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Entry level Swedish, easy stuff! (47 comments)

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Posted by mkeiy @ 02:17 CDT, 5 July 2008 - iMsg

Hey o/

A few of you may have seen my earlier journals about me moving to Sweden to study in Linkoping. Well It's all set and I leave Aus on monday. I'm travelling around Europe first with a few friends then going to Swe on the 14th of August.

I'm just after like a few phrases, stuff like
how are you
my name is mike, what is yours
I'm Australian

etc :p

I'm listening to myself try a few phrases and I think I sound kinda German, then again, I don't know what a Swede sounds like - never met a guy Swede only a few girls.

So yeah, any help would be grand! Also, when I pronounce Linkoping, the 'koping' part is meant to sound abit like 'cherping'? No idea, I'll probably sound like a douche for abit.

Edited by mkeiy at 02:18 CDT, 5 July 2008 - 11164 Hits

<< Comment #1 @ 02:24 CDT, 5 July 2008 >>

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mkeiy

I also must say I'm very excited to be living in Sweden, theres alot happening in your country that I'm interested about. Especially the proposed internet surveillance law. Politically Swe seems like a really interesting country. Maybe it's just me looking in from the outside, but I'm looking for to being there none the less.

<< Comment #23 @ 19:39 CDT, 8 July 2008 >>

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stuntz - Reply to #1

were can i get more about that project?

<< Comment #29 @ 11:01 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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mkeiy - Reply to #23

search thelocal.se for it, try 'internet surveillance'.

<< Comment #32 @ 15:20 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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Antigen07 - Reply to #23

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRA_law

<< Comment #2 @ 06:35 CDT, 5 July 2008 >>

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tjaba

<< Comment #3 @ 06:55 CDT, 5 July 2008 >>

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LoCK

The "cherping" is on the right track. Just take out the 'r' and you pretty much got it. It's not perfect, but it'll due.

How are you? = "Hur m�r du?"
"M�r" sounds kinda like "moar", best thing I can come up with now. =) And "du" is prenouced like "duud" without the 'd' at the end.

My name is penis, what is yours? = "Jag heter snopp, vad heter du?" or "Mitt namn �r snopp, vad �r ditt?"
You may use both, but please call yourself something other than "snopp", or do, you decide. =D

I'm Austrailian. = "Jag kommer fr�n Australien"
I have to come up with something later that sounds like "fr�n".

Just ask away if you have any further questions.

<< Comment #6 @ 08:31 CDT, 5 July 2008 >>

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Vajra - Reply to #3

"fr�n" sounds kinda like "frown" but with a more accentuated o, and lose the w

<< Comment #7 @ 08:40 CDT, 5 July 2008 >>

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LoCK - Reply to #6

Yeah, that's basically it. Goodie.

<< Comment #4 @ 07:03 CDT, 5 July 2008 >>

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mkeiy bajsar i duschen

All you need to know.

<< Comment #5 @ 07:04 CDT, 5 July 2008 >>

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Khorney

Welcome to Sweden Mike :)

Only got about a minute or so, but here's a few sentences, maybe someone can

- Hej, Jag heter Mike, vad heter du? (Hi, my name is Mike, whats your name?)
- Hur m�s det? (How ya doin?)
- Jag �r fr�n Australien! (I'm from Australia).
- Ska vi ta en drink? (Wanna go for a drink?)
- Ska vi luncha? (Wanna go for lunch?). In this case you can also use "Fika", which isnt really a lunch but more like going for a cup of coffee or something..
- Vart finns toaletten? (Wheres the toilet?)
- F�r jag ringa dig n�gon g�ng? (Can i call you sometime?)

Cherping sounds about right, but remember that the K is pronounced like the "sh" in "hush" in this case.

