How to say ÅÄÖ (Swedish Umlauts)

[@hippopotomostrosesquippeda5804]

Teacher: The test isn't that hard The test:

[@paperglu6640]

ÅO sounds like the old minecraft damage sound lol

[@gytan2221]

How villagers talk??? Sound!? 😂 ÅÄÖ

[@gytan2221]

鄭善澤 Yes it is, It’s actually a Swedish game 🇸🇪 from Stockholm and I am very proud of being Swedish bcuz we are the powerhouse of Nordic ! Spotify, IKEA, Volvo, H&M and more are Swedish companies and mostly based in Stockholm!!! We also have a lot of great DJs like Avicii ! 😂 and Inspiring ppl like Greta Thunberg! 😆

[@hannahalexandra1419]

Infinity 25 - well done!!! You SHOULD be proud! We in the US need to LEARN!!!! 🙄

[@gytan2221]

Hannah Alexandra It’s actually so easy! Unless for some words that involved it where the pronunciation is tricky. But most words with the umlauts are pretty easy !

[@servantofaeie1569]

Infinity 25 Greta Thunberg isnt inspiring, shes an illuminati puppet and an embarassment

[@ida807]

Quick tip to my non swedish speaking friends! - How I know that you can say the Letters Å Ä & Ö Å = can you say fOr lOre or fOrk? - Then you can say Å. For Lore Fork... and even the word Or... if you keep your R silent you are left with the Å sound when saying those words... Think Gangster; FO'SHO! we'd spell it FÅ' SHÅ' and it will still sound the same...... Får (Sheep in swedish) Lår (Thigh in swedish) Fårk... Ä = can you say AIr, fAEry or fEAther, lEtter or even hAmsAndwhich? -> then you can say Ä. Air, Faery Feather Letter... say those words, focus on the sounds you're making... Är ( IS in swedish) Färy, Fäther Lättär... Same pronounciation. Ö = can you order a HambUrgEr or have you the ability to say nUrsEry or even know you to say wOrd? -> you can say Ö!! ə(r) --- keep the Rs quiet... that's the sound of Ö... Burger, Nursery, Word... Börgör Nörsöry Wörd... Now. Let me change the spelling those words for you to the swedish corresponding letter. You still say it in english/american, like you always do, preferably with the illinoisian accent ;-) & I'll change the corresponding sound to the letters Å Ä and Ö. Å = can you say fÅr, lÅre or fÅrk? - then you can say Å. Ä= can you say Är, fÄry, fÄther, lÄtter, or even hÄmsÄndwhich? -> then you can say Ä. Ö= can you order a hambÖrgÖr, or have you the ability to say nÖrsÖry, or even know how to say wÖrd? -> Yoou can say Ö!! Don't practice so hard trying to do something you already know how! - You're welcome! - IT REALLY IS NOT THAT COMPLICATED... Just THINK a little. speak those words normally and you'll realize the sound you're making at that point in pronounciations... Is the sound of Å the sound of Ä and the sound of Ö.... Now if my toddler could get it when I was an auPair.... You can too... just .. don't be that guy that does not get the obvious... pretend you do and you'll be fine...

[@sayitinswedish]

Nice one!

[@erexford]

Hey, the first three are very helpful tips! I didn't understand the second group, though.

[@ida807]

Elizabeth Rexford in the second group, it is the same words but the sound is replaced with the swedish counter prt letter. fOUr becomes fÅr etc. it's same word sound with different spelling ;-) basically a simolified way of writing which one of the letters has the same fonetic sounds of Å Ä and Ö. U and E in hamburger is the same sound as Ö, where ou in four is the same fonetic sound as Å and ai in Air is the same fonetic sound as Ä. so capitalized fonetic sound is hambÖrgEr fÅr and AIr ;) it's a way I used when substitute teaching swedish abroad.

[@cytho1302]

Pixii Dah 👏

[@tigercomet23]

I feel like this only applies in British English. These examples don’t make any sense if you try to do it with an American accent. I keep having to imaging a British person saying these sounds.

[@skatingpower2512]

Tack så mycket!

