Learn Swedish, Lesson 1: Useful Phrases

[@samanthachong9485]

I've been learning from memrise and duolingo but nothing beats this video. your pronunciation, the way you repeat it, and your character! makes learning so much more easier! thank you for making this series!

[@eeboy3]

Thank you for your kind words! I wish you good luck!

[@petrap.7256]

Damn, swedish grammar is quite easy. But the pronunciation... :D

[@Peter_1986]

+Petra P. His pronunciation of "älg" is completely wrong, actually. The letter Ä/ä has the same vowel sound as the vowel sound in "hat", I have no idea why he pronounces it like an A. The other phrases sound correct, though.

[@EyelessEntity]

He's emulating a northern accent.

[@Beaah]

@@EyelessEntity we dont pronounce älg like that in the north lol

[@Floral_Green]

Beaah I was under the (disappointing) impression that ‘ä’ and ‘e’ are the same sound in Swedish; is that not the case? Also, what’s the deal with the ‘a’ sound - is it a long [aar] type of sound as found in Norwegian, or a shorter one?

[@Beaah]

@@Floral_Green no, it's not the case. Ä and E is different. I think theres videos here on yt that describes it. What do you mean with the 'a' sound? As in the single letter? It's a short sound. Like the English word "ah" sort of.

[@MeitarA]

I've seen many Swedish learning videos so far and your's the best!

[@eeboy3]

Thank you!

[@woewoe2749]

Agreed. It's way harder to learn a language without feeling like you're speaking with/to a person. It's nice to have someone teaching casually instead of like a robot. I could buy a book and do much more than the other Swedish videos. This guy is offering just what I need.

[@jeneshcipressi9744]

Well said

[@musicgood7872]

I'm in love with this language and definitely want to learn it. The pronounciation is a bit hard though. Thanks for doing the Swedish lesson videos!

[@eeboy3]

Nice! Thanks!

[@Plague_Doc22]

If you want help I could teach you some over skype or another software where we could speak. It's fun teaching foreigners the language.

[@Vivungisport]

Had Erik talked like that to a Swedish person then he or she would probably think that it must be something wrong with him.

[@phandiem9953]

@@Plague_Doc22 hello! are you till having the interest in teaching? I’m looking for sb to help me improve my Swedish.

[@Plague_Doc22]

@@phandiem9953 At this time i'm very busy sadly, so it would be very tough for me.

[@ninj02]

I learned german and I understood all what you said in swedish.

[@MrJholm26]

Jag är American, och jag lära mig det Svenska språket. Your videos are very helpful. Tack så mycket!

[@otterlover3399]

From his videos alone, Sweden looks like such a beautiful country. What a privilege it would be to live there! Nice people, breathtaking nature, and such a melodic language- and so easy for an English-speaker!. And I am in love with the history and culture of this country. Well, anyway, lovely video. Thank you for helping with pronunciation of Swedish phrases))

[@eeboy3]

Thank you! Try visit!

[@leabeckman3558]

I found out I'm half Scandinavian and half Korean. My grandmother Anita teach me numbers in Swedish but now I can't remember 😕 I like your bubbly attitude!!

[@DieSternenweberin]

I absolutely love the prosodi of the swedish language ! It is the most beautiful language in the world ;-)

[@laetitiastanic4296]

Im learning Swedish because that language is beautiful and my boyfriend comes from Sweden. Im 14 and I have really big interests in the language. thank god being German helps a little. thank you :D

[@moanicklasson2655]

Thats great 😃

[@wilfreads]

haha geht mir EXAKT so wie dir nur dass ich ein Jahr jünger bin xD

[@dr.florence]

ja, mit Deutsch ist es voll einfach!

[@svent6022]

Diese Sprache ist echt schön, versuche sie auch seit nem halben Jahr zu lernen (leider kaum Fortschritte). Die Aussprache mit dem gerollten "R" ist finde ich etwas schwer :[

[@laetitiastanic4296]

Sven Terbeck Denk ich auch :c

[@bintabdallah710]

Best teaching videos, fun and easy to follow.

