10 MISTAKES Swedish learners make 🇸🇪 - Swedish grammar and more

[@FunSwedish]

Let us know in the comments if you have struggled with any of these points! 🤔 Or what other things you struggle with and would like us to do a video about. 😊

[@alexandreyanagui9918]

Jag har jättesvårt med "ska" och "kommer att". En gång sa jag "så ska du märka att..." och min vän "Åh, nej, förlåt, det är fel. KOMMER du märka!!"

[@jazena]

Thank you so much! This video was a perfect review for my "nationellt prov" that I have on Saturday. I recognized all mistakes! :) But I am struggling with proper use of verbs ställa, sätta and lägga. I have a feeling that you have some magic tips to help with this :)

[@africanwomanug6495]

TENSES LIKE GO GOING WENT! THINK THINKING THOUGHT

[@manfredklier2992]

Om Extravokaler: Håll min öl! Vi har också "ü" och "ß" i vårt alfabet. "ü" låter som "u" i "du" och "ß" är vad vi brukar använda när vi har ett skarpt "s", speciellt om vi har en långt vokal förre.

[@johnletitia]

I always get confused when Swedes say in movies, "What are you doing?" but they phrase it differently somehow

[@christianplaisance9481]

A great way to remember “hit” and “dit” (for me, at least) is the English words “hither” and “thither.” So when I jokingly say “come hither” (come to where I am), it translates directly into Swedish as “kom hit.” Some English speakers may not be as familiar with these words because they are a bit dated, but still a great way to remember.

[@FunSwedish]

Thanks for sharing this little hack! Super good!

[@wandanowack6844]

Tack så mycket!! Your videos are very informative and fun at the same time. I recently discovered the channel and since it’s been a lot more fun learning Swedish. Thanks so much!

[@FunSwedish]

Thank you so much for your comment! 😍 That was excacly our goal. Make the process or learning Swedish fun 😊

[@GA-lx6ib]

I loved this format! Thank you for these examples. You are a wonderful teacher. You have a gift!

[@FunSwedish]

Thank you so much!

[@lucieblindner2513]

She really does!

[@kitsoskitsou]

I always thought that gå and åka are interesting cases when it comes to comparing them to English. Gå sounds like go, whereas åka sounds like walk(a) yet their meaning is reversed.

[@jennageorge1791]

you explain things so well. all my questions are answered and i like the fun animations you put in too! im walking through my apartment singing " ohh ahhh errr, ohh ahh err!" :)

[@FunSwedish]

Tack så mycket! Haha, wonderful how you practice Swedish in your apartment! :)

[@GA-lx6ib]

I love this video! You are a wonderful teacher. These examples were very helpful.

[@FunSwedish]

Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful!

[@iremakin]

i love the dog eating blueberries ♥️♥️♥️🤣🤣🤣 tack så mycket!

[@FunSwedish]

😁😁

[@aisha.hllvc21]

Hej!🥰 I started learning Swedish a few days ago and I couldn't really recognize the mistakes because I don't even know all basics...but I recognize its similiar to German (which I speak) and I decided to learn it. Your channel is really helpful. Tack! Greetings from Bosnia🇧🇦🥰

[@FunSwedish]

A few days ago! Then it is completely understandable. 😊 This is more of an almost intermediate level video 🤔. But we have lots of videos for beginner videos in our channel. (Check them out!) Plus some very intersting video courses that might be helpful as well!

[@Ex0tiCg1rLL]

I'm half Swedish

[@mariadelrosariotorijano5693]

Excelente! I discovered the channel today and is great! My native language is Spanish and I am interested in learning Swedish. Congrats! Everything is clear.

[@kejmo]

It's true. It's kinda hard to get used to that rule where verb is in 2nd place. It's probably easier for someone who speaks German.

[@FunSwedish]

Keep Yoda in mind and it might be easier to remember 😂

[@kejmo]

@@FunSwedish that remember I will 😁

[@bloomin1917]

What an informative video ! Thank you so much . Looking forward to your next videos♡

[@FunSwedish]

More to come!

