Swedish Pronunciation Rules

[@jazibee8269]

Trying and crying at the same time.

[@MonikaMurphys]

Same same here as well guys dont worry, just keep on trying and practising ^^

[@bobbyggare8364]

I loved how you explained the hate comment in the beginning. :)

[@joetomp]

Was looking for this comment, underrated moment

[@al_wombat]

I thought the commentator just wants to learn more.

[@bobbyggare8364]

@@al_wombat nope

[@al_wombat]

@@bobbyggare8364 Yo I just read it - I had only listened to Joakim's "translation" XD

[@bobbyggare8364]

@@al_wombat you are forgiven XD

[@BabyBugBug]

As a French speaker learning German, I find Swedish pronunciation both extremely fascinating and impossible

[@alisonmak8361]

🙋A Chinese learning French and Swedish at the same time feels you

[@nessxergling157]

seven beautiful nurses....the first time I heard the word for 'nurse' I had to laugh, simply because I imagined that if I was in need of a nurse it would be so hard to call out for one! Tack, this video explains why I read a word a certain way, then I hear it pronounced and I realise I have it all wrong. For the past few weeks I've been listening to alot of Swedish language videos with subtitles and I this is helping alot. And apologies to everyone who has learned English as a second language, our 'rules' are crazy too, with so many exceptions... you just have to get to know what's what.

[@sayitinswedish]

Listening to a lot of Swedish is key to get used to it and learning it properly. Good call!

[@minirop]

Hi from France 👋

[@jessiehermit9503]

So is Spanish, in my opinion, with all their reverse verbs. I know Spanish, but I have an interest in Swedish.

[@MonikaMurphys]

Man, u are Brilliant!! Im sooooo glad Ive found u just in time, bcuz I have started to learn swedish 2 days ago. U explain and pronounce letters and words so good I can actually understand the differences. My teacher and u are very much alike in teaching, I will keep watching u and practise my swedish, wish me luck :D Tack sa mycket!

[@karenbishop1579]

As one of the ancients, let me say you are wonderful and I love all your videos. Tack!

[@NeileenSandermann]

I was looking for a pronunciation video I could watch multiple times, because like you said - it all comes to practice. And honestly, your video so far is the only one I could watch and rewatch again and again until I get my pronunciation level on a sub-optimal par!!! Thanks to that commentator, we got a really nice video from you

[@leslieschaupmeyer2931]

Tack så mycket! I started learning svenska about a month ago. I have books, and books and more books. None really come out and just say what you did in this video. When you said (paraphrasing here) "There aren't really any rules, you just have to learn it." Okay! And WOW this video has done more for my pronunciation than anything so far.

[@HerMajestyLada]

Unnecessary fact from czech native speaker: for me it is quite easy to spell words like "sju" right because in czech we have that sound too! We have voiceless "ch" which is one letter in our language and it is most similar to the word "choklad" in swedish. :-)

[@minirop]

all those dropping reminds me of one of Tom Scott video where he compares the "proper" sentence : "I am going to the store" with the full speed version "imgtt store". "hey! hu mo ru?" sju sköna sjuksköterskor

[@pixi2209]

You are talking about very important detaljer i svenska språk. Thank you. 👍👏

[@animalind3738]

Well that was a very constructive comment XD Don't know if it's a comfort to those of you learning Swedish but I'm a native swede and this gave me a headache, lol. Always forget how much we just Know without being able to give a rule to why. As a fellow swede with a "widely" different dialect (I would consider karlskronitiska widely different) I cannot tell you how exited I am for the dialect video. I personally love talking about dialects, always get excited when I hear someone with a different dialect. "Oh, hello and where are you from?" (says the city a handful of miles away, yes dialects is/can be that local) Proceeds to spend an hour/hours talking about dialects and local words etc. XD To add: Usually local's to a region can differ from each other's city's while those who live/grew up farther away doesn't hear a difference. usually blekinge gets coupled together with skåne (southern tip of Sweden) by those who live up north. (which is kind of offensive to us /jk "kinda") lol

[@sayitinswedish]

Very, very constructive! I've been wanting to make videos about dialects for a long time, so I thought, let's begin with my own. It could be super interesting for Swedes as well to get to know what's characteristic for their own speech.

