaper (Swedish)
Stockholm News
National news (Swedish)
Svenska Dagbladet
National and international news (Swedish)
Radio
Sveriges Radio
The Swedish Broadcasting Corporation
Natives
Gaaltije
Southsami language and culture
Härjedalens fjällmuseum
Showing the lives of the Sami people, the farmers and the miners during the past
1000 years (Introduction in English)
The Saami
People of the sun and wind.
Samefolket
Homepage of the Saami Nation
SameNet
Web site of the Sapmi Nation (Swedish)
You might find an interest in looking over newspapers from Sweden. Here is a
link list:
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D@gs (Göteborgs-Posten,
Sydsvenska Dagbladet)
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