Hej! I myself find Sweden an interesting country. Few years ago I haven't known much about it, now I'm interested in language and even Swedish massage xD
I'm learning Swedish mostly online and like couple of channels dedicated to Swedish..I really like Speak Swedish Stupid channel for its both entertaining and teaching qualities.
Could you make a video sometime using the lyrics of a Swedish song you like? For me it is easy to learn languages when you are singing the song all the time. :)
ONE QUICK QUESTION PLEASE-I've been studying Swedish for maybe a year now and learned a lot...but i was never able to find out if i should or shouldn't pronounce the "G" in jag (I) do i make the g sound or just say "ya" ????
@jonnieb4eva Here's an honest answer for you which I have always told people, about this certain subject. "Jag = I, myself" should always be pronounced with the sound of the letter "G" at the end of the word. That is proper Swedish. Though, there are Swede's who will argue about this but the truth is that "Ja" means "Yes". When we skip the letter "G" at the end of the word "Jag" then we're using what is called "lazy Swedish". I suggest you to pronounce the "G" - that's Swedish for you, dear.
@jonnieb4eva Basically, people who pronounce "Jag = I, myself" without pronouncing the letter "G" are basically saying "Ja = Yes" - and it's not pretty when people do that, some even spell it that way; that's not impressive. You couldn't go to a job interview/important meeting and use such "Lazy Swedish". I wouldn't lie to anyone and this is one of the reasons I teach Swedish here. I want to help out. I can understand your confusion; and I wish the proper Swedish was used more often. :)
@jonnieb4eva Me again! I just wanted to say as well that obviously people decide for themselves. And I want to add that there are dialects, many of those in Sweden so that is a different thing. I do not want to offend anyone or such. I tend to get upset comments once in a while from certain people, mainly Swede's but it's a fact that it's "Lazy Swedish" - and yes, I myself use it too when lazy. Like slang, so to speak. I have never EVER been thought in school to skip the letter "G" - never so!
@jonnieb4eva Late reply, but my opinion differs a bit from GoSwedish's. I never pronounce the "G" in the end of "Jag", it sounds quite unnatural if you ask me. There isn't really any situations where people would mix the two words up.
@HesseJamez Yes, you in plural means "ni" and you in singular means "du".
If you want to show great respect for someone you speak to you can call someone "ni" instead of "du" in singular. But this is never occurring in normal life and is VERY rare.
Examples: You are beautiful - Du är vacker You must cooperate with eachother - Ni måste samarbeta med varandr
*Speaking to the president of the USA* You are a great president - Ni/Du är en bra president
@HesseJamez Yes, they are very similar. You see, the English language origins from French/Portuguise/Spanish, English is kind of a mix of those languages.
So they made the English "version" of those languages. Then alot of languages were based on the English languge and borrowed many words from that language. Good examples are German and Swedish.
And alot of other countries "loans" words from English. Good examples are "police, polizia, polizei, polis, politi" See how like eachother they are
If you ever took latin - base of all romanic languages - in school, you'd see the many differences. Though English has the most latin loan words of any NON- Romanic (!!) language, what might lead to confusion.
Romanic languages are: Romanian, Italian, French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese
@setgoretro No, I don't. I pronounce "Jag är" correctly. Thank You very much - you don't even know how wrong you are, my dear. It's actually very sad.
@setgoretro It's called "Slobby Swedish" - I'm sorry to say that but it's the truth. I speak that way too when I don't care enough; when I speak slobby - it's like slang, so to speak. If a teacher teaches his/her students to pronounce "Jag" without the last letter "G" then they are wrong and that is absolutely shocking if anyone actually does that. Sure, there are dialects, but still...
@GoSwedish I am trying to learn Swedish with a few methods. The Pimsleur Swedish course says that in daily speech the last letter is often dropped such as in Jag, so that is incorrect and sloppy? I wonder what other bad habits I am already picking up in my first months of learning with out a qualified instructor? :P I will always pronounce the last letter now. :)
@DragonChaserKev Also if I understand properly... hund = dog, hunden = the dog, en hund = a dog, en hunds = the dogs. So if I wanted to tweak the sentence in your above video to say Dogs are so beautiful I could say/write Hunds är så vacker. Would that be correct?
