Come to learn Swedish (瑞典语). It seems challenging, but it could be easier if you are a good English speaker. The two languages have a lot more in common than you think.     

The Swedish alphabet (字母表) is almost the same as the English alphabet, but has three more letters：A, Ä and Ö. Although some letters, like O and Ö look alike, they are actually different. Take the Swedish words “lov”and “löv” as an example. The word “lov” can refer to holidays while “löv” translates to “leaves”.     

Many words are close in Swedish and English. “Bok” in Swedish is only a one-letter change to “book”, “äpple” is an easy change to “apple”and “man” and “piano” are the same in both languages. However, there are special suffixes (后缀), such as “-en” and “-t”, to stand for “the” in English. For example, “boken” in Swedish means “the book” in English.     

Another similarity is the word order. It’s often possible to directly translate sentences between the two languages. One big difference is that Swedish always puts the verb (动词) in the second place of a sentence. Although in English sentences, words like “always” or “hardly” often appear in the second place, Swedish is very strict about that verb-second rule and will put them after the verb.     

There are many reasons that make Swedish hard, but with your English learning experience, you’ll find it easier.

【小题1】Which sign below is written in Swedish?

A．

B．

C．

D．

【小题2】According to the passage, what is the meaning of the Swedish word “pianot” ?

A．Piano.

B．Pianos.

C．The piano.

D．A piano.

【小题3】To say “I always eat apples” in Swedish, which of the following shows the right way to place the verb “äter (eat)” ?

A．

B．

C．

D．

【小题4】Why does the writer write the passage?

A．To introduce the history of Swedish.

B．To show Swedish is not so difficult to learn.

C．To tell the writer’s own Swedish learning experience.

D．To explain the difference between English and Swedish.