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How I Learned Swedish in 2 Years: My Tips for Picking Up Swedish - Just a Brit Abroad

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You've been asking for it! So in today's video I'm sharing my tips and ideas for learning Swedish quickly. I recently uploaded a language update video, showing how much Swedish I've learned after 2 years (link below) and you guys seemed to find it really interesting. But there were lots of questions about what tools, resources and ideas I had for helping other people learn the language quickly too. Let me know if you find this video useful, then maybe I'll do some more in the future!
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@spelivor 3 года назад

I've been learning Swedish for almost three years. I read lots of articles, but as I tend to look up every word that I don't know, I've always found it a bit daunting to pick up a book. On your advice, I started reading my first book today, but being very selective in which words I look up. It's going really well so far, so thanks for the brilliant tip!

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

so glad to hear that the tip helped you Ivor :) it was a bit of a game changer for me too, so I'm glad to be able to share some of the tips and ideas I've learned along the way. thanks for sharing in my Swedish journey. great to have you along!

@mr-rk394 3 года назад

jag är brasiliansk och jag började precis arbeta i ett svenskt företag. Jag började lära mig svenska för skojs skull och jag tycker om det!

@kristerforsman2448 3 года назад

Bra men du är brasilianare som man en kvinna är brasilianska. Skriver bara för att hjälpa dig inget annat. Som du märker är grammatiken ganska lätt.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

vad kul Rafael! hoppas att vi kan lära oss svenska tillsammans :) lycka till med det nytt jobbet! låter intressant :)

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

@@kristerforsman2448 alltid bra att få lite tips Krister! tack för att du hänger med!

@dustykevin6329 3 года назад

@@kristerforsman2448 det är fortfarande rätt att säga brasiliansk.

@kristerforsman2448 3 года назад

@@dustykevin6329 Ja visst det var bara tänkt som ett komplement.

@hernanevales2211 3 года назад

Tjee Greg, I hope you're doing good! I really find your tipps pretty helpful, those are very good methods. I've started learning sv in February with SwedishPod101, they have very good content, xeom conversations, formal, informal, common phrases and slang expressions, also words. The have pretty much everyhting for every level and you still a bonus video which teaches you how to say "happy new year" in 34 more languages, very fun, haha. About being immersed and listening to podcasts, comprehensible content and getting in touch with the people and things about the counrry is also very good, I totally agree with you man! And some things here you mentioned I didn't use to do, but I thank you for showing me and I'll add to my habits, haha, Tack tack tack! And by the way, jag ska gifta mig...lol, hell nah, happy fools day🤣

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Great to hear from you Hernane! All good here thanks man, hope you are do! And its so nice to hear that the tips and ideas were useful to you :) but you're right, its so important to find your own ways to immerse yourself within the language through your own interests and hobbies. You'll have to let me know which of the tips and ideas you adopt into your own habits! hahaha nice April Fools by the way! Glad Påsk🐰🥳

@eliotstargate 3 года назад

tack så mycket för att du vill lära dig svenska. det är ett svårt språk. Vi i sverige lär oss engelska redan när vi är 8-9 år :)

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

tack själv Eliot! för att du har intresse i min språk resa! jag har mer videos på väg när jag pratar svenska så det kommer att vara kul att se vad du tycker om dem! tack för att du följer min resa och har en trevlig sommar och helg!

@matildawolfram4687 2 года назад

First of all, I want to thank the author of the channel for making this beautiful and useful video for us! Many people are embarrassed to speak a foreign language if they have no speaking skills. People are afraid to hear criticism from others in their address. It all comes from having a psychological complex - to make a mistake. But, after all, he who does nothing is not wrong! In Yuriy Ivantsiv's workshop "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign language" states that we need to talk as much as possible: with yourself, with the mirror, with inanimate objects, with children and with pets. Find an interlocutor in real life or online. Talk without shyness. People won't care how you speak. They understand that you are a foreigner, as long as they understand you. They may even acknowledge your progress in their language and compliment you. However, always be prepared for criticism of your speaking skills. If you have the will to speak, you will gain an interesting interlocutor to consolidate your knowledge. Everyone is strewn with mistakes - don't be afraid to learn from them. As the Latin wisdom says, "walk and thou shalt not go astray". In the book "Polyglot Notes" by Yuriy Ivantsiv an entire chapter is devoted to the development of spoken language. Here you will find many useful tips and each student can choose a technique that suits him or her best! I wish you all the best of luck in your language learning!

@josephinecallton4424 3 года назад

Read the Astrid Lindgren books. They are good, easy and a huge bonus is that you get a big chunk of Swedish culture och history.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Thanks Josephine! Its definitely on the list - ever since I went to visit her birthplace in Vimmerby!

@surewin6132 3 года назад

I am new to your channel. Thank you for making this videos. But you speak in a rush manner!