[@animalind3738]

@@sayitinswedish The whole reason to why I'm subbed is because I find it so interesting to sort of get someone looking at things with an outside perspective from the inside so to speak. I find it good to step outside and look at things from a different perspective, it adds so much when you later want to discuss/talk about sweden/swedish ^^

[@gabrielasr9744]

Sending some love here to make up for any hatersss ❤️❤️❤️ Tack Joakin, love your videos❤️

[@sayitinswedish]

Tack Gabriela

[@erexford]

Sju sköna sjuksköterskor! (At least I can type it.)

[@Motbilder]

Sju sjösjuka sjömän på Skeppet Shanghai sköttes av sju sköna sjuksköterskor.

[@RuRi21]

I've always likened the 'sj' sound to kinda how Stewie says 'cool whip' in Family Guy, with his emphasis on the 'h' sound. Practicing that, got my tongue around 'sj' 😊

[@sayitinswedish]

Yes, the H in English words beginning with wh, that some pronounce hw, sounds like sj!

[@shreyasbr]

this is a brilliant find! thank you much

[@SnookRS]

loving your faces where almost about to burst to laugh when you explaining something weirdly about to happen hahahaha taaaack så mycket

[@antoniovinciguerra8982]

Looking forward to your video on your dialect - mostly also to finding out where it‘s spoken! Tack för allt och svenska språket rockar tycker jag!

[@sayitinswedish]

Vad kul! Looking forward to making that video.

[@CanaryCaia]

You are the nicest Swedish guy I know. All the rest I met in person or online are so dry and serious! Even a kind of boyfriend I had years ago.

[@sayitinswedish]

Swedes, dry and serious? Maybe they came from Norrland.

[@pixi2209]

Din förklaring är inte tråkigt. Tack så mycket. 👍👏🖐️🏆

[@TonusMaximusHymns]

lol. your translation of the hater's comment....... your videos are EXCELLENT!

[@sayitinswedish]

Tack så mycket!

[@marekmielnik9373]

Jag älskar dina videor! Tack så mycket.

[@virtualarmageddon6232]

Enjoyed reading the comment at the start accompanied by hearing your amazing translation of what they were saying lol Love your videos for relearning! I'm still figuring out about dialects because sometimes I learn something and think "oh no I've been pronouncing it wrong for so long" only to find out that I was pronouncing it how it is said were I grew up (Sundsvall) 😥 always interesting to hear more about it! I actually would pronounce stjärna with the "shh" type sound same for choklad but I'm not sure if thats a "my area" thing or my accent got lazy and I'm too scared to ask my family and friends from there with how much my Swedish declined since childhood. Really informative video as always!

[@sayitinswedish]

So I take it you moved from Sweden and now you're trying to gain some Swedish back? As far as I know "sh" is normal for "Sundsvall".

[@virtualarmageddon6232]

@@sayitinswedish yeah! I moved from Sweden in 2009 to the UK I wasn't speaking it enough but I'm trying to gain it back. Your videos have been super helpful!

[@sayitinswedish]

@@virtualarmageddon6232 how old were you when you left?

[@ChristofferOrrmalmUtsi]

It's even harder and more variaties in a dialectal way to speak. Even though if some are somewhat dying and renewed. Dialects have own words too which could have a different meaning of what you learnt it meant. The variaties are locally and situational.

[@Amir76fresno]

Cool video. Tackar så jättemycket. Jag Subbed2 nu!!

[@unfilteredchurchlady]

LOL. I love how LOUD you talk. I can HEAR you !

[@GA-lx6ib]

Love the mug! Thank you

[@jamesgavern2084]

If it makes anyone feel better, I learned French from scratch and it’s 100 times harder to spell than Swedish. I think Swedish spelling patterns can be picked up pretty easily just by reading and memorizing.

[@moesancan3031]

I'm french and I can't even spell in my language, it doesn't make any sense I swear

[@BabyBugBug]

I speak French - Once you learn the rules, the pronunciation is quite simple

[@jamieyoung689]

French pronunciation definately has rules, you just gotta learn them

[@camilabatista8478]

Hej! Vad kul! Den här video var underbara! Jag började följa dig på Twitter. Sen upptäkte jag din kanal! Jag känner mig väldig pigg för att explorera den! Jag ska försöka gå in i Discord för att följa ditt innehåll närmare. Jag har ingen aning hur fungerar den här applikation, men jag ska letar efter på. Hälsningar och en kram från en brasiliansk tjej som bor i Sverige och försöker att lära svenska språket.

