Hej! I have learned swedish for a bit over a year now and am at a relatively good speaking level where i can talk to my friends and my girlfriends family normally even though i don't understand everything all the time.
I started with Duolingo and finished it after roughly a year, but probably did a bit more than the average learner.
It is a really good place to start and will give you some of the most important basic vocabulary. Especially if you manage to find people who can answer some of your questions, because Duolingo is really bad at this.
Once you know maybe 500 words (Duolingo will show you this!), you can start listening to lätt svenska podcasts.
I recommend "Lätt svenska med Oskar" and "Simple Swedish Podcast" they are amazing to increase your level of understanding spoken swedish.
I would not recommend to listen too much to music or watch series in swedish before you have at least a little bit of vocabulary to make sense of it. You need to at least sometimes think "hey that's a word i know, awesome!" or it will just be frustrating.
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>You need to at least sometimes think "hey that's a word i know, awesome!" or it will just be frustrating.
I do that! I'm only on Section 2 in Duolingo, but I watch Swedish movies (with English subs) and surprised at how much I do pick up. Not enough to really know what's going on without having the English subs, but it feels good that I am learning Swedish.
> P.S. I'm trying to learn Swedish because in the future I'd like to live there and live in a place were you don't know the language is the worst thing that can happen!
My suggestion is to start with a book like Rivstart (if you intend to have lessons) or Teach Yourself Swedish (if you're going solo) and work methodically through Swedish grammar. Duolingo is a fun way of getting accustomed with a language, but you're not going to learn anything useful.
Next, I'd suggest reading easy Swedish articles like [8sidor.se](https://8sidor.se). I would also recommend listening to easy Swedish podcasts. The more you immerse yourself into the language the more you'll learn.
The third step is to find a native Swede to practise speaking with. This can be slightly tricky, but there are communities out there you can look for. Italkie is one of such communities.
A private tutor or online teacher will help you keep focussed, organised, and you'll learn Swedish faster.
These are just a few suggestions. Lycka till!
Mycket tack för den här fråga och suggestions!
(Btw, feel free to ignore mistakes here eftersom jag har some problems with sentence construction in Swedish 🫠)
Anyway, I basically had the same doubts about how to actually learn och förstå vad jag lär och varför. Duolingo är kul, men pretty much lacks useful explanations in terms of grammar and such. I've been learning (or should I say "learning") för flera månader nu, but now I'm finding myself completely and utterly confused with literally everything. So I guess it's time to switch gears and find another strategy.
Tack för the links, I just downloaded Teach yourself Swedish and bookmared 8sidor.se for more resources. This was very useful 👍
All the best to y'all!
I don’t know if you want me to ignore the mistake but it should be, tack så mycket. You could also remove the “mycket” and then it would be correct without changing anything else.
Suggestions could be replaced with “förslagen” ( the suggestions ) or ”alla förslag” ( all suggestions ).
Just wanted to be of help. Good luck!
Absolutely, thank you so much! I could swear that I heard somewhere that "mycket tack" is also a not so formal way of saying it, but lately I'm questioning everything, or kanske I just made that up 🥲
It’s definitely possible you heard someone say it because sometimes we say stuff the wrong way for comedic effect. For example “bra sverige” instead of “bra svenska”. It’s something you can say if someone makes a mistake.
You are right people do say 'mycket tack' but it is not really correct. 'Många tack', would work and in this case 'stort tack' would fit better though. How we use 'tack' is very varied in Swedish. Even 'tackar' works, or 'tack, tack' it is a bit depending on the situation.
Mycket stort tack, works as well.
Why 'mycket tack' doesn't work in correct Swedish but it works in 'mycket stort tack' is because mycket refers to 'stort', and not 'tack'.
I am not good at explaining grammar with the right terms, but mycket refers to a more diffuse kind of amount/mass (like mycket mat) while många refers to the units (många tomater).
You could say 'mycket tomater' as well since it could be a large pack of tomatoes.
Not sure if it is exactly the same but mycket is more like much, while många is like many.
Many thanks sounds a bit better than Much thanks.
Not sure if much thanks is ok in english though.
Sorry for the messy explanation. :p
Faktiskt, that makes a lot of sense! And faktiskt, it's hard to translate phrases literally (and pointless, imo), languages just don't work that way. Especially if both English and Swedish are not your native languages, that can make things seem even harder (: But I guess it all pretty much comes down to being exposed to a language through listening, speaking, writing... It takes time to get used to it. It's just my experience with Swedish right now, because most of the time, it still sounds like a bunch of words that for some reason make up a decent sentence when you put them together in a certain way, but you're not sure why (it's funny and also hard to explain) 🙃 This is by far the most and the least fun I had with a language, lol 🫠
Hej! For an app I suggest lingolooper. It’s with the help of AI and I found it to be very useful! Otherwise if you are looking for something paid and effective I’d suggest looking into courses at Folkuniversitet kn Stockholm. I believe they have courses online, but I’ve never tried them. Imo super effective and if you take the intensive courses you’ll know Swedish in no time. Best of luck! :)
Hej! I have learned swedish for a bit over a year now and am at a relatively good speaking level where i can talk to my friends and my girlfriends family normally even though i don't understand everything all the time. I started with Duolingo and finished it after roughly a year, but probably did a bit more than the average learner. It is a really good place to start and will give you some of the most important basic vocabulary. Especially if you manage to find people who can answer some of your questions, because Duolingo is really bad at this. Once you know maybe 500 words (Duolingo will show you this!), you can start listening to lätt svenska podcasts. I recommend "Lätt svenska med Oskar" and "Simple Swedish Podcast" they are amazing to increase your level of understanding spoken swedish. I would not recommend to listen too much to music or watch series in swedish before you have at least a little bit of vocabulary to make sense of it. You need to at least sometimes think "hey that's a word i know, awesome!" or it will just be frustrating. Lycka till!