[@dalescrib1549]

skating power Very much welcome

[@rasmuus10]

Åäö

[@User-kf7cx]

Duolingo?

[@YoursRoxdawg]

Välkommen

[@andrewkaplanc]

@@YoursRoxdawg I'm not an expert in Swedish... but I am like 98% sure that to say you're welcome it is "Varsågod". Välkommen is like welcome to my home type thing. :p

[@eken81]

I'm a native speaker but ended up here anyways. Was looking for how these letters entered the Swedish language. You missed to mention something interesting. Å and Ö are words in Swedish by themselves. Å= river Ö= Island.

[@sayitinswedish]

Det kunde man ha sagt, men det var inte fokus i den här videon så glömde helt bort det. Bokstäverna kom i samma veva som bibelöversättningen på 1500-talet, så att man inte skulle skriva som fienden Dansken. Så är legenden i alla fall :)

[@jamesmclaughlin4025]

Heinäkuu joko öljy käyttää jo ennen måste ön mitä näkyy

[@六O]

wow

[@LittleWhole]

@@jamesmclaughlin4025 I'm guessing this is Finnish just by looking at the "ää" suffix lol

[@servantofaeie1569]

LittleWhole Finnish looks like Japanese with Swedish letters

[@electrogrrrl]

I was at IKEA today and decided once and for all to learn how Swedish vowels with umlauts sound.🙂🙂

[@hnhn3409]

I am a Korean learning Swedish for the first time. I understand what you're saying through a translator on KZbin, but your explanation is really easy! Thanks! I feel like I'm getting closer to Swedish today! 😁😁

[@Skyderls]

Oh that's cool! :D I'm Swedish and I'm learning Korean

[@BlowOnMyMagicFlute]

Why swedish?

[@junelee8252]

Hejhej..여기도 스웨덴어 배우는 한국인이요! 1년 전이신데..이제 스웨덴어 잘하시나요? 저는 이제 시작입니다...이 모음들 정말 장난 아니네요.발음이 발음이🙄 정말로 참말로 ㅋㅋㅋ 좋은 하루 되세요!

[@katydid2465]

Why are you trying to learn Swedish in Korea?

[@itspeachiie]

jag är koreansk-amerikansk och lär mig svenska! 우리는 할 수 있어요

[@shahanamay1936]

Your facial expressions made me laugh so much! This was surprisingly interesting and fun.

[@sayitinswedish]

Haha, uh, thanks?

[@ClassicGuy1982]

Gotta say, this is by far one of the best videos, I have seen and heard in the instructing of: "How to say the Swedish Umlauts". Great job! Like the "pace music" sound in the video.

[@nordscan9043]

Which the English deliberately ignore, when pronouncing names like Björn, it's annoying.

[@saraannbutler4186]

You explained very well. I liked how the word was shown as you pronounced it and then you said it again without the word being shown.

[@samii3890]

I just started doing this on a whim and this is actually fascinating! Thank you for being so clear and personable!!

[@sayitinswedish]

Thank you!

[@Karina-Loves-Andreas]

I wish I could hear what my Swedish friends hear when I attempt these vowels, because it's apparently quite funny.

[@klaus-heinzmorales4448]

Hej Joakim, I'm a student that recently started, you're a great teacher. I've learned very much with you. Tack

[@sayitinswedish]

That's great! Thank you so much :)

[@javirezio5]

I already speak German and I came here thinking "Ok, I already dominate Ä and Ö so now I only need to learn 1 new sound"... It was a perfect illusion ... xD

[@sayitinswedish]

Well you're almost correct :)

[@Karina-Loves-Andreas]

Hahahaha!!

[@topkarat]

I'm at the VERY early stages of learning Swedish right now, and this video is helping me out a lot. Thank you!

[@sayitinswedish]

Cool, I'm glad I could help. Where are you from? :)

[@topkarat]

@@sayitinswedish North America

[@ClassicGuy1982]

Goda uttalanden du gjorde för att förklara och vocalize bokstäverna för den icke-grammatiska svenska personen för att lyssna och förstå hur vi behöver uttala svenska umlauterna i ord. Mycket bra och tack för att du förklarade ljuden att säga det.

