Learning Swedish - My First Lesson

[@rivdottir]

yeah, Swedish is called “the singing language” for a reason. This was fun to watch as a Swede 😁 Thnx! U are good at this, keep going!

[@BrianVelez]

Really? Why do you call it a singing language? 😆 Thanks! I hope to continue doing some future lessons but maybe with an actual instructor or something 🤔

[@rivdottir]

Brian Velez I think it’s other people who call it that. Think it’s because we go up and down alot in tone when we speak or when we are feeling serious or not. Alot is high or low depending on what u mean when u speak 😄

[@elifan06]

I'm from Älmhult (Sweden if Brian sees this)

[@tatertots1292]

@@rivdottir or where your from

[@CookiesNCreamX]

Ja eller hur, det var faktiskt kul att kolla på

[@ingridn9449]

Im Swedish and that app was not that good, but its a great start😂

[@BrianVelez]

Hahaha Oh man, well thanks for the encouragement 😅 I guess I’ll have to find other means of learning!

[@aveide]

Agree. It had some slang words.

[@Sunkan86]

It's so much better than anything I've seen out there. They speak like actual people.

[@8luck]

same here lmaooo

[@user-ud2vv6xl7p]

Can I ask what is that app name? Tack

[@timingvarsson7152]

Hey Dude. You're actually saying EVERTHING understandable. I'm a Swede. We got alot of different accents XD but you're doing it Good 🙏

[@BrianVelez]

Thanks man! I legit was confused by the mix feedback. Glad It's somewhere in the ball park 😄

[@melinaandersson9819]

nah det gjorde han faktiskt inte 😭

[@josefinevidas5949]

the “silent” g in jag depends where you are in sweden. where I live we pronounce the g

[@BrianVelez]

Ohhhh! Wow, go figure. I’m just remembering that the dialect does vary all throughout the country 😅

[@neville1311]

In most places you say with the G

[@Bearodon]

Same with the D in vad.

[@herrbonk3635]

@@neville1311 That's mainly young people that have this new habit of talking as it is written, letter by letter. A very new phenomenon that was regarded as very uneducated when I was young. (It's called skriftspråksuttal in Swedish.)

[@vmites7100]

I dont do that cuz i think its anoying to say jaG instead of ja

[@Thaum1el]

My impression is that the app pronounciation is more casual, day-to-day, colloquial, while the samples with pictures tend to be more articulated and careful. The app often reflects more how people actually speak day-to-day.

[@BrianVelez]

That’s better! I would think? I’m glad it exist, it’s extremely useful.

[@neville1311]

This app sucked. Like she pronounced "att" like "å"

[@OscarVångdahlTränar]

Man kan la det ibland eller? Typ, det är bra å(att) må bra.

[@neville1311]

@@OscarVångdahlTränar Kan vara dialektalt vilket inte skulle representera hela det Svenska språket. Och oavsett så säger man att mer än å

[@OscarVångdahlTränar]

@@neville1311 a det är sant. Bor i Västergötland, så har en ganska konstig dialekt.

[@neville1311]

@@OscarVångdahlTränar samma

[@OscarVångdahlTränar]

@@neville1311 hahaha ok Nice.

[@emmi5999]

Woahh you pronounce the "å" so well!👏👏👏 6:33

[@BrianVelez]

Woohoo! 🥳

[@cannonballbob6949]

This app mixes proper pronunciation with a pronunciation that you would use in an actual conversation. At the word “ja” = yes you didn’t even get to hear the proper pronunciation. The normal way of saying yes would be a long a or “jaA” so you jump up with a short a after a long a sound

[@BrianVelez]

Im assuming the accents also change depending on the region the person was raised 🤔 that had never crossed my mind! I got to keep trying I suppose haha

[@cannonballbob6949]

Brian Velez yeah like in Skåne (a province type region thing) they would probably say “jao” so it does differ but the dialects weren’t that strong in this one I don’t think

[@cannonballbob6949]

Brian Velez I am super interested in languages and the science, linguistics and phonetics so I tend to really want to explain why the language is like that 😅

[@tobiashemlinsvedberg4471]

I think you're doing great! :D It's hard too get the pronounciation right at the first try - so kudos to you for getting it as right as you do! :) I'm a swede (working on a bilingual school swedish/english) and I'd say alot of our english-speaking staff sounds alot like you even though they live in Sweden. So good job!

