I am have the language autism. Can't decide if i want to learn either swedish or norwegian. Can someone who is from either of those countries add me so i can hear about the culture/media of each countryyy. I am a woman in my thirties Cannotpickanametochoose
>>35433299She never actually replies. She'll accept your friend request then just not interact. Heavy case of mental illness, avoid.
>>35433299Just go with Swedish, it's a lot less confusing to learn due to only having 1 written standard.or just give up, you'll never be a Scandinavian.Keep out of my country and keep your ass in Greece.
>>35433299Just learn Danish because that's the better version of both
>>35433346>>35433346jesus faggothow do you diagnose someone as mentally ill without ever interacting with themthe salt is real
>>35433373NTA but this bitch (probably a guy) has been posting for a while now asking for guys from Scandi countries to jester for them. Safe to assume it's a timewaster of some kind, whatever the actual case may be
Im from norway and live in sweden.Out of the scandinavian countries youll have the easiest time learning, and be understood by more scandis (even some finns) if you learn swedish, more so compared than learning other languages.But honestly theres like 20 other languages you could learn before learning nor/swe that has much more utility, also considering scandis have amongst the highest english comprehensoun outside english speaking countries
>>35433430I get anon, I mean other than the fact that it is more widely understood what about culture media wise
>>35433387I've talked to her and seen what she looks like, she's not a guy, but she will block you out of nowhere for no reason so definitely a timewaster.
>>35433430I'm considering Sweden, Denmark and Norway for a med science degree, jewgle says the languages are mutually intelligible, if I learned Norwegian would a Swede and Dane be able to understand what I'm saying?I know scandis speak fluent English but in a med environment I'd be required to understand Swedish or Norwegian at leastThanks in advance
>>35434389hearing a swede talk sounds like trying to listen to a stroke victim talk, i mean i guess i can understand some words but am i going to meaningfully understand, no
>>35434481So it's like a Geordie and an Ozzie sounding like gibberish to a normal person, huh.I see now
>>35433299I am biased, but my understanding is that Sweden has the biggest cultural output of the nordic countries nominally and per capita, so I would recommend learning Swedish. We are the biggest nordic country after all (-.>>35434389>if I learned Norwegian would a Swede and Dane be able to understand what I'm sayingEh, as a native Swede I can sort of understand the other Scandinavian languages but I have to concentrate and it's only a rough understanding. It depends on how well you learn it but it would probably be difficult for you to understand what the other person is saying
>>35433729SVT is a good source. Otherwise you can watch swedish movies with eng subs.Find some anon to speak/write swedish with. When writing, try to write yourself first, then correct with translation tools afterwards.Dont do annoying things like switching your phone and PC UI to swedish, its only going to annoy you.>>35434389The issue is the mutually intelligible factor is different for written and spoken, and the mutuality depends on how much that person was exposed to the other language growing up, going to vacation/shopping in the other country, and watching media from that country, so it wont be the same for you.Danish is the worst, because its hard for the others to speak/listen. Even danes themselves struggle with spoken language - danish children statistically take the longest to learn their mother language compared to the rest of the world.Swedens population is about double of norway and denmark, and is undestood better by norwegians, than swedes understand norwegian. This is mostly because a lot of norwegians go to sweden on vacation/shopping as mentioned. some older gen grew up watching pippi longstocking and emil in swedish. Norway has a wider dialect variety because of the islands and fjords has isolated generations more than in sweden, so even if you learn norwegian you will have a harder time understanding a lot of norwegians.With swedish you might only struggle with some dialects close to denmark.However since youre talking about med science i could also add i know a lot of swedes go to norway to work because it pays better.Dont know about denmark.I would say you should care more about pay/living situation than language, and that can even come down to what city youre living in, like id rather work in norway than sweden, but if its between oslo and uppsala id choose uppsala.
>>35436235No I meant which of either do you prefer the culture/media of
>>35436235When it comes to location, I'm really trying to balance housing and my chances of actually landing a damn job. I would like to do something like molecular science/biotech/marine biology, but the housing in Copenhagen is super choked up and all of the students are competing for places to live.I know Norway has a lot of coastal science going on, and I heard that they may be willing to subsidize the colleges for non-EU students a least a little, so I may go there.Regardless of where I go it's gonna cost 20k+ up front before I even get my foot in the door, so I'm really just trying to maximize my housing chances.
>>35437325yeah for marine biology id also say norway.maybe even good options connected to svalbard.>>35436962Culture wise we're very similar.I prefer the slow living outside cities, and its very similar in both countries.theres a bigger difference between north and south nor/swe than there is between nor and swe, and i prefer north because its more back country.Norway has 1 good show "trygdekontoret" imo, but im probably biased because i grew up there.The big media houses often copy concepts off the US or each other or even produce media that broadcast in both.Now even non-broadcasting platforms like amaz*n prime has shows produced locally using "old media" celebs