Things SWEDES Say That CONFUSE Me (Sweden’s STRANGEST Words)

[@dianadjumanazarova7026]

You filming yourself, trying to pronounce all those difficult words and phrases takes a lot of courage. The way you aren’t scared to “embarrass yourself” while making mistakes is really inspirational 👍👍👍

[@JustaBritAbroad]

that's really kind of you to say Diana, thanks so much🤗 if it helps somebody else to push past their comfort zone with a language they're working on, then I guess that's a job well done :D hope you have a great day!

[@dianadjumanazarova7026]

@@JustaBritAbroad Thanks for this video 😊🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

[@JustaBritAbroad]

@@dianadjumanazarova7026 thanks so much for watching!

[@johanandersson9208]

The first word preskriberat is not prescribed as I think you said. If you commit a crime then after a certain time you will no longer be able to get arrested for that crime. I believe its called Statute of limitations in USA. And you did really good on those toungtwisters :)

[@JustaBritAbroad]

oh really? interesting! just goes to show that sometimes Google Translate fails you if you're not writing in context😆 thanks so much for putting me right though! and I'm glad to hear that you think I did a decent job😅

[@-Suie-]

hehe i was looking for this comment

[@MrBEA68]

You beet me to it, and never trust google translate 😉

[@JustaBritAbroad]

@@MrBEA68 yep, learned my lesson the hard way now ;)

[@JustaBritAbroad]

@@-Suie- hahaha good job you guys were here to put me right!

[@MsAnpassad]

Ynnest isn't really favour, it's more like privileged favour. "Det är en ynnest att hjälpa dig med dina barn" would be like "It's my privilege to help you with your kids". And preskriberat are not right, a crime is "preskriberat" after a certain length of time. There are several words that seem to mean the same in english and swedish, but they mean something completely different.

[@JustaBritAbroad]

thanks for jumping in on these ones! i feel failed by Google Translate now😅time I go back to trusty old Duolingo haha

[@darkiee69]

@@JustaBritAbroad Or a dictionary. Those ol' books had some really good editors. 😉

[@PennyAfNorberg]

When two words in different languages sound alike but means something else we call it a false friend.

[@The.4nimaL]

Det är också ett ord som inte används idag

[@MsAnpassad]

​@@The.4nimaL Eh, jo det används.

[@eh-modo]

You did great!!!! Every pronunciation spot on :) I mean, the chosen "tungvrickare" is hard for even us Swedes. One thing about the word preskribera though. I don't think I often use that word for medicine prescribed by the doctor, I'd rather say "läkarn skrev ut det" =) Of course it's correct but somewhat old-fashioned maybe. But however when it comes to crime, for example a case of a violent robbery's committed years ago is preskriberat, the guilty can no longer be convicted.

[@JustaBritAbroad]

thank you🤗🤩and thanks for explaining to me how best to use preskriberat! I'll bear that in mind for the future. then again, hopefully I wont have to be describing crime contexts that often, I hope🤞🏻😅tack så mycket!!

[@eh-modo]

@@JustaBritAbroad Well, you can use the word if you have been or done something naughty in - maybe - your younger days and say "Det där är preskriberat nu" Hi, hi

[@JustaBritAbroad]

@@eh-modo haha good point ;)

[@Ikajo]

@@JustaBritAbroad We don't use ynnest in everyday speech either, it is a very old way of speaking. Nowadays you would use the phrase "göra någon en tjänst". Or just ask "Kan du göra något för mig?"

[@meadish]

@@JustaBritAbroad Ynnest is more formal or poetic register, so you might use it in elegant language, or to indicate a great favour which you feel privileged to receive, rather than, say, picking up a carton of milk on the way home.

[@allenculpepper9553]

I’ve been learning Swedish and Norwegian for only a few months, though I’ve been learning Danish for several years.I know a lot of people say Danish is hardest to pronounce, but I think Swedish is really hard too-especially putting the stress in the correct syllable-so I’m impressed!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Thanks so much Allen! Interesting to hear your perspective as a Danish speaker, my impression has also been that Danish is much harder so it’s interesting to learn that hasn’t been your experience! Thanks so much for checking out the video though and best of luck with your studies!