[@vmites7100]

I feel that some have problems say the swedish ”u” but you did it pretty nice!

[@BrianVelez]

Awh, thank you! Yeah, the “u” confused me a bit, but it’ll work itself out with more practice :)

[@themangogirl1569]

Good job! You said all things understandable! And yeah a Swedish

[@jessicajohansson]

I think you did a really good job, especially for trying it for the first time! I don't think the app was very good though, they spoke with different dialects and the speaker voice mostly pronounced things the way we say them in conversation which could be a pretty confusing mixture. Just earlier today I saw a video where they talked about the different swedish dialects and how to sound more like a native speaker, it was called "Understanding the Swedish pitch accent" on the channel academia cervena in case you're interested, it was a pretty interesting video! :) Also I don't know if dozens of people have already said this but swedish is basically a mixture of english, german and french. It is a germanic language though, which is why it's technically easier for someone who speaks english (which is also a germanic language) to learn swedish than for example spanish or french since those are romance languages. Anyways, great video! :)

[@CrixJoki]

Not the best app for learning a new language in my opinion, BUT, I have to say, you did really good :) and you actually impressed me with your pronouncement on å! :D And NO, you don´t have to speak fast to speak Swedish ;)

[@BrianVelez]

Haha, well it’s official I won’t try the app anymore at least not with Swedish 😅 but thank you for the kind words ❤️ now just to find another good method of learning 🤔

[@crustylovaedits9361]

I speak Swedish but when I watched this video I was thinking that how did I learn how to speak Swedish when I was one years old.

[@BrianVelez]

You were one really smart baby 😆

[@crustylovaedits9361]

Thank you 😁😁

[@cannonballbob6949]

Hur är läget. That means How is the situation (reffering to the person of which you are talking tos situation) we don’t have the word “the” we just as letters at the end. Situation = läge. The situation = läget.

[@Natarii.x]

I'm Swedish and I have to say your pronouncing was great, I understand that for other countries å,ä and ö is hard to pronounce. I can give some tip, our R are "rolling", aeiouyåäö - those letters are more "extended" (which is where the more singing part comes in). I hope that this tip will help :)

[@BrianVelez]

Thank you so much 😆 definitely gets hard to get all the rules down that’s for sure, but I appreciate you clarifying! Swedish has more vowels than I had imagined 😱

[@jacobmuller806]

No one cares you traitor

[@rickardengstrom2266]

You did really well... People in those clips have a bit different accents which can make it a bit confusing with some syllables sometimes... But in general they were pretty close to standard pronounciation

[@BrianVelez]

I could definitely see what you mean, and it didn’t cross my mind while filming 😅 but I appreciate the feedback and I’m glad I wasn’t completely off 😆

[@kjell-e]

You did great! The number 7 can actually be pronounced in two different ways where one way seems to be easier to pronounce for some people. And you can say yes as they do in the northern part of Sweden: a short inhale.

[@zVxSolo]

Certain letters in Swedish make different sounds than they would in English. For example, 'k' usually sounds like a 'sh' as does the 'tj' in Tjena. And 'sj' is just like breathing out. And then obviously you've got ä, ö and å. But overall for a first delve in Swedish (or svenska), you did great! Grattis!

[@mansfridstrom9671]

i am from sweden and for it being your first time its really good, i can understand you

[@BrianVelez]

Awesome! As long as I don’t sound like a total turd 🤣

[@mansfridstrom9671]

@@BrianVelez nah, it Was good

[@lmao2351]

Thank you for learning our language

[@BrianVelez]

My pleasure! Just have to stay consistent which is the hard part haha.

[@agnessara9325]

So fun watching while Swedish.