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Hey! Thanks for stopping by and I'm glad to hear you're enjoying what you see🤩 thanks for the feedback about the speech! I'll try to keep that in mind for future uploads! Hope you'll consider subscribing and following along🙌🏻

@legarajau 3 года назад

Hej Greg, Läget? I've been learning Swedish for around two months, but even tho I'm a beginner student I'll have a look at those tips. Tack så mycket, Glad Påsk och hej då!

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Hej Leticia! Bara bra, själv? So fun that you want to learn Swedish and I hope the tips in the video are helpful to you on that journey :) looking forward to continuing to learn Swedish together!

@efuller3333 3 года назад

Reading ( aloud) about current events from a Time -like newsmagazine works well for becoming more familiar with the culture of whatever you’re in . Did this for French🌿helped a lot

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Good idea!! Thanks for sharing :D

@CALLE92JOHANSSON 3 года назад

When you are proficient enough you should switch your subtitles to Swedish, it's a great way to pick up the vocabulary. I am Swedish and have had English subtitles on for everything since I was young, which has probably helped me learning the language.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Ah sorry for any confusion Calle, that's actually what I do🤗 I never listen with English subtitles anymore, only Swedish ones! I just thought for some people who are maybe a bit newer to the language than me, it would be worth mentioning that beginning with your native subtitles could be a good place to start so it doesn't all start to feel super overwhelming. But I completely agree with you, as soon as you start to feel a bit more confident, make the switch, so you can hear how the words sound at the same time as you read how they are spelt🤗🤗

@anubhabghosh2028 3 года назад

Thanks for the tips for learning Swedish man. Personally I have practiced with Duolingo a lot but I have always felt that despite that, I cannot understand usual conversations very well. I didn't know about "Sveriges radio på lätt svenska" and I started it from today. It's really useful. Currently, I need to listen to a podcast two-three times with the text, to understand the content fully, but I hope to rely on the text less. Would you also recommend studying a textbook to understand the grammar so as to help with the fluency? And how long did it take you approximately to be fluent?

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

No problem man! Glad it was useful for you :) and I'm glad that you decided to start with the på lätt svenska podcast! I honestly can't over-emphasise how useful I found it. Just getting into the routine of hearing Swedish for 10 minutes a day in such an accessible format was really helpful for me. And then I'd check out 8sidor news if you want to read and have it narrated to you at the same time, so you can get used to looking at how the language is spelt etc. as well :)

@adventurewithmili1545 3 года назад

Great your video🥰🇺🇸

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Thanks Mili! I hope it was useful for you🙌🏻 lots more tips and ideas to come🤩

@H.A522 3 года назад

tack

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

ingen fara Hero! Hope the ideas and tips were useful! Let me knoow if you end up using any of them :)

@michaellust 3 года назад

Många bra tips för er som behöver lära er svenska. Så snart kommer du att göra en video bara på svenska? 🍮👍💯. Med lite fikatips.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Tackar! Det har jag gjort redan faktist! Kolla på min kanal :) min andra video pratar jag bara på svenska! och jag har en video om fika tips också ;)

@mirelleximenasoriano3668 3 года назад

Great advices

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Ingen fara Mirelle! So fun to hear that it was helpful for you. Loads more where that came from, so look out for new videos soon!

@imsevimse 3 года назад

jättebra tips! va kul att sa att du ännu bor borta i Sverige!

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

tack så jättemycket! så otroligt kul att höra att du tyckte så! ja jag bor i Sverige även nu och planen med den här kanalen är för att dela mina upplevelser av Sverige och den svenska kulturen. Du får jättegärna hänga med!

@Matildavux 3 года назад

Utmärkta tips! Hälsningar från en lärare i svenska som andraspråk.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Tack Frasse! Så kul att du tyckte så🤩 jag planerar att dela många mer tips under de kommande månaderna. Senare under den här veckan har jag en video där jag pratar om min SFI upplevelse och hur man lär sig mest från det som kanske kan vara av intresse för dina elever också🤗 så kul att du är en SVA lärare! Jag har precis avslutat SVA-1 faktiskt😅 hälsningar!

@Matildavux 3 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Jag uppskattade särskilt tipset om att använda öronen aktivt. Många överanvänder ögonen.... :) Glöm inte bort att komma ihåg att inte glömma bort att ANVÄNDA språket: tänk, prata och anteckna. Lycka till!

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

@@Matildavux men vad bra! du har rätt så klart! man måste använda språket för att utveckla det och för att se framsteget🤗 tack så mycket!

@calbackk 3 года назад

All your tips are very useful, I’m sure, but they are all about taking IN new words and language. In my own learning of other languages I have noticed that in order to “stick” I also ned to retrieve the words from my brain,not only store them.I.e. talk.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

thanks Christer! completely agree that you need to apply the language too though!

