Amppax Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Did you know that they did a 'sound analysis' or whatever on him and it turns out he's much more Norwegian than Swedish? We don't sound like that. But they do. That's funny, I've been watching a show on Netflix where there's a character they call "The Swede" who is Norwegian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOfjBssV2cc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amppax Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOfjBssV2cc You may have found one of the only phatmass appropriate clips from that show, props for that alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marigold Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 That's pretty accurate actually! :smile3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman82 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOfjBssV2cc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEHPvPsjtDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norseman82 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YASXnxeBsLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosieranna Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) "Sove goat, sharlick." Roughly. ;) ETA: The vowel sounds of Swedish are tough for me to translate into English phonetics. "Goat" is the best I could do for "gott" which sounds like an O with an "ah" arch to it, in my mind. Like if the British said goat, and not someone from Texas... Does the umlaut over the a make it into a short sound (like "hand")? I know it does in Finnish and German but I'm not sure about the North Germanic languages? That's funny, I've been watching a show on Netflix where there's a character they call "The Swede" who is Norwegian. I think I know exactly which show you're talking about. If so I love the theme song. I have the most with largely useless languages. I've got a little Welsh and less Finnish. My French is pretty good and I can embarrass myself in Russian. Finnish is my favorite so far. It sounds like music. Edited February 9, 2015 by Nadezhda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marigold Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Does the umlaut over the a make it into a short sound (like "hand")? I know it does in Finnish and German but I'm not sure about the North Germanic languages? I think I know exactly which show you're talking about. If so I love the theme song. I have the most with largely useless languages. I've got a little Welsh and less Finnish. My French is pretty good and I can embarrass myself in Russian. Finnish is my favorite so far. It sounds like music. Kind of. It's like 'air' without the r. I love Finnish too. I keep telling myself it should be easy because it's related to the other language my family speaks, Sami, but I think I'm fighting a losing battle. :hehe2: Love just hearing it though. And you can really hear the difference between a Finn and a Dane, Swede or Norwegian speaking English. The latter 3 are hard to distinguish but Finnish English is distinctive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 So then kärlek should sound more like shair-lick? Hm.I keep sounding like an Irishman trying to speak Swedish. :blush:Some of the Swedish vowels sound the same to me. :wacko: I keep telling myself that it will come in time. I ordered a Swedish-English dictionary to help me along (waiting for it to arrive) and using Google translate for some things for now.In trying to understand how some Swedish words sound, I happened upon Forvo. Has anyone else used it? It's really been helpful to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Jag kan säga det svenska alfabetet nu. :bounce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 (edited) Ive been learning swedish the past 4-5 months or so. The best way I can describe their additional alphabet sounds would be like this: Å is kind of equivalent to our double O. For instance, the world blue in swedish is pronounced nearly similar only with their additional letter since they dont have a vowl combination to make the sound. Blå Ä is like the sound A makes in pair. (I always remember because there is a "pair" of dots on top of the A haha) Ö is like the sound U makes in puurrrrr! (like a cat) :kitten: Jag har på mina skor Edited February 9, 2015 by CrossCuT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 (edited) Jag har på mina skor Jag har inte på byxorna. :hehe: Edited February 10, 2015 by franciscanheart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marigold Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Hehe! Forvo is a great idea, I hoped something like that existed but didn't know how to find it! Glad it's helping. CrossCuT, maybe I'm misreading you, but Å is pronounced like 'oar' without the r. Unless you've been learning Swedish from a southerner!!? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_bmtDgM2s4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marigold Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 This one is fun too, 10 Swedish words that sound like English words but mean different things! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5yROkRuCCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franciscanheart Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Important phrases in every language: Hello Goodbye Thank you Excuse me May I Where is the restroom Help Emergency I'm not wearing pants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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