[@sayitinswedish]

Obrigado! Kram tillbaka, Camila!

[@kurtph6286]

Din svenska är väldigt bra! A quanto tempo você está aprendendo sueco?

[@camilabatista8478]

@@kurtph6286 Hej Kurtph! Det finns tyvärr fortfarande en lång väg att gå. Jag har studerat svenska sedan förra året. För ungefär ett och halv år sedan. Ha det bra! :) Oi! Ainda há um longo caminho a percorrer. Eu estudo sueco desde o ano passado. Há aproximadamente 1 ano e meio. :)

[@kurtph6286]

@@camilabatista8478 Bastante legal, também tenho estudado faz um tempo, é raro ver estudantes brasileiros de sueco, espero que tu alcances a fluência! Du med!

[@camilabatista8478]

@@kurtph6286 Ah! você é brasileiro? Fui no teu perfil e vi algo sobre a Rússia e por isso respondi em sueco. Você estuda faz tempo? Mora na Suécia? Ps. Obrigada pelo "elogio".

[@daiyiisy]

this video helped me so much, thank you ❤

[@sayitinswedish]

I'm glad, Daisy!

[@ruit9542]

Please do more slow swedish vídeos, they are very helpfull☺!!

[@sayitinswedish]

I will! Some day.

[@AleMaia]

Me: I can speak Italian, English, French, Spanish… I completed the A1 Chinese curse in a single month and I didn’t even enjoyed it…Swedish must be easier! Nothing can be harder than Chinese accents, right? Me after 3 pages of the grammar book: åh skit.

[@sayitinswedish]

Come on now, the grammar is easy (=

[@AleMaia]

@@sayitinswedish yes, the grammar seems quite simple…the main problem for me is the pronunciation! 😅 but nothing is impossible 💪🏻😎

[@mayflower8001]

Thank you for your videos!❤️

[@jacquiehahn4910]

The easiest way (for me) to get the SJ/SI etc. sound right is think of how you say "wh" in white, then stick an H on the front of that.."hwh".

[@umakarunakaran4626]

At first I thought du -> ru was odd, then you gave the example sentence and I was like OH. At least when I speak quickly in English I don't know turns into I dunno which turns into I rro (hard to explain without audio but it feels similar)

[@zainahmed1994]

What I have learnt from these videos is that instead of getting into the rules just memorise the pronunciation.

[@sayitinswedish]

that's definitely better, but everyone learns differently and some people like to really get indepth with this

[@labradorableretriever4490]

Love these videos. I said this on another comment don’t remember which video. Not relevant anyway… it’s nice to come across learning a language, emphasizing the importance of pronunciation. Example, so many people just do the turn on your subtitles and you are good to go.“ Doesn’t work that way when you’re blind or severely visually impaired unless you have an extremely expensive smart TV to hook up the audio description. Those things are not cheap. Writing is important, but listening to how native speakers say certain things is just as relevant.

[@jussikuusela7345]

Would "hagel" have a G or J sound? It has been some time since I studied Swedish but I remember that there are some words containing ...age... that have a G sound while others have J. Or maybe, just maybe, there is a difference between some dialects again. While us Finns get taught "mandatory Swedish" in school, we are often given a very approximative pronunciation model, by which our speech will mostly be understood, but which doesn't necessarily go into nuances between dialects, and may make it hard for us to understand some of them.

[@sayitinswedish]

Hagel is pronounced with a G except for in some dialects.

[@jussikuusela7345]

@@sayitinswedish so am I terribly off with my pronuncuation here? I know that I probably put an exaggerated sress and weird intonation on the words. kzbin.infowrx2GkMWk9g?feature=share

[@mariak2698]

Hi, I would like to ask you a clarification on the aspiration of p. You mentioned that p, as well as t and k, is aspirated when it is in the beginning of a word and when that syllable it belongs to is stressed. And you mentioned as an example the word polis. And although in ''polis'' the p is in the beginning of the word, the stress is not on the first syllable but on the second. [pol'i:s] So why is p still aspirated? Thanks.

[@sayitinswedish]

I was being unclear. It's usually aspirated in the beginning of words but also in stressed syllables.

[@mariak2698]

@@sayitinswedish Tack så mycket!

[@TechBearSeattle]

I grew up with a dialect of American English where wh is pronounced as an unvoiced w. Is that roughly what sj should sound like?