[@BrianVelez]

Haha. Do you still Swedish often? 😆

[@CGplay186]

Thank you for being interesting in learning our language. Have a nice day.

[@mihaelaionescu7611]

You have very good verbal flow.Your voice is good for radio.

[@BrianVelez]

Haha awhhh, thank you so much! If only I could go into radio 🤣 but I mess up so much it’s probably best for me to stick to doing what I do from the comfort of my home 😝 I appreciate the feedback 🙌🏼

[@Lillebroor]

Hey, you did great Brian! 😀

[@mickaelaekmark7023]

You are Good at talking swedish. I'm from Sweden Stockholm and was waiting for some funny mistake, but you did a good job. Swedish - Hej Brian hoppas du mår bra?

[@BrianVelez]

Oh yeah? 😝 well I tried to give it my best shot, I’m glad it wasn’t completely off! Haha.

[@Nekotaku_TV]

"hoppas du mår bra?", that's not a way to ask. Either you say it without a question or ask "mår du bra?". Haha.

[@Hokamuii]

What app its I want try

[@BrianVelez]

It’s called Memrise! It’s pretty good 😄 but I’m also very found of Mondly.

[@herrbonk3635]

You don't have to speak fast :D But people typically do. I would say this app is pretty good in that it uses actual speech instead of these unrealisticly slow letter by letter pronunciuations you often see in other language courses. It gives an appreciation for and a sense of the rhythm of the language.

[@poisonbomb1]

Personally I think the "tack" sounded really good too o.O The "hejdå" was like any swede :O The "r" are often silent in common words or sayings, very unclear for non-natives which ones that are silent and which ones aren't though XD "hur ä läget", "nu shö vi", "vashågo"/"varshego", "fölåt", "gomorron" (takes away other letters instead), "gonatt", "ja(g)", "Läge" is also "situation" which is a much more suited translation in that context, so, "how is the situation?"/"hur är läget"/"what's up". Ja, can be said many different ways but mean pretty much the same just as yes can be be said like yep, yeah, ye. The same with nej. "näe" as the AI(?) said is pretty much the same as "nah" in english. No idea what so ever why "att må" is in there, either way it's only followed by different versions of good or bad. Att må bättre/to feel better, att må fantastiskt/to feel amazing or att må jättedåligt/to feel really bad. "å" instead of "att" is really depending on dialect, most would probably pronounce it like "att" instead of "å". "är" is pronounced as "ä" except those Stockholm people who seems scared of the letter ä. You don't quite get the g sound in geni it sounds like "heni", it's in fact the same sound as in sju (seven) so it's not wierd ;P Some surprisingly good ones (though I heard from some songs/snacks reviews that you were pretty good at sounding out swedish words already) ^^ And some not so good ones :P I'd say 7/10 :)

[@BrianVelez]

I truly appreciate the feedback! It’s always work in progress, and oh my! Who told you about the snack video? 🤣 thank you for watching it, you are awesome!

[@noofy4539]

When you said “I’m sorry” it sounded so good

[@BrianVelez]

thanks! It’s good to know 😆 now only if I can sound better at the rest of the Swedish language, that would be ideal!

[@alinastrategy4442]

what's the name of the app?

[@BrianVelez]

It’s called Memrise :) it’s so useful!

[@tatertots1292]

It the depends on where your from like nu kör vi becomes more like nu kör ve in the western part it actually mostly differs from village to village and city from city region from region

[@corresandberg]

Looove (the sleezy version) = Löv Eau de cologne = Å de Cologne Ass = Äs You guys has the sounds, in English, but miss the dots. We use the dots instead. But the sounds them selfs exists in English as well. Try to do 600hrs and do a follow up when done. I can do easy conversation with you - if you want too and you can use it on your channel. I think 600hrs is to little to learn deeply. But what do I know.