<< Comment #28 @ 08:56 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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spyteman - Reply to #5

explains where "wanna come in for coffee?" after a date comes from xD

<< Comment #30 @ 13:44 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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Khorney - Reply to #28

lol :D

<< Comment #8 @ 16:34 CDT, 5 July 2008 >>

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link

just imsg me and we can talk some swedish on vent if you want

<< Comment #9 @ 16:41 CDT, 5 July 2008 >>

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Try this little guide, it'll teach you some pronunciaton basics with audio. Also comes in with some basic stuff IIRC :
http://www2.hhs.se/isa/swedish/
This here dictionnary also has samples :
http://lexin.nada.kth.se/sve-sve.shtml

edit : I found the first link very useful to learn these tricky pairs (ie k� k� etc).

Edited by hemosaek at 16:42 CDT, 5 July 2008

<< Comment #10 @ 23:57 CDT, 5 July 2008 >>

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mkeiy - Reply to #9

Thanks, I'd already stumbled across the second link. Cheers :)

<< Comment #11 @ 00:39 CDT, 6 July 2008 >>

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holden

sug min kuk

<< Comment #12 @ 07:51 CDT, 6 July 2008 >>

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Shaddap

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66fULfwb2X4&feature=related :D

<< Comment #14 @ 10:14 CDT, 7 July 2008 >>

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Bluder - Reply to #12

hahaha :D

<< Comment #15 @ 10:18 CDT, 7 July 2008 >>

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Bluder - Reply to #12

but seriously, there should more decent swedish lessons on you tube.

<< Comment #16 @ 10:59 CDT, 7 July 2008 >>

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micke - Reply to #15

part 3 was the most useful one imo, you can't live in sweden without knowing what "skottar skiter gelatin och cheddar" and "skiva sk�ra skinkan skevt" means.

<< Comment #17 @ 12:55 CDT, 7 July 2008 >>

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Bluder - Reply to #16

hehe

<< Comment #20 @ 09:34 CDT, 8 July 2008 >>

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blue - Reply to #12

3rd was best

<< Comment #13 @ 01:34 CDT, 7 July 2008 >>

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stafu

Min svenska suger. :(

<< Comment #18 @ 12:57 CDT, 7 July 2008 >>

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mshi

Welcome to one of the most boring "big" cities in Sweden.
Except there's alot of students. That's always nice.

<< Comment #19 @ 08:17 CDT, 8 July 2008 >>

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rahzei

just try to sound like a fag and your swedish will be perfect

<< Comment #21 @ 14:10 CDT, 8 July 2008 >>

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Jink - Reply to #19

Ha, was gonna say the same! When you hear a swedish girl talk it sounds extremely hot, but when you hear a swedish guy it just sounds gay :)

<< Comment #25 @ 04:14 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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fag with no name - Reply to #21

and when a guy from denmark speaks it sounds like he takes a cock deep down his throat.

<< Comment #31 @ 14:34 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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shay - Reply to #25

NO WHEN A DANISH SPEAKS IT SOUNDS LIKE HE TALKS SWEDISH WITH A LOT OF FOOD IN HIS MOUTH!

Edited by shay at 14:34 CDT, 9 July 2008

<< Comment #38 @ 15:47 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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Antigen07 - Reply to #31

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eng5rJm9X7w&feature=related

<< Comment #36 @ 15:32 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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rahzei - Reply to #25

is that the first thing that came to your mind?

no potato talk?

..?

<< Comment #39 @ 16:07 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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fag with no name - Reply to #36

No, a big fat cock was the first thing that came to my mind.

<< Comment #27 @ 05:31 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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DamianLillard - Reply to #21

So true!

<< Comment #34 @ 15:24 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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AHXNXA - Reply to #19

so true

<< Comment #22 @ 17:56 CDT, 8 July 2008 >>

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JOhnjo

N/A

Edited by matty at 09:02 CDT, 10 June 2018

<< Comment #24 @ 22:52 CDT, 8 July 2008 >>

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egd - Reply to #22

mat is pronounced with a long A and matt is with a short A.

btw, for all the swedes, try getting a non swedish speaker to say SJU! heheh

Edited by egd at 22:52 CDT, 8 July 2008

<< Comment #35 @ 15:31 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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Antigen07 - Reply to #24

There's two ways of saying "sj" depending on where in Sweden our teacher told us. One way is at the front of your mouth, and the other is from the throat more. Most kids in our class preferred first way as it sounds closer to "shoe" in english, where as the more common way... Forget about trying to explain it with english words :)

OMG the best one ever was when we had to read out loud this story about "G�teborgs sk�rg�rd"!!

