anyway, I am gonna wait till I move to Sweden to learn it there - it's not worth the effort here IMOSwedish
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pollymincheva
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LOLZ they just don't like the swedes and Swedish cause most of them were forced to study Swedish in school and all that historical stuff... and to tell you the truth - their Swedish is awful here. Pronunciation is horrible! If your teacher is not Swedish from Sweden, don't bother learning it... It's a pretty neat language though - if you ask me... close to English, not hard to learn and very cute... but I have personal reasons to think so anyway, I am gonna wait till I move to Sweden to learn it there - it's not worth the effort here IMO
anyway, I am gonna wait till I move to Sweden to learn it there - it's not worth the effort here IMOThe reactions I've got is only positive ones, I could have somethng to do with that I'm only telling people the I'm from Sweden a the pub. The Finns shine up a bit and instantly wants us to speak a bit of Swedish and talk about our history.
But I don't know if it is because they had a few beers and because I'm a girl
But I'm learning Finnsh, so I also try my new words on them and make them teach me something new, and they seems to appreciate that. Since I'm from Sweden, has a common Finnsh name, people just asume that I'm Finnish I think it is really embarresing to admit that I don't speak Finnish that well.
Just my random thoughts and observations...
But I don't know if it is because they had a few beers and because I'm a girl
But I'm learning Finnsh, so I also try my new words on them and make them teach me something new, and they seems to appreciate that. Since I'm from Sweden, has a common Finnsh name, people just asume that I'm Finnish I think it is really embarresing to admit that I don't speak Finnish that well.
Just my random thoughts and observations...
Of course if you're really cute that may be the case, but I heard many Finnish mother tounge Finns say they enjoy speaking Swedish to Swedes, but there is no way they will accommodate a Swedish mother tounge Finn by speaking Swedish.LittleJo wrote:The Finns shine up a bit and instantly wants us to speak a bit of Swedish and talk about our history.
But I don't know if it is because they had a few beers and because I'm a girl
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Mumintroll
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I don't think that is true at all. In fact, if you're living in Finland it would be far more worth your while to have a proper Finland-Swedish teacher. The pronounciation of Swedish in Finland is just as valid as that of Sweden, and is not "Swedish being spoken wrongly" as a few ignorant Swedes think.pollymincheva wrote: If your teacher is not Swedish from Sweden, don't bother learning it...