Polyglot BLOWS MY MIND with PERFECT SWEDISH!

[@daysandwords]

I'm serious about the offer made! If this video does that well, I WILL make 20 videos in a row in Swedish! Do all the things if you want to see what I come up with!

[@KlaudiaSwedish]

Thank you again Lamont, it was a pleasure talking to you and I'm confident you'll hit the target with this one haha! All the best and stay in touch. /Klaudia

[@norma3076]

Omg! I really loved this 🤩 Her accent is truly amazing😍 Thank you so much for making this and especially for bringing back Swedish, love your videos👏👏👏

[@sharonoddlyenough]

🌼 this video was shared to r/svenska and it's gathering appreciation

[@daysandwords]

Thanks for sharing Sharon!

[@sharonoddlyenough]

@@daysandwords how many shares can a sharing Sharon share if a caring Sharon really really cared? Lots lol (no worries)

[@fatsloth9209]

As a native Swedish speaker this is extremely impressive. Her accent is almost unnoticeable.

[@daysandwords]

Also for non-Swedish learners reading this, it should be noted that this is even rarer in Swedish than other languages. It's known to be an extremely difficult accent to pick up.

[@KlaudiaSwedish]

Tack!

[@danb6118]

@@KlaudiaSwedish You really have picked up the melody and intonation of the language.

[@ln6264]

@@daysandwords y?

[@daysandwords]

@@ln6264 It just is. There's no "why" to it. Or do you mean "what in particular about it makes it difficult?" - That is a whole video. In fact that's a good idea for a video that I'd kind of already had but you've just made me think of another element.

[@mikaelzakrisson5514]

Det är smått surrealistiskt att höra två ickesvenskar prata flytande och i stort sett perfekt svenska... Jag är mäkta imponerad! 👍

[@sebastianchantre3152]

mer än smått skulle jag påstå. Helt galet imponerad.

[@notieming]

håller med

[@phj223]

Det är helt otroligt, båda är extremt bra, men att lyssna på Klaudia är ju som att höra en Stockholmstjej prata. O.o Om jag hade hört henne på radio utan någon bakgrundsinformation hade jag aldrig snappat upp de extremt få "tells" som finns på att hon inte skulle vara infödd svensk, det hade legat betydligt närmare till hands att förklara det med att hon växt upp med en annan svensk dialekt och sedan flyttat till t ex Stockholm, och det är som sagt om jag hade reflekterat över det alls (vilket jag inte tror). Även när man vet att hon lärt sig språket i vuxen ålder så får man verkligen sitta och lyssna långa stunder innan det dyker upp något som får en att tänka "aha där var det något" .. :)

[@attesmatte]

Eller hur!! 😳 Jag är sjukt imponerad!! 😍

[@thepicard83]

@Solve Everything jag känner många som bott här typ hela sina liv och fortfarande inte kan bra svenska. Antar att man helt enkelt inte vill lära sig. Dessa två personer bevisar att man kan lära sig perfekt svenska om man vill, så varför sjutton finns det så mycket folk i Sverige sen årtionden som inte ens knappt talar språket.

[@saftobulle]

People saying she's got no accent are clearly lying. She's got a very distinct Stockholm accent ;)

[@letswalkaroundstockholm]

Haha exactly. The comes straight from Södermalm 🤣

[@danielolson5378]

That was my first thought as well!

[@johnnyrosenberg9522]

I was going to say the same thing, but I was two weeks late… 🤣

[@axelfrick4106]

Stockholmare har ingen dialekt! :)

[@johnnyrosenberg9522]

@@axelfrick4106 Hahaha… eller hur…? Jag trodde inte att jag hade någon dialekt heller, tills jag flyttade cirka 500 km. Sedan trodde jag inte heller att jag tagit efter deras dialekt förrän jag besökte mina vänner hemma igen…

[@kristofferwesterlund6699]

Wow! I'm so used to non Swedish people speaking Swedish with a rather poor accent (which is understandable because of how complex it gets), but both of you guys speak so well it's almost uncanny! My compliments!

[@daysandwords]

Tack! 😀

[@KlaudiaSwedish]

Tack! And thanks for not being picky! :D

[@FrozenMermaid666]

I am intermediate level in Swedish / German / Norwegian and advanced level in Dutch, so I could understand most words! I noticed that non-natives speak in a way that’s easier to understand than most natives, they definitely enunciate the words better, so I can usually understand what non-natives (and natives that are teaching the language on yt etc) say! I highly recommend learning Dutch & Norwegian (Dutch / English / Norwegian are the prettiest languages ever, too pretty not to know) and Icelandic / Welsh / Old Norse / Cornish / Hungarian / Breton / Slovene / Gallo / Brazilian Portuguese / Galician etc, as all these languages are super gorgeous, and I am learning all Germanic languages and the 6 Celtic languages and the true Latin languages and Hungarian and Slovene and Finnish and Estonian, and I’ll probably learn Latvian as well because it seems like it has mostly pretty words, from what I’ve seen so far, so there are over 50 languages on my list of languages I want to learn and improve!