[@annesarakronvald]

So good to hear the different of each sounds. It is hard but I won't give up.

[@david_108]

Swedish sense of humor is lovely. Thank you mate!

[@KaisaKylakoski]

Å is "Swedish o" in Finnish.

[@sayitinswedish]

Kyllä!

[@johnlentokone7318]

In Finnish a standalone Ä is said like ÄÄ, Ö like ÖÖ and Å like "ruotsalainen oo". That's a diffucult phone :)

[@lingonberriesofwrath1836]

The Finnish "O" is "Å" in Swedish. Finnish "U" is the Swedish "O". The Finnish "Y" has no equivalent in Swedish, but is sort of a mix of the Swedish "Y" and "U". It's actually somewhat similar to the german "Ü". Many finns find it difficult to pronounce the swedish "Y" as in "Yxa" (axe), and it becomes "Üxa". The "Ä" and "Ö" is about the same in both languages, as previously stated. The Finnish written language is an interesting one, in that it's pronounced almost exactly the way it's written, if you know how to pronounce the vowels. My reading speed is pretty good, so I actually have an easier time reading finnish out loud, than some of my finnish friends. They are born in Sweden, and speak Finnish perfectly, but they've never learned how to read it properly. Hilariously enough, they sometimes ask me to read out loud what a text says, because they can't do it themselves. I have no idea what I'm reading, but they - for the most part - understand me perfectly. They say it's weird to hear a "Svenne" read finnish, since my pronunciation is far from perfect, even though I know how to say the aforementioned vowels.

[@6abriel6uzmanok]

Great video! Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷🇸🇪

[@Tacuara7]

Un capo

[@CuriousWorldProductions]

So how do you know which sound to use if you're English?

[@sayitinswedish]

Could you elaborate? :)

[@CuriousWorldProductions]

@@sayitinswedish For example. Skåne County. Is that the long sound or the short, or doesn't it matter?

[@sayitinswedish]

Skåne has the long vowel sound. A rule of thumb is that double consonants will be preceeded by a short vowel.

[@CuriousWorldProductions]

@@sayitinswedish This has been a great help with my next video. Thank you.

[@sayitinswedish]

That's awesome, glad I could help, mate👌

[@guillobot]

First 5 minutes into learning Swedish, and I'm beat... :S

[@sayitinswedish]

Don't start with pronunciation then!

[@the-bruh.cum5]

@@sayitinswedish why?

[@sayitinswedish]

@@the-bruh.cum5 because if it beats you, it's better to learn the actual language first, isn't it ;)

[@the-bruh.cum5]

@@sayitinswedish If you heard me try to speak sewdish you would probly cringe.

[@paulingvar]

The important thing is to notic difference between lon and short vowels

[@thamaragerig9587]

Keep it up! This is super helpful!

[@chuckh9168]

What brought me here was the line “Så kall är den smärtan - När de du älskar kommer tillbaka från de döda”. A Vildhjarta lyric. Now I can thall properly. Thank you!

[@p0tat0s0up]

I just stumbled across your channel today. You’re so funny and charismatic and this was really helpful considering I just started learning Swedish recently!

[@sayitinswedish]

Thank you! Why did you start learning Swedish?

[@p0tat0s0up]

@@sayitinswedish hey good question! I’m not really sure, if I’m being honest... I just felt like learning a new language and Swedish seemed like a cool one to learn ;)

[@sergeiburtsev5712]

Thanks! This is very explanatory! Coud you please compare "i" and "y", also "e" and "ä"? Also maybe other similarly sounding vovels.