[@nicol33257]

Hey, I am from Romania but i work in tourism and starting with least year i have met many swedish. I have two swedish friends with wich i speak often but lately i started to see so many good news about Sweden and i started to search more informations and how the language actually sounds and i find it veeeery funny, so i decide to learn it, this is how i came over your videos. I can make many connections with the other languages i know so, i am expecting a fast progress, also, thanks to your good videos! Keep making them! :)

[@PeteHawthorne]

I have just started learning basic Swedish and am moving to Uppsala later this year. Of all the beginner / basic useful Swedish videos I have watched online this series and channel is by far the best and easiest to understand. Thank y... I mean, tack så mycket! :)

[@owenlantu192]

Hello brother Erik. Now I'm learning Swedish. I'm a guide tourism at Surabaya City, Indonesia. I like this language very much. See you next.👍👍👍👍👍

[@raquelr.700]

Thanks a lot for the lessons, they're really clear and concise! As a Portuguese speaker, I feel that learning Swedish is really challenging, but English has helped me a lot, some words and the sentence order can be really similar sometimes. I would like to see some more videos of you... you're doing a nice job :)

[@eeboy3]

You're welcome, thank you! More is coming.

[@jose-naves]

Erik, your videos are awesome. You are really helping me learning Swedish. Come back with more, please.

[@amanih7750]

The best human or teacher i have seen❤🇸🇪

[@amazonpolyglot]

As a brazilian, swedish prnounciation is the hardest part! Nice videos!

[@eyeballscratch]

Det är så roligt att se folk från andra länder lära sig svenska , när jag kollar i kommentarsfältet som en svensk

[@kamilaszczutkowska1417]

I was in Sweden for a couple of hours, but that was enough for me to fell in love with this country. And now (because of you) I realised that I want to learn swedish. Maybe it'll be easier than learning english ^^

[@eeboy3]

Haha, well I'm happy to hear that! Hopefully you're still into it. =)

[@kamilaszczutkowska1417]

@@eeboy3 yes, nothing has changed ;)

[@ごらく-c2g]

Hi！ I'm Japanese students. Your video is polite and easy to understand. I'm gonna learn swedish hard. Tack så mycket !

[@sergiodantas5127]

Thanks for sharing these lessons Erik. I'm traying to learn some swedish words and phrases and your lessons are very usefull. Greetings from Brazil

[@ayloak291]

i’m teaching myself swedish and this video helped! thank you!

[@Gangstereinhorn]

How the hell should I be able to pronunce these words

[@Mrilter92]

thank you very very mach tack så jätte mycket

[@clairruckman7674]

Listen, and relisten and break down to sounds like little kids here in America are taught. Listen for the phonetic sounds. For instance You're welcome is varsagod, and it sounds like wash a goat. Also, Good bye sounds like Hey door:D hejda . Now the spelling/ writing no help there, but just to speak it just listen for the sounds. Both of these my Swedes approved that I am understandable with my breaking it down for things tactic. Tack means thanks it sounds like tic tack candy.

[@Mycenaea]

Listigt!

[@StevenvanHonschooten]

Easy enough. But then, I'm from the Netherlands. So I'm already able to speak one of the most difficult languages on the planet :P

[@Confucious2009]

Steven van Honschooten You know what's funny? Everybody thinks their language is one of or the most difficult..

[@redomkhan5455]

I'm British but I love ❤️ Swedish.

[@sadias4374]

Guys I was watching the Avicii(rip) film and at one moment he spoke in Swedish..since then I’m obsessed with this amazing language. I’m a 21years old African girl and am amazed

[@ibaihaqi99]

tack erik, i love to hear people talk in swedish

[@kdurand9300]

Hi, I love these thanks for making them. I am really enjoying learning Swedish. I like it when you say the Swedish and the English (then repeat) before moving onto next word/ phrase. so I can listen while I am doing something something else.

[@Sarafantasy93]

U r the best one for learning swedish

[@kavemeschke8204]

Thank you for posting these! 😄 You're really great at teaching and I've always wanted to learn but found nothing good to learn from 😔 Tack!

[@eeboy3]

+Kave Ashley Thank you so much!

[@brandonmellis]

Erik, thanks so much for making these videos. I have been studying Swedish for about a month now and have a question regarding phonetics. When you say words like "hej", "hej då", "du", "bor", "i", or "fyra", the sound almost sounds like it's coming from the back of your throat. Is this purely an accent? Or is it common in the Swedish language? Should I be practicing pronouncing those words like that? Thanks again!