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Dutch words are just too pretty not to know, and 83 of the prettiest words in Dutch are - ver, vlinder, verloren, feest, adem, vaste, veel, verdween, heel, het, heen, voorbij, vandaan, verven, domein, verwaald, drijfzand, lief, leegte, liefde, heerst, einde, zonder, weet, avond, vult, gekomen, centrum, moment, pad, loop, overheerst, vallen, twijfel, vinden, kelde, wald, ter, geweest, vrees, grenzen, verleg, rein, van, stellen, wilde, steeds, verstreken, evenbeeld, bleef, steile, vrede, stem, wens, net, tijd, stille, verwenst, zalig, ochtend, zilverreiger, weer, overwint, heerlijk, zin, hart, beweert, vanaf, kwijt, wolken, mes, verliezen, dwaling, verlaten, rede, trek, tuinhek, brand, verdien, blikje, vertellen, verder, vertrek...

[@FrozenMermaid666]

Some of the prettiest Welsh words are derwen / nest / afon / talar / adeilad / helygen / afal / hyd / lolfa / enaid / bedwen / neithiwr / ynys / nos / sydd / noswaith / ers / mynd / rhosyn / eistedd / gwych / tân / fawr / telyn or delyn / ynddyn / llaw or dwylo / doeth / fewn or mewn / gwar / bys / ffynnon / swrn / tew / blin / mynydd / braich etc, and Welsh reminds of Dutch (Dutch / English / Norwegian are the prettiest and most refined languages ever with the most pretty words) because they have a similar intonation / vibe and they both have the soft CH (H-like K-controlled) sound and many of the words have similar types of letter combinations - Welsh is a category 1 language, and Breton / Cornish are also category 1 languages, just like Dutch and English and Norwegian etc, so they are very easy to learn, and have mostly pretty words, and I am beginner level in Welsh and in the other 5 Celtic languages!

[@senorsmile]

"I don't want to feel like there is a goal." Amazing wisdom, seriously.

[@daysandwords]

After typing out all the subtitles for this I happened to watch Captain Sinbad's video on the Samurai way of Bushido and how when you feel you've reached a goal, you've strayed from the path and I felt that it was not coincidence that Klaudia is the best non-native speaker of Swedish I've heard (her British-English is amazing too) and she has adopted this path.

[@CammoNisse]

At times your accent is so spot on. Her accent is basically at the highest level for non-native speaker. Some words are more noticeable than others.

[@danielolson5378]

She sounds almost exactly like a native Swede born and raised in Stockholm 😯😲

[@LanaBlakely]

Wow, så imponerande!

[@daysandwords]

Oj men hej Lana! Du är en av mina favorit YouTubare! Jag älskar när du säger ett litet ord eller fras eller nåt på svenska! Till och med i outtakes när du säger typ, "Have you ever thought about how many... nej..."

[@KlaudiaSwedish]

Tack!

[@Majtzy]

She sounds exactly like a native Swede, which is incredibly hard to do. Her Swedish I don't think is "miles" away from yours since it was really really good as well. I'm especially impressed with how both of you don't have foreign accents, hers is clearly a Stockholm dialect while yours remind me more of a inland dialect with a hint of Stockholm.

[@groggen2060]

inlandsdialekt?

[@Wqube]

As a native... Once I knew she was polish I could sense a slight hint of accent a few times. But if it wasn't revealed I'd thought she was a native speaker. Both of them are using a very natural vocabulary.

[@RikFz1]

One of the best examples of Swedish I have ever heard from someone who is not a native Swede. You, yourself Lamont, are very good too.

[@SwedishWarGoat.]

She speaks better Swedish than a lot of swedes, and I'm not even joking.

[@fesve]

Som en skåning känner mig träffad

[@alexanderjohansson8133]

@@fesve Det behöver du inte känna. Du är inte svensk ;)

[@3mill5]

@@alexanderjohansson8133 BURN!

[@sammeprotagonist]

Yeah but Sweden is full of muslims.

[@SwedishWarGoat.]

@@sammeprotagonist and what is your point?

[@thirdworldpolyglot2095]

I deleted my comment because I must correct myself; she is not pretty cool, she is AWESOME

[@senchaholic]

Bra, var inte så svensk 😉

[@robinbackrud89]

This is truly near native level Swedish. If we're gonna nitpick at anything, just for fun and just because Klaudia is already so awesome, the stress is just slightly slightly off on a few occasions. "Språket I sig" should be "språket i SIG", but these are mistakes even a native would make from time to time of course. In terms of accent and pretty much everything else it is scary accurate. She could fool most Swedes pretending to be a native. You both have obviously made great progress. Very impressive. Bravo!

[@iamkobi2187]

@@pierrenilsson6189 I'm glad I came across this comment, i'm not learning Swedish but I had in my head that on my language journey i'd work on hiding my accent,

[@MrStokkich]

@@iamkobi2187 I don't think there's anything wrong with wanting to work on your accent. I don't want to sound Swedish when talking English. Having an accent that makes you hard to understand is obviously an issue, but other than that, there are more important things in learning a language.

[@lmatt88]

@@pierrenilsson6189 I don't think so, if you get the grammar and pronunciation to a native level you will be making native mistakes.

[@lmatt88]

@@ketchup901 Depends. Finnish swedes don't have that intonation.