[@micro2wice]

Okej. Tack så mycket. Uttal och sammansättning är mycket viktiga och kan vara svart att fatta. Om du visar en riktlinje om hur det går att förstå båda ämnena är du snäll.

[@Pageleplays]

wow - super super high quality video :) so fun to watch and learn!! tack så jättemycket!!

[@FunSwedish]

Tack till dig! Glad you liked it! If you want to learn more Swedish with us then you can join our Swedish courses. Live courses: elansutbildning.com/courses/ Pre-recorded courses: elansutbildning.teachable.com/

[@hmbrt12]

Wooow, the content, the edition, the flow. The improvement is there!! Tack så mycket!! 🤘🏻🤖⚡

[@FunSwedish]

Thank you! 😊

[@curtpiazza1688]

Love the dog! ❤ Love the video illustrations!! 😂

[@KhpalwatanTV]

So interesting way of learning,

[@FunSwedish]

Tack!

[@pyttipanna]

Det känns så bra att hinna upptäcka alla fel i tid! Dessutom skrattade jag en hel del åt hunden xD Du är underbar!

[@goryathitarajundee7998]

I love learning new languages specially swedish, I also teach and share some of my Swedish words that I learn to my friends!, I love this channel and 100% recommended learning here! ❤️

[@FunSwedish]

Thanks you are amazing for doing that❤️

[@marigoulart88]

I got most of them right, I'm so proud of myself! 😍🇸🇪 Great video, the ones I didn't know was great to learn ❤️

[@FunSwedish]

That's great! 👏

[@AxelQC]

Jättebra!

[@ajaysharma-og4bi]

Why I didn’t find you earlier. Too good, too funny and I am actually remembering things. Thank you very much ❤🙏🏼

[@FunSwedish]

So happy to hear that you are learning with our videos and thanks for following us! ❤ If you ever want to learn more Swedish with us. We also have Swedish courses. Here is some info about them: Live-Zoom courses (starting very soon!) : elansutbildning.com/courses/ Pre-recorded courses: funswedish.teachable.com/courses/ Courses for companies: elansutbildning.com/companies/ Our courses follow the same style as our videos but you will have more material and support from our teachers.

[@catherine8225]

I congratulate you for the good explanation of the video about Swedish grammar. I am studying Swedish and I do recognize that the biggest mistake is translating it into our language. Thanks for the videos I learn a lot from your channel.🤗🌟🌟

[@summerforestfairy]

I screamed when I say Ankan in the background! Love him 😊

[@FunSwedish]

😊

[@aishaali3734]

Tack for the videos! I'm really learning alot from it. I keep on downloading as much as I can. I really enjoyed all her videos. Kudos!!

[@FunSwedish]

Glad you like them! 😍

[@paulingvar]

The last difficult example ; It is more common to skip "den". So ; " Idag är det första december"

[@MegaJohn144]

I learned Swedish as a second language 50 years ago, but I never realized the rule about capitalization. I can see that I still have a lot to learn,

[@dreammfyre]

You could also use “weekend” instead of “helgen”, like in the famous Melodifestivalen song by Uffe Persson ;)

[@cillycubing2]

I'm watching this video to learn more about Swedish nouns and verbs. I'm still early in learning Swedish so don't know enough to make these mistakes

[@FunSwedish]

Prevent the mistakes before they happen in a great strategy 😁

[@mohamedatef2383]

Your videos are really fun and helpful Tack så mycket!

[@FunSwedish]

Tack! 😍

[@MrElcotilla]

In spanish we don't capatalize in months too

[@magosiag.1592]

I love your video! I have learned a lot! Thank You!

[@FunSwedish]

I'm so glad!

[@balintpinter5844]

Wow, very informative video, no unneccessary things. Just started to follow you and check your vids also on Instagram but helps me improving my Swedish fastly. Thank you! Keep up the good work.

[@FunSwedish]

Glad it was helpful!