[@sayitinswedish]

Good idea :)

[@brokendrug]

When you hear a word for example "Äng” which means meadow. It’s pronounced eng but spelled äng and it’s because if u have an ä that’s before ng in a word it’s pronounced e. Or for example again Slätt that means plain. It’s pronounced slett but it’s pronounced with an e because of the two t. I hope that this helped, the Swedish grammar is super complicated. You could probably write a novel with 2000 pages on how to learn the Swedish grammar. Fun fact the Swedish grammar is one of the hardest and most complicated grammar in the world. Sorry if it was confusing. I’m just a dumb Swed who are just trying to help

[@stekeln]

​@@brokendrug Swedish grammar is really easy if you compare it to most other germanic languages. Also, grammar isn't really what this is about since grammar is how words are used and changed to form sentences. Orthography is about how to spell words in a language. Even so, the orthography of Swedish is of medium difficulty at most, especially if you compare it to the orthography of English.

[@owieczkanapolu7327]

@@brokendrug Det var som attan. Menar det att det verkade inte alls så i mitt fall, fast jämnförelsen består av min tid i Sverige under 80 talet (yngre då lol) och nu, medans ja kör så hårt jag kan att lära mig polska, som, för mig i alla fall är betydligt svårare. Snacka om grammatik...

[@julietaaboka3285]

Fantastic job! It makes a lot of sense to me, because I am not a beginner any more, but now I struggle to assimilate what I have already studied with my everyday life experience in Sweden. This lesson was very helpful, thank you!

[@xenon8117]

I still have no idea how to say them but I'm sure I'll get there. This video definitely helped give me get an idea and I'm sure I'll revisit it a few times yet to let my brain soak it in. Tack.

[@bramblebop1904]

Super. First time explained clearly, about preceding R.

[@heckincat1406]

As a swede, i wish all of you learners good luck👍

[@Blue_Neptune21]

Tack så mycket!!!

[@scarletRN]

You always make me laugh and I LEARN. Thank you so much!

[@sayitinswedish]

[@maribeldragsraks4066]

it's hard for me to learn “ö” but you have helped me a lot, tack så mycket

[@sayitinswedish]

Hang in there!

I have learned every unlauted vowel Ä = Ɛ but close to Æ Ë = Ɛ Ï = Same as I but the umlaut on top of an I indicates that it is seperated Ö = Ø Ü = Y

[@RALshacho]

Thank you for the lesson! I'm planning to go to Stockholm this weekend! :D

[@sayitinswedish]

Sweet!

[@miguelbonilla8791]

Spanish speaker here, it's very complex to associate that you can use the whole range between A-E-O... Pretty fascinating

[@breakawayfromme]

I'm going to have to re-watch this alot of times and take notes but hopefully ill get there eventually tack så mycket

[@sayitinswedish]

Lycka till!

[@exelentation1]

So ä is almost always like "cat" or "man", but before -R it becomes like "Carl" or "sharp" in English. I´ve also seen that - ä in Swedish becomes an -e in Stockholm...is that true? instead of saying "Jag är" they say "Jag errrrrr " ....true?

[@sayitinswedish]

No, Carl and Sharp have a distinct A sound, just like in "Jag". It doesn't resemble Ä at all. Yes, in Stockholm, Ä tends to become a long E sound. Not so much now as before but when it comes to "är", it is very commonly pronounced just "e".

[@SJ-cc6fp]

You’re so funny! Thanks for the great video. I’ve struggled with these sounds.

[@sayitinswedish]

You think? I don't know about that 😂

[@GrahamsYouTube]

Tack så mycket, very helpful!

[@sayitinswedish]

Tack själv!

[@jamestedjo3736]

On my tour to Sweden, bought an Engelska - Svenska Ordbok yay

[@sayitinswedish]

Great!

[@martinadocs2211]

hi, I found it's really helpful, thank you so much. I would love to learn how to differ the sounds when pronouncing or reading certain words. I mean I want to know when this letter is pronounced this way, and when that letter is pronounced that way. is there any tips please. thank you so much

[@sayitinswedish]

I made another video about all the sounds in Swedish, if that's what you're looking for. Also there is a pronunciation course on sayitinswedish.com with some examples.

[@elecreal]

Tack så mycket! Now I know, why there’s a massive difference between my and Swedish pronunciation of Åre.. 🤦‍♂️

[@sayitinswedish]

Uh oh.

