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| Cloudburst |
I've heard Norwegians say that Swedish is easier to understand than Danish.
And I think Norwegian is much easier than Danish, I've had to deal with some Norwegian customers at work and it went fine. It's funny since they are both so easy to understand in written language. |
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| Chimney |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cloudburst
I've heard Norwegians say that Swedish is easier to understand than Danish.
And I think Norwegian is much easier than Danish, I've had to deal with some Norwegian customers at work and it went fine. It's funny since they are both so easy to understand in written language. |
Swedish still mandatory in Finland? |
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| Cloudburst |
No.
Finnish parents, but living in Sweden. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| The trick to speaking danish is to get lots and lots of helium, then chew on some rocks and sing (in any language). |
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| netroM |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cloudburst
I've heard Norwegians say that Swedish is easier to understand than Danish.
And I think Norwegian is much easier than Danish, I've had to deal with some Norwegian customers at work and it went fine. It's funny since they are both so easy to understand in written language. |
Swedish is way easier to understand for me than Danish. In written language it doesn't matter tho, but Danish is closer. |
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| Goebbel Goebbel |
| quote: | Originally posted by nortek
danish written is easy for norwegian, vocal is not. swedish vocal is easy for norwegians, written not that easy (well quite easy). dans and sweds doesnt understand each other nor norwegian either written or vocal. theres tons of sweds in our capital working in bars and restaurant, and to be able to order anything norwegians have to turn over to swedish because they dont understand a ing word what we are saying. bastards trying to spread their language here. and poor genes. sweds are ing treasure-hunters, theyre working all over the planet like in the alps or Mediterranean sea looking for easy money combined with a little partying. lol poor bastards only trying to survive while the dannish is eliminating themself with unable to communicate properly. :p |
not swedish, dane, or norwegian here...and i can't understand you. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
According to Jenny or Slylee danish sounds like cum-guzzling whore language or something like that. :p
Also LOL at mexico being behind a wall of corn flake boxes. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Goebbel Goebbel
not swedish, dane, or norwegian here...and i can't understand you. |
Norwegians can understand written Danish, but not the spoken language - actually, no one understands their spoken language but the Danes themselves. Norwegians cans also understand spoken Swedish, though the written language is trickier, and Swedes just can't make out what the Norwegians are saying. |
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| Chimney |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Norwegians can understand written Danish, but not the spoken language - actually, no one understands their spoken language but the Danes themselves. Norwegians cans also understand spoken Swedish, though the written language is trickier, and Swedes just can't make out what the Norwegians are saying. |
Almost entirely true. |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by Chimney
Swedish still mandatory in Finland? |
Officially yes, but only a small minority actually speaks it. |
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| eckmek |
I'm Danish, and i can tell you most of you are oversimplifying things. It really depends on what region of the countries you're from. For example, i am from northern Zealand (close to Sweden), and i can easily understand what people from Skåne (southern part of Sweden) are saying, but if they're from Stockholm (which is up north) i might struggle quite a bit. I've talked to countless Norwegians and i had no problem understanding them and they no problem understanding me. But i bet there are some obscure dialects up there where i would have to switch to english.
Point is the three languages are VERY, VERY similar when it comes to grammar and written language, i have read several books in Norwegian during the course of my education in Denmark, getting through entirely without a dictionary (written Swedish is a bit harder in general). Norwegian is more logically spelled/pronounced than Danish, where often times the relation between the spelling and the pronunciation is impossible to see for foreigners (including Swedes and Norwegians).
Now i don't know how helpful this will be, since it is using an educational tool trying to be funny, but it will actually show you how a couple words are pronounced:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjEZ2lDVN3s
If you understand what they're saying it's hilarious, otherwise it will probably seem utterly pointless. But you might pick up a few words :p There are about a dozen of those videos on YouTube. |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by eckmek
I'm Danish, and i can tell you most of you are oversimplifying things. It really depends on what region of the countries you're from. For example, i am from northern Zealand (close to Sweden), and i can easily understand what people from Skåne (southern part of Sweden) are saying, but if they're from Stockholm (which is up north) i might struggle quite a bit. I've talked to countless Norwegians and i had no problem understanding them and they no problem understanding me. But i bet there are some obscure dialects up there where i would have to switch to english. |
Well, that makes a whole lot of sense and is to be expected.
I usually like to simplify this sort of debate myself because there's this fictitious entity called "The <Insert Nationality here> Language", but that's how most people see languages in the world. What you often do have, instead are continua that go from one "language" to another, reason why Germans that live close to the Dutch border find it way easier to understand Dutch (and speak a very "funny" kind of German themselves) when compared to German speakers from more remote areas.
It's only natural that those living next to you (even if they live in another country) sound more familiar than those living in the capital. Even when the languages are unrelated, if they're spoken next to one another for long enough, they eventually borrow a few things from one another.
| quote: | Originally posted by eckmek
Point is the three languages are VERY, VERY similar when it comes to grammar and written language, i have read several books in Norwegian during the course of my education in Denmark, getting through entirely without a dictionary (written Swedish is a bit harder in general). Norwegian is more logically spelled/pronounced than Danish, where often times the relation between the spelling and the pronunciation is impossible to see for foreigners (including Swedes and Norwegians). |
That's because the written language is more static. Portuguese and Spanish aren't mutually intelligible when spoken, but if you're a Brazilian high school student and you pick up a book in Spanish, you're probably able to tell what it is about - even if you have to guess the meaning of every other word and go through dozens of false friends.
| quote: | Originally posted by eckmek
Now i don't know how helpful this will be, since it is using an educational tool trying to be funny, but it will actually show you how a couple words are pronounced:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjEZ2lDVN3s
If you understand what they're saying it's hilarious, otherwise it will probably seem utterly pointless. But you might pick up a few words :p There are about a dozen of those videos on YouTube. |
Yeah, I just feel like having pizza now :p |
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