[@doodledee8077]

Just as a tip, the second speaker serves as more of a casual pronunciation, wheras the first speaker serves as a more literal and formal pronunciation, which is why it sounds a bit off. As someone who is a native english speaker who can speak swedish, i was in the exact same boat as you and totally understand the confusion. 👍🏻

[@iusethisplatform]

English isn’t really phonetically consistent, so you almost can never guess what a word sounds like by reading words if you aren’t familiar with English patterns or anything besides standard English pronunciation. Swedish is a lot more consistent with sounds, so you can mostly guess what a word "sounds like" once you know the standard pronunciation of letters. English is like Chinese when you LITERALLY have to memorize every single character/symbol/word individually. I didn’t realize this until I began to learn languages.

[@elifan06]

First off, greetings from Sweden and secondly you pronounce the words pretty good enough to travel to Sweden and speak with a swede (at least those words you learned)

[@molnet999]

both pronunciations of the different words are right, it's just that you can say them in a bunch of different ways, and despite the country's small populations there are huge differences between accents. like "ja" is normally pronounced more like "aa"

[@Templarofsteel88]

The reason the parts in Vi and the other examples here sounded different comes down to dialect, some parts differ quite a lot in how you pronounce words in Sweden.

[@8luck]

5:57 I'm Swedish and that was literally spot on

[@BrianVelez]

Heck yes! 🙌🏼

[@KimForsberg]

Having the app switch among people different accents of Swedish is probably not helping heh.

[@13Tazer37]

Haha, good job Brian! Swedish - Ha en bra dag ;-)

[@BrianVelez]

Haha thank you my friend 😆 I appreciate the kind words!

[@amphxelia9480]

Omg now I’m impressed haha, you did so good

[@BrianVelez]

Oh heck to the yes 😄 thanks!

[@JolineSab]

Bra jobbat!

[@aveide]

Excellent job. Keep practicing.

[@BrianVelez]

Thank you! Definitely will do. 🇸🇪

[@petrirantavalli859]

Also in case you haven't noticed swedish has grammatical genders en and ett and they are complitely random with roughly all new words being en and old words being ett.

[@RXDSARI]

2:51 that was almost perfect

[@BrianVelez]

Heck to the yes!

[@kiqyou]

what app is this? 'memorize'?

[@BrianVelez]

You got it!

[@yvesapplethatshethrewoffab1209]

2:11 not just also when ur drinking more like only when you’re drinking lol

[@BasilikaDeluxe]

I,m also from sweden!! Your suppa good! This is a swedish word (flagga)

[@BrianVelez]

Thanks for clarifying :)

[@le_monke4971]

Translate this: du är super bra youtuber 😁😁

[@natashajonsson4105]

You said tack really good one time, awesome

[@BrianVelez]

Good to know! Thanks 🤩

[@lol69970]

I'm from Sweden and I actually kept correcting youuuuu- and every time you said something was off I was like "It's because they have different accents I-"

[@BrianVelez]

Hahaha no doubt. We naturally do that. I’m the same way when I hear someone speaking Spanish, or English with a heavy accent. I just stay quiet though haha, but you know my brain is thinking it 🤣

[@deaodaggi]

Really good actually!!

[@BrianVelez]

Thank you! I appreciate your kind words 🙈

[@theresenorrby5616]

You are so good😃 🇸🇪

[@BrianVelez]

Thank you my friend 😊

[@rickardelimaa]

Wow, you pronounced "tack" really well. Americans normally says "tuck". Kudos!

[@espnoberg6130]

If you want to do another video sometime, I would be happy to help you as a native Swede :) That app was a solid 4 out of 10 and you have way more potential

[@Gimpenn]

Oh yea the thing in like TV when someone is supposed to have a Swedish accent they always sound German!

[@BrianVelez]

Really? The Swedish accent has some unique to it. It’s gorgeous but I have no idea how to mimic it 😅

[@hellobitcheees3870]

Godmorgon = gomorron in swedish 🥰

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[@jessief5047]

Good job 👍👍👍

[@hulax9858]

God, I would love teaching someone Swedish

[@BrianVelez]

I’d give you a head ache but glad to know you have the heart of a teacher 😆

[@iusethisplatform]

I like to learn the general pronunciations of letters first when learning a new language so when I see certain words, I can pronounce them a little easier 😅 Especially for Swedish when it comes to "Ä,Å,Ö, and J" (and trilled r) Å = Standard English O This would confuse someone when reading

[@Internetguy_L337_90D]

the app vocalize in a dialect so it is hard for non natives to hear.