[@IrinaATM]

OK, I just subscribed. I really like the phrases you choose, they are easy to remember and they give you a good base for further learning, I speak several languages and I think one of the most important things are question tags and you use quite a lot :) Thank you!

[@fnanmebthatu696]

Thanks to you Erik I started to learn so much 🙏🙏🙏

[@konstantinagiannakopoulou6782]

You are so helpful but the most important you are so inspirational!! Tack så mycket för hjälpen!!

[@davidcoria9264]

Swedish Phrase is so interesting to me. I will try to learn it. It helps me to read your subtitle Swedish phrase to understand. Thumb up.. You are the best teacher!

[@eeboy3]

David Coria thank you very much!

[@djperryboy]

This is the best guy to teach you swedish

[@bumblybee333]

ahh, this was such a great video! I recently made a Swedish friend and am trying to learn the language. Duolingo is a little hard for me because of the pronunciation, but this helped loads! Cheers!

[@oreview]

This helped answer a few pronunciation questions that I had. Thanks.

[@jose-naves]

Thank you ! Very helpful video. Tack så mycket !

[@flordemariabeltrancalderon2305]

Thank you 😊 your classes are great! Learning a lot!😊

[@adjems]

Great, great, GREAT lesson. I am looking forward to more! Tack så mycket!

[@picatarte1]

Thank you for your videos! I study Swedish on my own and have no chances to hear a good pronunciation - except for the CD audio of my TeachYourself . Tack så mycket!

[@guyjunge10]

I just found your channel and I am enjoying it a lot! Just starting to learn some words coz I´ll be in Sweden by next August if I am selected to get a scholarship to study there. Keep up this great work! You´re a a great teacher! Thanks! Obrigado!, I am from Brazil! Hugs!

[@eeboy3]

+Waldecy The translator Thank you very much! I hope you get the scholarship!

[@hannahorellana6177]

purely learning swedish for the fact that sweden is home to the most handsome boys;) erik is a good example:P

[@eeboy3]

Hannah Orellana Thanks ;)

[@adamcunningham-white8119]

+Erik Edler Go on son!

[@emilsandberg7077]

+Erik Edler Puhutko Suomea? :)

[@Wanderlyeu]

god that is so cheesy

[@luigi2836]

We gotta have a motivation hehehe Even though I think italian dudes are hotter

[@anakotorri6198]

so funny and nice to watch!

[@sachikoukawa2626]

easy to understand and thank you from Japan:)

[@eeboy3]

Thank you!

[@kavinparvatham7693]

I LIKE THE VIDEOS. SIMPLE AND INTERESTING. THANKS A LOT TO ERIK

[@Tobledrone]

A good start for me to learn Swedish Language. :) 🇵🇭

[@Zostiel]

Jag pratar lite svenska! I love learning Swedish, and these help so much. Thank you!

[@Libertyinwonderland]

Im English and can speak french and Dutch, thankyou for these video's hopefully i can speak swedish soon also

[@pulpe71]

super Erik , i 'm trying to study your language by myself , using internet and the help of a Swedish friends living near Sundsvall . Today must be my 1st day in Stockholm but i missed my journey for an ankle distorsion ..... good videos , i understand something after studerat 2 months

[@Apofis_10]

Just I found your channel and already love it. Grettings from Mexico and now to practice! :D

[@eeboy3]

Haha good luck!

[@hannahminasfoskett]

I learnt Swedish around Goteborg so your accent is a bit strange to me :-) although I already understand this video I really like your style, it's like actually having a conversation with a Swede who knows your from England and so does the body language and slow, clear pronunciation so you can learn. Thanks very much, I've subscribed.

[@admiral-spoon]

Oh damn this is too hard. But I want to live in Sweden when I finished studying so I will learn it! Thanks man

[@katarinag6032]

James Dwayne same

[@damio2327]

I eat...*stares into the abyss thinking about every decision that brought him here*

[@aameliawmm]

Great video! Thanks so much, you speak very clearly!

[@esticaandres3169]

Thank you! iv been looking for a good starting level vid and i liked this one very much, well done.

[@ankaschannel]

sounds so cool; I really wanna learn swedish although I'm still really occupied with korean and chinese... and I should revise french, so all the years I have spent studying it in school weren't in vain

[@eeboy3]

Anika iPi You like languages I can tell! ;) Good luck!