[@brendon2462]

@@pierrenilsson6189 Yea but she could fix those mistakes and be even closer to native sounding? Why are natives immune to that particular mistake?

[@maxcarlsson8334]

This is easily the best non native swedish I’ve ever heard. She sounds almosg native at times. But both of them speak excellently

[@jenalinguaphile]

I could really relate to the calm down and act more like a kid approach to learning. I can get sucked into focusing on efficiency, getting the most out of my time, and miss out on enjoying the process. For me language learning is a hobby that enriches my life so I should be able to enjoy it. That was a great reminder!

[@KlaudiaSwedish]

Glad you feel like that! Thanks for watching!

[@Arcsylon]

Her accent is practically non-existent. Very impressive. I’m even more impressed by the structure of her sentences though.

[@ultramatanui135]

I'm from Sweden and this is incredible! So strange to listen to someone who's not from Sweden speaking Swedish with such a great accent!

[@iceboxchamberlain1]

Probably the best pronunciation I've ever heard from a non-native Swede. I only heard a few words where she had a slight accent and sometimes she used a few words that native Swedes usually wouldn't use in the same context. Still 11/10.

[@henrikwannheden7114]

Klaudia is very very good. She would probably pass for native in a casual conversation. And I think that most Swedes living in London for a couple of years would have significantly worse pronunciation than she does.

[@bopeep268]

It super weird hearing her speak swedish, it's almost as if a stockholm girl learned to put on a tiny foreign accent while abroad.

[@erikstenviken2652]

Yes. You can just hear the accent in some words and also a lack of slang words. But like 99,9% perfect.

[@jerkfogelqvist-utterstrom5130]

I woud say that the main problem is the r's, There is something about them that don't soud native

[@jerkfogelqvist-utterstrom5130]

and also the sentense strucure is a bit non native

[@benghazi4216]

@@jerkfogelqvist-utterstrom5130 But then again, just listen to some of our "famous" influencers and you will hear sentence structures that are Much worse than Klaudia's.

[@najsbajsmedmajs]

@@jerkfogelqvist-utterstrom5130 I disagree. The r's are among the most impressive aspects of her pronunciation. A very perfect "Stockholm r"

[@heathersaxton8118]

More foreign language videos for the people! It’s really frustrating how for even channels that teach a specific language the videos where they speak 100% in the language they’re teaching get way less views than videos in English.

[@Bearodon]

Almost all videos sound foreign.

[@bovrar2nd861]

The way she see languages & learning is quite interesting.

[@antonjonsson1512]

Im so impressed at this, she sounds like she's born and lived all her life in sweden. If you didn't say she was from poland i would have thought she was swedish.

[@victorstroganov8135]

She's very motivational! Please do more interviews like these in the future!

[@plutopingvin454]

This is the best Swedish i've heard from non-native swedish speakers (outside scandinavia as well) who has been learning Swedish as adults. You guys have a mix of mid-south accents with a touch of a finnish swedish accent as well which is quite cool. I'm extremely impressed! You guys really sound like you're from Scandinavia.

[@joakimsoderberg8046]

As a native Swede I must say that this is perfect. Like two native Swedes having a conversation.

[@daysandwords]

Haha, tack. SÅ bra skulle jag inte hävda att min svenska var, men tack ändå!

[@williamavairebelenarci1371]

Every 15th sentence you can tell there's something off. That's insanely good when it comes to Swedish pronunciation.

[@daysandwords]

You know you're one of the only people to give me a realistic number. Every 15th sentence, haha, that's perfect. I'm gonna start measuring my Swedish progress with this scale. At the moment it's 1 in 15 sentences sounds perfect. Next year someone will ask me and I'll say "2 in 15 sentences sounds perfect." and they'll be like 🤔

[@williamavairebelenarci1371]

@@daysandwords Haha maybe a weird way of measuring! When I think about it though it's actually more likely every 10th sentence or so. Minor pronunciation errors. Wish you and your channel all the best none the less!

[@LabGecko]

_"The better I get at [a language], the less I see the language itself, and [the more] I see only the meaning it contains."_ Awesome insight, and something many people don't understand when starting a language. Many languages have portions that _do not translate_ into another language. To know the _real_ meaning, one must learn the language and pick up some of the culture. I think this is a reason we will continue to have translators much longer after AI is good enough to translate accurately. For example, Google Translate is sometimes good enough to translate words, but not intent, full meaning, and subtext.

[@iSometimesWriteMusic]

It's not the almost dissapearing accent that's the most impressive thing (I can hear traces of polish accent, subtle for sure)... It's her word choice, pauses, tempo, language "mannerisms." The way she talks is basically identical to a lot of young women born and raised in Stockholm.

[@swedishmetalbear]

Vill bara uppmuntra och berömma bådas uttal. Jag skulle bara automatiskt anta att ni båda hade bott i Sverige i många år. Jättefint. Tack!!