[@BrianVelez]

That’s extremely true! It’s hard to lose the accents.

[@casuallyswedishyourswedish4303]

Bra jobbat! :)

[@Fred2303]

As a German I feel the same way you do. Some of those words to look and sound a tiny bit German.

[@BrianVelez]

Good to know! It’s weird how we train our tongues over the years of speaking 😄

[@LinusOttosson]

I'm always havning fun when my UK friends trying to say "Sjuksköterska" wihch means "Nurse"

[@elvirakarlsson8334]

good job I see you learning im Swedish

[@BrianVelez]

Thank you!

[@Ella-ko2wc]

“att” is only pronounced “o” when speaking fast, it’s actually pronounced “att”

[@Bearodon]

Knife is a Viking word so you can blame us for that, in contemporary Swedish it is kniv and you do pronounce the k.

[@lulelarsson1093]

Yeah, i'll give that app a 4.5/10 in accuracy.

[@BrianVelez]

No way! Really? 😱 I thought it was pretty solid! But only an native speaker would know, and your last name seems authentic enough 😝

[@sweden137]

Yup aggre Magnus larsson:)

[@amaliala]

Every time some American asks me if I can learn them some simple Swedish I always ask: alright do you want the actual Swedish or just how we pronounce the words cause we can miss a lot of letters when we speak :)

[@BrianVelez]

🤣 that’s a valid point you got there bud

[@Damina105]

Easy i live in sweden is really easy

[@BrianVelez]

Hahaha, I wonder if that means you were also born in Sweden. 🤪 there has to be a reason for it being so easy for you! 😉

[@frida8267]

Welcome to Sweden!

[@BrianVelez]

Muchos thank yous :)

[@sweden137]

The other voice yoi think sounds weird. Well it speaks: Riks svenska It's kinda all accents. I think she says things better like whit "nej" She says it whit a a and we often do that (at least in västerås)

[@cannonballbob6949]

Skål is only used for drinking

[@Jungfrun1]

Or when referring to an actual skål/bowl.

[@cannonballbob6949]

M4X yeah that too 😅

[@inf0phreak]

You should look up SLAY Radio and their Mastering Swedish comedy skits

[@thorminate2429]

6:34 you said "å" super good imma give you a thumbs up (: 👍

[@theodoreekman98]

I'am from sweden

[@rickardakatallen]

Not bad acctualy.. From a swedish follower.. 👍🏻

[@semharkidane7664]

Hiii please help me to know swedish private if your are swedish I really need help because I will come and it's difficult thank you,,,

[@TheMegaOnyx]

Sup! You missed these ones: Å, Ä, Ö Å sounds oh Ä sounds eh Ö sounds oeh You welcome! Also, the reason you hear it differently, is because of the accent... An accent from Stockholm, sounds different from Göteborg, and so forth and so on...

[@BrianVelez]

It’s been so difficult to get those down man 😅 i appreciate you clarifying though!

[@TheMegaOnyx]

@@BrianVelez You welcome! I am a certified Swedish after all

[@semharkidane7664]

Please someone help me .... I really want to learn swedish plsssssssss

[@BrianVelez]

Same! Let me know if you find someone haha.

[@herrbonk3635]

Good is not always bra. It can also be god/gott and fin/fint (similar to English) among others.

[@MrsScraptroll]

Think you did really well. Maybe like a 7 out of 10. You pronounced some words in the first part allmost like a swede. "Hallå" is a word that can be used to get someones attention like on the phone "Hallå ?" - "Hello?" Or on a distance but allsow as a "Hi". "Godmorgon" is written "God morgon" (Good morning) in swedish but we usually shorten it to "Go'morron" and that is more like the way the app/guy says it and you said "God morgon" like it would be in a more clean swedish. The same thing with "Godnatt" (Goodnight) it is written "God natt"(good night) or Go'natt (like the app/guy). Keep on trying and you will get it. You seem to have a good ear for languages :-)

[@izadine]

If you say it more properly it´s actually "att heta" as it is written. a t t "å heta" - Swedes often use the pronunciation of å instead of for example och (and) och att (to do sth) .

