Comments on: Easy Language Learning http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:31:59 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Derek R http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-38 Derek R Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:24:59 +0000 http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning#comment-38 There are many ignorant answers on here. I'm half Swedish, and can speak a pretty good amount. It's pronunciation can be tough but grammatically it's MUCH closer to English than Spanish, French, or German. Like English it doesn't have the overdone verb conjugating of Spanish. Ya pratar lite svenska- I speak a little Swedish. Du pratar lite svenska- You speak a little Swedish. So there's no verb conjugating for the person, which I prefer. Take another example Yag har tre ägg I have three eggs Han har tre ägg He has three eggs Can you believe how similar the languages are? I wouldn't have ever thought that they'd be this close till I started learning it. It's actually shockingly similar to English at times. Colours for examples red-röd (the ö is pronounced inbetween eh and uh, kind of like the vowel in bird if you drop the r, I hope that makes sense.it's hard to describe) green-grön blue-blå (for å try to sound out a broad a like in "father" but round your lips, it should be a roundish a sound) white-vit You just see similarities to English everywhere. är means are or is (you don't pronounce the r, it sounds like the word air spoken with an English accent) and alot of basic words are shared too. milk-mjölk (pronounced like myeh-lk) house-hus dog-hund day-dag (dah) middag-midday or afternoon nat-night If you break it down, you start seeing crazy similarities, like yours is din. What does that sound like? Thine. Du-Thou Din-Thine My Grandpa was American, and when he was stationed in Sweden he fell in love with the place and moved there. Apparently he picked up the language in three months. My mom's American boyfriend who lived in Sweden with her for 2 years? She said he could talk in two months. Spanish feels completely foreign once you realise how much closer English is to the Germanic languages.<br><b>References : </b><br> There are many ignorant answers on here. I’m half Swedish, and can speak a pretty good amount. It’s pronunciation can be tough but grammatically it’s MUCH closer to English than Spanish, French, or German.

Like English it doesn’t have the overdone verb conjugating of Spanish. Ya pratar lite svenska- I speak a little Swedish. Du pratar lite svenska- You speak a little Swedish.

So there’s no verb conjugating for the person, which I prefer. Take another example

Yag har tre ägg
I have three eggs

Han har tre ägg
He has three eggs

Can you believe how similar the languages are? I wouldn’t have ever thought that they’d be this close till I started learning it.

It’s actually shockingly similar to English at times. Colours for examples

red-röd (the ö is pronounced inbetween eh and uh, kind of like the vowel in bird if you drop the r, I hope that makes sense.it’s hard to describe)
green-grön
blue-blå (for å try to sound out a broad a like in "father" but round your lips, it should be a roundish a sound)
white-vit

You just see similarities to English everywhere. är means are or is (you don’t pronounce the r, it sounds like the word air spoken with an English accent) and alot of basic words are shared too.

milk-mjölk (pronounced like myeh-lk)
house-hus
dog-hund
day-dag (dah)
middag-midday or afternoon
nat-night

If you break it down, you start seeing crazy similarities, like yours is din. What does that sound like? Thine. Du-Thou Din-Thine

My Grandpa was American, and when he was stationed in Sweden he fell in love with the place and moved there. Apparently he picked up the language in three months. My mom’s American boyfriend who lived in Sweden with her for 2 years? She said he could talk in two months.

Spanish feels completely foreign once you realise how much closer English is to the Germanic languages.
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]]> By: Dylan http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-37 Dylan Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:22:59 +0000 http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning#comment-37 swedish is pretty easy. the grammar is not to different from english. and about that one person saying that Scandinavian languages are hard because finnish is hard is wrong. finnish is a totally different language family then english and swedish (finnish=finno-ugric/ swedish and english= germanic). if you study hard swedish should only take about 5 mounths to speak fluently.<br><b>References : </b><br>my brain. me grandpas a swede. ive learned swedish. swedish is pretty easy. the grammar is not to different from english. and about that one person saying that Scandinavian languages are hard because finnish is hard is wrong. finnish is a totally different language family then english and swedish (finnish=finno-ugric/ swedish and english= germanic). if you study hard swedish should only take about 5 mounths to speak fluently.
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my brain. me grandpas a swede. ive learned swedish.

