the winter system Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 So, I've been going over multiple different threads and I've seen people saying they speak Swedish. I've been studying it on a language program called Duolingo, and so I was wondering, maybe we could get a thread together for people who talar Svenska? (note: I do not speak very good Swedish and will likely be full of gramatical errors. Probably sprinkled in with some English as well.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 I am a native speaker, guess I'll be the teacher then, even if I am no good at teaching. Hej. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Halla? With the circle thingy over the first a? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Hallå, like that. Second a, which is an å, it is a completely different letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Ah, thanks. I haven't been working on it for a while. Probably should start up again. Jag alskar Brandon Sanderson's bok? the last o with the two dots above it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 No, bok is with an o, älskar however is with the ä. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) Right... I'm so bad at this! EDIT: Grammar question:: When do you use ett and when do you use en? EDIT 2: And how do you tell the difference between "you are eating" or "you eat"? Edited September 22, 2015 by Winter Cloud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 To my knowledge there is absolutely no logic in when you use en and ett, I may just have been doodling during those parts of the lessons though... google that and tell me if I am wrong. ... theres a difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxal she/her Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Souvenirs. I lived in Sweden for half a year Kan du talar engelska? I'm awful with languages (I forgot much of what I learned...), but each time I go to Ikea, I look fondly at these : and these: Sweden is a great country. I enjoyed my stay. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Milk- chocolate, I'm guessing from the context. And Kanelbullar I'm guessing is cinnamon buns? Hm... There's a difference over here. Jag äter mjölk choklad... Jag älskar mjölk choklad! I figured out how to make the accents work. FINALLY. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Better and better. Mjölkchoklad is one word though. Otherwise it ends up being milk and chocolate, except you forgot the and... And that can end up being weird. I guess this needs a better explanation. We have these "fused" words in swedish. There is a difference between light bulb and lightbulb. (At least in writing, and everyone keeps forgetting this rule anyway so it probably wont be too awkward if you mess it up, but I am just mentioning it). Does this make anything akin to sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Other than the occasional curse I don't know any swedish but I love the idea of this thread since I enjoy learning languages so much so I may pop in to learn a bit or ask something. Anyways, awesome idea Winter! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted September 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Ah. I get it. Kinda. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheSeamonster he/him Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Other than the occasional curse I don't know any swedish but I love the idea of this thread since I enjoy learning languages so much so I may pop in to learn a bit or ask something. Anyways, awesome idea Winter! Heh. Assassin's Creed taught me how to curse in Italian. Back to Swedish, I don't know any of this stuff! But it's interesting to see you guys talk about it! I may or may not stick my head in and comment/ask a question every now and then. First question, what is the Swedish alphabet? How does it differ from the English one? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Heh. Assassin's Creed taught me how to curse in Italian. Back to Swedish, I don't know any of this stuff! But it's interesting to see you guys talk about it! I may or may not stick my head in and comment/ask a question every now and then. First question, what is the Swedish alphabet? How does it differ from the English one? We have Å Ä Ö at the end, so three more, otherwise it is the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheSeamonster he/him Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 We have Å Ä Ö at the end, so three more, otherwise it is the same. Okay. And what function do these letters perform? And how the heck do you pronounce them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zathoth Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 Okay. And what function do these letters perform? And how the heck do you pronounce them? They are vowels. I cant think of an example for Å at the moment, I'll get back to it when I can think of something. Ä is kind of like... the non-sharp E, but not the deep shwa sound either. (Eithär? Sort of) Say the letter A, but without rounding it off into Ayyyy. Ö is kind of like the I in Bird. I guess I could just record myself going through the alphabet when it isnt in the middle of the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mashadar Mistborn he/him Posted September 26, 2015 Report Share Posted September 26, 2015 This looks interesting and I love languages, so I might lurk around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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