[@elvirakarlsson8334]

you can say it in diffrent ways

[@BrianVelez]

This is also true for most languages 😆

[@Hilariumosis]

We like to make letters silent. Like "Godmorgon" [God-morgon] which literally means good (god) morning (morgon). But people like to pronounce it "gomorgon" or "gomorron". Mostly due to dialect or people going with what is quicker (easier) or rather simplest to say (becuase people are THAT lazy). They even shortcut through words.

[@herrbonk3635]

Hur är läget actually means "how is state-the", literally speaking. Although it can be the same word, it has nothing to do with location.

[@limpy9527]

The app was not the best but great first try on swedish :)

[@BrianVelez]

Thank you very much. 😆 I’m just thankful I could at least hear it. I’m sure it will get better :)

[@tinastahlborg170]

I agree with my fellow Swedes, you are really good at the pronunciation, but to be brutally honest, the app sucked 🙈 They talk with dialects and not the proper way to learn the language. I've never heard that the swedish word 'sju' is the word we always try non swedes to say, you should try 'sjuksköterska' instead 😉 meaning nurse. Keep up the good work, love your videos 👌🏻🤩

[@acidexe5686]

Yea atleast from all i have seen u are the one who can say the words the closest I am swedish btw

[@BrianVelez]

Thank you! Probably one of the ultimate compliments 😆

[@Sweetycow1]

As a Swede, this is awesome. A very good start, but that app is not very good at pronouncing the words.

[@gabrielneculai3998]

You don't knok how hard is swedish

[@BrianVelez]

Clearly haha 😅

[@Nekotaku_TV]

You did well except the u sounds like o. 2:35 What!? That was your best one after hej. XD 3:50 Yeah you're right, she was saying another version of the words. A and nae can be yes and no too, but it's not what was written. Bad on the app's part. Yes, German has a lot of similar words to Swedish, more than English. And the way you say god morgon is correct but unnatural, written and spoken Swedish are very different. Haha, you're saying heni instead of geni. The g is a hard sound in this case, have no idea how to write it but I'm surprised you didn't even try to imitate it.

[@BasilikaDeluxe]

It means flag

[@macbook1826]

Bro some of the words you pronounce is accurate af

[@BrianVelez]

#winning 😃

[@Aurinkohelmi]

And Swedish is good stepping stone for Finnish. 😏 Different language family, but a lot loan words in Finnish 😊

[@nikkeb3662]

It sounds like you are putting a T at the end of varsågod

[@BrianVelez]

I felt that too! It’s hard to keep my tongue from letting that T go!

[@cannonballbob6949]

Hao? So you medan ”hallå”? 😂 and thats not even a common way of saying hi 😂

[@BrianVelez]

Hahaha oops 😅

[@a.b.9968]

I'm german and I think he confused the Swedish "hej" with the german "hallo" he learned in the last video

[@cannonballbob6949]

A. B. Yeah but it is a proper way to say hi in Sweden too and is pronounced the same but it is just not used as much 😂 I actually am learning German, I am going to do German 3 after summer break (Lieber Deutsch 3)!

[@cannonballbob6949]

Brian Velez You were pretty good with some of the pronunciations, better then what I’ve seen, and you got the Å pretty well as well!

[@marabou6958]

I use ”hallå” pretty often😙

[@cyberrainofficial]

The ”most unreliable source” as you called the pronouncer without a face or whatever is basically more of an “accent-free” type of saying it and me being a Swedish speaker is the most accurate of these but the app was kinda shit when it comes to Swedish, also I feel like the only one you really didn’t get at all right was the word “geni” you put in a “h” sound out of nowhere but it’s more of a “sje”

[@JohnBlund.]

7:13 GAGAAGAGAGAHAAHAA