The class failed miserably again and again t'was pretty funny stuff.

<< Comment #37 @ 15:36 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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Antigen07 - Reply to #35

Just pronouncing the title as an English speaker probably would:

Goat -borg's scar guard.

Obviously Swedish students know how to pronounce the second biggest city but that didn't mean they could say 'sk�rg�rd' to save their lives and it was in the article like 6 more times.

<< Comment #26 @ 04:20 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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fag with no name - Reply to #22

SM� GRODORNA, SM� GRODORNA, �R LUSTIGA ATT SE!

<< Comment #33 @ 15:23 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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Antigen07 - Reply to #26

Ahahahahaa, I went to a julfest at the American Swedish Institute last winter and they taught us that song forced us to form a chain holding hands and we sung that while walking all around the castle for what felt like 20 minutes but was probably only 6. I guess that was the price to pay for having so much nice free food to eat. =)

Yes ASI right here in Minneapolis: http://www.americanswedishinst.org/ASI/Home.html

<< Comment #40 @ 17:14 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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egd - Reply to #33

cool do you learn swedish in MN? i just moved from sweden to MN.

and sju is pronounced with the same sound as SK�rg�rd.
if you pronounce it with a SHoe sound, you will sound like a retard who cant form your moth properly.
but thats not that the hard part, most people cant say the U sound properly.

edit: was gonna go to the swedish institute the other day, but some other plans got in its way. is it worth a visit?

and sm� grodorna isnt anything we swedes are proud of, at all....

Edited by egd at 17:15 CDT, 9 July 2008

<< Comment #41 @ 21:11 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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Antigen07 - Reply to #40

Yeah I'd be mortified and ashamed of sm� grodorna.

About ASI:
It's only 6 dollars for adults to visit.
When we were being drug around singing the frog song I saw lots of stuff there I wouldn't have minded checking out. I want to go back sometime.

Yeah, Swedish is offered at the University of Minnesota. I've taken two semesters. I actually needed those two to graduate since I didn't take a language for long enough in high school. Now I'm taking another year of Swedish just for fun. So far that's all they offer.

<< Comment #42 @ 23:18 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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egd - Reply to #41

you can go to the library and get a free pass for four persons too! and about the lessons, do you know someone named natalie in your class?

<< Comment #43 @ 23:45 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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Antigen07 - Reply to #42

Not off the top of my head, but we have really bad privacy protection at the U so I am going to log into the class website and see if I find her. (lol the term has not started and I can still do this.)

There are two sections of Swedish, one's during the day 5 days a week and then another is a night class. She must have been in the night class.

<< Comment #44 @ 23:48 CDT, 9 July 2008 >>

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Antigen07 - Reply to #42

Oh wait!! yes I do know a Natalie from first semester. Ask her if there was a kid from her Swedish class last fall that could juggle. She'll probably freak out. Her last name starts with a C.

I was in the night section last fall which sucks for language learning so I switched to the day time one. I had to take it this semester though so if she's continuing on we'll be in the same class again.

Edited by Antigen07 at 23:50 CDT, 9 July 2008

<< Comment #45 @ 00:01 CDT, 10 July 2008 >>

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egd - Reply to #44

Haha! yes her last name starts with a C. i live with her and her boyfriend (he is my brother, also from sweden) the world is small =P. i think she will be studying this fall as well. i might pickup some ESL classes at the U of M if there is any?

<< Comment #46 @ 14:01 CDT, 10 July 2008 >>

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Antigen07 - Reply to #45

http://www.cce.umn.edu/esl/

<< Comment #47 @ 19:53 CDT, 10 July 2008 >>

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egd - Reply to #46

thanks. and she knows who you are

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