How I went about learning Swedish.

I will do these videos in the order of the requests. French to follow, then Spanish, Russian and Italian.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• learn Swedish
• learn Swedish online
• Herman Lindkvist
• Sweden

[BLOCKEDbyPOM]

May i ask a personal question? Do you have jewish origins. I just ask because you wrote you parents migrated in 1939. Im just curious.

[lingosteve]

@BLOCKEDbyPOM Yes I do, good sleuthing. My parents were lucky to get out.

[supermonk3y07]

I have a question for you lingosteve, it is also something I would like to know about other polyglots. In which language do you think? also in which language do you dream? Sorry weird question, but It's something I want to know. I'm thinking you think in the language(s) you are best at. In your case probably English. But can you also think and have dreams in Japanese, French, Chinese, or Spanish?

[lingosteve]

@supermonk3y07 basically English

[fvo911]

wow, u are swedish

[lingosteve]

@fvo911 Well I was born there, but my parents were from Czechoslovakia and moved there in 1939 and then we moved on to Canada in 1951. I do love going to Sweden though and feel a sense of attachment to the country where I was born, a country which accepted my parents at a very difficult time for them.

[lingosteve]

@Superworldblock In declining order of proficiency I would say English, Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, French, Spanish and Portuguese. The latter three are not really all that fluent but she kind of knows what people are saying and can contribute. In the first four she is strong.

[Iceland1944]

I have a child who just turned one year old. I have realized that I have no time for language learning anymore. It is really a sad realization for me. I have never been desperate for time in my life, now I have none. Maybe you can make a video about learning languages when the time is no longer there.

[Thesniped13]

Hahahaha, jag visste inte att du var Svensk, jag är nämligen också Svensk!

[dedboj]

Yes, "framtid" means "future". "Fram" = "farward" ; "tid" = "time" (fram+tid = farward+time = future).

[fvo911]

@lingosteve oh. really u are an slavic man? me too, i was born in яussia) and im interesting in languages too, japanese,english,german,swedis­h and russian ')

[qzchris]

@dudeonthasopha I know man, it's infuriating. I did find a list of words on a Swedish Wikipedia site that list words distinguished by tone, but being a Swedish site it doesn't list the meanings, nor does it list the tones by which they're distinguished. I can PM you the link if you like. It's about the only thing there is.

[Arijana2010]

You are such an inspiration! I myself way born in Germany and lived there up until the age of four and then moved away and have completely forgotten my german. Considering what you have experienced, would you say that the fact that you once did speak Swedish did it help with picking up the language? Did you uncover any Swedish that you thought you had forgotten but was still there? I am hoping to pick up German again and just wanted to hear about your experience. Thank you in advance!