Hejdo! Can you tell me what is the pronouncement of Jag, because is it like Jaage or Jog or is it only Jog when saying Jag är? Or is it more like Jak är?
Your grasp of English is excellent but not quite perfect, yet somehow its so very endearing. I mean this not as a criticism, din engelska är mycket bättre än min svenska
@ReverandCiderMan Well, thank you very much. I do feel my English is excellent and spelled correctly. At least when I put my mind to it. I am not perfect however - I don't strive for perfection and I know I get a long well in England with my English. I mean, it shouldn't be perfect for I am not English - I am Swedish; and English is my second language. Keep practicing Sweden and you'll get there, dear!
@iSewil Sluta skriv till mig om du avskyr mig. Jag får pengar för dina klick. Du hjälper mig bli mer känd här. Det är liksom inte så smart om du avskyr mig, eller hur? God morgon på dig, förresten. Jobbigt att vakna upp på fel sida igen, eller hur? Stackars liten...
Sen, när du säger "Ni är respekterad" kanske du bör förtydliga att du menar artig 2:a pers. sing. (du). (För det menar du väl? Menar du 2:a pers. plural har du ju böjt adjektivet fel (inget -e)). Bara ett tips. :)
Det här med "de" och "dom". Var i Sverige bor du? Här i Stockholm kan jag med all säkerhet säga att vi säger "Dom där personerna är gamla." och inte "De där personerna är gamla." "Dom" har ju till och med spridit sig till skrift, då folk faktiskt har börjat skriva "dom" istället för "de" (fruktansvärt! :P). Och för att förtydliga: "dom" uttalas ju /dåmm/ som i domino inte /dom/ som i domare, och inte heller /dåm/ som i dom (byggnaden).
@KyriaLuscena Is that so? That's awesome. I can't speak French just yet but it's such a beautiful and romantic language. I love it. But there is one thing I can say and that is: "Merci" - for your comment :)
@thelotuseaterr It is not just you. I had number videos up before and some others. I wasn't happy with them so I removed them but this was 2009, I think. I am working on new ones. I wanted to improve them. So, I didn't delete them for them to never return. I just want to give my viewerst he best quality. I really wish to have more videos on my channel and soon there will be a whole bunch! It's just that I have not the time I need to create them all - but they are coming! :)
@GoSwedish aww thats so nice of you ^^ your videos are a huge help for me because in one month ill go to finland for a year as an exchange student and they teach swedish there too :) im looking forth to it!
in Michael Jackson fans example: why the word "Jackson" does not have the possessive "s" ? " Michel JacksonS fans"?. Tack for the answer and the lesson!!
@amanda31416 But you don't even say "Michael JacksonS fan" in English, do you? I speak of one fan or many that are fans of Michael Jackson: Michael Jackson fans. "I am a Michael Jackson fan" - I don't say say "I am a Michael JacksonS fan" - you also say "We are Michael Jackson fans" if you want to use the "S" you can say "I am Michael Jackson's biggest fan" for an example.
@jswede176 Yes. One could say that. But I myself never really say "Jag är ledsen" when I ask someone for forgiveness. If I am sorry about something that I've done then I will say "Jag ber om ursäkt" OR tell someone "Förlåt" which means "Sorry" :)
Wow, vad grymt att du lär ut svenska till andra människor genom youtube! Fortsätt med detta, jag är säker på att människor runt om i världen uppskattar dina videor! :D
@BlueHikari354 Hej där! Jag ber om ursäkt för att jag svarar så sent. Men jag blev verkligen jätte glad när jag läste din underbart snälla och fina kommentar. Jag uppskattar dina ord och de värmer mitt lilla hjärta. Tack så mycket. Jag vet att jag inte kan lära ut ALL svenska, men jag lär ut det som jag kan förklara, annars blir det svårt. Men jag är glad över din kommentar. Jag önskar dig en fin dag. :)
Din video är verkligen gott! Jag började plugga svenska på egen hand den här månaden. Det är svårt. Jag kan ingen prata svenska. När tittade på din video förstår jag mer svenska än innan. Tack så mycket!
