I have no idea how to spell in swedish so I pretty much gave up on that front not to say I am quitting; especially since it is my second day; more so to learn to read swedish and to understand words aka my strong suits, I find it difficult to read and write in English as I started to really learn at 10 and sped up at 11 to 12 so my handwriting is atrocious, I rely on autocorrect to spell things such as "because",I bring this up to show kinda where I am coming from, I can read better than I can write and can listen better than I can read; make sense; so I was like "hay I know spelling is going to be my bottleneck and I know I won't need it to be fluent and to move to the country so why not stop with writing swedish and instead first focusing on my strong suits and when I am good enough I will learn how to spell" is this a good idea or will it cause (I spelt cause as couse) issues that may make things harder than if I just focused on all of them at once, I mean it sounds logical that it would make things easier but i am smart enough to know that sometimes stuff may be more complicated than it seems

for instance the word känner is pronounced shanner But in the word skallig the k makes a k sound is there any way i can determine when to use the right sound

Det finns ungefär 4000 svenska ortnamn i Finland. Majoriteten är helt vanliga (Sjundeå, Söderkulla, Nordsjö, Alberga, Korsholm, osv.), andra är någorlunda konstiga (Bromarv, Esbo, Mörskom, Eljasus) och några låter inte ens som svenska (Kimito, Eugmo, Pungalaitio, Buckila, Virdois).

Som finlandssvensk tänkte jag fråga vilka namn ni tycker att INTE skulle se konstiga ut i Sverige.

Här finns en hel katalog full med svenska ortnamn som används i Finland
https://kaino.kotus.fi/svenskaortnamn/

Jag har två inbjudningskort från 1880-talet med förkortningen S.V.O. längst ner. Jag får intrycket att det skall läsas som O.S.A. men jag kan så klart ha fel. Någon som vet vad S.V.O. står för?

Where can I watch Pippi Långstrump in swedish with subtitles? I am learning swedish and I can't understand without subtitels yet but I would absolutely love to watch pippi in swedish. Pls help!

Hej!! I need to send my essay to my Swedish teacher, so I wonder if there any samples like in English: Dear whatever, find attached my paper, best regards and etc

Jag fick upp den här frågan i huvudet igår och har inte kunnat släppa den. Sökmotor ger inte några svar, på de sökningar jag kommit på i alla fall. Kebabjärpar i singularis, är det -järp eller -järpe? Kanske till och med -järpa? Jag är helt lost.

Hello! I have been learning Swedish for several years now and my Swedish is considered "intermediate". I would like to try reading in Swedish but a full novel or short story still seems out of my reach. I thought a comic book might be a good place to start. I have a particular love of horror stories, so that would be a perfect place to start.

I just picked up Cthulhu Vaknar – Lovecraft / Baranger and am looking forward to diving in.

Does anyone have any recommendations for horror comics written in Swedish that might be good for an intermediate speaker?

I seem to have a hard time with understanding the words when it isn't written and I have to write it but not so much when I am listening to it and picking the word, will this go away or will it be a major obstacle and will take longer than I would like, I have tried both Duolingo and babble but this seems to be a major hiccup, understand that this is my first day and that I want to know as a 22 year old that if this will be difficult, will university help with like vary hands on learning or do I need something to remember what letters mean what, I remember velcomon as the welcome but I can't spell it as you can see, I don't expect to be a master I just expect that things will start off relatively easy before getting hard and that I shouldn't be missing as much

Hey! I befriended someone online half a year ago and we’re really good friends now. We’ve never met but we want to meet up in may/june. I want to learn a little Swedish, so I open duolingo, do the basic ‘jag heter Lisa’ stuff and go on with my day. I want to surprise my friend, so I can’t tell her I’m learning svenska. However, my pronunciation sucks. Not talking about the fact I can’t get the ‘Swedish i’ right, no. When I record myself I cannot even understand what I am saying, that’s how bad it is. I watch a lot of YouTube in Swedish, and listen to some music in Swedish, but I don’t have a way to talk so someone in Swedish. Does anyone have any tips on how to better my speaking-skills? Doesn’t matter if they ‘sound stupid’, I’m open to try everything because I’m at the point where I just laugh at myself whenever I have to read a little text or sentence.

Hej allsammans,

I have started learning Swedish with Duolingo, then (after 2-3 months) I joined a Swedish course at my local public "university" (like the Folkuniversitet in Sweden, google Volkshochschule in Germany for more infos). I bought a book for that class, but am not really happy with it (first edition -> many mistakes).

Now that I almost finished the book by myself (I found the class learning tempo too slow for me), I want to continue my learning journey but thought about switching to another book. The Wiki recommended Rivstart which is also used at the Swedish Folkuniversitet.

My issue now is I compared the (second edition) Rivstart books B1-B2 and B2-C1 with my current book and saw that the B1-B2 covers many topics I already learned with some minor differences. To save money, but still ensure enough practice and no missing out on important stuff, I wanted to only buy the exercise book of Rivstart B1-B2 without the Textbook.

