Swedish is related with German and English and very close to Norwegian and Danish. Swedes, Norwegians and Danes normally understand each other. Swedes under the age of 60 normally has English as a second language and has studied English for several years in school.
Proverbs
If you don’t mention anyone, you haven’t forgotten anyone.
Headlines
12 untranslatable Swedish words they didn’t teach you at SFI
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Vocabulary
Jag förstår = I understand
Jag förstår inte = I do not understand
Vocabulary
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