[@marianoyalour]

I'm glad you decided to start making these videos! They are very useful. I have a little request though :P Could you please explain in one of your videos how do you pronounce the letter 'i' in words like "vi", "i", "gris", "lite", etc? I've been studying Swedish for months but I can't get it right yet.

[@eeboy3]

***** I hope my new video Lesson 2 can help you! If not there are more videos to come! Good luck!

[@marianoyalour]

Erik Edler Jag har just sett den nya videon. Det var ju till hjälp! Har just prenumererat. Vi ses!

[@anyarin3953]

So funny but I love the way how you teach 👌🏽

[@curtpiazza1688]

Great lesson! Love the Swedish forest! 😊

[@melektra1]

Thank you so much, i think you are very cool and your lessons are easy and fun!!!

[@gagemarynicz2054]

Can't wait for more videos I've already become fluent in German now ready for Swedish

[@eeboy3]

I like it!! On Monday 17th I upload two new ones!

[@abbygg4120]

Great way to learn Swedish! :)

[@eeboy3]

Abby Gg Glad to hear that, thank you!

[@feenixtears]

Hello Erik, tack! with love, from India :-) I started watching from your 5th video. Have a Swedish friend from Stockholm, so I'm just learning for fun!

[@tyrmundr3111]

Did you voice the "g" at the end of "Jag" and the "t" at the end of "det" and other words intentionally or was that for the sake of teaching? Or is it a regional thing? Asking because this is the first time I hear someone say it like this but I'm still learning so I'm gathering all the info there is. :)

[@eeboy3]

Hello Dávid. You are right, it was for the sake of teaching - extremely clear pronunciation and as it is spelled. However, at least in the following lessons, I should have started to pronounce it as it is pronounced in daily life, the way you're describing. Without g on jag, without t on det, and "är" more pronounced like "e". Good luck learning! Glad you found this channel!

[@klarinharoot]

loving your videos!!! tack så mycket!! so happy I found it 🙂

[@auistle3262]

I love how you teach. Amazing. 😙

[@eeboy3]

Thank you! =)

[@iloveyoualldayiloveyoualwa6405]

I started to study Swedish and after Korean so I discovered that Swedish is like my natural language in front Korean so I don't have any problems to speak understand or write Swedish

[@starringbr7571]

Swedish sounds really pleasurable :)*

[@carloscarhtolentino6394]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR VIDEOS!!!! LEARN SWEDISH

[@olhapylypenko1264]

It was a pleasure to watch this video ! Greetings from Kyiv 💛

[@eeboy3]

I'm glad!

[@visomelsker5999]

Swedish sound a little bit similar to Norsk språk. You are a very good teacher! Gratulerer!

[@eeboy3]

Certainly! We understand each other if we speak slowly. I noticed you are very interested in languages! Checked one of your videos.

[@Jbm0230]

Wow, the overtones are completely different from any language I've ever heard. To me, these vowel sounds are more difficult to produce than French.

[@robertsrubezis6380]

Its just what i was going to say.

[@EyelessEntity]

It's the Stockholm dialect. :)

[@cataleyadiazdelbosque3685]

I subscribed! Jag gillar det här! Very useful and I hope to go camping in Sweden someday

[@igirl]

this video is so helpful ! definitely worth more subscribers than you have !!! thank you erik : )

[@RYNCG]

Thank you for this fun way to learn Swedish Erik. I am enjoying it. 😊

[@linahaouchine9816]

Hej, thank you very much for your video! I was just wondering why do you say « Jag är i en skog » and not « skogen » ? I am just a bit confused, I thought the article was at the end of the noun, is there a special rule ?

[@eeboy3]

Lina Haouchine Good question, and you’re right. If someone called me while I was in a forest, I would say “jag är i skogen”. I’m in the car ”jag är i bilen”. What I said in the video is an example sentence and also very general, as in I’m in any random forest.

[@linahaouchine9816]

okay jag forstar ! tack so mycket

[@GeneRauXxX]

You are a superb teacher, i hope you to continue making these videos, we want even more than 10. Please :)

[@derik2nicolai584]

I love that, so funny and good way.

[@PBndJ]

Loved your Video - amazing and funny, tack!