[@fawnwoodz]

the editing in these is always so unnecessarily funny 😭 i'm over here giggling

[@bbarangumus]

Very useful video thansk!

[@FunSwedish]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jhonatanvelasqueromero8594]

OMG, you read my mind😅😅...These were my weak points at Swedish grammar...Thank u so mch for clarifying those tricky grammar points 😊😊😊🇵🇪🇵🇪

[@FunSwedish]

Glad it was helpful!

[@PunjabiFoodAndTravel]

Tack bra lärare

[@CouchPolyglot]

jag älskar svenska videor 🇸🇪

[@FunSwedish]

😍

[@Allergic2Krypto]

You are so smart and funny, and those memes are 👌! Thank you for your help, I have binge watched numerous videos, tomorrow is my oral exam in Swedish A1!

[@FunSwedish]

Tack så mycket. What a sweet comment 😍 Good luck with the oral exam! (Lycka till 🍀!)

[@Allergic2Krypto]

@@FunSwedish I passed! Thank you very much!

[@srilankarelaxation5889]

Great video! Tack så mycket ❤

[@FunSwedish]

Tack så mycket ❤ Glad to read that you enjoyed the video! If you ever want to learn more Swedish with us then you can join our Swedish courses. Live-Zoom courses: elansutbildning.com/ Pre-recorded courses: funswedish.teachable.com/courses/

[@Clemmy020]

Världens sötaste lärare Svenska! Älskar att titta på dina lektioner. Tack för den här!

[@FunSwedish]

Kul att höra!😍

[@tomeng9520]

Världens sötaste Svensklärare. Nästan rätt skrivet, fortsätt öva. God jul mannen 😁

[@nellykleppe2629]

Jag älskar ankan i bakgrunden!!!

[@FunSwedish]

😁😁

[@MrElcotilla]

Tussen tack... a great video as always... totally love it

[@FunSwedish]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@VERMiiNE]

2 months of Duolingo (and watching some tv series like Bonusfamijlen, Leif och Billy, Snabba Cash, Kärlek och Arnaki etc) and I spotted them all except for förra helgEN and December (even though I knew the rule for this one; I guess it's because the spelling is the exact same, and we're so used to see it capitalized in English). Tack för videon!

[@FunSwedish]

Good job! The December one is a very tricky one. 🙈

[@davidbandini3484]

Tack så mycket för videon! Grazie tante per il video :)

[@EricaGamet]

Yes, I loved this! A few of them tripped me up. I still can't always get the "think" words right. I knew that's what was wrong with the one, but then I went with tror. Someday I will get them right! Thank you!

[@thehoogard]

"tror" would have worked as well. In that case you would be expressing it more along the ways of established fact than opinion.

[@applemos6714]

”Tänker” is geting more common as well. I don’t think either of them are right or wrong. It depends on what you what to say.

[@colomba8722]

Tack Daniella! 😊

[@FunSwedish]

Varsågod!

[@albanokuci4418]

I like your lessons a lot🙂

[@FunSwedish]

Thank you! Hope they are helping

[@sategie]

It's the memes and duck face for me 😅😅 Jag älskar dina videos 👌🏾

[@FunSwedish]

Tack!

[@saul450]

I'm starting to get massoquist hahaha. I sometimes mix this up with German and English even though both have similarities, I have to remind myself that Swedish has its peculiarities. Even if it is still a Germanic language.

[@QueenahmedQueenahmed]

You made my day thank u so much my teacher ❤

[@FunSwedish]

Happy to help! ❤

[@KiltLeo]

Känna also has it's rots in elder Scandic "känning", keen, if I'm not mistaken. Skål

[@chihebmammeri7520]

Mycket informativt

[@FunSwedish]

Tack!

[@johnnybruylandt2979]

Mycket intressant.

[@FilSwedFamily]

Thank you for this its very informative.. i really have problem with this things😅

[@Doomsword0]

The dog bit was a good ongoing joke! All of these words that mean the same thing but for different contexts seem like they'll take a long time to get used to, what is the reason they come up so often is it really that helpful?