[@ida807]

"What a handsome face" is swedish for " was he the one who farted?"

[@lokis7230]

@@ida807 No.

[@jasonearle7345]

Thanks brother that was very helpful!!

[@sayitinswedish]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching.

[@faabmu1769]

u r sooo good teacher

[@sayitinswedish]

Thank you! :D

[@RG_Cardthree]

Ja äntligen en bra kanal som kan lära amerakanska personer svenska

[@RandomAFP]

I'm going to need to keep coming back to these...

[@ΓΙΩΤΑΚΟΥΤΣΟΔΗΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΥΛΟΥ-θ8η]

Hi from Greece! I'm trying to learn how to speak swedish, so thanx a mil for your help!! Yiota...

[@sayitinswedish]

Thanks for watching! Good luck :)

[@yibo_wen]

thank you! u r funny! i like the way how u explain it to us! thank u!!! :)

[@lannigucci]

Thank you for such a great tutorial. It was very helpful, and I'll be looking up more of your videos. Do you know IPA? (International Phonetic Alphabet) I think you'd enjoy learning it and using it to help people pronounce.

[@sayitinswedish]

I know IPA and I'm already using it to help people understand Swedish pronunciation :)

[@carloscarl5801]

thanks a million!!

[@ladymunch0]

that song is such a bloody earworm. the damn thing kept coming to haunt me through the whole video lol.

[@MichaelNight]

Chuck Nårris

[@sayitinswedish]

Tjack Nårris

[@ramamonato5039]

0:49 Your English spoken with a GA accent is só good that I initially thought you were American. Bút, when you reached this word "let-ter"and there is no nasalized "a" before /m/ or /n/ in your pronunciation, I could convince myself you are not American. I understand and like your video because you speak clearly and slowly. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us who want to get information about Swedish. May you always be rich!

[@sayitinswedish]

I'm definitely not American, no.

[@harrihaffi2713]

Old school ftw! Ps: Tony’s chocolonely is also fantastic!

[@LearningSwedish-hy3uh]

This is probably going to be the most practice thing I will have to do to learn Swedish

[@da206hbe]

One way to learn how to pronounce the swedish letters å and ö. The sound you hear at the beginning of the word when you pronounce the city or car brand Auburn. For the letter ö listen for the sound in the beginning of the name Erskine (Ralph Erskine - a famous british-swedish architect).

[@manaralghanem7864]

Hej, Joakim. Could you please make a video for the rest of the vowels? their short and long sounds per se. Thanks man !

[@sayitinswedish]

I have audio lessons for all sounds on sayitinswedish.com

[@itsonepixel]

Ö is my favourite letter It's also the best letter

[@11lvr11]

Thank you so much, that's helpful:3

[@sayitinswedish]

Great! Thanks for watching!

[@oceanoliu6239]

Thank you so much for the explanation!!! It is so clear!!

[@sayitinswedish]

I'm glad to help!

[@fredrikliljeblad1209]

Hej, Joakim! jag moste be om ursaekt foer att jag har fott skriva so konstigt, men, som sagt kan jag intevskriva ordentligt paa denna djävulska datorn! Ursaekta foerlaot!

[@corujaneto3015]

Pronunciation Ångström? Video tutorial please!!!

[@3DaysTillGrace]

Mundinho Netiinho haha that’s literally why I’m watching this video!!!

[@albinjohnsson2511]

@@3DaysTillGrace Short Å as pronounced in this video! Actually, the "o" in English "long" is pretty similar. If you go for Ongström with an o like in "long" you're kinda there. Also short ö, kinda like "uh". /Sent from a 10 min distance to the Ångström laboratory :)

[@matsgahnstromjobb933]

Then we have the realy long "Ö" primary used late at saturday nights by realy pissed guys hitting on some poor girl. Say after me - "öööÖÖÖööhhh".

[@victoriagaona2496]

Can you make a video about the sound of "i", please? I can't seem to reproduce it :)

[@plutonian2770]

........ Reproduce?

[@DasIstGoose]

Yeah- they can't "replicate the sounds. Reproduce is saying to recreate. Not whatever you were thinking.

