... (West) Germanic branch of Indo-European, and as such is closely related to Frisian, English, German and the Scandinavian languages It is the standard language in the Netherlands and in Flanders, ... tends to use intonation Typical mistake: *That have I not seen 26 Speakers of Scandinavian languages Position of adverbs In the Scandinavian languages, mid-sentence adverbs are generally placed after ... instance, Like a cabinet minister and As a cabinet minister , as well as mistakes such as *I speak as my mother and problems of style as in He did like he had chosen to Scandinavians have...