@lenahedkvist8740 3 года назад

LasseMaja böckerna är lite roliga att läsa. Om man gillar deckarböcker. Men jag vill rekommendera Pettson och Findus! Älskar dem även om de är riktade till yngre barn och jag är vuxen.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Tack för de rekommendationerna! ska kolla dem som du har föreslagit

@Shiva182Katarina 3 года назад

Instead of going to Netflix you could go to Disney+ and watch Disney movies, since you've probably seen them in the original language then it's good to see the Swedish version. That's what I did with English when I was 11, I started watching Lion King in English

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

thanks for the tips Katarina! I actually don't have Disney+ which is probably why I'd not stumbled upon this idea already, but you're not the first person to suggest Disney films in Swedish, so maybe I'll have to take a look into this. Clearly worked for you, your English is great! thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed it😊

@Shiva182Katarina 3 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Yeah, that's thanks to tv-shows, movies, games are never translated here if they're meant for teenagers or older. I also read a lot of English fantasy books. With Disney movies you can fins other ways to watch them that doesn't include Disney+, like renting online or buy them online

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

@@Shiva182Katarina yeah, I've heard a couple of people say the same thing actually. really imprssive though :) and thanks for the tips, thanks for checking out my video and I hope you have a great weeknd!

@paololim3513 3 года назад

Personally for tip 3, I prefer to watch a TV show from a language I am familiar in and switch the Swedish subtitles on. That way I know suggested ways to express, say, an English expression in Swedish. In other words, the other way around. And that's because I am the type who wants to know the Swedish equivalent of English words/expressions I am using at the moment. Children's books, even for 5-6 year olds are not necessarily simple Swedish in that they use words or expressions that you don't encounter completely on Duolingo.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

a really good tip Paolo! as you say, especially if you're looking to be able to translate or reuse phrases you're commonly using already to express yourself :) thanks for sharing!! hope you'll follow along for more tips, ideas and stories to follow!

@paololim3513 3 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad Another tip I have would be if you have the SR (Radio Sweden) app to play the audio in a slow speed.

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

@@paololim3513 good point!! wish I'd known about that when I saw starting out!! thanks for sharing :)

@StaffanSwede 3 года назад

I think all your tips are useful when it comes to learning a foreign language, but please remember to make a new video when you are comfortable with the next level, i e having left "På lätt svenska" behind you and reading/listening to more advanced things. You have probably also noticed that we Swedes are your worst enemy when it comes to learning Swedish; we see a great opportunity to practice English in you. :-)

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Thaanks Staffan! Of course I will! The plan is to keep sharing my language journey as I continue to learn. Did you see the video I did speaking Swedish though a couple of weeks ago? This video was aimed at new learners, but I talk Swedish daily at work now, as well as watching and listening to regular, mainstream Swedish so it might be interesting for you to watch to see my level now :)

@StaffanSwede 3 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad As a matter of fact, I did and you can express yourself well in Swedish, even if not everything comes automatically to you... yet - and some "Swenglish" here and there. It seems like you are determined to learn Swedish, so time will sort that out for you. I look forward to your next Swedish speaking video and I know I'll hear some progress then. :-)

@herkcollins4263 3 года назад

It seems like everyone else is speaking a version of Swedish that I've never heard hahahaha. I've tried Swedish television shows, but as I said, it's like the Swedish I know is nothing like the Swedish everyone else is speaking LOL.

@TheVelvetClub 3 года назад

Hi, did you go to SFI or go to any other classes? Enjoying your videos btw

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Hey! So fun to hear you're enjoying my videos🤩 and a very good question indeed, I sure did go to SFI and I'm actually putting out a video this Sunday about my learner journey, which classes I took etc. So if you're subscribed, you'll get notified when that comes out🤗 hopefully it'll help answer some of your questions!

@harveysp5899 3 года назад

great job! could you please recommend me a vocabulary/grammar book for beginners in swedish?

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

ah thanks Harvey! glad to hear you liked it and found it useful! maybe you saw already, but I'm actually already doing a competition to give away a grammar book for beginners in a later video (the one about my SFI journey: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7pH8CQn2_ek.html) but I'd really recommend Rivstart to begin with and then Språkguiden!

@harveysp5899 3 года назад

@@JustaBritAbroad 💜🌼

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

@@harveysp5899 hope that helped!!

@hassanhasse5925 3 года назад

What about english? I wana learn english now, can u give tips?

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

Thanks for the idea Hassan! I'll see if its something I can work on!

@johannakrantz8795 3 года назад

I mean swedish is a language that is easy to learn but hard to master

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

yeah, I know what you mean Johanna! Have you been learning for long?

@samirfutureal2257 3 года назад

Talk swedish if you live in sweden haha

@JustaBritAbroad 3 года назад

I've got videos talking Swedish Samir! Its just not practical to do it for all of my videos, as then some people wouldn't be able to follow and use them to learn😊 but if you check the comments, you'll see anyone who writes in Swedish, I reply to in Swedish!