[@nordscan9043]

@@JustaBritAbroad Do you watch Swedish lad's language challenge, who comes from a southern region in Sweden called Skåne? Duolingo isn't the best way to learn languages by the way.

[@MorganandWill]

Its a constant conversation for Morgan (American) to learn Swedish from everyone in Sweden and it can be quite frustrating. Doesn't make it any easier when everyone speaks english! But I guess its like you've done, just gotta to it as often as you can in everyday life. Great video, and can't wait to see more Swedish videos (No pressure though)! //M&W

[@katam6471]

Your pronunciation of the Swedish sounds is really good, I think. Stress and pitch accent seems to be a bit harder for you. But I struggle NOT to get pitch accent into English, which I started to learn 50 years ago, so please don't feel bad about that. :-) Btw, when you feel ready for the next level, try 'västkustskt' . _That's_ a challenge, even for a native speaker!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

thanks for your feedback Kata! you're certainly right about stress and intonation, that's something I've noticed when I'm speaking Swedish too, getting into the rhythm is the hardest part, because you all speak with such a lovely, flowing rhythm that us foreigners aren't used to, but I'd love to be able to pick it up one day!! such a good point about västkustskt though haha I'm not even sure where to START with that one😅😅I was fine until the double st-skt! haha p.s. thanks so much for watching!

[@katam6471]

@@JustaBritAbroad I remember when I decided that it MUST be possible to learn to say 'västkustskt' many times at at least a normal talking speed without stumbling on all the consonants. It took days of hard practice, starting veeery slowly and speeding up a little at a time.

[@JustaBritAbroad]

@@katam6471 oh wow😳there's no hope for me then hahaha

[@bengthammarberg4603]

When I was reading the swedish news on Madeira Radio I was struggeling with the word "buskskogsavverkning". We were sending directly and I had to try three times😀

[@zirie3332]

LOL Västkustskt... I wouldn't use that.... My default mode is set to refrase a sentence with such a word. And I live there... on the bestcoast oh sry. westcoast... but same same... :-P ;-) That is really tricky to say and if one starts to think about it it's even more impossible.

[@Bumbledora]

Well done! You especially pronounced the word sjuksköterska perfect and managed the tongue twisters! I can hear an English accent but it’s not very strong. You’re intonation is really good. Learning a new language is not easy. 🙂🌸💗

[@Verkielos]

I know several people that moved to Sweden "complain" that they never get to use Swedish because the second we find out someone is from abroad, we switch to English. And well,aren't I living proof? I know you know Swedish.. but for me it's more like "omg, I get to use my English!" :P The only drawback working for a municipality in Sweden, is you seldom get to use your English. But I also get that this makes it harder to learn Swedish, since you don't get to use it as often as you might want

[@JustaBritAbroad]

haha I know exactly what you mean Andrea! You want to practise and they want to practise so you end up with this mish mash of English and Swedish😅😅 but you're right about working for a municipality not meaning you get to practise so much. that's why you talk to me here instead :) hehe

[@ericanoren5212]

It's so fun to see all this, you say everything that my husband does regarding Sweden and Swedish. We are moving to Sweden in about 2/3 years and we both can't wait!

[@megaweird439]

I think you did a very nice job on the pronunciation! I am learning Japanese, and it is a lot easier to pronounce than Swedish. Good for you!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

thanks so much! I can't imagine its easier to pronounce than Japanese though?! those characters look really hard to pronounce, kudos to you for committing to learning it!

[@Ikajo]

@@JustaBritAbroad Japanese isn't that difficult to pronounce. The tonality of Japanese doesn't change as a rule. Unlike Sweden that goes up and down a lot. I learned Japanese many years ago, to a degree. I'd say the best way to get the sounds right is pretending you are doing ventriloquism, barely moving your lips and keep you mouth as still as possible. Swedish is the other way around, opening your mouth makes it easier to get the right pronounciation.