[@luigi2836]

Thank you, I've been watching a lot of swedish lessons videos here and you are simply the best and useful, because rather than put some grammar in the air you explain what to make of it in the day to day wich is awesome. Thank you very much I wanna say that I am learning swedish cuz I wanna watch Ingmar Bergman movies without subtittles hehhehe

[@eeboy3]

Thank you for sharing in detail! Hehe Ingmar Bergman, a few foreigners are obsessed with him xD Good luck!

[@MM-fq6tr]

hej - really appreciate all the work you've put into these videos, SO helpful as I learn svenska in preparation for my move to Sverige this autumn. God help this poor American with the pronunciation, though ;) tack så mycket!

[@annakatoula9813]

Hi Erik! Tack so mycket for your videos! They are very original! Do you speak Spanish? What do you recommend us to learn Swedish faster? :)

[@alicetulllyhall1]

Love your content!! It is well done and fun to watch! Cheers!

[@قاهرالصمت-ي9ز]

Very kind of you and tack så mycket :)

[@eeboy3]

Tack!

[@atinybear_4533]

Tack så mycket! ^___________^

[@twistedsister226]

Entertaining and educational, tack sa mycket, Erik!

[@ForrestAugust]

I am from Venezuela, obiously i am spanish native speaker. But when i finish studying to go finnaly to an University, i have to learn Svenska, because when im 18 Years old i can legally travel to Sverige (Sweden). I just have 6 years to learn Swedish, before going to Sverige to study in a Sweden university as a psychologist. What would you guys recommend me?

[@rociogaela]

What beautiful language ❤️

[@sally7964]

Excellent! Really fun to do!

[@Shayvick09]

How do you manage to pronounce the "j" and "i" in the throat? I have heard several swedes speak and somehow they pronounce certain vowels and consonants with a kind of guttural/slightly-nasal effect. Some words I've heard this particular pronounciation is with "hej", "ris", "fyra", "gillar" and some others I can't quite recall now. I really want to understand/know how to do that :D

[@Megaredronin]

THIS IS AMAZING I ACTUALLY LIKE THE CHALLENGE OF PRONOUNCING THE MORE DIFFICULT WORDS!! I MIGHT ACTUALLY TAKE THIS UP!! :)

[@eeboy3]

Do it!

[@Sienna852]

I started to learn Swedish by myself your videos are so good :) tack!

[@paulomatos1087]

+Sienna Ko Hi! I also started learning it on my own. Would u like to keep in touch to share knowledge and improve together on this language?

[@Sienna852]

+Paulo Matos Why not? haha

[@paulomatos1087]

+Sienna Ko fb.com/jagpaulo

[@jagvetintee]

Hej hej, jag kommer från Sverige, och ni förstår nog inte allt jag skriver! Mohahaha

[@waylonk2453]

Erik, thanks for sharing these phrases ifrom the svenska skog!

[@Airmaan88]

Erik you make great videos! Very helpful and you're freaking handsome too :P You should eep making these awesome videos for us :)

[@eeboy3]

Thanks!

[@shasho4624]

jag älskar dig ,du är jätte snygg

[@androidtemp1temporal170]

Haha. I like your attitude.. Greetings from colombia

[@BarbaryAllen]

You just saved my Swedish learning (hard) process! -

[@lottieplaysnintendo]

Hej! Jag heter Lotte. Jag bor i Hengelo (: started 2 days ago and I absolutely love swedish, and languages in general lol

[@bbanggttann2905]

Lotte ily W. Welkom Lotte! Ik leer Zweeds al 5maanden ofso maar het gaat best wel goed. Ik zou vooral NIET beginnen met grammatica, maar gewoon met woorden, zinnen , (letters) en de uitspraak. Dit kan je oefenen door bijvoorbeeld het nieuws (Als video online) na te zeggen, zo herinner je de uitspraak beter. Hej då!

[@bbanggttann2905]

Riana Prins Hoi Riana! Zweeds is natuurlijk ook een prachtig taal! Ik zou eerst beginnen met de cultuur. Eerst daar wat over leren en dat je daarnapas echt met de taal gaat zitten oefenen. En de video's van Erik Elder zijn ook erg handig ;) Veel succes! Hälsningar, Miran.

[@TheAkashicTraveller]

Hej, jag heter Jack.

[@gypsymonster5149]

Lotte ily W. omfggg I love it as well