[@isabellaw8817]

I was half expecting this to be clickbait given the formatting of the title but I'm of course thoroughly impressed. It's so refreshing to see more people who actually go really deep into learning just one or a couple of languages with the intention of really trying to get into the headspace of a native speaker in terms of not only linguistic proficiency, but also cultural knowledge and attitude, rather than aiming for the admittedly more clickable title of hyperpolyglot, while in actual fact only having a very superficial understanding of the languages they claim to know. When I was younger I used to feel particularly bad for giving up on other languages I'd previously started learning because they just weren't tickling my fancy quite as much as German, but there's a lot to be said for actually "mastering" a language one is truly passionate about instead of dabbling in a whole bunch and hardly making any noticeable progress and I'm genuinely so proud of how far I've come in the last 8 years and super happy that I could just about watch the entire video without reading the subtitles thanks to my Norwegian :D

[@daysandwords]

Yeah. And contrary to popular belief, I have actually never been super anti-clickbait. I am anti-actual-lying. If you make a video called "Learn French in 12 hours" and then in the video, you come out with some whacky maths as to how useful 12 hours actually is and it's a good video about the value of that, then good for you. But if you make a video called "Learn French in a week" and then pretend that you didn't start learning French two years before, then you're just lying. So basically what I am saying: Clickbaity Lamont is coming, but the videos will always be something I genuinely believe (or did, or whatever).

[@isabellaw8817]

@@daysandwords if the video does actually deliver on the title in a way that the viewer still feels is beneficial then I wouldn’t consider it clickbait because I think of clickbait to be disingenuous and a “trick”, this is just good marketing ;)

[@isabellekarlsson5384]

Wow! Me and my boyfriend are blown away! We’re both Swedes and you guys are truly amazing 🤩👏 Hoppas på mer videor där ni pratar svenska! 🤩

[@funghaimedia]

Impressed swede here. Just wow. You both have nailed small little things deep within the language. Well done!

[@prodyungbvx7800]

as a swede, I notice she isn't native, however, if I heard this in the streets and didn't know she wasn't a native, I probably would not have noticed.

[@martinlarsson6621]

@@JS-uw1pr How does that not make any sense? You can notice it while sitting down and listening to it, but its not so extreme that my ear would pick up on it if I just walked down the street and passed her talking to a friend, because I don't stop and listen carefully to strangers conversation on the street.

[@Mrvanderspank]

@@JS-uw1pr The way she talks sounds exactly like a Swede would but certain choices of words and how they're constructed isn't what we would use. So if you REALLY listen extra for it you'll notice but if you'd just talk to her in passing you couldn't tell.

[@drunkenmuse]

@@JS-uw1pr As a fellow swede, it made perfect sense - O P basically says; As a native, I notice she isn't native [in the context of this video, when listening for it], however, if I heard this in the streets and didn't know she was wasn't native [in the context of not listening for it / thinking about it], I probably would not have noticed. I agree with this, she has some occasional word choices and melodic intonations that sound like an accent - but this is also much easier to pick out when she speaks this much / over such a long time and they are heard consistently; in a shorter exchange it would probably have gone unnoticed (since natives also have random quirks while speaking) Don't get me wrong though, her swedish is amazing - it's an _extremely rare_ melodic/expression "character" to find with someone none-native.

[@spacemaker8760]

I woud hear she has a slavic langauge as her basic. Some intonations sounds eastern european.

[@daysandwords]

@@JS-uw1pr It seems like your English isn't at a high enough level to understand the comment, because seriously, it makes perfect sense.

[@cardamomcrazed]

Tack så mycket Lamont ock Klaudia. Den videon var jatte intressant. Jag holler med att det är bra att använda olika typer av material nar man lara sig ett nytt språk. Jag vill gärna hor mer 🇸🇪 !

[@Flauschbally]

Thats an amazing interview and Klaudia is just such a lovely person. I love her point of views and her thinking about languages. Great answers and make me think about myself and how I see languages and the process of learning. Thank you very much Lamont for making this interesting interview and the effort of writing subtitles. I am sure your effort will be rewarded by many likes and new subscribers 🤩

[@KlaudiaSwedish]

Thank you! :)

[@michaelkobylko2969]

Every single time I watch one of your videos and hear Swedish being spoken, I'm amazed as a learner of Norwegian how much I can understand. There were times when I looked away from the video and still caught what was being said. I know I shouldn't be surprised seeing as they're so closely related, but it's an unusual experience. I can't speak any Swedish but I can understand bits and pieces, which is fascinating to me. Anyway, I always enjoy your videos. Your attitude towards language-learning resonates with me, and Klaudia seems every bit as motivating as you said. What a shame the connection let you guys down a little.

[@Ryosuke1208]

Why did you learn norwegian?

[@Calistarius79]

I don't know how common of a thought this is here in Sweden... but I have always thought that Norwegian sounds like someone speaking Danish but with sort of a Swedish accent...oh and no hot potato in their throat/mouth (which is something which is pretty commonly said in Sweden, that Danes sound like they have a hot potato in their throat/mouth when they speak Danish)... if that makes sense. XD It does mean though that Norwegian is easier for me to understand than Danish is... even though I live in Skåne which is neighbors with Denmark, and used to belong to Denmark up until 1658. In general though... how much I understand of Norwegian and Danish varies a lot.. sometimes I completely know what is being said in both languages, and sometimes I understand very little. I guess it mostly depends on how big of a percentage of what is being said is using words which are very similar if not identical between the languages, and how much of it is where the words Norwegian and Danish uses is completely different from what we use here in Sweden. I also believe that Norwegians and Danes understand Swedish better, than most Swedes understand their languages... because if I am not remembering this wrong, Norwegians and Danes are exposed to a lot more Swedish movies and tv-series and tv programs, than how much we Swedes are exposed to Norwegian and Danish movies and tv-series and tv programs. In a lot of way's though, it would be easier for me to understand Norwegians and Danes if we switched to English instead... since I am of course fluent in English. XD

[@emelienivala2328]

The similarities really are fascinating 😄 I'm Swedish and I understand Norwegian perfectly, it just feels like another accent of my own language. But every time I have a conversation with a Norwegian person I am equally amused at the fact that we're speaking two different languages! It will probably never cease to amaze me 😅

[@Michael-dj6pd]

@@Calistarius79 Giv os skåne tilbage.