[@DNA350ppm]

You did really great. From these examples I can only hear a need to improve one Swedish sound which is very different from the English alphabet: Y - you could easily learn the difference by exaggerating the contrast between example-pairs like: tycka - ticka; sy - si; by - bi; ynka - inka; lyfta - lifta - and maybe also give these a contrasting pronunciation: lucka - lycka; unge - yngel; rusa - rysa; bugga - bygga; mus - mys. As these words mean different things you could confuse listeners who first might guess wrong and then have to correct their interpretation. Look very closely at your girl-friends cute mouth when she says these sounds - you will like y much better than i (because to produce y one hast to round the lips) 🙂- but i is nice, too, i resembles a smile in Swedish. I suggest you'll get a kiss for every Swedish Y - ha det så kul!

[@SinaFarhat]

Tongue twisters är enormt elaka saker, nästan sadistiska! Jag vet att du kan svenska och det gör det ännu intressantare att höra dig prata språket! Ha en fin vecka!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

De är inte så lätt i mans modersmål så de är ännu svårare på ett andra språk😆 men tusen tack du är så snäll! och kul att du vill se lite mer innehåll på svenska på min kanal det här året. jag får fundera över vad jag kommer prata om😆hoppas du har en bra vecka med - och en trevlig trettondagarsjul!

[@theRealRindberg]

Riktigt rolig video! Gör fler av den här typen :) Really fun video! Do more of this kind :)

[@mazfaerie2852]

Great video. Your swedish is fantastic and gives me such inspiration ✨ 👏

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Thanks so much!! You’re learning too? How’s it going?

[@mazfaerie2852]

@@JustaBritAbroad väldigt långsamt. min svenska är hemsk! I hope that this year it will get a lot better! I need to practice more ! It can be difficult when you're not around it every day.

[@mariaekberg7819]

The one about "sjömän" you absolutely nailed it! Good job!

[@ElayaHell]

You did the last one best the hardest one!! That one was almost flawless!

[@tonyf315]

nice to see Duo pays off for svenska, I'm in USA trying to learn in hopes of going there someday!

[@darkiee69]

Preskriberat isn't something that's prescribed. It's "barred by the statute of limitation" according to my old dictionary. Had to get that one of the shelf since google translate had it wrong too.

[@Jony5173]

Att något är preskriberat är en juridisk term. En preskriptionstid innebär att det finns en viss tid att agera och om tiden har löpt ut så kan man inte vidta rättsliga åtgärder längre.

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Jaså? Tack för tipsen Johanna! Tror inte att vi har en sån ord på engelska! Och gott nytt år✨🤗

[@Jony5173]

@@JustaBritAbroad det heter statute of limitations på engelska ☺️ gott nytt år!! 🥳

[@stefanjohansson2298]

Loved it. You do speak swedish my friend. Realy good. Take care and be safe.

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Thanks Stefan🤗 great to know that I’m getting there! All the best!

[@SuperBenkoo]

I think you have a very good grip on the swedish language, especially after 3 years.

[@andershansen2861]

You're doing pretty good - and especially on the last one

[@NinniSusanna]

Hej! Jag pratar gärna engelska, men jag hoppas att du tycker att det är en bra utmaning att läsa en kommentar på svenska. Jag är svensk och jag är imponerad! Du har ett väldigt bra uttal! Det är riktigt svårt att säga sj, sk och liknande ljud. Och ditt uttal av ö är så bra! Ofta har personer med engelska som modersmål svårt att lära sig att säga å, ä och ö, men du har lyckats.

[@JustaBritAbroad]

tack så jättemycket Ninni! så kul att höra att du tycker att jag gjorde bra! jag tycker inte att min ö är så bra så det var så otroligt skönt att läsa din kommentar! tack för dina snäll ord, mycket uppskattat!

[@mldag1678]

The swedish reminds me so much of Tony Erving and it’s amazing (altough it makes sense since you’re both from England) But the swedish is so amazing!! Good job👏👏 but the difficult words are difficult for a reason, I was tempted to say the first word in english ”preprescribed” (I think ??😅) but if you roll the r’s it might sound more accurate? Just a tips från mig! Also I just noticed the owl in the background… not scary at all😭✋

[@thefunkyJ]

Gott nytt år och snyggt jobbat! Too bad that instagram always seems needed to enter competitions 😪

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Tusen tack!!🤩 sorry about the Instagram clause - I’ll have to dream up some KZbin only giveaways sometime soon!

