I’ve written about how learning one language can help you learn another. Let me show you some examples of what I mean:
English |
Norwegian |
Swedish |
Dutch |
| also | også | också | ook |
| always | alltid | alltid | altijd |
| expensive, dear | dyrt | dyrt | duur |
| (to) have | (å) ha | (att) ha | hebben |
| (to) hear | (å) høre | (att) höra | horen |
| must | må | måste | moeten |
| north | nord | norr | noord |
| tonight | i kveld | ikväll | vanavond |
| (to) want, (to) will | (å) ville | (att) vilja | willen |
| welcome back | velkommen tilbake | välkommen tillbaka | welkom terug |
| with | med | med | met |
As you can see, the Norwegians have similar words to the Swedish, except they differ on a few accounts, such as they sometimes use e’s rather than ä’s. For a large portion of words, Dutch is not far off from either of them.