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As a language to learn for a foreigner, yes it is a hard language to learn.
Reasons for this are, that there are many forms of words that don't follow a simple rule, and that spoken language differs from written language.

Therefore much must be memorized, or learned through using the language.
Many words in every-day conversations are shortened, so someone talking as everything is written will not sound natural, although he/she will make him/herself understood.

On another note, Finnish only uses two symbols that aren't in the English alfabet.
So at least you don't have to learn many new symbols/writing.

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15y ago

I'd advice you to fly here and force yourself to learn it by hearing and taking courses at the same time.

That's the best way. There is so many steppingstones wich can be learned by using it more than you need... It really is very hard for foreigners...

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6y ago

The answer depends. Swedish was my first language. If you know a germanic language (English is one), Swedish should not be exceedingly hard as it contains many cognates (similar sounding words) to different Germanic languages.

Also, as long as you know how to roll your r's, there are no complicated sounds you have to make in swedish. There are, however, a few sounds that the English language does not have, but these are very easy sounds to make, and require only minor adjustments. All in all, Swedish is a fairly easy language to speak depending on what languages you already speak.
That depends on what languages you know before, if you have knowledge of other nordic languages it is easy. For English speakers swedish are one of the hardest western languages to learn.

The English will have to deal not only with a different grammar and a larger alphabet. But with many new sounds and pronunciations proven hard for English speaker have problems telling appart. Such as many words staring with Sk-, Sh, Sch-, Kj-, Tj-, Skj-.
It depends... I'm from Sweden and moved to America a few years ago and I didn't think it was that hard to learn English, but I've heard it's supposed to be harder to learn Swedish than English. But you should definetly try it, it's a cool language and some of the words are the same in English!! ;)

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Finnish (Suomi to its speakers) is a non-Indo-Europeanlanguage. That means it is not descended from the great common tongue spoken by the ancestors of most European nations. Danish, Swedish and Norwegian are all very closely related to their mother language, Old North Germanic. (You can hear another descendent of Old North Germanic, Old Norsk, today in Iceland.) Finnish is a member of the Finno-Ugric group of languages and is related (closely) to Estonian and Karelian and (distantly) to Hungarian and Turkish.

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Depends on how old you are when you start studying it. You'll be probably never able to speak it fluently, because it's one of the most difficult languages in the world. Not only the grammar but also pronounciation.

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14y ago

Yes and no. As with any language, successful learning depends upon the correct match of teacher, student, and learning tool. Some individuals learn best by the traditional way of studying grammar and memorizing vocabulary lists. Others learn best by positive audio visual interactions. And still others learn best by thinking on their feet in an immersion course or vacation.

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6y ago

The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) groups languages based on level of difficulty for English speakers, into 5 categories, with Category V being the most difficult.

Swedish is grouped in Category I (the easiest).


Category I includes:


  • Afrikaans
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • French
  • Italian
  • Norwegian
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Spanish
  • Swedish

Just for reference, Category V includes:

  • Arabic
  • Chinese (all dialects)
  • Japanese
  • Korean


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No, Finnish is a Finno-Ugric language, along with Estonian and Hungarian.

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Swedish is relatively easy for English speakers. It ranks a I on the FSI scale (easiest category).

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