[@ButacuPpucatuB]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 bravo to you! I’m not learning Swedish on Duolingo, but you sound like you’re learning well and that’s fantastic

[@JustaBritAbroad]

thanks so much! what are you learning? and good luck if you decide to enter my competition!!🤞🏻🎉

[@ButacuPpucatuB]

@@JustaBritAbroad French and Hawaiian. I’m Hawaiian and Filipino (they’re adding Tagalog this year!). So naturally I’m learning my home language. French… I just love it!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

@@ButacuPpucatuB ooh fun! I've been to the Philippines, but I'm yet to experience Hawaii, must be beautiful. Good luck with learning your home language!

[@Ttrium]

I'm impressed by the last one. Even your intonation sounded pretty swedish. 👍

[@MollySato]

Wow, your ”språkmelodi”… don’t know what it’s called in English… is amazing!! 🤗👍🤗

[@Lol-zr4kp]

I'm a swedde and it's so fun to see people react to swedish and swedish cuture xD

[@healingjustforyou7742]

Grattis Du är duktig , alla kan lära sig nytt språk om man vill. Jag kan rekommendera dig att läsa en saga . Koka soppa på en spik den är på på lätt svenska.

[@zirie3332]

Gosh! Brave! Tbh. I'm not sure I'd do that in English. You've (the English language)got many words that's pretty hard to pronounce. :-) Not to mention spelling... but that's a whole another story. I reckon Swedish is rather tricky too... Far, får får får Nej, får får inte får, får får lamm.

[@SweMunk]

Wow din engelska är verkligen så bra! Hur lärde du dig så bra engelska? :D

[@joharfleet7495]

Wow very impressive and I take everyone else’s comments about how good your Swedish is as I have no clue. But am going to crack on with Duolingo Spanish now!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

awww thank you! best you enter the giveaway to see if you can get a duolingo plus membership, even more benefits to help with your learning🤩

[@mork3595]

You speak so good Swedish Our language is very hard and the toungtwisters are very hard to say even for us who lived here our entire lifes

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Thanks so much! You’re making me blush😌 feeling really proud after your comment☺️

[@mork3595]

@@JustaBritAbroad You should be proud, I didn't even know what "preskiberat" meant

[@raenalatina9027]

Great job! & omg, I love the Duo plushie!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Plus is definitely a good choice⭐️ good luck on winning the plushie!

[@cynic7049]

Great pronuciation, and three of those is popular tounge-twisers that are a bit hard even for Swedes. But you where a bit of on 'preskriberat'.

[@markussterky6113]

Keep up the good work! try the Swedish word for SLYLY which is SKÄLMSKT. It proves the rule that in Swedish you can have five consonants at the end of a word (the rule for the beginning is three consonants as in STJÄRNA).

[@JustaBritAbroad]

I never knew that such a rule existed Markus😳😅 I’ll get practising!!

[@markussterky6113]

​@@JustaBritAbroad My dad was a Swedish and English teacher and we talked a lot about langugages..... In terms of "rules" these have evolved over centuries. It is similar to a Finnish person not being able to start a word with ST and thus Stockholm is Tukholma or that a Spannish person cannot hav ST at the begining of the word and pronounces it Estocolmo. Both you and I as English and Swedish speakers can pronounce words beginning with ST but not if you are Finnish or Spannish... It just gets curiouser and curiouser.....

[@liefenheim]

I am impressed that you got the Swedish 'u' sound correct. Most foreigners pronounce it like a long oo in English. Like Swedish 'sju' (7) will be schoo for so many. :) Also that you have got a hang of the Swedish accents, both grave and acute. So differ between 'anden' (definite form of 'and' = duck) which has acute accent and 'anden' (definite form of 'ande' = spirit) with grave accent. This is almost impossible to learn for many foreigners as their languages are not accent dependent. I live close to Falun, the "capital" in Dalarna. It is 'Faalun, not Fal'un /Faloon/ :)

[@TheTacitum]

Vad säger dina vänner i England om Brexit? Hur påverkas deras vardagsliv av Brexit? Sämre eller bättre! Tack, roligt att se hur en icke svensk upplever/tycker om Sverige.

