Audiobook Narrator Matt Haynes SWEDISH ACCENT

[@Benginator1]

The "ch" in "chair" often becomes soft like in "share"

[@narratormatt]

What a great, easy tip. I'll be incorporating this into my weekly practice time.

[@narratormatt]

@Mi thank yew for the ree-yin-forceeng coemment

[@jenniferchoate5600]

To be honest, the Swedish accent sounds like a mixture of a Scottish, Irish and German accents to me. It's certainly a very interesting and beautiful accent. Forget British and French accents, give me a Swedish one. XD

[@noirblanque5324]

He is speakign with a German accent. Not Swedish.

[@noirblanque5324]

And yes, i would know. I´m a Swede. Get on my level.

[@jenniferchoate5600]

hejmeli If he was talking with a German accent then his w's would sound like v's, and his and's would sound and spell like und. His the's would sound he's sounding it out with a z. I recommend watching a video either from the anime Hetalia with Germany in it or looking up a video with a German person speaking in English.

[@noirblanque5324]

Well its NOT at all a Swedish accent xD

[@moondust2365]

To be fair, same. Seriously, it sounds like a mix of Irish, Scottish, German, and Norwegian to me.

[@hencytjoe]

The swedish language focuses a lot on the vowels, they are your friends in Swedish. This means when a swede speaks english, itt t-ehn-ds to bie a lawt liyk diss.

[@krisdood713]

I know I'm a few years late, but here's some tips that i know: CH becomes SH the hard "J" in "Jail" becomes "y", so "jail" would be turned to "yale"

[@KnightEnterprises]

Another role as a Swedish Businessman. Thank you Matt!!!

[@martanilsson94]

Sounds like german to me ;) I wouldn't emphasize v/w so much, however you got the j right! As someone pointed out previously in the comments, "ch" poses the same issue for swedes (english j and ch aren't common in swedish) and many pronounce it "sh". Chef = shef, China = Shina etc. Another sound that would make a huge difference would be to implement a flat "l". For instance, the l in "like" would be pronounced with the tongue to the front roof of your mouth rather than further back. I hope that makes sense! And if you can master it (few foreigners can) making "ee" in "feed" sound like you're about to throw up will make you sound unmistakingly like someone from Stockholm ;)

[@Nightceasar]

Hehehe sounds nothing like swedish, sounds more like a made up german accent or something.

[@Nonhumansam]

It sounds like a Scottish mix between German and Dutch

[@thelmalusth1388]

We roll the r:s in swedish, I'm Swedish :)

[@narutou8028]

Tyckte du oxå det var skummt ? Btw mitt namn är ett skämt

[@thelmalusth1388]

ja, haha

[@AnkVEVO]

Thelma Shirin är inte det I skottland

[@reaver8338]

I heard that some parts of Sweden don't roll the r:s that true?

[@Lurre10Channel]

@@reaver8338 Yes south of Sweden

[@maddiem1182]

I'm doing Gretel (as in hansel and gretel) in the Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon one act at school, and this helped me! Thanks!

[@No0bT4rD]

How did it go?

[@AndyFieldVoiceActor]

Absolutely brilliant. Thanks for all the hard work!

[@greg55666]

Fantastic video! I'm writing a story with a Swedish character, and I've been looking for how to write her accent typographically. Now I know! "I jahst hit tawn"!

[@GreezyBoy]

This man is doing gods work

[@narratormatt]

If this were my Chicago video, I'd go Blues Brothers on you and correct your wording to "Gad's Work"

[@jessemchihuahua8443]

That was BRILLIANT!!!!! Next, try the lyrics to AC/DC's highway to hell.

[@julleget]

Lol. This is far from an actual Swedish accent.

[@NichDevRumble]

agree

[@cakehunter111]

Imo u kind of wrong, noting of this sounds like swedish accent it's Kind of crucked for me as a swede becomes: iiits kajnd ooo(Å)f krucked I becomes "aj" o sounds like a swedish "Å" the u becomes much longer and blended with the R like: RUUU and the ED sounds liked eeeHd

[@user-rz2lg3fy6l]

Sebastian P thanks

[@carlygreen2293]

I was NOT prepared for how funny you would be at 4:26🤣🤣

[@narratormatt]

Why thank you. How did you come across this vid? I'm always curious.