[@raspberrybriars]

This was great we learned and laughed a lot.😄

[@FunSwedish]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sniperwolf50]

Interesting... In the last sentence, even though it's written "idag är det den [...]" you pronounced as "idaren [...]". Are these contractions (reductions?) common in spoken Swedish?

[@FunSwedish]

VERY common. We even made a video about it kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6WUm5WoqLF_fMk

[@nooraghaamirzai9281]

Tack så mycket för din lära. How do you say dear?

[@FunSwedish]

Depends a bit on the context... But probably kär/kära/kärt. Mina kära vänner! = My dear friends!

[@nooraghaamirzai9281]

@@FunSwedish Tack

[@ira6133]

Min svensk hund är glad nu! Tusen tack!

[@FunSwedish]

😂😂

[@thesujalhamal3946]

Tack❤️🙏

[@FunSwedish]

😊

[@6ludija]

I have been learning for two months, I recognised two mistakes 🥳

[@FunSwedish]

Good job! 👏👏👏

[@joeharvelle6891]

Hey, do you put the verb on the second part like Geman or only with words about time? I mean, German people use "Today will I to bed at 10 pm go". Do you use something like this? I'm trying to understand the logic of logical languages even if I've started learning non logical languages firstly (English and French)

[@didaen]

It's very funny. Thank you :D

[@FunSwedish]

Thank you too!

[@faisaltouqir2008]

Tack tack❤️

[@FunSwedish]

😊

[@miahansson4006]

Hejsan! Jag har precis hittat dig. Jag är en svensk, som bor i England och ofta hör när vänner försöker uttala svenska ord. Har du gjort en video om k uttalas? Katt vs kit, till exempel. Att förklara hårda och mjuka vokaler och hur de påverkar olika konsonanter är inte lätt. Kul video. Jag tittade på Svenska Nationaldagen för en liten stund sedan.

[@FunSwedish]

Hej Mia! Tack för ditt meddelande. Ja, det har vi faktiskt gjort :) Här är länken till den kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXTNp4ykj9J3adE&ab_channel=FunSwedish

[@ImaginaryMdA]

I'm confused by the pronunciation at 11:37. It seems like you pronounce "det den" in a single syllable. I slowed it down, and still couldn't pull the two apart. Also, I should work more on my Swedish, I only spotted 6/10 mistakes.

[@adrianr650]

Hej Fun Swedish I just wanted to tell you that I have recommended you on a walking channel where subscribers are interested in Sweden and the language 😊😊

[@FunSwedish]

Awesome! Thank you for helping us spread the message 😁

[@lucieblindner2513]

Wow! This lesson was seriously eye opeining. I got all 10 wrong, unfortunately!

[@FunSwedish]

The important thing is to learn! Well done anyway! :)

[@lucieblindner2513]

@@FunSwedish 💯

[@antonwallman7987]

I notice that i (as a native swedish speaker) speak my sentences backwards from how you tell them in this video. I would probably not say "Förra helgen var jag i Paris" I say it like: "Jag var i Paris förra helgen" and I also say "Jag skall köpa en kanelbulle idag" and not "Idag skall jag köpa en kanelbulle". Just wanted to say this to people who maybe get confused as some of us speaks a bit different appart from pronunciation and other stuff. (There is no difference between "skall" och "ska" in writing "skall" is just an older way of spelling. But it can also be a dogs bark. Just a bit confused by my own L1 here. :D)

[@FunSwedish]

Hej Anton, vi säger också "Jag var i i Paris förra helgen" oftare men vi lyfte upp denna ordning för den existerar också. Speciellt i frågor. Vad gjorde du förra helgen? Förra helgen var jag i Paris. Och när man säger denna version så brukar det oftare uppstå fel för många som lär sig svenska då man tänker som på engelska och säger/skriver "förra helgen jag var i i Paris". Därför lyfte vi upp det 🙂

[@antonwallman7987]

