This week we are really starting to transition into speaking as much Swedish as possible in our group sessions. I feel pretty well prepared for this because I've been listening to a lot of Swedish books and watching Bron, the Swedish/Danish TV show. I think it won't be a problem to create sentences in Swedish because we've been doing so much practice. I do, however, think it might be a challenge to understand what Louise and Malory are saying in Swedish. But this is going to be great practice I think. Sink or swim!
I have also been learning a lot of grammar particulars outside our sessions and making sure I understand the sentence constructions that I'm reading. Making my own sentences using the grammar rules is helpful. Also, I was listening to a Swedish song the other day and recognized every word in the chorus. I was very proud! Also, I'm getting to the point where I can have a basic conversation about my day and ask my boyfriend about his day (in Swedish) so that's been pretty neat.
That said, the more I learn the more I feel as if I will never stop learning! I was texting my boyfriend the other day in English (and he is entirely fluent) and used a word that he had never heard before that I thought was pretty commonplace. So this just made me recognize that learning a language is a constant and never-ending process so I can never really say that one day in the future I will have learned all of Swedish because that's just not possible!
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