[@carlygreen2293]

@@narratormatt Was hosting a D&D party for my fiance; he plays & I do not, but I wanted to serve them food in some fun, role playing way. The DM & I had initially decided I'd be a Valkyrie, (my fiance's character prays to Loki,) and bring them a feast. So I was trying my Oklahoman hand at some accents lol we ended up just having Loki summon them all to a tavern where I was a wench on my last straw with Loki and his sh*t, but since he had "honorable guests" we served them. The menu's were cool lol but thanks a million for having this up here. It was a lot of fun to practice, as I love doing silly impressions a lot anyways.

[@kimsanders1280]

yas buddy. super helpful and super extra points for doing A Boy Named Sue.

[@KungKarlStudios]

yes, you are spot on!

[@ingenide]

you're probably sick of hearing this but it does sound like german rather than swedish

[@greg55666]

Duh mud und duh blood und de beer is great.

[@justonrg]

thanks dude!

[@Arcanum1980]

Let go of the idea that the Swedish accent is some kind of altered German (maybe 2000 BCE it was?). Scandinavian phonology differs from continental German to the degree that we actually make fun of Germans ourselves. You got the R all wrong and the intonation was not even close. Love your work though! Looking forward for another try. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqPdqKOQm7SBjrs

[@salviija774]

Niklas Svedenlind He isn't doing a pitch accent, he's doing one that actually came into existence after the world wars. I speak an accent nearly close to his fake one, but he still got the r's wrong.

[@herrbonk3635]

It never was. Sure, we got many Plattdeutch and Dutch loan words via the Hansa league in the middle ages, but Sweden and Swedish is much older than Germany as a state as well as the so called standard German that is spoken today.

[@noirblanque5324]

That´s... not even Swedish. Not even Close to the accent, lol. You´re speaking with a GERMAN accent. NOT Swedish. Watch some people intervuing native Swedes on the streets in English to here an authentic accent.

[@davidpenasd]

Awesome! I enjoyed the way the Rovio -- Angry Birds creators sounded in an interview. Angry Bhurds. Tourrkey.

[@greg55666]

Hey I got the Boy Named Sue reference! I knew that snake vas my own sveet dad From a vorn-out picture that my mother had

[@dreammfyre]

Sorry, but this just confirms no one outside of Sweden can do a good Swedish accent.

[@wbislavolgs]

I’m doing shrek and I have to do Swedish accsent this is so hardddd

[@narratormatt]

Swedish? For Shrek? Explain!

[@igreatlyandpowerfullydisag3681]

He is a combination of Tim Sutton from mh, and Alan Rickman

[@xylixiian]

i think sometimes "th" becomes "d"

[@thedude4795]

Swedes and Scands dont enunciate colorfully, they just rush through some colorful words. This voice actor says "against" with "i" audible, while Scands would just say "agenst" "If he's not with us, he's against us" kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHLCZp54f8mof8k

[@thedude4795]

this is ultimate Swenglish kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKWZlIiVnsx5Y5Y

[@Talleyrandlover]

It is so funny seeing people try have a swedish accent

[@scotverdin9401]

sound like Scot

[@splaygorgon5299]

He’s actually English just playing American accent

[@hertigmandelhierta871]

Unfortunately it sounds more like South african english.Listen to how they speak in parts of Montana and you should be in the ballpark.

[@annelisejr]

Danish!!

[@db4204]

3 and 4 are reasonably correct but the others don't sound Swedish at all.

[@jonnathiessen8349]

I’m Swedish... what am I doing here!?

[@StephMcAlea]

Needs a bit of work. Even watching episodes of Wallander with Krister Henriksson will help. Which would be pronounced 'valLANdeR'. Bra? Also, Im pretty sure 'McLeod' is pronounced 'McCloud'.

[@Wolfie54545]

Jag är svenska

[@ariellittaua7582]

Wolfie54545 Jag är filippinsk👍

[@edendalasen4883]

Not Swedish...at all I'm Swedish so I should know

[@arthursweden4587]

Doesn’t sound like a Swedish accent at all but a little like German

[@rebeccaosser4907]

1.Your first observation is totally off. It's actually the exact opposite, you need to talk in the front of your mouth, english is futher back. And the r is also spoken in the front, unlike in english, where it's in the middle. 2.Don't focus on vowels too much. Those are relativaly unimportant as most vowel sounds in english also exist in swedish, though the opposite is not true. 3. J becomes y and ch becomes sh. 4. Melody. English and german are very even languages, swedish is not. Try intoning words differently, some higher others lower. Then try emphasizing the most important word/words in the sentence. This feature is the hardest to explain and the hardest to get right. Even if you do everything else on this list without this you won't sound swedish. Everything else is second to this. I'm not a launguist, so pardon if I got anything wrong and good luck.