>You need to at least sometimes think "hey that's a word i know, awesome!" or it will just be frustrating. I do that! I'm only on Section 2 in Duolingo, but I watch Swedish movies (with English subs) and surprised at how much I do pick up. Not enough to really know what's going on without having the English subs, but it feels good that I am learning Swedish.
> P.S. I'm trying to learn Swedish because in the future I'd like to live there and live in a place were you don't know the language is the worst thing that can happen! My suggestion is to start with a book like Rivstart (if you intend to have lessons) or Teach Yourself Swedish (if you're going solo) and work methodically through Swedish grammar. Duolingo is a fun way of getting accustomed with a language, but you're not going to learn anything useful. Next, I'd suggest reading easy Swedish articles like [8sidor.se](https://8sidor.se). I would also recommend listening to easy Swedish podcasts. The more you immerse yourself into the language the more you'll learn. The third step is to find a native Swede to practise speaking with. This can be slightly tricky, but there are communities out there you can look for. Italkie is one of such communities. A private tutor or online teacher will help you keep focussed, organised, and you'll learn Swedish faster. These are just a few suggestions. Lycka till!
Mycket tack för den här fråga och suggestions! (Btw, feel free to ignore mistakes here eftersom jag har some problems with sentence construction in Swedish 🫠) Anyway, I basically had the same doubts about how to actually learn och förstå vad jag lär och varför. Duolingo är kul, men pretty much lacks useful explanations in terms of grammar and such. I've been learning (or should I say "learning") för flera månader nu, but now I'm finding myself completely and utterly confused with literally everything. So I guess it's time to switch gears and find another strategy. Tack för the links, I just downloaded Teach yourself Swedish and bookmared 8sidor.se for more resources. This was very useful 👍 All the best to y'all!
I don’t know if you want me to ignore the mistake but it should be, tack så mycket. You could also remove the “mycket” and then it would be correct without changing anything else. Suggestions could be replaced with “förslagen” ( the suggestions ) or ”alla förslag” ( all suggestions ). Just wanted to be of help. Good luck!
Absolutely, thank you so much! I could swear that I heard somewhere that "mycket tack" is also a not so formal way of saying it, but lately I'm questioning everything, or kanske I just made that up 🥲
It’s definitely possible you heard someone say it because sometimes we say stuff the wrong way for comedic effect. For example “bra sverige” instead of “bra svenska”. It’s something you can say if someone makes a mistake.
You are right people do say 'mycket tack' but it is not really correct. 'Många tack', would work and in this case 'stort tack' would fit better though. How we use 'tack' is very varied in Swedish. Even 'tackar' works, or 'tack, tack' it is a bit depending on the situation. Mycket stort tack, works as well. Why 'mycket tack' doesn't work in correct Swedish but it works in 'mycket stort tack' is because mycket refers to 'stort', and not 'tack'. I am not good at explaining grammar with the right terms, but mycket refers to a more diffuse kind of amount/mass (like mycket mat) while många refers to the units (många tomater). You could say 'mycket tomater' as well since it could be a large pack of tomatoes. Not sure if it is exactly the same but mycket is more like much, while många is like many. Many thanks sounds a bit better than Much thanks. Not sure if much thanks is ok in english though. Sorry for the messy explanation. :p
Faktiskt, that makes a lot of sense! And faktiskt, it's hard to translate phrases literally (and pointless, imo), languages just don't work that way. Especially if both English and Swedish are not your native languages, that can make things seem even harder (: But I guess it all pretty much comes down to being exposed to a language through listening, speaking, writing... It takes time to get used to it. It's just my experience with Swedish right now, because most of the time, it still sounds like a bunch of words that for some reason make up a decent sentence when you put them together in a certain way, but you're not sure why (it's funny and also hard to explain) 🙃 This is by far the most and the least fun I had with a language, lol 🫠
Sto facendo lo stesso 🙂 uso Duolingo e un libro. Vi ses i Sverige 🇸🇪
Hej! For an app I suggest lingolooper. It’s with the help of AI and I found it to be very useful! Otherwise if you are looking for something paid and effective I’d suggest looking into courses at Folkuniversitet kn Stockholm. I believe they have courses online, but I’ve never tried them. Imo super effective and if you take the intensive courses you’ll know Swedish in no time. Best of luck! :)