[@plutonian2770]

Oh

[@brokendrug]

I in Swedish is pronounced the same as E in English

He already did it

[@vitorhugocastellaovieira8279]

So Å short sound sounds like the Portuguese Ó sound, cool!

[@duaashal3931]

You are so funny and very helpful thanks

[@sayitinswedish]

Thank you ☺️

[@tessjohansson77]

🎉my husband has a problem listening this sound from me which Im trying my best...thank you for this!❤😊

[@davidjosemoreno6435]

Thanks for the video! Is there any kind of rule to know when to use any of the two the long/short sounds in å, ä? Or should i learn how to pronounce each word? Tack Tack!

[@sayitinswedish]

There is something called the quantity rule in Swedish which means that if you see a word spelled with a double consonant, the preceding vowel is supposed to be short and the consonant long.

[@MegaJohn144]

Thanks for this. I knew about ö before r, but I didn't realize there were both long and short versions, and I knew nothing about the 4 sounds of ä. I know that if you want to sound like a native in any language, you have to get the vowels right, så tackar för det!

[@thegermanguy6129]

In my german dialekt( Plattdeutsch) we also have Å but there it can be Sw.Å or long Ä or just a normal a Exsample: Bookstååv/dt.Buchstabe- letter Lååt/spät- late Pråten/sprechen-speak Wat makt 't mönsterländske Plat uut? Wat dat mönsterländske Plat uutmakt sint de Twetöne (Diphtongen) äs t. B. /uo/, /üö/, /üe/. De Toon /ao/, wat auk schwrif wät, is 'n egenstännigen Bukstabe un d' tüsken dat aa un oo lig ([ɔ:]); de Toon wät in Skandinavien schrewen un äs oupen /o/ [ɔ] küert.

[@gruffbikerdude1206]

I been playing a lot of Generation Zero and thanks to you, I believe I can properly pronounce Överbyslätten!

[@sayitinswedish]

I need to get back playing that game, it looks amazing.

[@gruffbikerdude1206]

It is! It's come a long way since it was first released and they are still updating it monthly! Tremendous fun with friends.

[@globaltraveller]

I’ve always wondered. Top explanation sir you deserve a cigar 👍

[@sayitinswedish]

Tack så mycket!

[@SirPage13]

It might be a relief to some trying to learn this that I as a naitive speaker from the larger Stockholm area don't really hear or use two different long or short sounds for these. In the video he goes over how Å has a long and a short sound, but how Ä and Ö have 2 long and 2 short sounds. To me, there is only one long and one short version of Ä and Ö as well. In my dialect (which is close to nonexistent, save for a few slang words) there is no real difference to speak of in the pronunciation of the Ä in träd and lärare (long sound), or in själv and lärka (short sound). Neither is there any difference in how we pronounce öl and öra (same long sound), öppna and ört (short sound). My point is that you don't need to beat yourself up about not hearing it or getting it, because many of us don't either! And from some wikipedia research, it seems like a bigger trend that speakers my age don't actually differentiate these much, if at all. Some words to help anyone who speaks english "get" how these can sound (some are really good approximations and are more than good enough, but might not be exact): Å Long version - like the o in "lore" Short version - like the o in "got" Ä Long version - like the ai in "air" Short verion - like the e in "better" Ö Long verion - like the u in "hurt" or the e in "herd", but drawn out and emphasized Short version - like saying the u in "hurt", but fast and unemphasized

[@sayitinswedish]

Some people in the younger generation don't differentiate between the two different ö and ä sounds anymore, that's true. But calling your dialect non-existent shows that you don't really know what you're talking about. There are a great many traits in the Stockholm dialects that you're probably blind to because you just don't know.

