Thread:Portia Chwiliydd/@comment-37443679-20191021135551/@comment-37443679-20191023075602

Wow to the Welsh. It always seemed very hard to learn. Same with Gaelic, no common words.

Norwegian, Swedish and Danish are very similar. If you learn one of them, you can understand the other two. Swedish sounds more like Norwegian but has more different words, whereas written Danish is very like Norwegian, but is harder to understand orally - they sound like they have a potato stuck in their throats. All three have the same roots as German and Dutch. English has a lot of the same words too.

I taught English for some years, in grades 8-10. I noticed that the high achievers were usually the ones who enjoyed reading. I encouraged them to read English novels (anything as long as they enjoyed it) and watch news/documentaries on TV. I don't suppose there are many Swedish programs on UK TV, but lots of stuff on the internet.

SN is rather addictive, isn't it!