]]> By: Biedronka http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-36 Biedronka Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:20:59 +0000 http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning#comment-36 Scandinavian languages are not at all easy. Finnish has 14 cases! If you want easy, learn Swahili or Afrikaans (basically 16th century Dutch). Afrikaans has very little grammar and is easy to pronounce.<br><b>References : </b><br> Scandinavian languages are not at all easy. Finnish has 14 cases! If you want easy, learn Swahili or Afrikaans (basically 16th century Dutch). Afrikaans has very little grammar and is easy to pronounce.
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]]> By: Chloe http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-35 Chloe Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:18:59 +0000 http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning#comment-35 You should learn Japanese. I know you said no asian ones but its really easy to learn and thats coming from an 11 year old. Well, good luck finding one.<br><b>References : </b><br> You should learn Japanese. I know you said no asian ones but its really easy to learn and thats coming from an 11 year old. Well, good luck finding one.
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]]> By: MamaJupe http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-34 MamaJupe Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:16:59 +0000 http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning#comment-34 Pig Latin. Example; igPa atinLa<br><b>References : </b><br> Pig Latin. Example; igPa atinLa
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]]> By: zurdinho10 http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-33 zurdinho10 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:14:59 +0000 http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning#comment-33 Italian<br><b>References : </b><br> Italian
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]]> By: catluva http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-32 catluva Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:12:59 +0000 http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning#comment-32 Don't go for a language because its easy. pick one that will suit your needs. Im studying japanese because I love watching anime and I like japanese food.<br><b>References : </b><br> Don’t go for a language because its easy. pick one that will suit your needs. Im studying japanese because I love watching anime and I like japanese food.
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]]> By: ArtsHorizon http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-31 ArtsHorizon Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:10:59 +0000 http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning#comment-31 Asian language is HUGE Asian language has Indo Europeans= Iranian- Hindi- Pashto to name a few and some Central Asian Indo European languages Asian Languages also have Meditereanean languages like Hebrew and Arabic and Assyrian Asian also have Malayo Polynesians like Malay, Indonesian, Tagalogog < HAWAIIAN, Fijian, Maori etc Asian also Chinese- Japanese For you, since you dont like this and dont like that you should study English sisters language, German or Dutch<br><b>References : </b><br> Asian language is HUGE

Asian language has Indo Europeans= Iranian- Hindi- Pashto to name a few and some Central Asian Indo European languages

Asian Languages also have Meditereanean languages like Hebrew and Arabic and Assyrian

Asian also have Malayo Polynesians like Malay, Indonesian, Tagalogog < HAWAIIAN, Fijian, Maori etc

Asian also Chinese- Japanese

For you, since you dont like this and dont like that you should study English sisters language, German or Dutch
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]]> By: LAL93 http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-30 LAL93 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:08:59 +0000 http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning#comment-30 SIGN LANGUAGE i took it and passed my AIMS with a 90% and higher<br><b>References : </b><br> SIGN LANGUAGE i took it and passed my AIMS with a 90% and higher
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]]> By: meow http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning/comment-page-1#comment-29 meow Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:06:29 +0000 http://www.markleconsulting.com/foreign-language-learning/easy-language-learning#comment-29 <b>What's an easy language to start learning?</b><br>ANYTHING except Spanish I am so sick of that language And no Asian languages, their alphabets are usually quite a bit different I would like to learn French, because I am in Canada and in Canada you learn French in school so it might make it easier lol Though, other than school I don't know when I'd use it, also I don't like French that much Anyway, is Swedish a hard language to learn? I'd really like to learn a Scandinavian language, they seem easy What’s an easy language to start learning?
ANYTHING except Spanish
I am so sick of that language
And no Asian languages, their alphabets are usually quite a bit different

I would like to learn French, because I am in Canada and in Canada you learn French in school so it might make it easier lol
Though, other than school I don’t know when I’d use it, also I don’t like French that much

Anyway, is Swedish a hard language to learn?
I’d really like to learn a Scandinavian language, they seem easy

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