Why do Swedes duckface so much? 🇸🇪 | Learn Swedish in a Fun Way!

Here is the latest addition to our Swedish pronunciation series.
If you were struggling with the Swedish "Y" sound here are some tips and tricks for it.
The key thing here is to put out your lips like you were making a duckface. The Swedish language is weird like that.
PS: Sorry for the potato sound quality. We had some issues with our mic.
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[@publicanimal]

We make this shape with our mouths in English at the beginning of the word "You" if we are saying it with emphasis.

[@GA-lx6ib]

This video is so helpful, thank you! I never realized how little lip movement is used when speaking english. We make great ventriloquists!

[@FunSwedish]

Glad it was helpful! It is one of those things that is easy to miss

[@alexiscolby1138]

Love these videos! So helpful and Dani has such animation in her presentations it’s fun!

[@FunSwedish]

Glad you like them! Than you so much!

[@NOTES1]

Good educational videos other learning apps or videos don't teach you! Like your facial expressions! 😁

[@teresita.lozada]

Of all Swedish lesson channels I've tried here, I stick with you Dani. Tack!

[@FunSwedish]

Happy to hear you are enjoying the lessons 😊

[@saisonusgeekus6719]

Excellent video! So helpful :) thank you :) Never thought the "duck face" craze would be helpful some day to learn a new language ^^

[@FunSwedish]

Next time you are doing a duck face you can just brush it off as saying you are practicing your Swedish 😂

[@saisonusgeekus6719]

@@FunSwedish love it 😂

[@sabinasehovic553]

These videos are so good! Very helpful! Tack så mycket :)

[@FunSwedish]

Aww! So happy to hear that!

[@milakalac]

I really enjoy the video it's very helpful for the beginners🙏 I wish u can make a video about list of exception to the vowel rule. 😁😊🙏

[@FunSwedish]

Great suggestion!

[@Yohann_Rechter_De-Farge]

Tack 🌹🌷🌺

[@lucabarelli259]

Very interesting and well done... Tack så mycket!!! (with a short Y, I suppose)

[@FunSwedish]

You got it!

[@minarakan563]

❤❤❤

[@allisonhellsten4097]

Wow thanks so much for the video!

[@FunSwedish]

Our pleasure! 😁

[@pixi2209]

Very good! 👍👏🏆

[@FunSwedish]

Thank you! 😃

[@carolineludlow4387]

Great video! Tack så mycket!

[@FunSwedish]

Glad you liked it! 😁

[@giadabertini772]

Tak så mycket! This is so useful😄

[@FunSwedish]

Happy to hear that!

[@dfateekh]

Super! Such an approachable explanation ❤

[@FunSwedish]

Glad it was helpful!

[@furkanaydogan534]

Tack så jättemycket !😊😌

[@FunSwedish]

😊😊

[@ruiqing369]

Thank you!

[@FunSwedish]

😻

[@davidbandini3484]

Tack så mycket!!

[@FunSwedish]

😍

[@fabulousfam]

Hej, Dani! Thanks for the video! Vowel sounds can be really hard to hear for non-native speakers, such as myself. Your visual tips are very helpful! Now, I can see (literally) my Swedish vowel sounds improving!

[@FunSwedish]

Happy to hear it helped! 😍

[@fashionstylerrique7112]

Your video's are 👍👍👍👍👍

[@zaidmohammed8491]

Tack så mycket

[@FunSwedish]

😀

[@abshiraybakar2355]

Happy New year daniela

[@FunSwedish]

Tack! Detsamma!

[@bramblebop1904]

Would you say that the long y is the same as the German ü? Or the French u (like in "bureau").

[@FunSwedish]

I am sorry, I don't know those languages so I can't help you with this question. Hopefully someone else can answer this question for me :)

[@bramblebop1904]

Thanks! Well, let's put it this way: is it more like "i" or more like "u"? Cause it seems that anything with the lips gathered up like that comes out as a sort of " u"...🐒. And also, it appears in Swedish words that also exist in other languages and have an "u" sound (or both sound and letter) in that place (engl: new, fr/engl: menu, etc.)