[@TiniLShadesofTL]

TACK!! This is very helpful!!

[@sayitinswedish]

I'm glad you think that!

[@jessiehermit9503]

It's funny that "dusch" means "shower" in Swedish, because "una ducha" is "a shower" in Spanish, and, if I'm remembering correctly, "duchar" is the infinitive "shower."

[@zainahmed1994]

Interestingly all these sounds are very easy for Arabic speakers.

[@sayitinswedish]

Arabic speakers struggle with prosody instead.

[@juula9469]

I am particularly struggling with the pressed "ij" that is appearing everywhere like in "fika" for example.... I am fluent in German but it's so hard to pronounce this hahah.

[@sayitinswedish]

It's just a long open [i:] and there is no need to exaggerate the dialectal and sociolectal "pressed i" 😊

[@mini8525]

Hi how can I pronounce the word “How” hur in Swedish? It’s so difficulty to pronounce this word!

[@loki76]

" ah hej med farbror Frej.....Hej allihopa nu ar det barnprogram, nu skall vi se vad farbror Frej tar fram"

[@Mathilda87]

Det här är fan nyttigt för mig och jag har bott i Sverige hela mitt liv 🤣

[@nataliewenberg5697]

Thank you.

[@kraisri]

Jag gilla när du uttalar Ung och Ugn. Det lära mig.

[@lukaskamin755]

I lierally can't understand what is the sound in words schach and chef, is it [h] with super intense attack (or aspiration?) sometimes it seems to me I hear [u] sound besides [h] or even [ua] /[ue]

[@sayitinswedish]

It's [ɧ]

[@lukaskamin755]

@@sayitinswedish do you explain how to pronounce it, it feels like I'm not getting it

[@sayitinswedish]

@@lukaskamin755 try and hiss like a cat

[@lukaskamin755]

@@sayitinswedish hahaha, I'll try))

[@ostfabrorn2718]

The D's becoming R's or an alveolar flap reminds me a lot of d and t flapping in a lot of American dialects

[@sayitinswedish]

True!

[@al_wombat]

Suplimen! Tack så mycke‘!

[@LeticiaMirandaF]

The sje-ljud isn't the most difficult swedish sound for me. It's the "i" sound. Swedish "i" isn't like any other I've ever heard. Btw, this video is incredible good and helpful! Tack så mycket!

[@sayitinswedish]

If you're a sane person, you pronounce the i fairly close to an English ee. Check this video out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmnLe6eoa99lnKs

[@ultrabeats1009]

I think, many of those words can be pronounce a lot easier in some places in Sweden, because as we all know, Swedish can be very different in different places. I think that words like "diskussion" or "stattion" can be pronounce like it's spelled..without this H sound. Let me know what do you think 'bout that.

[@sayitinswedish]

Definitely not. No dialect have that literal pronunciation in Swedish for those two words.

[@ultrabeats1009]

@@sayitinswedish But for me as a foreigner do you think Swedish people would not understand me because of my wrong pronunciation?

[@sayitinswedish]

@@ultrabeats1009 maybe not but it's unusual and wouldn't be immediately decipherable. The English pronunciation would even be better that that.

[@stefkarl7126]

SJE Sound: pronounce a K but keep the second part longer, the breathy part

[@sayitinswedish]

And skip the actual K.

[@iberomagazine]

tack sa mycket, bra klass

[@arinaberezkina2696]

I have seen that there are 2 words for mountain in Swedish: berg and fjäll. Is it really so and what is the difference between them?

[@sayitinswedish]

"Fjäll" are tall mountains in the Nordic countries. I would say it refers more to the high up terrain than the mountain itself. It's common to say that you go to "fjällen" (plural) to ski, which means that you go to the mountainy areas of Sweden.

[@Mervolic]

Fjäll is a mountain (berg) that reaches above the tree line, meaning there will not be any tree growth on its top. Just a more describing name than the general “berg”, which means any type of mountain.

[@SuperMagnetizer]

Utmärkta förklaringar. Tack ska ni ha!

[@peggyharris2158]

I seem to be having trouble with the pronunciation differences between i and y. From what I was watching your mouth do when you pronounce i is like you're saying an e and when I watched you pronounce the y it appeared like you made your lips look like you were making a oooo but actually making an eee noise. Is that correct? Sorry this is a long question.