[@ryevxns]

I still struggle with the nurse one, and I'm friends with one 😅 Great video as always, now get me that merch!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

hahaha LOVE this ry😅best you get practising then, no excuses!😅

[@peremeesz]

Sje-ljudet. It is very different in different varieties of Swedish. In East Swedish spoken in Finland, it is exactly the same as the English sound normally spelt with 'sh'. There is (or was) also something called "fruntimmers sje". And if you hear one of the news presenters of SVT (Katarina Sandström) speak, you will notice that her "sje" is something quite different from a southern Swedish one. To me, it sounds very elegant, but that's just me.

[@Ulf-qg1vd]

Good work! I am swedish so one of the best brits I ever heard speak swedish.

[@Ulf-qg1vd]

Well stockholm mentality is not typical swedish mentality. Just goto Norrtälje in the stockholm region and you will find that is more close to british mentality! Stockholm is the worst example in fact. Swedes are negative, afraid of conflicts and in general has no temper. In Rimbo 56 km you will discover how direct people are compared with stockholm in general. I will dare you to come here and you will see?

[@Asa...S]

Remember, when you say "Y" like in ynnest och flyg the mouth should be as small, when you say it with a wide mouth it becomes "flig" and "innest". Practice in front of a mirror.

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Great tip Åsa! Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll try that🤗🎉

[@martinjarenheim7142]

I think you did really good pronouncing thoose words, they were actually really hard words

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Thanks Martin! And thanks for watching🤗

[@lhulugren5309]

You should try to work on the Rolling R: ”Tag en Redig Rasp och Riv dig i Röven, så får du stoRa Röda Ränder” (Take a proper rasp and scratch yourself in the bottom, then you will get big red stripes).

[@livetefter4050]

Interesting with skånska sj-ljud. It's like the inverted* 'sjooo' that people say is a "Norrländsk thing". *With inverted I mean that the skåne-sj is on the way out and sjooo is a sound while you breathe in.

[@brickan2]

A thought! Preskriberat does not equal prescribed anymore, allthough I know google says so - that is not the meaning of it unless you live in the 50's. A prescription or something prescribed to you is called a "recept" or "ordinering" Usually from a doctor to pick up meds or do an activity. Preskriberat is a crime that has gone over the limitation period in 99% of the times someone uses that word. Great video!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Thanks for the heads up Joel! Good to get an idea about the proper, modern meaning. Thanks for watching🤗

[@marian299]

Such a fun video! Keep them coming 🙌🤩

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Thanks so much Maria!! I’ll keep making them if you keep watching them🤩🤩

[@herrbonk3635]

Swedish genre is not as much "swedishified" as it is inspired by old French pronunciation. So it's one of those (pretty few) french loans that never got transcribed to the swedish system.

[@ersia87]

You do great actually! Ant thanks for the tip! I created a Duolingo account right away and ended up spending the better part of three hours wiping of my dusty german. :D

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Thanks so much! Can’t wait to hear how your German studies go!

[@meadish]

Das ist sehr toll! Ich versuche auch mit Duolingo deutsch zu lernen, aber ich habe es nie früher studiert. (And I probably just made about 9 mistakes just in those two sentences, but hey, no extra charge.)

[@HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman]

"Sju sjösjuka sjömen skötes av sjuttiosju skutskötestor på sjunkande skeppet Shanghai", Seven seasick seamen treated by seventy seven nurces on the sinking ship Shanghai. It is somewhat hard in english as well but not as hard as in Swedish.

