Can a Swede understand a Dane?

Danish is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Swedish. Proficient speakers of any of the three languages can often understand the others fairly well, though studies have shown that speakers of Norwegian generally understand both Danish and Swedish far better than Swedes or Danes understand each other.

Can Swedes Danes and Norwegians understand each other?

According to a scientific study, of the three groups, Norwegians generally understand the other languages better than any other group, while Swedes understand the least. In general, Danish and Norwegian speakers will be able to understand the other’s language after only a little instruction or exposure.

Why are the French so bad at speaking English?

In a report, Le Monde highlighted possible reasons for France’s failure such as the ‘phonetic’ order of the French language, with its lack of stress – as word stress plays a major part in English – but it said the major problem was that English was taught too late in school life.

Can Swedes read Danish?

Originally Answered: Can Swedes and Danes understand their languages? As far as i know , Swedes can read Danish , can understand the text mostly , little difficult for a Swede to understand if someone speaks Danish. Danes can read, write Swedish. They can easily understand Swedish if someone speaks Swedish with them.

Can Swedes read Norwegian?

Originally Answered: Does Sweden people understand norwegian language and vise versa? Yes, we usually understand each other both ways. Norwegians usually speak norwegian to a sweden, and a swede usually speak swedish to a Norwegian, and both understands each other fine.

How English friendly is France?

Recent stats estimate that around 39\% or just under two-fifths of the French population report being able to speak English to some degree. Not many of these can speak it fluently though – much like other European countries, many of this 39\% will only be able to converse in very basic English at best.

Why do Swedes speak English so well?

“Swedes are eager to reach people outside of their country, and they benefit economically and linguistically from this” As Sweden aims to internationalise its higher education sector and attract more foreign talent, one of its advantages is the country’s high English proficiency.

What language do swedishswedes speak?

Swedes are of course speaking Swedish as well, and much better so than English. That said, it is mandatory to learn English in school from age 7-8. From age 12 you add a third language (choice from German, French or Spanish).

Why do a lot of people in Sweden know English?

The reason why a lot of people in Sweden and other countries know English is because the English language is lingus franca. Meaning that it’s a world language like what latin once was and what spanish among other languages are today. Knowing English also helpd when traveling abroad or when looking for a job.

Do Scandinavians speak English well?

When I started learning Swedish in 2003 I became aware of the fact that Scandinavians speak English extremely well. It was challenging to speak Swedish because swedes often switched to English to enable smoother conversations.

Why do Swedes have such a heavy accent?

Older generations will most often have a heavy accent. But if we limit the answer to English then that actually boils down to three things. Swedes are hardcore suckers for anglo saxon culture and have been since WW2. However, nothing they see on TV or at the movies is ever dubbed. Everything is subtitled and so they spend their evenings hearin