Swedish Pronounciation Help?
Hej :) I'm wondering if you can give me a hand with my Swedish. I have a friend visiting me in 2 months and he has been trying to teach me a little of his language. I know basic conversation, but the problem is... I can't pronounce anything! He teaches me via email so it's difficult. I'd like to impress him a little when he gets here by speaking to him. Could you translate the following for me? I know most of the below but I'd like someone's direct translation rather than my awful attempts. Jag talar inte mycket Svenska XD Hi, honey! How are you? How was your journey? I’ve missed you so much. You look gorgeous! Are you ready to go back to my house? Good morning. Good night. Would you like something to eat/drink? Do you want a shower? Is everything ok? Come here… I don’t want you to go home! Have a good journey. I will miss you. I love you! Take care, speak to you soon. Goodbye! Ok, so now to the main part of the question. If possible, can you spell what I wrote above phonetically? (spell the words like you say them, e.g. building is said like bill-ding, happiness is said like hap-pee-ness). It would be a great help to me because I can type the Swedish language, I just have trouble saying it! Tack sa mycket for att du hjalper mig :)
People that are non native English speakers do you get annoyed that English is taking over?
I'm native Javanese and Indonesian and I'm fluent in English (been learning it since the age of 6) No, not really but It's annoying when native-English assuming everybody else speak English! and It makes native-English (especially American) lazy to learn other languages.
I need the viking prayer from 13th warrior translated in old norse.?
Avoid Lyssia's text. First off, sure, Swedish is one of the languages which old Norse turned into, but I doubt you want modern Swedish for your tattoo. Secondly you can't trust something translated by Google Translate (I can tell it is, since I'm Swedish myself). Then you should know that this quote is an altered version of a quoted prayer by an Iraqi traveler who went to Scandinavia back in the days. Historians and archaeologists don't take his words for through, as he was very biased as a Muslim and looked down at the Norse paganism very much. There is in other words a great chance that it's not very accurate. Then consider that there is no original old Norse prayer preserved. So what you got there is an altered English translation of a most likely altered Arabic translation of an old Norse original. You can expect it to not be very accurate any longer. If all that is fine with you, you should also know that people speaking old Norse are few. If you are serious about getting a good translation, I suggest you send an e-mail to the Swedish National Heritage Board and ask how you can get in touch with a translator. http://www.raa.se/cms/extern/en/about_us... Also the National Historical Museum could be an idea: http://www.historiska.se/misc/menyer-och... If they can't help you, try to find their equals in Norway, Denmark and Iceland. You will most likely not get a good translation here at Yahoo Answers.
Icelandic, Swedish, or Norwegian?
I am thinking of learning one of the three languages listed above, just for pure fun and interest. So I'm going for sound, look, and also level of difficulty more than usefulness. I was originally going to go with icelandic, inspired by the Icelandic music group Sigur Rós. Then I came across Swedish and Norwegian, and can't decide! -- -So first of all, which has the most distinctive sound? Like I think *although I haven't had much exposure) that Swedish has very germanic sounds in it, and while much different than German, it has a similar sound quality to it to me, and since I'm learning German as well, I might want to pick something more different. But maybe I'm wrong! So which has the most distinctive sound? -Also, which has the nicest sound to you? I'm curious what other people think. -Which is easier to pronounce for an english speaker? This is important too because I have a hard time with pronunciation for some reason... -Which has a more foreign flare to it for english speakers in America? Like, chinese has a very foreign flare to it, while german and perhaps spanish or italian don't have as much of one. -And finally, is any one of these prominently harder than the other two? Or is there one much easier? Including availability of resources. I'm deterred with learning Icelandic just because I've heard there is slim to nothing out there. But then again, people do learn it so there must be enough out there I'd guess. -Anything else worth mentioning about either of the three? Thanks so much! I'd love to hear your opinions.
What's the best way to learn Swedish?
(actually, it's spelled "tack" in Swedish :-)) i also live in NYC, and i would otherwise suggest the Svenska Kyrkan / Swedish Church on 48th Street, but even they charge more than $100 for a course. you can buy any bunch of tapes and books out there for pretty cheap, but i don't know which ones are better than others. otherwise, there are some websites that have very basic Swedish lessons. you could also advertise on craigslist for a native Swedish speaking partner living in NYC. i would also be willing to lend you my own Swedish textbook in the meantine, but unfortunately it doesn't have any tapes/cds that go along with it. what i do to keep my Swedish up is to watch Swedish TV and listen to Swedish radio news online. Lycka Till! and you will enjoy Sweden; it's a great place!!!