[@JustaBritAbroad]

You’re right! Definitely harder in Swedish, but not easy either way haha😅

[@bengthammarberg4603]

Jättebra Gregg! Du är fantastiskt duktig och som vanligt god och glad😀 Be din flickvän säja preskriberat så blir uttalet perfekt på slutet av ordet. T ex verben fotografera och prenumerera har samma böjning och uttal. God fortsättning till er båda!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

tack så mycket Bengt, du är så snäll! det ska jag verkligen göra! hoppas att du har haft en bra trettondagsafton!

[@friswing]

The hardest one, de sjuka sjömännen... was PERFECT!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

No way?! Really😳😵 thank you!!😍

[@herkcollins4263]

I would never tell you to pick up the pace, I've been learning Swedish for over a year and I suck. I feel like I should be better by now, but I'm terrible.

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Im sure that you’re way better than you think Herk, we’re always harder on ourselves - from my experience at least. Any updates on when you’ll be moving scandi side?

[@Phalaenopsisify]

Inte illa! Och du har till och med fått en uggla :)

[@michaelsouth218]

Well done Greg, very impressive and very inspiring, I may have to set myself some language goals!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

thanks! what language might you choose to focus on, I'm intruiged😆😉

[@frslearn3650]

@@JustaBritAbroad Portuguese or Spanish, I have reason to regularly visit both countries but I'm becoming increasingly interested in Portugese histroy.👍

[@DefaultFlame]

. . . The way you speak Swedish is . . . Cute. That's not meant as an insult, just literally cute.

[@ela83a]

Du klarade alla fint, men den sista klarade du riktigt bra! 👍

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Ah men tack så mycket🤩 så kul att du tycker det!! Jag känner mig stolt nu!!

[@Strasstass]

The last one was very good!!! Du är mycket duktig! 👍

[@JustaBritAbroad]

You think so?!🤩 thank you🤗⭐️

[@olasjoberg2111]

God fortsättning, det är ntressant att följa med dig :)

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Det samma Ola! Tack för att du följer med och god fortsättning🤗⭐️

[@grotgrusson5124]

Hmmm. _Preskriberat_ isnt that when, if you have committed a crime and havent been caught, the handling / act of your crime will be _preskriberat_ (taken of the record) after a certain time of years (depending on the degree of your crime) Thus you can confess without any _påföljder_ Or is it _Preskription_ *s* - tiden...

[@88marome]

I'm Swedish, I always say Shanghai with a normal shhh🤫 sound. Am I wrong?😂 It's more difficult that way, to change from tons of "sj" to "sh".

[@JustaBritAbroad]

oh you do? interesting! well I don't need to worry then😅maybe I'll start saying it like that from now on😅😆

[@linusfotograf]

I believe it’s a dialectal thing.

[@lhulugren5309]

I think the correct chinese pronounciation is with a ”shh sound”

[@linusfotograf]

@@lhulugren5309 Yes

[@meadish]

@@lhulugren5309 The Mandarin Chinese sound at the start of 'Shanghai' doesn't really exist in English or Swedish. It is more or less a retroflex sound, the closest in Swedish might be be the final 'rs' sound in 'fors' as said by somebody North of Stockholm, but the tongue is curled back even a little more than that.

[@Dwaggiemorph]

I like how the last tongue twister has so many versions in Sweden, the most used one where I live is "Sju sjuka sjömän på de sju haven med sju sköna sjöjungfrun."

[@linusfotograf]

Sjöjungfrur is the plural

[@Dwaggiemorph]

@@linusfotograf lol, can always find people wanting to correct people. And while jungfrur is more correct in a lexicon way, jungfrun is used as a regional dialect version. So it's still used even though it's not completely correct, because.. language..

[@linusfotograf]

@@Dwaggiemorph Men jungfrun är bestämd form singular. Sju sköna jungfrur är obestämd plural. Var i landet säger man så här?

[@Dwaggiemorph]

@@linusfotograf Om du vill veta alla ställena som jag har hört det så kan jag inte ge ett bättre svar än inom skåne där jag är uppväxt. Jag tänker dock inte dela med mig vart jag bor mer än så.

