Re: Future Swedish (was: Re: Japanese English)

> P.S.:  Whoever said that Swedish was one of
> the easiest languages for English speakers
> to learn was right.
That may have been me, I think, with the
disclaimer "From the little I know" added to
the front of the sentence :-)

> Apart from a few mercilessly difficult
> sounds, I found Swedish a breeze.  Fluency in
> English and a working knowledge of  German
> helped enormously with the vocabulary.
Here in Aus, German is the most common language
to be taught in schools, including the one I
went to. This was ten years ago, mind you,
although we were in Germany just last month
(Feb).

> Apart from the problem of gender and irregular
> plural formation, morphology was a snap.  And
> the word order presents few surprises and
> almost no difficulties (unlike German).
Adrian.
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