Please post more videos on learning Swedish! Your hard work is much appreciated! ^_^
Mycket bra jobb. Jag har ett förslag, satt hemma och tittade på dina video med små barn. De här barnen vill lära sig engelska och de tycker att det är bra. De tycker att du ibland läser eller pratar fort den engelska delen. Så hade du läst båda delarna med samma hastighet kunde dem användas i båda syften.
You know it is soooooooo rarly i can find people speaks sweden here , we have not even get either books or dictionaries for this language, you help me alot to understand this language ,,,your way is so nice in teaching , hope you go on and see you famous lecturer in future.
Thank you goswedish, im learning with you in a very entertaining way swedish! im from Mexico and I only want to say hello and thanks, bis dann (sorry,) see you later
Jag är kanske en av dina prenumeranter? Ja, jag är nu! :)
(I hope that was correct...)
Thanks for making these. I've recently developed a pretty strong interest in Swedish, and your videos are very helpful! :D
Just a quick question, I've been searching around the internet to learn Swedish, and I've found some websites that do not pronounce the hard g like you do in "jag". Is this a dialect thing, or what? ...or perhaps I'm just not hearing correctly. xD
@Danielz0rz Ja! Du är en av mina prenumeranter! (Yes, you're one of my subscribers!)
That's really so nice. I am happy that you're a part of the channel. I hope you'll enjoy yourself. About the hard "G" - well, it could most definitely be a dialect thing, surely. Truth is that "Jag" is always meant to be pronounced with the hard G - it really shouldn't be silent. When people do not pronounce the "G" they speak "slobby Swedish" unless it is their dielct. Even myself tend to speak slobby :/
@GoSwedish Hey I have a question about the long "e" sound, like the "e" in "kärlek" or in in "det".
It sounds to me like a long "i" followed by a short "e" sound, I mean, like "ie" like in finnish " Tietokone". Could you please answer me? Thanks anyway, oh by the way, you don't sound like the age described in your profile LOL.
@nosojdjos I don't really know how to explain this to you, and unfortunately I don't speak Finnish so I don't know how "ie" sounds in Finnish. It's tricky to explain certain things. I don't think it's a long "E" to be honest. If someone else can explain these sounds then they're welcome to hop in to this conversation :) however, I am the age described in my profile. I'm 24 :)
@GoSwedish Well, to me it sounds like english "ee" like in "deer" not "ee" like in "meet" Thanks anyway, I thought Swedes knew a bit of finnish, well it doesn't matter, being surrounded by many countries doesn't mean you have to speak all those languages. I was also trying to figure out if you spoke norwegian and danish ... just curious.
The video is great. Your voice is really clear and the whole video is just made perfectly! Congrats for that from Italy! If you want to learn some Italian then count on me :)
@MarcelineMissouri Thank You so much for your very kind comment. This is sadly one of the videos I have that I'm not too happy with. So, to hear that you like it this much makes me so happy, really. Thank You, or should I say Grazie! Italian is a very beautiful language, I must say. It's nice that a piece of Italy is a part of my channel! I appreciate your time and support. :)
@AwsomenessRain I just want to write again and tell you that your spelling is wonderful. Don't be so mean on yourself. I often spell like a chicken (:
i have to learn swedish when I move there to live with my fiance. I was so scared since it seems like a hard language, but you soft soothing voice make me feel better about learning, thank you so much for your help!
@shyvixx1 You're so kind! I thank you for your time and support. I can understand that Swedish seems difficult for you will get it with time, don't pressure yourself too much. You can take SFI classes in Sweden to learn Swedish. It's a great way to start, and then of course I'll always be around here to teach. More videos will be up. Congratulations on your engagement, by the way! :)
helloo from Spain !!! the first tack ! for upload your amazing videos . i think that i'm leraning a lot. i want to learn svenska because im a big fan of basshunter ( botten anna song you know / jag konner en bott hon en anna anna hetter hon.....) and the svenska sound great so ...... i want to speak svenska .
and your voice is very very sweet an amazing tack tack tack see you
@yamidt50 Hola Spain! Muchas gracias por tu comentario. Did I say this the right way? "Thank you so much for your comment" because I really do appreciate it so very much. You made me very happy with your words. Good luck with your Swedish and that's cool you like Basshunter. It's not my type of music, but I hear that many people from my channel are crazy about that song, hehe.
