Practical use of Swedish! Learning Swedish has been really helpful and on numerous occasions I have been able to use it to communicate with Louise or Freddie or with their parents. For instance, I recently sent their parents an email and started it off with some Swedish for practice/to show them my progress. I said:
Hej Mats och Elisabet!
Hur mår du? Jag hade en fantastisk helg med Freddie. Vi såg en hel del av hans vänner och hade en stor tid med Louise också. Det var sorgligt att se honom lämna, men jag ser verkligen fram emot bröllopet i maj!
Also, when I went to Spain over spring break to visit Freddie it was helpful that when we were out and about we could communicate in Swedish when we didn't need the whole group to hear what we were saying. He also has a friend there who is from Norway and I could understand most of what he said/texted to Freddie in Norwegian.
Here is a fun example of a random text conversation I had with Louise, showing off my Swedish :)
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