[@ylva571]

Hi Dani, I am not sure if you'll see this, but I will try- jag har en fråga: With the "y" sound you explain so beautifully here, is the tongue in the same position as with the "i" sound? ie. is the tip of the tongue at the back of the front top teeth? It really changes the sound when the tongue position changes...

[@FunSwedish]

This is a great question because you are right that the tongue position is very important to get these vowels right. In our Swedish prononunciation course we explain the tongue position of every vowel in detail.I really recommend you to take it if you want to learn more about pronounciation. Here is the link to sign up: elansutbildning.teachable.com/courses/enrolled/2232485 But to answer your question. The tongue position is not in the same place for I as for Y. When you say I (at least in the Stockholm accent) you need to put the tongue down touching your front teeth (the row of teeth) at the bottom of the mouth.

[@ylva571]

@@FunSwedish thank you so much! That is very helpful. ( and I got it wrong- I said tongue to top teeth instead of bottom for the “posh Stockholm i” -oops! ) I will definitely head on over and check out your courses. A bit hard to do a live class from Australia due to the time difference but I’d love to try if you have other options. Your teaching style for this beautiful language is just so engaging, and the method is better than any I have come across. ❤️ tack så mycket.

[@FunSwedish]

@@ylva571 That is so cool that you are learning Swedish all away in Australia! I understand that the timezones are hard. Luckily, the link I sent you is to our online video course that are pre-recorded lessons that you can take whenever you want, wherever you are. And thank you so much for all your kind words! We are here to help you with your Swedish journey!

[@ylva571]

@@FunSwedish I have just enrolled in the Swedish pronunciation course you recommended! Wish me luck ☺

[@verooobel]

Do you know the German ü? Is it comparable to the Swedish y?

[@herrbonk3635]

Yes it is. We actually call it "tyskt y" ("german y"). It's not identical though, but very close.

[@88marome]

I saw someone write that ü is between the Swedish u and y.

[@itsangshu]

how is the short y different from I?

[@FunSwedish]

There is still a slight difference in sound (Swedes will notice). And you are still putting your lips out a bit and making a slight duckface 😁. The more you practice and train your mouth, your ear will start to pick up the sound.

[@itsangshu]

@@FunSwedish thanks for the clarification

[@melchoraducal6613]

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[@markoignjatovic5630]

Y like as Ý in 🇨🇿 🇸🇰.

[@---un5mt]

Would it be wrong to say that "fy" in "fyra" sounds like "few"? That's how it sort of sounds to me.

[@FunSwedish]

Good observation. Maybe, if it helps you to remember it :) But you need to put out your lips a lot when you say "fy" not sure if you do that when you say "few". Do you?

[@farnchinoboccia4193]

Bellissima

[@rinamakeup8159]

is the Swedish language difficult?

[@FunSwedish]

It depends on how you see it. I would say that Swedish grammar is pretty simple. And we dont have as much vocabulary as there is in English. But the pronunciation can be pretty hard for many 😅

[@rinamakeup8159]

@@FunSwedish I started two days ago to learn Swedish and I learned the alphabet very well in one day I do not know if this is good or it seems to me a fairly easy language but the pronunciation is a bit difficult ☺

[@rinamakeup8159]

@@FunSwedish in addition to the alphabet I also learned some words. I learned how they are written and how they are pronounced ☺What do you think, am I on the right track? 😁

[@herrbonk3635]

@@FunSwedish The Swedish word list SAOB has currently about 500 000 words listed, iirc. The longest version of the Oxford dictionary has about 650 000. Not a huge difference.

[@Tapuakh]

Wow! You are so beautiful!

[@hcm9999]

Why do you frown when pronouncing Y?

[@fashionstylerrique7112]

Mi quappa Amora 4ever okay with you?

[@muhajer4516]

you are going fast.😔