@ciraen Thank You for your comment and for your support! I am so happy to hear that you like my lessons. I hope to upload a new one soon. Your comment is so sweet!
@Achilles94627 Never. I don't know why people think that? Honestly, it's so weird. "De" is "De" as "Dom" is "Dom" - De is never pronounced as "Dom" (:
I'm watching the videos every day! to practise! it's very nice have you here! teaching swedish... i think it's the best lessons i ever seen! keep making videos! i wanna talk swedish and trust me, i just wanna learn from u =)
@GuidoL5 Wow, really? That is amazing! You make me so happy with your comment. Excuse my late reply, by the way. Wow, you're so kind! Good luck with the Swedish!
@GoSwedish YEAH! are the best videos! xD this kind of teachers are very hard to find this days! and dont worry about the late reply! it's enough with u just reply the comments! nobody do that! that's very kind from u! =)
@naeloo Thank You so very much. I appreciate you following my videos. It really does mean a lot to me. I am glad you find my videos helpful, there are much more lessons to come. I am working on a bunch right now! :)
Your question made me think further though, I think the noun ultimately determines whether 'det' or 'den' is used when referring to an attributed noun. As I put 'the alphabet' and 'the swedish' through an online translator which came out as 'det alfabetet' and 'den svenska', respectively. As when 'The Swedish alphabet' is used it is 'Det Svenska alfabetet' inferring that the noun takes dominance (you pluralise both the noun and adjective it seems).
...referring to the thing you are talking about as a ‘Det’ or ‘Den’.
So for example, don’t just learn ‘Hus’, learn ‘ETt hus’ or ‘husET’ You then know that when referring to it, it will be ‘dET’. For example: ‘Jag bor i ett hus. dET är…’ I think it works the same for personal pronouns (my), though I haven’t figured ‘mina’ out yet. So e.g. ‘Jag bor I ETt hus…miTT hus är…’ another example would be ‘jag har EN stol…dEN ar…miN Stol’.
@GoSwedish If I am right...things like DET and so on are like in german and it is an article which is used in front of the word, but swedish has also articles to use behind the word? Do I get it?
By the way...this is the fifth language (czech-my mother tongue, english, german, russian, now swedish) I learn, the next week I start finnish and I just wanted to say that you are wayyy better thn any language book I've ever had....thank you so much for all you are doing.
@GoSwedish if I am right...things like DET and so on are like in german and it is an article which is used before the word but swedish has also articles to use behind the word??? Is it like that or not??? By the way...this is fifth language I learn and I am Czech, not German
Hejj alla.... Jag lär mig svenska för 9 veckor. Jag kan inte tala svenska bra. jag skulle gärna na°gon fra°n Sverige träffa, därför jag kan prata/tala p°a svenska och lära mig. Jag behöver hjälpa p°a svenska....
There are things about swedish that I will never understand:
1. Ä is supposed to sound like "hair", right? Berätta for example... Why is in "Jag är" a simple a?
2. The letter O is sometimes read as an O and sometimes as an U (like doom), how can you understand how to read a word?
3. I heard that "the book" in swedish is "boket" or something like this... But why do you say "DET svenska alfabetet"? Is it because you use an adjective?
Sorry for my ridiculus English and thanks forthe explanation
@eliottelescorielese Oh dear! It's tricky. I am not a professional teacher so I don't really know the answer to everything, unfortunately. However when you say "Jag är" you do use an Ä not an A in "är" and it sounds like an Ä, too - like in "Hair". The letter O is never read as an U - More like an Å, I'd say. But really it sounds like an O it's just not heard as much. Well, you could say "Svenska alfabetet" without DET but umm... Hmmm... :) It's so tricky...
@eliottelescorielese 3. I had the same problem and had to search a little to find out. I think the general rule is: Well, you know how we (in English) just use ’a’ to refer to a given noun, subject, or anything basically? And you know how the Swedes use 'ett' and 'en'? These are known as neuter and common gender, respectively. Anyway, the biggest piece of advice I can give you is to learn Swedish words in the form of ‘a’ or ‘the’. This will then give you what you need to know when referring...