[@sayitinswedish]

That observation is pretty good, yeah :)

[@peggyharris2158]

@@sayitinswedish thank you. I will practice. 🙂

[@رنادعبدالرحمن]

Thanks .

[@kl1541]

Hmm its also unique that swedes used the expression "usch!" But with the SJ-sound on it

[@sayitinswedish]

We have a few words were the pronunciation varies even within the same dialekt. "Usch" is one, "kanske" is another one.

[@plerpplerp5599]

"I åa ä e ö, å i öa ä e å" is a complete, grammatically correct sentence in Värmland dialect. (Standard Swedish: I ån finns det en ö, och på ön finns det en å.)

[@AndreiBerezin]

My God, that's impossible, it just cant be true

[@sweco92]

"The legendary *sjuksköterska* "🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@unfilteredchurchlady]

Wait! Was that FIka paus.....did you have a TEA bag in that FIKA CUP?????

[@sayitinswedish]

I have other cups for coffee ;)

[@carllindquist574]

In the US, a ”Gös” is called a walleye

[@andersoncosta4770]

Intriguing 🤔... and still beautiful all those nuances 🙂.

[@tomgiles1484]

What kind of keyboard is that in the background, Joakim?

[@sayitinswedish]

There are a few but the one at the top is a Roland Jupter-Xm.

[@Giorgosm14081948]

I AM GETTING A HEADACHE

[@sayitinswedish]

Most of this is only important if you are trying to become a spy and need to sound native. I'm make a video about the most important things to pull of for Swedes to understand you/not get tired of listening to you.

[@thefalcon3154]

What is crash course..and how it works??

[@sayitinswedish]

Crash course means that it's a quick and intense course.

[@jessiehermit9503]

Does Swedish have contractions like English?

[@urmom-sr8oe]

ily

[@MonikaMurphys]

Sju skona sjukskoterskor :D

[@ToxicPCB]

How did de end up being pronounced as dom??

[@sayitinswedish]

"Dom" has its origin in the object form "dem". That vowels change like that is common. This pronunciation is basically as old as Swedish itself.

[@lpinbrez]

Super helpful, but also very worried…

[@OrionBlaze]

DJ BILLYBOOL brought me here

[@paulingvar]

There is a logic if you know the origin of the word. But pronounciation has often changed with time.

[@Asathegoopy]

This is my take on English. Perfectly phonetic… just slurred for a thousand years

[@seren7111]

Asså, jag blev mer förvirrad 😫

[@sayitinswedish]

Aj då

[@markwest7928]

I give up. I'm going back to Norsk bokmal.

[@sayitinswedish]

Norwegian has similar rules though ;)

[@bondy2620]

anyone would like to help me get swedish TPRS and comprehensible input

[@kallekonttinen1738]

Finska undrar varför ni spelar "ä" men du säger "e"?

[@sayitinswedish]

Ljudet är inte ett finskt e men mellan ett finskt e och ä.

[@ShyMusicLovinGirl]

sju sköna sjuksköterskor :P

[@pistl5340]

reglerna är inte enkla 😲

[@sayitinswedish]

You could just disregard them! No one is forcing you to talk like a native. But stress is important!

[@pistl5340]

@@sayitinswedish don’t worry it was just a Pewdiepie reference lol

[@fredrikliljeblad1209]

Säger man inte T-tröja längre

[@sandral1396]

Kortärmad tröja kan man också säga.

[@victoza9232]

Why does the Swedish woman on Duolingo pronounce "de" as "dum"?

[@sayitinswedish]

"Dom" is the more common spoken variant of de/dem.

[@victoza9232]

@@sayitinswedish Thanks. I can see how "dem" would logically be pronounced that way, but not "de," as Duolingo does."De" doesn't have an "m." This is why I was confused.

[@muftisampurna1884]

I just started to learn swedish yesterday....although i dont know why but i found myself like this alphabeth Å...OA....look like smart A...but your video make me want to give up....those rules that you mention...seriously....how did u say "diskussion" ......."journalist" ...."station"........"kika".....thats why i got difficulty to pronounxe "skit" yesterday.....further, i should sleep with the swedish dictionary

[@zainahmed1994]

What I have learnt from these videos is that instead of getting into the rules just memorise the pronunciation.

[@sayitinswedish]

Swedes don't know the rules, so yeah, just learn the pronunciation. But some people like to dissect the language a bit more!