Sweden - A Nordic Country
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← The bridge between Sweden & Denmark. • It is popular to live on the Swedish side, where it is cheaper, and commute to work in Denmark. |
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• Many people in the world mix up Sweden & Switzerland. Both countries' names begin with the same sound in English. To avoid confusion, when Mr F meets people, he often says that he lives "in Sweden, in the north of Europe." • The Nordic countries are called nordic because they are in northern Europe. • The Nordic countries are: |
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• The countries' flags are similar to each other. • The Nordic countries have a lot in common and work together. |
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106 Similar Languages
• Three of the languages are similar to each other. For example in this sentence:
| Norwegian (bokmål) | Det var en fuktig, grå sommerdag i slutten av juni. |
| Swedish | Det var en fuktig, grå sommardag i slutet av juni. |
| Danish | Det var en fugtig, grå sommerdag i slutningen af juni. |
- Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish are a lot alike. They are similar. So similar that you might think that they were dialects of the same language. In any event when it comes to writing. It is harder for Swedish-speakers to understand spoken Danish than to understand spoken Norwegian.
- Icelandic is like very old Norwegian: Það var rakur, grár sumardagur í lok júní.
- Finnish has very different words (for the same thing): Oli kostea, harmaa kesäpäivä kesäkuun lopussa.
►The bridge over Öresund is between two countries. Which two countries does it connect?
►Where are the Nordic countries?
►Which are the Nordic countries?
►Three Nordic languages are most similar to each other. Which three?
►Which Nordic language has completely different words?