@GoSwedish i don't really care about Michael Jackson, so sorry if my comment offended you i guess you like him, anyway, your lessons are cool and help me, so i apologize.
i am an international student studying in borås, sweden. This tutorial is very helpfull, i recommend you to post more day to day swedish lessons which will be helpful for attending an interview or to approach an consultancy regarding job. I would like to say tusen tack for your effort and pain behind these sweet voice video tutorial.
@kimw0849, no, "de" is pronounced as "de". I don't know why people teach some to pronounce it "dom", that's just odd, and makes no sense what so ever. So, here is the truth: "De" is simply "De" pronounced as the Swedish letter D, kind of.
I can`t even say how glad and happy i am about yours videos! Thank YOU for what you are doing! It is so nice to learn something more in my free time also, not just in my Swedish lessons! THANK YOU! :) ;)
nossa estou gostando muito de estudar sueco com voce!!! e minha namorda mais ainda por ler as coisas que escrevo pra ela em sueco. obrigado mesmo!! e se voce quiser umas aulas de portugues pode deixar comigo. beijos
Just one question! What is the difference between min/mina/mitt, din/dina/ditt och de/den/det?
Hälsningar i Sverige från Kroatien!!!!
Jaymz1605 2 weeks ago
You can conquer the world with only voice of yours. It's wonderful.
RealZom 3 weeks ago
WIred
z0rr0rr0r 1 month ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Hej! I myself find Sweden an interesting country. Few years ago I haven't known much about it, now I'm interested in language and even Swedish massage xD
I'm learning Swedish mostly online and like couple of channels dedicated to Swedish..I really like Speak Swedish Stupid channel for its both entertaining and teaching qualities.
Cheers! Looking forward to your new videos ;)
SpeakSwedishStupid 1 month ago
OFC WE ARE MICHAEL JACKSON FANS ! <3
michael, älskardig§
peppermintroock 1 month ago
You are so funny ^^ I truly enjoy learning with you. Thanks for all your videos :)
oOBlueToriiOo 1 month ago
such a cute video. thank you so much for your help!
zmudaselekshon 1 month ago
tack så mycket för de hjälpa med svenska, jag kan skriva och prata lite på svenska nu.
Mikemugee 1 month ago
Your voice is so damned hot....
HesseJamez 2 months ago
Comment removed
dorafily 2 months ago
detta,kommer alla att uppskatta som inte kan svenska,skit bra :P<3
TheAlice1358 2 months ago
I heard that ängel is angel, so what's the difference between that and änglarna? thanks ^^
intelect98 2 months ago
@intelect98 ängel is a singular substantive as in "en ängel" = an angel. "Änglarna" is a plural definite form as in "de där änglarna" = Those angels.
lilltartan 2 months ago
@lilltartan thanks! That helps :)
intelect98 2 months ago
Could you make a video sometime using the lyrics of a Swedish song you like? For me it is easy to learn languages when you are singing the song all the time. :)
kateasi 2 months ago
ONE QUICK QUESTION PLEASE-I've been studying Swedish for maybe a year now and learned a lot...but i was never able to find out if i should or shouldn't pronounce the "G" in jag (I) do i make the g sound or just say "ya" ????
jonnieb4eva 2 months ago
@jonnieb4eva Here's an honest answer for you which I have always told people, about this certain subject. "Jag = I, myself" should always be pronounced with the sound of the letter "G" at the end of the word. That is proper Swedish. Though, there are Swede's who will argue about this but the truth is that "Ja" means "Yes". When we skip the letter "G" at the end of the word "Jag" then we're using what is called "lazy Swedish". I suggest you to pronounce the "G" - that's Swedish for you, dear.
GoSwedish 2 months ago
@jonnieb4eva Basically, people who pronounce "Jag = I, myself" without pronouncing the letter "G" are basically saying "Ja = Yes" - and it's not pretty when people do that, some even spell it that way; that's not impressive. You couldn't go to a job interview/important meeting and use such "Lazy Swedish". I wouldn't lie to anyone and this is one of the reasons I teach Swedish here. I want to help out. I can understand your confusion; and I wish the proper Swedish was used more often. :)
GoSwedish 2 months ago
@jonnieb4eva Me again! I just wanted to say as well that obviously people decide for themselves. And I want to add that there are dialects, many of those in Sweden so that is a different thing. I do not want to offend anyone or such. I tend to get upset comments once in a while from certain people, mainly Swede's but it's a fact that it's "Lazy Swedish" - and yes, I myself use it too when lazy. Like slang, so to speak. I have never EVER been thought in school to skip the letter "G" - never so!