[@antonjonsson1512]

@@Michael-dj6pd nej, stanna på er sida av bron:)

[@MattiasFlodin]

This is just incredible, I am so impressed. I have neighbors who have lived in Sweden for 20 years and yet they still have trouble communicating in Swedish. Like every country we have some trouble with xenophobia and I think so much of that would be a non-issue if more immigrants had the level of interest that you have in the language. Not just the words but, like you mention, the way you "react" in a language, is so important to building trust. I wish we as a nation could find a way of awakening that interest in people coming here. My favorite part is at 32:59 when Klaudia says "nä men i alla fall" in a way that it becomes like one word. If I heard that out of context I would swear that she is a native speaker.

[@johnnyrosenberg9522]

You used the expression ”ju … desto …” correctly. Many native Swedes fail to do that, over and over again, like every time they ”try”.

[@daysandwords]

I must admit I have struggled with it... but it's not really hard, I don't see why Swedes would struggle with it!

[@attesmatte]

@@daysandwords Because they don't care... 😳🙈 And it drives me nuts! 🙈

[@frostian]

Haha, precis vad jag tänkte. Mycket imponerande!

[@beorlingo]

​@@daysandwordsthey say ju-ju instead of ju-desto

[@TeacherAlexAlex]

@@beorlingo I’m a Swedish language teacher and ju…ju is an acceptable option to ju…desto, it is actually included in the grammar books we use.

[@swedishguy83]

Impressive to say the least, both of you! As a Swede who grew up outside of Sweden with a very strong sensation for Swedish culture I love seeing people find the same love and enjoyment for Swedish culture and language as I have.

[@hannahsdrawings8664]

8:06 just before Klaudia mentioned that languages are like musical instruments to her, I had the impression that if she mimics sounds in Swedish so closely to native level she maybe have musical abilities like absolute hearing or absolute pitch how it is called

[@elisgrahn6768]

Helt sjukt bra svenska! Tvivlar på att jag någonsin skulle kunna lära mig polska lika bra... 😂

[@lolwut7562]

Klaudia is fascinatingly good. It's so rare to see someone be this adept and natural in a second language. Props to her (and you too) for working so hard

[@daysandwords]

Yeah, and her German and English are almost as good. 😬

[@ramonagrace4840]

Thanks for this video, Lamont. I always appreciate Swedish content. I've been studying Swedish for almost three years, but definitely slacked off through 2020. As you say, she truly is motivating (and so are you)!

[@daysandwords]

Thanks for the encouragement!

[@the_mrlightsite]

My mind has officially been blown.

[@karinajansson8431]

Thanks for this...as an old Swede its hard to express without shame if you not express with perfektion...klaudia is a very good and inspiring teatcher thanks again

[@mayowka]

Vilken spännande video! Både Klaudia och du pratar svenska jättebra.

[@madel005]

Så duktiga ni är, känner igen mig i hur jag är när jag pratar franska, det känns både naturligt men tar samtidigt lite mer tankekraft än mitt modersmål. Ni har så fint uttal och nästan alla rätt på grammatiken, MVG (gammalt svenskt betygssystem = mycket väl godkänt)

[@TheRezyn]

Absolutely crazy good Swedish, if I really had to dig deep you could occasionally tell that the "melody" is missing. But if I didn't know I really doubt most people would be able to tell. As many others have mentioned, by FAR the best and practically perfect non native speaker i've seen

[@pointless3k]

Swede here. Really impressed! Klaudia really is something else. She got her own voice, sounds like a Stockholm accent and without paying too much attention she sounds like a native. If you really analyse her there are single bits here and there that sounds a bit off, where the melody is not what you would expect. But otherwise so on point. And I think your Swedish is pretty great too! It's obvious that you are learning the language but sounds like you've come a long way. Would have never guessed where you're from to start with which in itself is impressive. A lot of English speaking people have a certain sound when they try Swedish to learn Swedish. Anyway, new to the channel and really like your videos! Keep it up och lycka till!

[@Groet]

This is one of the most impressive feats I've witnessed. I don't think I've heard anyone who learned Swedish as a adult talk in a completely native level without barely any trace of accent.