[@linusfotograf]

@@Dwaggiemorph Fair enough

[@Gamerviking]

I feel you. Im currently trying to learn Filippino And at this moment im stuck trying to learn the words . Nga nge ngi ngo and ngu. Looks supereasy. But saying them is so hard :)

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Wow I wouldn’t even have any idea where to start with Filipino Håkan, kudos to you! Though I’ve spent some time in the Philippines and I have to say that the language sounds 👌🏻🤩 good luck!!

[@carinalundstrom7566]

You'll get another one: pronounce Kvistfritt kvastskaft. Good Luck and happy New year

[@ShadowScoutSwede]

Well, i think you did pretty good and i know it is not that easy .

[@annabackman3028]

The "original", if you can say so, on the seasick sailors goes as follows: "Sju sjösjuka sjömän sköljde sina skitiga skjortor i sjön". Not only a tongue twister, also an introduction to Swedish spelling...

[@robertthoren4022]

Bra jobbat!

[@kashesan]

Great Job!! Not easy.

[@Maviation]

Well done! But I can still here that you are Brittish :D Fortsätt, övning ger färdighet.

[@Sakura-zu4rz]

🇸🇪👨‍🍳❤❤🎆Hello, Warm wishes on New Year to all of our wonderful and very special family and friend. ❤ ❤🎉May you have a meaningful and successful year 2022 that brings you many joys and great big smiles!😊❤

[@madamepaulettes5337]

I've been learning Spanish on Duolingo for about 3 months. Swedish sounds hard to learn! It's a cute language though!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

oh you have? fun!! how's it going!! :D I learned Spanish for a bit too, its a beautiful language. but I have to agree with you, the rhythm of Swedish is fantastic!

[@BalooSJ]

The word "skön" (as in "sjuttiosju sköna sjuksköterskor") is more properly translated as "beautiful" or "fair". It's the word traditionally used in Swedish to describe Helen of Troy. It can also mean "nice" or "comfortable", but generally not when talking about people. Unless you're talking about someone who has a nice vibe, in which case they can be described as "skön" without referring to their physical appearance. Klart som korvspad.

[@jessicajansson1203]

You do great!!!

[@HowDidThisHappenNow]

You did well, some of those word-twisters are even hard for sweds. can´t resist to throw in one myself: "Sju djupa sjöar" spoiler below "Seven deep lakes"

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Thanks so much!! I’ll get practising your new one😆😆

[@ciacarinsky7000]

Well done! 👍

[@JustaBritAbroad]

thanks Cia!!

[@ronjaravenbell9663]

I am swed and your swedish is good.

[@mariannejohansson1361]

Övning ger färdighet. Sj-ljuden är svåra för många. Det lät väldigt bra.

[@JustaBritAbroad]

ja juste! det behöver jag jobbar med också kan jag tänka mig! tack för att du tittade Marianne! önskar dig en trevlig kväll!

[@lhulugren5309]

How about: ” å i åa ä a ö” It means: ”och i ån är en ö”. This is from a text ”Dumt folk” about dialect in Värmland by the author Gustaf Fröding.

[@ANightworkerslife]

Well done!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Thanks so much!! And thanks for watching🤗

[@-Suie-]

i think your best was sju sjuka..... very nicely done

[@JustaBritAbroad]

you do🤩🤩 thanks! I'm so surprised, because that was one of the hardest ones to say😅 hehe thanks for watching!!

[@christeryrjas5021]

Wow - bra jobbat!! :)

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Tack så mycket 🤩🤩🤗

[@nickekotevski9277]

Genre is a good one! Agenda is as well! ;) You´re doing well!!!

[@JustaBritAbroad]

thanks so much Nicke! and thanks for watching🤗🤗

[@alexisfasth1553]

im swedish and i can barely say sju sjösjuka sjömän fast like my tongue dies after one try

[@SirHubertthefirst]

Bra jobbat 😂

[@JustaBritAbroad]

hehe tackar man tackar!

[@simonivarsson5325]

"Preskriberat" actually means "revoked"...