GoSwedish 2 months ago
@jonnieb4eva Late reply, but my opinion differs a bit from GoSwedish's. I never pronounce the "G" in the end of "Jag", it sounds quite unnatural if you ask me. There isn't really any situations where people would mix the two words up.
DaMetalboi 1 month ago
grammar scares the crap out of me, but i could listen to your voice all day
minisnowmen 3 months ago
if we want to say jag är fastly , can we say yoye?
weidmann85 3 months ago
Could you maybe explain some more grammar? To have, to go, past, future, etc.
Tack mycket =)
rockrulez66 4 months ago 3
@rockrulez66 Yes, absolutely. I plan to teach more grammar. Thank you for your comment. :)
GoSwedish 4 months ago
hey great video!
i have heard some people pronounce "är" like the english word "air" is this wrong or can it sound like "air" sometimes?
thanks.
teddyboysmith2 4 months ago
@teddyboysmith2 Absolutely!
GoSwedish 4 months ago
@GoSwedish what do you mean its ok for är to sound like air? or not ok to sound like air?
teddyboysmith2 4 months ago
@teddyboysmith2
The "air"-noise was the "Ä" (Germans know it)
The A with the ball on the top sounds more like in "awesome"
HesseJamez 3 months ago
So "ni ar" is a "plural-you". like the german "ihr"?
ensam = einsam (german)
HesseJamez 4 months ago
@HesseJamez Yes, you in plural means "ni" and you in singular means "du".
If you want to show great respect for someone you speak to you can call someone "ni" instead of "du" in singular. But this is never occurring in normal life and is VERY rare.
Examples: You are beautiful - Du är vacker You must cooperate with eachother - Ni måste samarbeta med varandr
*Speaking to the president of the USA* You are a great president - Ni/Du är en bra president
Ni = Huge respect shown
hajhej3 3 months ago
@hajhej3
Thanks - as shown Swedish and German are similar. We also say "Du" for adressing a person (=you, sg).
Used for friends, family and young people of your age.
Your "Ni" works like the Geman "Sie" - a polite form of adressing, used to show respect and distance.
We use it very often in business, education or public offices, talking / writing to unknown people.
samarbeta = Zu-sammenarbeit / med varandr = mit einander ....sounds alike, at least in German + Swedish pronounciation..
HesseJamez 3 months ago
@HesseJamez Yes, they are very similar. You see, the English language origins from French/Portuguise/Spanish, English is kind of a mix of those languages.
So they made the English "version" of those languages. Then alot of languages were based on the English languge and borrowed many words from that language. Good examples are German and Swedish.
And alot of other countries "loans" words from English. Good examples are "police, polizia, polizei, polis, politi" See how like eachother they are
hajhej3 3 months ago
@hajhej3 -Thanks, but English is a germanic language, based on "Anglo Saxon". an old German dialect.
Germanic are: German, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic +English.
If you ever took latin - base of all romanic languages - in school, you'd see the many differences. Though English has the most latin loan words of any NON- Romanic (!!) language, what might lead to confusion.
Romanic languages are: Romanian, Italian, French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese
HesseJamez 3 months ago
you pronounce jag är wrong...
setgoretro 5 months ago
@setgoretro No, I don't. I pronounce "Jag är" correctly. Thank You very much - you don't even know how wrong you are, my dear. It's actually very sad.
GoSwedish 5 months ago 4
@GoSwedish ok :) Maybe thats the correct way to speak in class, just all the Swedes I have met don't really pronounce g and my teachers either.
setgoretro 5 months ago
@setgoretro It's called "Slobby Swedish" - I'm sorry to say that but it's the truth. I speak that way too when I don't care enough; when I speak slobby - it's like slang, so to speak. If a teacher teaches his/her students to pronounce "Jag" without the last letter "G" then they are wrong and that is absolutely shocking if anyone actually does that. Sure, there are dialects, but still...