[@aggiebattery8354]

So impressed by both of you, Lamont! And I have the same FIKA mug, a souvenir from Stockholm 💙

[@dontlookback5307]

After moving to Sweden I've worked with many Polish people. Their language is one of the hardest in the world but the Polish students in my class (30+ in age) started mastering Swedish the fastest along with Germans. However their accent was very thick and heavy. I am mindblown how beautifully Claudia speaks. She is also such a humble and sweet human being ❤️ Thank you for bringing Claudia on and to both of you for sharing your knowledge. I would like to add that I feel you seem to think the accent is very important. However I will argue this is something you master last. First you should simply try understanding and reading. Then when you understand the grammar and vocab, speaking is easier. The accent doesn't matter as long as you are undrrstandable. My partners parents came to Sweden and Refugees and still have thick accents from their mother tongue. Both work as architects and get along just fine with Swedes. If anything I think the way you act and your humor is more important than the accent as Swedes act very unquie and Claudia had also managed to mimic that. The best way I can describe it is she's like a character and this is something you pick up over time after observing.

[@robtex96]

You use a lot of casual words and ways of expressing yourselves that are very uncommon for non-native speakers to use. That, and of course the pronunciation, are what impresses me the most. Sooo good!

[@amanda_2406]

vilket otroligt stort vokabulär hon har!! hon låter så harmonisk också, jag är verkligen jätteimponerad!!

[@csibibi2]

Amazing interview, thank you for sharing! Your Swedish has improved so much this past year! Very motivating! Tack för det.

[@Aerox90]

I'm a swede, and I would probably not even notice that Klauda isn't native Swedish - until she accidently misplace a word (I don't know the correct term for that, but if I say "Yoda" then you'll probably know what I mean! 😂 Haha!). But she's only doing it very occasionally, so it might just fly right over my head if I'm not paying enough attention! 😊👍

[@shootingstar3843]

Superb interview Lamont! It's chockfull of such good advice. I'm watching it again a second time (and probably will for another 2 or 3 times more because it's that good)! I feel like taking a Swedish class with Klaudia just to experience this great teacher.

[@patrickhedman4192]

Stay Curious , Stay Passionate!! Wise words indeed!! And both of you speak Swedish very well!! Encouraging stuff ,keep it up bro!!

[@TheIllerX]

Yes, that is impressive. Navite swedish speaker here too. I would totally believe she was a native swede unless I was told otherwise. It is possible to hear some almost unnoticeable accent, but only if your really try to listen for it.

[@johneriksson9356]

Days of French 'n' Swedish this will be you one day. Love from Sweden 🇸🇪❤

[@Butfirstcoffee2go]

En jättebra video👍spännande att se språk från den synvinkeln.

[@Tomanita]

Great interview! I like her attitude towards learning languages, she seems like an inspiring person😃🙌

[@KlaudiaSwedish]

Thanks!

[@sadiavt]

I could listen to Klaudia go on and on about learning the melody of a language. It's something I've just begun to try and "get" now with Irish and the competing dialects in my head, but when I was learning Russian, it just came naturally, maybe because of being exposed to so many native speakers. Thank you for a great video interview.

[@KlaudiaSwedish]

Thanks for your kind words!

[@ShaneGodliman]

Great interview Lamont! She’s right, you ask very interesting questions!

[@skitstorm5634]

I think that one of the reasons that her Swedish is so close to perfect is that she actually talks Swedish with an accent instead of “just Swedish”. Very impressed by both of you.

[@DNA350ppm]

Klaudia has almost no Polish accent, I cannot hear any, but she speaks a Swedish dialect (stockholmska, rikssvenska eller uppländska) to perfection.

[@Matheus_Braz]

What did you mean by swedish with an accent instead of just swedish? Like, she trained a specific swedish accent?

[@skitstorm5634]

@@Matheus_Braz Ok so if I would speak English (Swedish is my main language obviously) I could just “say the words”, I would use the right words and the right grammar but I still get that Swenglish (swedish-English) accent, sounds horrible. However if I imitate an actual accent or even a specific individual It changes the whole game. Search for “Swenglish: how to spot a Swede speaking English”. There you have a Swede speaking English with a Swedish accent. And if you search for any video with Alicia Vikander you’ll see that she speaks with a more British accent. Sounds better. It’s the same when imitating the Swedish language.

[@valq10]

Wow Klaudia just seems like such a radiant person

[@Wena997]

Jag är väldigt imponerad av er båda två, ni låter jättebra! Väldigt motiverande för mig som också lär mig ett nytt språk.

[@animechickie18]

This was so enjoyable. I have always thought that Swedish is such a nice language to listen to. It is on my list of target languages. :)

[@SuspiciousAsto]

As a half and half (English and swedish), I'm so impressed by both of you! Both of you have a great flow!

[@英語わかりません]

Pronunciation is on point, vocabulary is really good. The largest struggle would be the flow, but nothing one would really think about unless you know that she's a foreigner. If I didn't know that she was polish I'd say that she was swedish.

[@daysandwords]

Flow is always off in Skype or Zoom conversations. Some people are talking as if they always sound like narrators when they talk to their friends over dodgy connections.

[@792p]

She effortlessly nails the 'i' sound I have so much trouble with. Mad respect.

[@sharonoddlyenough]

Yay, another great Swedish video to add to the playlist. Others rotate in and out fairly quickly, but this will stay for a while.

[@sammysword]

Wow, glad att den här videon rekommenderades för mig!

