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yannisSo, today I've started learning Swedish language; I don't know where it will lead to, but as of now it seems Sweden is the only normal and democratic country in Europe.
As I know English quite well and I also know some German, Swedish doesn't seem that difficult.
In fact, it seems the worst part of Swedish is pronunciation, as there are twice as many sounds as there are letters.
I think it is typical for Germanic languages, as the nations speaking them appropriated Latin alphabet, which was designed for Latin and, as subsequence, for Roman languages, not for Germanic ones.
You always feel it while analysing the alphabets and comparing them to languages which use them, like Greek alphabet was designed for Greek language and you always feel it, and Cyrillic alphabet was designed to satisfy the needs of Slavic laguages, but Germanic tribes appropriated the Latin alphabet instead of creating their own system, and this alphabet doesn't fit their languages at all.
And so their "pronunciation" (number of sounds compared to number of letters) is pretty fucked up, which goes to Swedish as well.
As for German, I think they really got rid of many "unnecessary" sounds in Hochdeutsch, while local dialects kept them, but who cares.
But in other aspects, Swedish is very simple and, as they say, "is one of the easiest languages for English speakers to learn", the approximate time of learning it is one year.
Well, I'm not a native English speaker, but still, let's go. You have to begin with something even if you will end up with nothing. I did it before and I will try it again.
As I know English quite well and I also know some German, Swedish doesn't seem that difficult.
In fact, it seems the worst part of Swedish is pronunciation, as there are twice as many sounds as there are letters.
I think it is typical for Germanic languages, as the nations speaking them appropriated Latin alphabet, which was designed for Latin and, as subsequence, for Roman languages, not for Germanic ones.
You always feel it while analysing the alphabets and comparing them to languages which use them, like Greek alphabet was designed for Greek language and you always feel it, and Cyrillic alphabet was designed to satisfy the needs of Slavic laguages, but Germanic tribes appropriated the Latin alphabet instead of creating their own system, and this alphabet doesn't fit their languages at all.
And so their "pronunciation" (number of sounds compared to number of letters) is pretty fucked up, which goes to Swedish as well.
As for German, I think they really got rid of many "unnecessary" sounds in Hochdeutsch, while local dialects kept them, but who cares.
But in other aspects, Swedish is very simple and, as they say, "is one of the easiest languages for English speakers to learn", the approximate time of learning it is one year.
Well, I'm not a native English speaker, but still, let's go. You have to begin with something even if you will end up with nothing. I did it before and I will try it again.