@@FunSwedish Helt förståeligt och okej. Jag ville bara upplysa folk om att vi i Sverige kan komma att uttrycka samma sak något olika men att inget av det är fel. Jag har många kamrater från andra länder som har blivit förvirrade på grund av det. Trevlig helg. :)

[@Bonjour230]

"your homework is bad and your Swedish dog can not eat it" 😂😂😂

[@FunSwedish]

True story 😂

[@aerokid9362]

8:10 LMAOOOOJDJWJDJE this is the best language learning channel

[@FunSwedish]

Glad you think so. And thanks for your support! If you want to learn more Swedish with us, we also have Swedish courses. Pre-recorded courses: funswedish.teachable.com/courses/ Live-Zoom courses: elansutbildning.com/courses/ Courses for companies: elansutbildning.com/companies/

[@federicomaisch8019]

Funny and informative

[@FunSwedish]

Glad you think so!

[@MDobri-sy1ce]

Is it bad if I say, I do not mind homework most of the time because it forces me to learn. It depends more on what the assignment is.

[@FunSwedish]

Not bad at all! If you enjoy homework, then you will learn even faster 😁

[@MDobri-sy1ce]

@@FunSwedish I know. Well, I have been in college on and off for over a decade almost so, I am used to homework. I give myself homework? Right now, it's the Swedish word order.

[@Hejjhej]

You could say "Kom här!" To your swedish dog. Thats pretty common.

[@tomeofslyev]

Me telling my teachers that the wind blew my homework out of the window:

[@FunSwedish]

😆

[@purpela334]

But ..but.. what about people who live on border and they can just walk to Norway? Will they use Åka or Gå?

[@FunSwedish]

Haha, good question. If they use theyr "feet" to walk then it is ok to say "gå" but as soon as they use some kind of transportation to get to Norway (car, bus etc) then "åka" would be more appropriate.

[@purpela334]

@@FunSwedish hahah XD .. Okay, Thank you

[@suvarthavani6787]

I have gone through many of your videos. I am in confusion with the word På. Kan du förklara. Please

[@FunSwedish]

We talk about the preposition PÅ and practice it in our Lower Intermediate course. You should sign up :) It starts in 1 week. After this course you will understand PÅ and other prepositions so much better. Here is the link for more information about the course and how to sign up :) elansutbildning.com/product/falukorv-lower-intermediate/

[@MDobri-sy1ce]

Well, at least I got sentences 4 and 5 right!

[@FunSwedish]

👏👏

[@Andre_2099]

I like your videos, but the sentences appeared too quickly in this video, I wish they would stay on screen a bit longer. :)

[@FunSwedish]

Noted! Thanks for your comment! We will take it into account for the next video.

[@hansmeissner734]

Inget problem. Man kan enkelt stoppa videon för att titta längre på meningarna.

[@Torsteinhauger]

You can pause the video, if you want.

[@EricaGamet]

I just pause the video to look at the sentence.

[@ehyang3775]

I hope I learn on your blog it's me rhea from Philippines 🇵🇭

[@evawettergren7492]

Watching this... I'm glad I am a native speaker of swedish or I would never learn it. (Also, I did not know the last one... I blame english for that.)

[@FunSwedish]

You can totally blame English for that 😂 Well, at least as a Swdish speaker you can now appreciate the struggle some people go through 😅

[@TR-qu9ty]

Just a small thing: adjectives aren't conjugated but declined :)

[@UpcomingJedi]

Prepositions...

[@micke_mango]

Regarding the last one, the spelling mistake, I wouldn't really say that we never capitalise months or days. If you want to read Swedish literature from the 1800s, you'd better get used to it, because back then it was still rather common. We should notice that days and months ARE names and the main rule is to capitalize names, so this rule in practice today is an exception. It follows the trend, started in the 1600s, when Swedish stopped capitalizing nouns, partly to distance the language from the previously strong German influence. I wouldn't really consider it an error, since it doesn't occur in spoken language and doesn't introduce any ambiguity. It's more of a nuisance because it differs to most other languages, without any real benefits. There are lots of rules in written Swedish that are kind of arbitrary and not really useful, this is one of those. Another one, which is a pet peeve of mine, is that trippel consonants is reduced to double consonants, which introduces a few ambiguities by "avstavningshomografer". This purely aesthetic and annoying rule was actually changed this year to allow them.