[@anbheansachuisneoir9233]

That's a really thought provoking observation about staying in love with learning new things in a language when you're beyond the point of being able to communicate in it. I suspect I'm the opposite kind of learner, who just wants to be able to communicate well and isn't bothered about learning additional things that might be interesting but which I can manage without. Makes me wonder what I'm missing by thinking about my target languages in such a utilitarian way.

[@ln812]

Wow, mycket imponerad av er båda! Starkt!

[@erikakesson280]

I also think its important to approach it as a child. Being afraid of making misstakes / sounding stupid is just making you learn stuff at 10% efficency.

[@DanTheCaptain]

More videos in Swedish would be amazing! The conversation was interesting to listen to and watch along.

[@hugoingelhammar6163]

Crazy! She almost sound like a native stockholmer in her accent

[@ZahhibbDev]

You guys Swedish are uncannily good, though especially Klaudia. I feel that usually when I hear a non-native Swedish person speaking Swedish is that they emphasize wrong words and they kind of spell out each word instead of having a flow to it, but this was scarily how fast and clear Klaudia talk and I probably wouldn't be able to tell that she aren't a native if I met here on the street!

[@michaelpettersson4919]

Spelling out words seperatly can totally change the meaning when words are meant to be joint into a new word. And we can make up thease words on the fly as well.

[@Micheriet]

Det bästa är ju att ni till och med skrattar på svenska :) Mycket bättre nivå på er svenska, än många invandrare som har bott i Sverige i väldigt många år.

[@iownornot1]

Det här var otroligt! Väldigt inspirerande. ska ge mitt allt för att försöka få bort min typiska svengelska dialekt :D

[@yourfirstsecondlanguage4782]

I just love the sound of Swedish after listening to you guys talk :)

[@daysandwords]

Inception of the idea to learn Swedish. Such is our cunning plan!

[@yourfirstsecondlanguage4782]

@@daysandwords I've got a question re: Swedish actually as I've never really studied any further Germanic languages; how intelligible is it with other Germanic languages? From my limited knowledge I have the impression that its mostly intelligible with norweigan, somewhat with Danish, but not very much with the others (obviously not at all with English) ?

[@daysandwords]

It is basically 100% intelligible with Norwegian - it would be extremely unusual for Swedes or Norwegians to have to use English with each other. With Danish it depends very much on the people but they tend to use a mix of Swedish, Danish and English - curiously, Norwegians understand Danes pretty well most of the time. I can understand little bits of Icelandic and possibly even more Flemish (not sure if this is just Flemish or Dutch in general, but I'm guessing Dutch too) - I watch a lot of Flemish stuff and I have noticed words fairly often. German is pretty much the same except I did learn some German once upon a time so it's hard for me to tell what the Swedish is and what the remembering the German is, if you get me. I'd say Swedish and German are about as far apart as English and French. One of them learning just a little means you just can understand quite a lot. English is basically too influenced by French to be properly "Germanic", so it's easily the least Germanic of the Germanic languages... but Swedish tricks you with its pronunciation so that it sounds further away than it really is. e.g. "Min bror ligger på sjukhuset." would sound like total gibberish but the words actually aren't so far away. Min = my. Bror = brother. Ligger = lies (is lying down), på = in, on, at. Sjukhuset = hospital, sjuk = sick, hus = house. My brother is in hospital, and almost every word has some logical leap that can be made from English ("sjuk" can be argued to not sound or look like "sick", but everything else makes some sense). But pronunciation wise, it sounds like "Minbrooleegrpohwhuukhuuset."

[@yourfirstsecondlanguage4782]

Days of French 'n' Swedish thank you so much for that really informative and comprehensive answer! I know you’re a busy man so I’m very grateful and that is super interesting, though I am now having to consciously self restrain myself from diving into learning a Germanic language when I have other language commitments haha. Thanks again, I have to admit your channel more than any other inspired me to start my own, small as it is with a long way to go!

[@herrbonk3635]

@@yourfirstsecondlanguage4782 As a Swede, you see many obvious similarities with English (without being a linguist). Evident in both fundamental syntax and vocabulary. There are the old Germanic heritage, the later "Viking parts" of English, plus a plethora of French and Latin words in common. Although some loans are (used) very differently, most are not. I would say Swedish is closer to English and Dutch/Frisan/Low German, than it is to High German in most (although not all) respects.

[@mutantmonkey5791]

Imponerande hur duktiga ni båda är och roligt att folk vill studera Svenska! :)

[@fancywrong6405]

I was just browsing your channel wondering when you will bless us with another video and there it is :O

[@kf6857]

Fantastisk Klaudia! 👍🏼 Perfekt uttal

[@analuisa674]

Love the interview, so many good advices!

[@estenberg2]

Imponerande, båda två! Kul kanal och intressant med språk som tema. :)

[@020555555]

I have never heard a person speak with such native tone that haven't learnt the language before the age of 10. I have met people that have learnt the language within 2 years fluently but no one no matter how long they have lived in Sweden that i have met have never had a native tone unless they were born in Sweden or came to Sweden at an age younger than ~10

[@ExbotHero]

I love her brain. One of the most interesting people I have seen on KZbin (or anywhere) really. The IQ and EQ are off the chart. What a lovely person/personality.

[@KlaudiaSwedish]

Tack så mycket!

