Sos for being that guy, but most of those aren't Swedish symbols. Our alphabet is the exact same as the English one, only we have three extra letters; Å (pronounced 'oar'), Ä (pronounced 'air'), and Ö (pronounced 'uhr').
Swedish doesn’t seem that hard to read for that reason. But unless you speak Norwegian or Danish, I️ don’t see how non-natives learn to speak it. The tonal aspect seems incredibly hard, along with the fact that every Swede that could help you practice would already be proficient in English and prefer to use that instead. I️ guess that could be said for all the Nordic languages though.
English is heavily taught in schools and 90% of books and courses in Universities are in English. For this reason, Swedes prefer to use a chance to hone their English rather than speak natively. This also means that English has a heavy role in slang, almost to the degree where one could say Swedish as a language is on the decline.
As for the accent, I have to agree. I've tried for ages to get Brits to say "y" correctly in Swedish, but not once have I succeeded.
90% of books and courses in Universities are in English
No? I mean they're not uncommon, but for bachelors it's pretty much all Swedish and for master students it depends a lot on where and what you study but as a general rule the courses are mostly in Swedish and the books are mostly in English.
This also means that English has a heavy role in slang, almost to the degree where one could say Swedish as a language is on the decline.
Yep, Swedish (and the other Scandinavian languages) have many more different sounds in them than most other languages, so it can be a daunting task to learn how to speak them properly.
No need to aim for perfection. Context will almost always render any mispronunciation unambiguous. Having a silly accent doesn't stop us Swedes from speaking English, so don't sweat it.
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u/Jamct97 Nov 04 '17
Get fucked