[@SirPage13]

@@sayitinswedish I am not from Stockholm, though. Where I'm from used to have more dialect (northeastern Södermanland), but it is pretty much lost in the generations born after 1980 or so, and we no longer have any defining vocabulary or pronunciation. If you were to say something in the most standard "rikssvenska" possible, it would be indistinguishable from how most young people there speak today. Earlier, we of course had our own accent and identity, and you can still hear it if you talk to older people there (lots of "ä" where it should be "e", for example). Although, classic and more pronounced "Sörmländska" is rare even there, but lives on somewhat in some areas of Nyköping for example. The area I'm speaking of is northwest of there, though. Most inhabitants in the towns there have definingly been families with 2 kids who move there from Stockholm or more urban areas which has diluted the local accent and people have been switching to increasingly more boring and neutral language that you might hear on the news. Of course I agree with you on Stockholm having it's own dialects though, I'm not blind to that since I'm not from there (although I've lived in Stockholm the last 5 years). There are many different accents here - regional, age based and socially based. With respect, you calling me blind to the Stockholm dialects, assuming that's the ones I grew up with and so on is the real unfounded take here in my opinion. Again, I am not saying there isn't such a thing as an accent where I'm from, but that it has pretty much disappeared the last 40 or so years. Most people there don't speak it anymore. I actually do know what I'm talking about in this instance.

[@sayitinswedish]

@@SirPage13 I thought you wrote that you were from Stockholm so I'm sorry if that wasn't the case. But even so, I can guarantee that you have dialectal traits you're not aware of. I didn't mean that you're blind in some kind of insulting way. I just know that people aren't aware of their own pronunciation, especially people speaking central Swedish, which you would. But you're right, most of the genuine dialectal traits have disappeared. But there is still stuff left that most people don't realize themselves. You're saying that people should skip certain sounds, but this is both regional and a matter of generation. I don't think that's such good advice. It's good to know, but not good advice, at least not yet. People over 30 have to die out first.

[@SirPage13]

@@sayitinswedish You’re probably right, but guaranteeing is a bit bold considering you seem to have no clue how young speakers in that area sound like. Is it really such a stretch to think that some areas of today’s Sweden have almost completely lost their accents? I don’t think so, but maybe it is. I would love to find concrete examples of my supposed dialectal traits, but nobody has been able to point out any dialectal traits in the way I speak, with the exception of saying ”mä” instead of ”med/också” (that’s genuinly the only case where I’ve ever found a dialectal trait). But even that, I don’t even say anymore. You’re right about it perhaps being bad advice. What I wrote is less than ideal for somebody wanting to learn perfect Swedish, my intentions were more to show that not understanding or hearing the difference in those sounds is common even in naitive speakers. So more like comforting words than advice on ”how things actually are”.

[@sayitinswedish]

​@@SirPage13 since we don't really have a standard pronunciation, people will always have a dialect, even if it's different from the old one. "Mä" is definitely a dialectal trait and with that you'll probably have even more that you're not thinking about. If you say "mä" you're likely to say things like "funster", pronounce åäö like diphthongs, you'd pronounce "är" like "ä" etc. Just a few thins you can try and listen for that you are likely to do. I get your point with the comment, just wanted to give a "counter balance" to it. "but guaranteeing is a bit bold considering you seem to have no clue how young speakers in that area sound like" -> I don't really know what you mean by this. All I'm saying is that not hearing the difference between the different ä and ö sounds is a typical thing for Gen Z and younger which makes it not ideal to learn (yet).

[@sophx7845]

Great videos! How do you know when reading words which sounds to make for these letters? Are there certain grammatical rules? Thanks

[@sayitinswedish]

Practice, mostly :) The ortography isn't super reliable.

[@ramzy-6566]

9:44 in this time do you mean [Œ] or [œ?]

[@mattthompson6281]

It’s like the English word War=wår or quarter=quårter warm=wårm etc

[@ramzy-6566]

great video for ö in öra do you mean in ipa [Œːra] or [²œ̞ːra] [œːra] . please add ipa to your video, you have a great videos. Thank you.

[@pravoslavn]

I know it is not within your scope to do historical phonology, but it would be helpful for non-Swedish speakers to know where these vowel sounds came from, in the development of the language. One always learns relationally. I know English, German and Russian, so I har all sorts of similarities. Good work on your part.

[@sayitinswedish]

I'm definitely not the right person to go into historical details of phonology.