My question to all of you who have ever used the books: Can I use the exercise book without the textbook? Or is that not a good idea.

I read some blog articles about Rivstart and thus think that the solutions to the exercises are online available. Is that correct? And can I access all the material with only buying one book instead of both text- and exercise book?

When I finish the B1-B2 book and feel confident stepping towards the next level, I will buy both books and maybe consider participating in another language class (maybe even at Folkuniversitet via an Online class).

Thank you all for your feedback and opinions. :)

1. När känner du dig som mest lycklig?
2. När känner du dig mest lycklig?
3. När känner du dig som lyckligast?
4. När känner du dig lyckligast?

Enligt mig så låter det tredje alternativet bäst.

According to my Swedish boyfriend (and the little I could find online), any numeral before a noun with the number 1 at the end (except for just 1 itself) becomes "en"?!

So you say "sjuttioen hus" and "femtioen kort" and so on, even though it refers to ett words. I know that here they are in the plural, so you can't use the rules for singular indefinite pronouns … but there still has to be some rule that explains this! I am unable to find any grammatical rule for that online! For some reason it's not talked about anywhere … or am I stupid?

Thanks for anybody who's able to help! 😅

I often find that Swedish prepositions have unexpected meanings and one example is “till”.  In these two following examples it seems to mean “from”.  Am I right?  If so this is more or less opposite to what I think of as the primary meaning of “till”.

1. From DN:  ”Donald Trumps valseger kommer troligtvis att innebära att åtal som väckts mot honom kommer att läggas ner, enligt uppgifter till Reuters.”
2. From SAOB:  ”väsentlig, HISTORIK: belagt sedan 1562; av lågtyska eller tyska wesentlich med samma betydelse; till 1väsen”

Incidentally a Greek told me he finds English propositions just as unpredictable as I find Swedish prepositions.  He claimed Greek prepositions are much simpler.  I wonder if this is something that afflicts all Germanic languages.  Or does he deceive himself, maybe Greek prepositions only seem simpler if Greek happens to be your mother tongue. Do English prepostions seem unpredictable to Swedes?

Has anyone tried the Swedish language course Sifa? What was your experience? I know it’s very intensive but I haven’t found many reviews or information about it. If there’s anyone with any personal experience with the course, I would appreciate hearing your thoughts.

From Tjorven och Skrållan.

Starts at 16.00

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x98grzs

I have bolded the bits where I cannot quite catch what they say, or may have heard wrong.

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Ja men det här har du skött riktigt bra xxx. Varmt och skönt är det också.

Det är en bra spis.

Har ni sett min lilla trollunge då, vad stor hon har blivit?

Är det en trollunge?

Javisst, xxxx.

En riktigt rar trollunge måste man säga.

Och lik sin morfar som ett litet värg då?

Är det fler än jag som reagerar på prepositionsvalet i Alvedons nya reklamslogan? Så här kan man väl ändå inte använda "för" på svenska? Jag har råkat ut för deras tv-reklam flera gånger de senaste dagarna, och min språkkänsla reagerar varje gång. Ett piller "för" värk och feber är rimligen något som orsakar nämnda besvär, inte motverkar dem. Eller vad tycker ni?

My ancestors immigrated to the US from Sweden and this framed document was on my grandmother's wall. Would someone be willing to help translate it?

We think it might be a will. The script is kind of hard to make out though.

Tack!

Varför skriver man ”viktigt” (med T) i den här meningen ”Det är viktigt att stötta sina barn.”

Very new but wouldn’t this mean “where nice/kind and look Tom” in a direct translation? How does it make “please find Tom”???

Hey Guys what does that word mean in General? Also is this a compound? I cant find a Translation somewhere thx

Hello,

I am writing an e-mail in Swedish to a university professor. I was wondering of the best way to start.

In english I would use "Dear Prof. Svenson". Can I now simply start with "Hej," or should I start with "Hej Prof. Svenson".

Also , can I use "dig" in my text?

I work at a store at the cash register so I always say the total to the customer. One thing I’m always a bit stuck on is if I should us ett or en when saying price totals.

For example the total is 101 do I say “ett hundra ett” or “ett hundra en”?

Tack för hjälpen!

Finns det egentligen någon skillnad? Låter något av alternativen bättre?

Jag tänker på definition 2 här: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/incidental

Finns det nåt specifikt ord eller uttryck för det på svenska?

Hej allihoppa!

I am looking for recommendations for podcasts that are about Swedish politics and other cultural topics. Ideally this would be :

— in lätt svenska (but still recommend if they’re not!) — geared towards immigrants/expats so explaining how things work and who the important people are/have been, not assuming we all know who Olof Palme was etc. — could be on a variety of topics too that are “intermediate” level, think: things that would be on a citizenship test (lol preparing for the inevitable …)

Even if it doesn’t fit all these, would love to hear your suggestions!

Dokument vs Urkund

What are your reasons for learning the Swedish language?