Five Important Things For Speeding Up Your Swedish Learning Experience

Below is a list of things you might want to look out for that I want to share. These are things I have subconsciously done for some time. It might be helpful to everyone who wants a quicker pace to learning Swedish and hacking that dream job!

1. Never be scared to ask if there is something you do not understand. Might be a word, a sentence, or a word that makes the sentence suddenly confusing. There are always three words to understand a word: ask an explanation from the teacher, another immigrant who speaks your mother tongue who knows swedish better, AND do not forget to read the dictionary.
2. Always use your language app to translate when you come across a difficult word. It would be more advisable NOT to translate ENTIRE sentences, but merely words so you can better understand the context of each sentence. It also helps to hear how words are pronounced which is usually included in the phone application's feature. Whether it be an iPhone or the newest Samsung Galaxy phone. It does not matter. The important thing is that you learn.
3. Learn a word at least once a day, once every three days. The important thing is that you learn something new all the time. After learning the word, you need to practice it in a sentence, and practice pronouncing it. Frequency is the key.
4. Learn a new swedish song and make a target to fully understand the extent of its meaning in your own time. Making it a goal (for example one song a week, or a day for that matter) makes it easier and a bit more comfortable for one to learn Swedish at a quicker pace.
5. Say it out loud. Sometimes, the trick in remembering how a sentence is constructed (and not just by how words are pronounced) is by hearing someone say them out loud. It might seem dumb, but HEARING YOURSELF speak a new language does wonders to heighten your memory capacity.

Those are the shortest ways to learn Swedish faster to be on a quicker pace to learning your goal. One does not need any more than these if one is consistent. Good luck!

Writing A Letter About A Burglary

For this entry, it is an exercise of writing a letter to your neighbors about a burglary that happened. It is a friendly-reminder to your friends to always lock the door and be safe inside the house. This entry will be strictly in Swedish, and do let me know if you have questions regarding the text. You can make your own letter as part of the exercise.





Kära grannar! Det har varit ett inbrott i min lägenhet. Tjuvarna har stulit värdefulla saker. Var rädd om dina saker och var noga med att låsa din dörr också. Fotografera dina värdefulla saker så ni kan bevisa till försäkringkassan och få hjälp senare om det behövs.

Write About People

In this exercise, it included pictures about family members. A description of who they are, and a picture of what they are doing. The instruction is to write something about each family member given the information.

This exercise is specifically taken from Mål2, Kapitel 11. I will write this directly in Swedish and it would help if you translate them per word so you would notice and learn properly how each is placed. That is a bit of exercise on grammar as well. If you need to ask anything, just drop a comment and will get back to you as soon as I can.

So here it is in Swedish:

Skriv om Peter, Anna, Hanna, och Martin.

Hanna Johansson är äldst bland syskonen. Hon är 18 år, studerar på gymnasiet, och rider hästen på fritiden. Peter Johansson, 41 år, blir uttråkad av sitt jobb som banktjänsteman så han seglar med båten när han inte jobbar. Anna Johansson, 40 år, brukar springa varje morgon för att sedan hämta hunden för att gå ut på en promenad. Hon lämnar sedan av Martin, 5år, på dagis innan hon åker till skolan för att jobba som lärare. Martin tycker nästan alltid om att lägga pappersbåtar i vattnet.

Choose Your Own Picture

School has started for me. Currently on the distance course program while looking for a job and practicing and reading on computers and design.

My book last year was Mål2 from day school. Since we did not really focus on reading that during night school (we had other activities lined up), the distance course (which starts about the same time, but a total of 3 hours every week and heavier workload) decided to go back to Mål2. One of the exercises included in the book was to choose a picture and write a description. Oh, and do not forget to use your fantasy :)

The picture I used is called "Dragonbane" by SilenceNocturne in Deviantart, thank you very much!

Mitt i havet där ingen vågat fara, står en öppning till andra sidan livet. Den är upplyst av eldar över de två tornen på båda sidor och gripstatyerna kommer till liv för att välkomna varje själ som anländer. Mannen i svart kappa uppenbarar sig bakom svärdet och höjer sin lie i luften innan han skär handlederna på varje själ för att märka dem innan de träder genom porten. 

In the middle of the ocean where no one dared travel, stands an entrance to the other side of life. It is lighted by fire above the two towers on both sides and the griffin statues come to life to welcome every soul that arrives. The man with a black robe appears behind the sword and raises the scythe into the air just before slashing the wrists of every soul to be marked before entering the gate.

Exercise that you would want to do now is to try and choose your own picture and write your own description in swedish. Share it with us if you want. See you on the next entry! :)