[@JustaBritAbroad]

oh it does? now I feel lied to by Google Translate😅😅

[@SqueamishNerd]

I think you should look up the meaning of words on Wiktionary rather than Google Translate. "Preskriberat" CAN mean "prescribed", but it's essentially never used in that way, I would say a better and more general translation would be "revoked". I also have a tip on how to pronounce the letter Y in Swedish, you pronounce the Ys in a very English way. When you say Y in Swedish you have to pout with your lips, think duckface selfie.

[@andersgranstrom7128]

Great job, man!!! *applause* 🙂

[@JustaBritAbroad]

thanks buddy!! and thanks for watching :D

[@andersgranstrom7128]

@@JustaBritAbroad My pleasure! 🙂 "Sex laxar i en..." and "Sju sjösjuka sjömän..." - impossible for me to do, if you speed the talking pace up... I realized this many years ago, and decided to to something else instead... 😂

[@JustaBritAbroad]

@@andersgranstrom7128 hahaha glad its not just me that struggled!!😆

[@richardyp1726]

I'm try learn english i speak spanish thank for get me hope with this video

[@christopherx7428]

Isn't the hardest part in learning Swedish as a UK citizen to stop the Swedes from immediately switching to English and get them to speak Swedish to you? Do you know how to pronounce "Växjö"? 🙂

[@JustaBritAbroad]

I sure do know how to pronounce Växjö🤗 but then my girlfriend is from Småland, so I hisss I have a bit of an advantage there😉 but you’re right about trying to persevere past people talking English to you. It’s both the biggest blessing and a curse to really making progress haha

[@seriksson9721]

"Kjells tjuvskjutna tjäder". Try that one.

[@jonashansson2320]

Pretty good work there. But I'm pretty sure you said one thing very wrong. That's when you said you know how to pronounce "g" in swedish. :) There are at least 3 different ways of pronouncing G in Swedish, the sh-sound as in genre, a hard G as in "god" or as j (or english y) in for instance "gärna". Knowing which one goes in which word must be a nightmare. :) And one of the hardest words to pronounce for most non swedish speakers seems to be "mycket". It doesn't look hard at all, but pretty much everyone pronounce it "micket" instead of "mycket".

[@JustaBritAbroad]

thanks Jonas! fun to hear that you thought so 🤗 and sorry for the misunderstanding, I should have been clearer 😅 I meant how to pronounce "genre" in Swedish haha but you're quite right, there's so many different ways the g sound lends itself in Swedish, you really need to keep on your toes with that one!!😆 and I think you're on to something with what you said about mycket! its because the Swedish "y" sound is a little tough for some of us foreigners I think hehe

[@jonashansson2320]

@@JustaBritAbroad And there's probably no rule or anything about when you should pronounce G in the different ways so you just have to wing it. A nightmare to learn. :) You had problems with the Y in "ynnest" too, seemed like you struggled to get it out. To mee it seems strange that a "simple" sound like that should cause problems, but somehow it does. And as I said, it almost doesn't matter where you come from, everyone but native swedes have problems with the Y..

[@lennarteriksson7114]

It depends on what letter comes after the g, is it a, o, u, å, you pronounce it as g, is it e, i, y, ä, ö, it's a j sound. But of course Per Gessle's name is an exception from this

[@jonashansson2320]

@@lennarteriksson7114 So "genre" should be pronounced with a hard G? :)

[@lennarteriksson7114]

@@jonashansson2320 No, that is a French word and another exception. Words that start with Gj is pronounced as j as well, with the G silent

[@maas73655]

Din flickväns mor/farföräldrar måste vara väldigt gamla? Jag känner ingen under 70 som inte talar engelska 😳 Bra gjort iallafall av dig!

[@pon1]

Starts at about 5:12

[@shallowlord]

The last one is hard even for swedish ppl

[@danhanqvist4237]

"Preskriberat" in Swedish means "time-barred" in English. It's a legal term which means that you can no longer enforce a claim. Has nothing to do with writers or prescriptions.

[@wandoozian]

As a swedish person i shall grant you with a like!

[@Nilhad59]

Nice video! You should try to say: Typiskt västkustskt.

[@JustaBritAbroad]

Thanks!! Oooh someone else suggested that, sounds harddd hahah

[@maxar2551]

Bra jobbat