[@FlakeyBwoy]

Very impressive! Her Swedish is amazing, and your Swedish is just amazing as well! I heard our language is really complicated and we talk "backwards" compare with many other languages, not sure if it is like that, but the fact that you both are like "black belt Swedish speaking" is just mind blowing! Well done both of you, sounds like natives!

[@daysandwords]

Haha, thanks. Black belt maybe, natives maybe not (at least not for me). Guy Ritchie and Joe Rogan were discussing how "black belt" in martial arts is really just the beginning of good - like one black belt could smoke another black belt with one hand, provided they are good enough. I feel like in languages, basically all native speakers are black belts (very few aren't), so the first challenge for us non-natives is even competing. But I don't feel like I sound at all like a native speaker - Klaudia is extremely close though.

[@FlakeyBwoy]

@@daysandwords Well, you have an accent that could be from further up in the country, I myself am born and raised in Luleå, way up in the north, we speak different from Klaudia, we dont "sing" as much in our way of speaking, you sound a little more like how we do, but without you sounding "hillbilly" so to say! :) Im pretty sure you came across Norrländska while listening to audio books and stuff, so you know what dialect im talking about :) You are doing a great job though, saw you mentioned Manley in another video, a guy that I studied with in Sweden, moved there for some years ago, he is loving it, I can almost BET that he came up to you talking if you had a Swedish jersey on! :) oh and I will of course be a friend of your channel giving you the support you deserve!

[@daysandwords]

It's from watching Emil Hansius, so I am of course well familiar with Luleå. It's not been in audiobooks haha, they're all in rikssvenska. But I actually don't like the aspects of my accent that are northern because they clash with my "normal" Swedish - I do find some aspects of nörrlänska a little bit easier than stockholmska or anything else - so I think basically what happens is my accent turns into a mish mish of all the different dialects that I find easiest for that particular sound. One day I might go "all in" on one accent but I still haven't chosen which one. Thanks for the compliments - it's refreshing after the people who are like "you are saying this sound at 12:43 wrong - you need to work on that". Dra åt helvete, jag ska betsämma vilka grejer jag behöver jobba på, tack. (That last part is to them, not you haha.)

[@daysandwords]

Förresten, vad heter din kompis? Jag har faktiskt inte träffat några svenskar i Sydney på länge men de är alla i samma klubbar och sånt - Swedes in Sydney, SMISK (Svenska män i Sydney klubben), Swedish-Australian Young professionals. Det är möjligt att jag har träffat honom.

[@FlakeyBwoy]

@@daysandwords Oh yea, Emil is a really creative youtuber, I been watching him on and off for a few years now :) I do understand what you mean with picking up different dialects, thats how my English is, I spent 6 months in Kingston, Jamaica, then I studied 3 months in Nelson, New Zealand, then I picked up most of the vocabulary from watching movies and listening to music (mainly American movies and muisc) then I got the basics from School, which is more British English ... so now ... my English is doomed :) haha yea I figured it was not aimed for me! And thats how to think about it, YOU decide what to do! I am pretty sure people will continue to try and correct the few errors you might make (and me, as a native do the same, everyone does) :)

[@cndcpwll]

Wonderful conversation and massive props for rising to this opportunity. Even though Swedish is not a language I learn, this was an absolute pleasure and insightful. I even found myself trying to say or translate the English into Persian, which was unexpected and fun to experience my brain automatically wanting to do that. Thanks!

[@ewazych4841]

Wow. I’m so impressed! Me, a Polish person as well, watching this video a few minutes after my Swedish lesson, where I really really struggle with the Swedish accent and pronunciation. Swedish is not a very difficult language in itself if you speak English and German, except for the pronunciation and accent.

[@emilwahlroos5570]

You can always try sound finnish

[@michaellust]

Vilket uttal ni har. Väldigt imponerande. 💯👍

[@SwedishLatino]

She holds a Stockholm dialect and barely noticeable that she learned Swedish as grown up. To say it's perfect Swedish is not true though. But she is not far from it. Really impressive 😎

[@EmilJohanssonEOC]

The most important thing when it comes to communication is whether you are understood or not. Grammar and dialects are secondary. Din video är underbar! Jag hoppas det går bra för dig! :)

[@internalmedicine9982]

Fantastic video. As usual.

[@daysandwords]

Thank you!

[@internalmedicine9982]

@@daysandwords An elegant yet simple solution to not having enough videos in your target language would be to have another KZbin channel exclusively in swedish. This would bring about an avenue for practice and would further improve your swedish tremendously. You could simply reference that channel in this one, so that non-swedish speaking individuals are not required to wade through the content. Cheers and all the best.

[@daysandwords]

Actually I used to think the same but speaking Swedish to a camera and then having the internet comment on it doesn't actually improve my Swedish at all. For starters, I have like a thousand dollars of iTalki credits, so I can speak Swedish to a native speaker anytime I want (which is objectively better) but also just the whole "23 people saw this and they all have different opinions on what you should work on by the way 4 of them are only SAYING they are Swedish" thing means it's yeah... not a good use of resources. I may start an all Swedish channel but it wouldn't be for corrections it would be to teach Swedish.

[@Yahoos2f]

Otroligt imponerande av er bägge två!