[@marcusprzeradzki8883]

Ä ä ö å ä åäö got me on the flor🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mariiasegarra180]

Thank you so much ❤

[@sayitinswedish]

Thanks for watching

[@Kppot]

just IKEA, should be quite enough

[@xzl20212]

What's the song at the beginning? from NORWEIGIAN?

[@JuliaSiulea]

Tack 💙 x

[@sayitinswedish]

Var så god!

[@aphroditeandi4855]

Brilliant! And fun! But.... when to use which pronounciation? Perhaps in a follow up session? 😁🙏

[@sayitinswedish]

I have several follow up videos on pronunciation already ;)

[@ramzy-6566]

öl - öppen - ört - öra can you make this words for me in ipa can you recommend a good dictionary for English Swedish with IPA

[@sayitinswedish]

I don't have any recommendations for you, sorry. øːl ²øpːən œʈː ²œːra I'm not an expert on IPA though, but something like this should be correct.

[@Lean-zj1nl]

å - like lOck ä - fEAther

[@sayitinswedish]

If you speak British English, then this is partially true.

[@briannam7780]

So, are the last two sounds for both ä and ö just used when they're in front of r?

[@sayitinswedish]

Correct

[@hampus3699]

Good luck to everyone that swedish. I'm from sweden

[@pixyshard]

With a German letter in ur name? Ok

[@hampus3699]

pix sc yea my grandfathers dad was from germany 🙂

[@ozkupelaileenyc4330]

@@hampus3699 my grandfather was from germany he killed hitler

[@Marias.Icerunner]

To say Ö i like to tell them do the A or An sound coz that pretty much how Ö sound like. and Ik american keyboard dont have the [¨] button but I use that with o to create ö like how u make ü. Same with Ä u cna just put ¨ with A and u get Ä. Å is just the most complicated but its like say Oh.

[@sststr]

So, this is extremely useful is knowing how to pronounce each sound, but is there a reliable way to know when to use the short vs. long sound for each? I have this place name "Råbäck" that I am trying to figure out how to pronounce. And I can't find any videos anywhere where it is being said, so I am still a bit confused. This video helps narrow down the possible pronunciations of the name, but doesn't nail it down entirely. My guess is a long å and a short ä?

[@sayitinswedish]

Your guess is correct.

[@sststr]

@@sayitinswedish Thank you!

[@sststr]

For the curious, I came across that place name in the story "Count Magnus" by Montague Rhodes James.

[@learnalanguagewithleslie]

Hello, it's a very good video, I tend to avoid learning languages with lots of vowels, hehe. I mainly wanted to ask: Is the Swedish Ä the same as the Finnish Ä ? Or maybe that is better asked: Do you know if the Finnish Ä is the same as the Swedish Ä ?

[@sayitinswedish]

The Swedish Ä in front of an R is the same as the Finnish Ä :)

[@LarryShone]

Tack!

[@2pods1pea]

8:04 To show my friends how börk sounds

[@alicerainford3474]

Super helpful video, thank you!! I'm learning Swedish at the moment, but I have a speech impediment and can't make a 'rolled' r sound? Is this gonna affect the meaning of the words?

[@sayitinswedish]

There are a lot of ways to say a Swedish R, I have several videos on it. This one for instance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGTLiYWDod6HjdE

[@alicerainford3474]

@@sayitinswedish Fantastic, thank you!!

[@tlskls7655]

Tak!

[@therealkimwells]

My tongue feels like it's doing backflips haha.

[@tayloryork8185]

Very fascinating from an English speaker's stand point.

[@sayitinswedish]

Nice!

[@werdlederdle]

Thanks for the video! Hope the guinea pigs are well!

[@sayitinswedish]

They are!

[@Exploringsuha]

tacksåmycket!!

[@not_anybody_in_particular]

I get Åå, but the rest seem very very very similar. The long & shorts of Ää & Öö sound almost indistinguishable from the inverse of the other.

[@sayitinswedish]

Yes, the vowel qualities are the same for the short ä and the long ä, and the short ö and the long ö.