[@herrbonk3635]

Åka ≈ fara ≈ resa. (I know you like to keep it minimalistic, but I don't.)

[@SqueamishNerd]

Någon jag har tänkt på att många har svårt för i svenskan är skillnaden mellan "ska" och "kommer att". Till exempel att de säger "Det ska bli blött på marken av regnet" istället för "Det kommer att bli blött på marken av regnet"

[@kiarachiedza564]

can you also say jag känner inte

[@kranser]

Var är skillnad mellan: A) Idag ska jag köpa en kanelbulle, och B) Idag köpa jag en kanelbulle?

[@FunSwedish]

Good question! A) Idag SKA jag köpa en kanelbulle = Today I WILL buy a cinnamon bun (this is correct) B) Idag köpa jag en kanelbulle = Today buy I a cinnamon bun (not correct). The "ska" is missing. We need the "ska" (helpverb) to explain what we WILL do in the future (buy a cinnamon bun)

[@markcollyns8896]

Im from sweden but I still look att it

[@gosesnuff]

Tekniskt sett skulle nr.2 även kunna översättas till "jag tror att det är en dålig idé" även om tycker är den vanligare översättningen så beror det ändå på sammanhanget...

[@esdet105]

Wörd Order capitalized.

[@Overlycomplicatedswede]

Jag visste att något var med nummer 8 och jag kunde inte komma på det, sedan visar du det och jag börjar bara skratta åt hur uppenbart det var|. bra video hej från Jönköping

[@vesarintamaki2712]

LOL 1) det går bra att se( it walks well to see)....hur ska det ska gå (how will it walk) LOL 3) jag känner Anders ( I feel Anders ) LOL 3) jag är här nu ( I am (military) troup now) , kom här nu ( come troup/army now) , jag är här ( I am army), kom hit nu ( come hit ( music) now) ... god hjul "good juul". ben ( fish bone).... in finnish : ruoto ben ( leg ) .............in finnish : jalka ben ( bone) ..........in finnish : luu ro bakåt ( row backwards ) in finnish : huopaa lever ( lives ) in finnish : elää lever ( liver) in finnish : maksa i sjön - in the lake - järvessä in i sjön - into the lake - järveen till sjön - to the lake - järvelle ur sjön - from within the lake - järvestä från sjön - from the lake - järveltä

[@peggyharris2158]

Can you also say, Han är min vanner?

[@FunSwedish]

You can say "Han är min vän" if you want to say "He is my friend". Vän = friend, vänner = friends. But yes, kompis and vän means the same thing :)

[@peggyharris2158]

@@FunSwedish lol, I meant vän, not vanner. Thank you that helps a bunch.

[@Szystedt]

I’m swedish, why am I even watching hah?

[@JonVonD]

jag tycker att svenska är inte svårt för oss (jag är från Österrike och kan snacka engelska bra eftersom min pappa är amerikan) och när jag läser på svenska kan jag förstå det mesta, men satssyntaxen är helt annorlunda i bisatser (och det är svårt att tänka utan att behöva använda kasus!)

[@Ouranorable]

Try as I might, I can't hear you actually SAYING the "det den" in that last sentence! I even slowed it down to 0.5 speed and listened to it 10 times - I can't hear it T_T...

[@alejandrorosales5077]

Jag ska resa till Sverige senare

[@FunSwedish]

👏

[@farhanfaizal129]

hej, kan jag har vänner för sprata svenska, snälla. jag lara sig sevanska för tvö monäder. vi behokar en group för spraten sevanska

[@AxelQC]

Min hund åt mina läxor. 🐶

[@FunSwedish]

😂😂