An Advice To Someone Who Wants To Meet Swedes To Talk To

Hi, it is nice to be posting here again today. For me, sharing is learning, and I try to learn and do something about my studies even on a Sunday. For my exercise, I am supposed to write an essay about a topic. This time it is about giving an advice to someone who wants to meet Swedes to talk to. What I wrote here is about people mostly living already in Sweden. If you are outside of the country, there are only two ways my advice can go out to you: go to Sweden (err, that is kind of a given haha) or go to sites like Livemocha.com where other people converse and interact with each other to learn about different languages. So, my essay is in Swedish. If you need translation, one can use Google Translate. If they are unable to suffice, you are always free to leave a comment :)

Ge Ett Råd Till Någon som Vill Träffa Svenskar Att Prata Med

Om man vill träffa och prata med vem som helst, man måste inte vara blyg till att börja med. Ett sätt att träffa svenskar är på nätet. Antingen genom facebook eller svenska dejtingsajter, kan människor prata varandra. Andra sätt, SFI Komvux har en kurs med Medborgarskolan. Elever pratar med en svensk person och berätta om många saker. Jag tror att man kan registrera sig själv med kursen så man kan bli bättre att prata svenska. De har kanske engelska kurser också.

Sist men inte minst: man bör kunna tala svenska innan man pratar med svenskar so ni kan förstå varandra. Lär sig minst ett ord varje dag! Öva minst fem minuter att prata svenska varje dag! Lyssna på radion eller en svensk sång varje dag till man kan alldeles förstå den. 

When I Became Very Nervous

So, this is the part where we start off writing essays. Like it or not, learning a word or two from time to time is the quickest way in to start learning a language, and the quickest way out about being consistent with studying a language. 

However, hitting it off immediately comes from watching tv shows and listening to audio tapes in that language. Swedish, in particular. Another, more difficult way is writing an essay and making use of those words you learned into sentences.

One of our exercises in class is to write essays, at least 5 every week. We submit it to the teacher for her to correct and return to us on the next meeting. Topic for this entry is most definitely the title above. So, I will begin to write this essay, and hopefully you will write your own version as well. You will need to talk about that time when you felt very nervous and issues surrounding it, and probably how you were able to overcome the situation. I know I get VERY nervous when it comes to speaking swedish with anyone, especially in front of a group of people. Here goes my essay then. Feel free to share your essays with me :)

Då Blev Jag Väldigt Nervös

Jag var en jätte blyg person från början. Det är därför jag tror att det är konstigt att jag blev en värd och produktionsdirektör under college till ungefar två års sen. Jag blir inte så väldigt nervös längre utom när jag måste prata eller sjunger framfor många människor. Jag brukar ta djupa andetag och fortsätta vad jag måste göra.

År 2005 till år 2009 arbetade jag bara som en webb utformare, och tog en paus från evenemang produktioner. Jag började igen som en värd år 2009 och jag var jätte nervös innan den första evenemang började. Jag inte hade pratade framför många männsikor i en lång tid! Det var en kväll evenemang och jag var förkyld. Det var också svårt att jag pratar mycket därför att jag hade ont i halsen. Vad skulle man göra? Jag tog mina mediciner och Strepsils kvällen innan och tänkte på det hela dagen.

När evenemang började, jag tog djupa andetag. Långsamt och riktiga djupa andetag innan jag klev på scenen och pratade om evenemangen. Det var härlig! Jag mådde som jag aldrig tog en paus sedan college alls.

Nu ser jag fram emot att leta efter ett job som värd om jag blir jätte flytande på svenska annars jag fortsätta att leta efter ett job som en webbdesigner.

Lycka till till mig!

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.