[@narratormatt]

Wonderful specific feedback. Thank you!

[@narratormatt]

Also, do you have any examples I can go to for Swedish people with a distinct accent when talking in English? Most of the ones I have found have such good English, it's hard for me to find qualities to latch onto.

[@rebeccaosser4907]

@@narratormatt Hmm.. maybe you could check out LEMMiNOs videos, he has a pretty destinct accent especially in his older ones. Katrin Brendt also has a rather audiable accent, not as thick as LEMMiNOs, but still pretty obvious. She also made two quit funny videos about the language. One is called "swedish language: stupid pronouncuations"and the other is "swenglish: how to spot a swede speaking english". Also, there is a swedish series on Netflix called "quicksand". The series is of course origianlly in swedish but it has an english dub done by the original swedish cast. I usally wouldn't recomend a dub, but it's an alternative if you just want to listen to the swedish accent. There is also the norweigan comedy series "Norsemen". The actors are norweigan (or atleast scandinavian) but they all speak in english. I know you wanted swedish, but the norweigan accent is quit similar to the swedish one, just more extrem in pronouncation and a slightly more distinguishable melody. In fact listning to a norweigen accent might help you quit a bit with the swedish accent. Just to really hear the difference in melody and pronaunciation. I hope this helps.

[@narratormatt]

@@rebeccaosser4907 eeexcellent.

[@narratormatt]

@@rebeccaosser4907 veeery helpful. I've just added those names to my notebook.

[@notcypes49]

It's more like Norway accent

[@Spindacre]

That sounds German.

[@leighocities]

Lol April 17th is my birthday

[@Svebicum]

I'm sorry but there is not a single Swede on this planet that for a moment would identify that as a Swedish accent. It's not even close.

[@kristen3715]

ayyy pewdiepie accent

[@narratormatt]

Oh goodness, is that his accent? I thought he was doing rural American south?

[@fredjanelidze5481]

Your German accent is perfect. Your Swedish accent is dismal beyond belief. Sorry, that’s the hard truth

[@narratormatt]

Well, let's chip away at the hard truth in the name of progress. What suggestions do you have?

[@fredjanelidze5481]

I think you base a lot of the accent on German (mixed with other European accents) and that is false. Firstly, Swedes elongate their vowels, and some of the Swedish pitch accent may be present, as it’s a sing-songy language.Some consonants are pronounced differently, so that for example cheap and sheep are pronounced the same way (“this discount makes it very sheep” can be heard. Corresponds to tj sound in Swedish). The sound g is softened to yee (this actually happened in English historically, compare yester/day to German hard g gester/n)Then there comes the terminology. Swedes believe that their language is more similar to English than it actually is. So you may hear “I will learn you” instead of “will teach you”, because lära/learn is used with a pronoun, “I learn” is “jag lär mig/I learn me” with a reflexive pronoun and that makes “jag lär dig a natural extension of that rule. Same thing with “I loan you” when they mean “lend”. They also use the word “funny” when they mean “fun” (the Swedish word rolig has both senses). It’s just the tip of the iceberg, but I hope it’s somewhat helpful in reorienting yourself.

[@narratormatt]

@@fredjanelidze5481 This is wonderful. Thank you! We're all stand to benefit from this as a resource.

[@funkee5675]

Good try but it sounds more German. I wouldn't be able to identify you as a Swede tbh

[@Spindacre]

That sounds just German!

[@konsultarvode6527]

Even for south swedish the r is wrong.

[@konsultarvode6527]

Most of it is wrong tbh.

[@arminmtb2716]

Sounds like german

[@BelleroseQC]

Swedish people don't actually sound like that at all.

[@christianroberttabor6940]

Just learn how to talk like pewdiepie

[@thildaasander335]

This is not a swedish accent, you need to pronounce the words differently, go up and down more

[@kristofferhellstrom]

Naaaa.. Doesn't sound Swedish at all :D

[@minimodge1239]

why does this uy have to show little pics of what he's saying. people know what he's saying jeez