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| Vigmo Diglot Newbie NorwayRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4338 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Finnish | Message 1 of 11 28 October 2012 at 1:53pm | IP Logged |
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I want to study in swedish at a finnish university. I am norwegian so speak and write
that fluently, but have almost never written or said anything in swedish. About how much time would I need to become good enough in swedish, and how should I go about learning it? I can allready understand swedish(might loose some words here and there) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6392 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes  4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 2 of 11 29 October 2012 at 1:54pm | IP Logged |
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The biggest problem would be the written assignments, especially in the "Arts" field (like Literature). Have you decided yet what exactly you want to study? It would be a good idea to read several books that contain the relevant vocabulary (which for some spheres could also be fiction e.g. the Da Vinci Code:)) As it's so closely related to your native language, you can start with that straight away... I'd even say you SHOULD read from the beginning, no matter what other things you do or don't do. Otherwise, there have been some recs recently, books like "Swedish for Norwegians" etc, but I can't find that forum post now.
You understand a lot of popular media but try to find some lectures/documentaries. How well do you understand them? Also, your profile says you're studying Finnish, not Swedish. If you're more interested in Finnish, I think it's better to just study in English, in a Finnish-speaking region. You'll have plenty of opportunities to improve your Finnish this way :) And about interacting with people: bear in mind that Swedish speakers in Finland have far less exposure to Norwegian (if any) than Swedish speakers in Sweden. They also have to be quite fluent in Finnish even if they prefer to use Swedish (and btw they're often better than Finnish native speakers at helping learners;))). Although I think interacting with fellow students won't be a problem regardless of the language in which you study. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4502 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 3 of 11 29 October 2012 at 3:04pm | IP Logged |
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Also Fennoswedes speak with their own accent and/or dialect, and it's not exactly the
same as many of the Swedish accents/dialects/etc. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Hampie Diglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 6454 days ago 625 posts - 1009 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Latin, German, Mandarin | Message 4 of 11 29 October 2012 at 8:24pm | IP Logged |
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Most universities accept written assignments in English, more so, a lot of institutions only want them in English. As
long as you're not writing an essay in the subject Swedish, no one will care that much. If you study Nordiska språk, you will probably be allowed to write in Norwegian. If you study anything else, in English or in Norwegiswedish, that is Swedish with some norwegianisms in: the content and not the language is most often important and if you use an odd word choice or expression it won't really matter. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Vigmo Diglot Newbie NorwayRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4338 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Finnish | Message 5 of 11 31 October 2012 at 11:31pm | IP Logged |
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First of all, thank you for good answers.
My study plans range over many years. Since I am quite young still my plan is to study finnish at Åbo Akademi(swedish speaking university in Finland) and later study medicine at the university of Helsinki. There the lectures will be 50/50 swedish and finnish.(or 100% finnish if I decide that's better). I tried some lectures today and I can follow without any problems. Will mail Åbo Akademi and ask how it is with norwegian or English and assignments. This summer I was at a finnish wedding where I got to speak with some Fennoswedes. They didn't understand my norwegian, but got my swedish attempts. I now have until next august to prepare for whatever study I want. And now I'm thinking studying finnish and swedish 50/50 and stay at Åbo for long enough to feel comfortable to take a grade in mostly/fully finnish. My reason to do this is because of finnish girlfriend, love for Finland, love for languages and difficulty to start medice in norway!:D 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Vigmo Diglot Newbie NorwayRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4338 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Finnish | Message 6 of 11 31 October 2012 at 11:33pm | IP Logged |
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And will go get some swedish books tomorrow. Will be weird to read in swedish, but also
exciting 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| sans-serif Tetraglot Senior Member Finland Joined 4354 days ago 298 posts - 470 votes Speaks: Finnish*, English, German, Swedish Studies: Danish | Message 7 of 11 01 November 2012 at 2:14am | IP Logged |
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Comprehension won't be a problem for you, but there are little things that can get in
the way with production. I'd start by breezing through a grammar book to find out the few things that are different from Norwegian, then take a moment to memorize the inflection tables, and possibly look up a list of untransparent words and false friends. This shouldn't take very long. A book targeted to Norwegians might have all of the aforementioned in a compact form, so see if you can find one of those. I know there's a book called Norsk som nabospråk, meant for Swedes learning Norwegian, which might also suit your needs. Anyhow, with those under your belt I suspect you'll find it easier to home in on the finer details as you read and listen. If production remains a problem, get a grammar exercise book and/or start writing on Lang-8. Anything that forces you to form your own sentences in Swedish and gives you feedback, basically. Are you looking to learn finlandssvenska (the accent), by the way? If so, you should be listening to it as much as possible. I don't think there are that many audio books available in finlandssvenska, so look into podcasts. YLE Arenan is a good place to start. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6392 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 8 of 11 02 November 2012 at 4:54am | IP Logged |
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aw, Finnish and medicine? <3 I really love both.
but... you're aware that studying medicine takes LONG? And also, most people taking a Finnish course in Swedish have been learning it all their lives, or at least throughout school. This would be like studying English philology in Norway. TBH, it would probably be easier to study medicine first, in English or Swedish. At most Finnish-dominated places you'll also be able to take as many Finnish for foreigners classes as you want (though they're not necessary :P), although I'm not sure that's the case with Åbo Academi. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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