Days and Words | 3 Years of Swedish in 10 minutes @daysandwords | Uploaded August 2019 | Updated October 2024, 23 hours ago.
See what almost three years of Swedish learning looks like in under 10 minutes with this Aussie speaking Swedish.
The Reykjavik Review is a language learning channel who does language app reviews, reviews of foreign films, Swedish speaking videos and shows progress in learning to speak Swedish.
He is learning to speak Swedish AND French, and has videos about learning Swedish for Australians as well as the best ways to learn Swedish and other languages.
Although this perhaps isn't the fastest way to learn a language, it is definitely a fun and good way to learn Swedish. Don't try to learn Swedish at Ikea, det går inte bra.
Channels and videos like learn Swedish with Martin can help, says this Australian speaking Swedish. This video serves as evidence as to how to learn Swedish in 6 months (even though it takes longer, the video details why it was longer than it could have been), and if you want to know the best and fastest way to learn a language, then subscribe because this channel has a lot more info on that.
The best Swedish accent you'll ever hear may be absent in this video, because I had just watched a Norwegian series, but normally my good Swedish accent is better and we can talk about that in future videos on how to learn foreign languages.
Now, I live in Australia, which is one of the most linguistically isolated countries in the world – of course we have speakers of other languages, namely Chinese and Arabic, but if you wanna be full immersed in a foreign language, especially one of your choice, it’s going to involve a plane trip. But, without leaving the country, I’ve managed to learn to speak Swedish, and by that I mean I can speak to Swedes and we understand each other – they generally know that I’m not Swedish but I sound competent enough that they don’t switch to English, which is an achievement in itself - the same goes Norwegians in fact it’s easier with Norwegians because being less familiar with Swedish, they don’t pick up on the fact that I’m not Swedish, they just think I’m speaking it so I must be.
But when I tell people this, a question I get, especially from Australians who are trying to learn a language is: What was your exact process? Even my own Dad asked me this. They’re wanting to know exactly what steps to take because they think that if they replicate that, then it will work, because if it worked for me, it must work for them.
I don’t at all regret learning Swedish, in fact I want to keep working on it in order to become a really proficient speaker, but I do wish that I’d had a slightly more deliberate process because as I said, I believe that anyone could actually achieve a similar level in less time if they were a bit more focused.
I don’t know if it comes out in the clips, but I found that even very early on in French, I was much more adept at finding ways around sentences and getting my point across even while very new to the language; and it is partially that French vocabulary is easier because it’s very much the same as English, but it’s also that when learning Swedish, I didn’t realise that I had also been learning how to handle being uncomfortable, how to guess what words go where, how languages work in general.
After maybe 9 months of kind of mucking around in French, I decided to make improving my Swedish a priority, with a view to returning to French when I was comfortable with my Swedish level.
I’ve met the Swedish ambassador of Australia and taken his photo. I’ve randomly come across Swedes at lolly shops in country Australia as well as in Sydney and I confused them by talking to them in Swedish so it's been fun, and yes, I plan to be more deliberate with Swedish and French moving forward – but don’t let the idea that it has to be done a certain way hold you back from starting – because the hardest thing is to start, and to mean it – and it doesn’t have to be done a certain way, what’s really important is that you speak, and little bit little you will speak more, you’ll understand more and you’ll have fun – so get out there, pick a language and get started.
If you want more ideas as to what you should actually do, then subscribe because I’ve got about 20 videos about language learning, I’ve got also got reviews of Scandinavian TV series and movies, so if either or both of those things interest you – subscribe!
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See what almost three years of Swedish learning looks like in under 10 minutes with this Aussie speaking Swedish.
The Reykjavik Review is a language learning channel who does language app reviews, reviews of foreign films, Swedish speaking videos and shows progress in learning to speak Swedish.
He is learning to speak Swedish AND French, and has videos about learning Swedish for Australians as well as the best ways to learn Swedish and other languages.
Although this perhaps isn't the fastest way to learn a language, it is definitely a fun and good way to learn Swedish. Don't try to learn Swedish at Ikea, det går inte bra.
Channels and videos like learn Swedish with Martin can help, says this Australian speaking Swedish. This video serves as evidence as to how to learn Swedish in 6 months (even though it takes longer, the video details why it was longer than it could have been), and if you want to know the best and fastest way to learn a language, then subscribe because this channel has a lot more info on that.
The best Swedish accent you'll ever hear may be absent in this video, because I had just watched a Norwegian series, but normally my good Swedish accent is better and we can talk about that in future videos on how to learn foreign languages.
Now, I live in Australia, which is one of the most linguistically isolated countries in the world – of course we have speakers of other languages, namely Chinese and Arabic, but if you wanna be full immersed in a foreign language, especially one of your choice, it’s going to involve a plane trip. But, without leaving the country, I’ve managed to learn to speak Swedish, and by that I mean I can speak to Swedes and we understand each other – they generally know that I’m not Swedish but I sound competent enough that they don’t switch to English, which is an achievement in itself - the same goes Norwegians in fact it’s easier with Norwegians because being less familiar with Swedish, they don’t pick up on the fact that I’m not Swedish, they just think I’m speaking it so I must be.
But when I tell people this, a question I get, especially from Australians who are trying to learn a language is: What was your exact process? Even my own Dad asked me this. They’re wanting to know exactly what steps to take because they think that if they replicate that, then it will work, because if it worked for me, it must work for them.
I don’t at all regret learning Swedish, in fact I want to keep working on it in order to become a really proficient speaker, but I do wish that I’d had a slightly more deliberate process because as I said, I believe that anyone could actually achieve a similar level in less time if they were a bit more focused.
I don’t know if it comes out in the clips, but I found that even very early on in French, I was much more adept at finding ways around sentences and getting my point across even while very new to the language; and it is partially that French vocabulary is easier because it’s very much the same as English, but it’s also that when learning Swedish, I didn’t realise that I had also been learning how to handle being uncomfortable, how to guess what words go where, how languages work in general.
After maybe 9 months of kind of mucking around in French, I decided to make improving my Swedish a priority, with a view to returning to French when I was comfortable with my Swedish level.
I’ve met the Swedish ambassador of Australia and taken his photo. I’ve randomly come across Swedes at lolly shops in country Australia as well as in Sydney and I confused them by talking to them in Swedish so it's been fun, and yes, I plan to be more deliberate with Swedish and French moving forward – but don’t let the idea that it has to be done a certain way hold you back from starting – because the hardest thing is to start, and to mean it – and it doesn’t have to be done a certain way, what’s really important is that you speak, and little bit little you will speak more, you’ll understand more and you’ll have fun – so get out there, pick a language and get started.
If you want more ideas as to what you should actually do, then subscribe because I’ve got about 20 videos about language learning, I’ve got also got reviews of Scandinavian TV series and movies, so if either or both of those things interest you – subscribe!
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