GoSwedish 4 months ago
@GoSwedish I am trying to learn Swedish with a few methods. The Pimsleur Swedish course says that in daily speech the last letter is often dropped such as in Jag, so that is incorrect and sloppy? I wonder what other bad habits I am already picking up in my first months of learning with out a qualified instructor? :P I will always pronounce the last letter now. :)
DragonChaserKev 3 months ago
@DragonChaserKev Also if I understand properly... hund = dog, hunden = the dog, en hund = a dog, en hunds = the dogs. So if I wanted to tweak the sentence in your above video to say Dogs are so beautiful I could say/write Hunds är så vacker. Would that be correct?
DragonChaserKev 3 months ago
@GoSwedish Right pronounciation!
helenamelona 5 months ago
@GoSwedish
Hejdo! Can you tell me what is the pronouncement of Jag, because is it like Jaage or Jog or is it only Jog when saying Jag är? Or is it more like Jak är?
Tack sa mucket!
NederFinn 4 months ago in playlist Meer video's van GoSwedish
Your grasp of English is excellent but not quite perfect, yet somehow its so very endearing. I mean this not as a criticism, din engelska är mycket bättre än min svenska
ReverandCiderMan 5 months ago
@ReverandCiderMan Well, thank you very much. I do feel my English is excellent and spelled correctly. At least when I put my mind to it. I am not perfect however - I don't strive for perfection and I know I get a long well in England with my English. I mean, it shouldn't be perfect for I am not English - I am Swedish; and English is my second language. Keep practicing Sweden and you'll get there, dear!
GoSwedish 5 months ago
Haha dem suger haha
TVPontus 6 months ago
this voice scares the fuc outta me
onedolpin 6 months ago
@onedolpin *Shivers* ...RUN! You better do what you can; before the voice begins to haunt you in your sleep.
GoSwedish 6 months ago 3
phck me with your voice lol...
m0n4c3 7 months ago
im from chile learning swedish i love your examples
traducliu 7 months ago
how to pronounce: Jag simmar i panna och sticklingar
KarloSloot 7 months ago
du är och människa
KarloSloot 7 months ago
@dipsyakatrojan
DIN FITTA
KarloSloot 7 months ago
JOBBIG JÄVLA RÖST
iSewil 7 months ago
@iSewil Ack då.
GoSwedish 7 months ago
@iSewil Tack för att du gör mig ledsen angående min röst. Jag pratar bara för att hjälpa andra lära sig svenska.
GoSwedish 7 months ago
@GoSwedish Prata ur skägget då för fan.
iSewil 7 months ago
@iSewil Ursäkta?
GoSwedish 7 months ago
@iSewil Sluta skriv till mig om du avskyr mig. Jag får pengar för dina klick. Du hjälper mig bli mer känd här. Det är liksom inte så smart om du avskyr mig, eller hur? God morgon på dig, förresten. Jobbigt att vakna upp på fel sida igen, eller hur? Stackars liten...
GoSwedish 7 months ago
@GoSwedish umad
iSewil 7 months ago
@iSewil Dö
mr9cool 7 months ago
@mr9cool wa
iSewil 7 months ago
I was taught proper Swedish, and let me tell you, although you can use Han and Hon, it is not very proper. It should be Henne and Honom.
MusicIsLove2301 7 months ago
Sen, när du säger "Ni är respekterad" kanske du bör förtydliga att du menar artig 2:a pers. sing. (du). (För det menar du väl? Menar du 2:a pers. plural har du ju böjt adjektivet fel (inget -e)). Bara ett tips. :)
TeascentEarlypath 7 months ago
Det här med "de" och "dom". Var i Sverige bor du? Här i Stockholm kan jag med all säkerhet säga att vi säger "Dom där personerna är gamla." och inte "De där personerna är gamla." "Dom" har ju till och med spridit sig till skrift, då folk faktiskt har börjat skriva "dom" istället för "de" (fruktansvärt! :P). Och för att förtydliga: "dom" uttalas ju /dåmm/ som i domino inte /dom/ som i domare, och inte heller /dåm/ som i dom (byggnaden).
TeascentEarlypath 7 months ago
this is similar to French: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles. Instead of vous versus tu for respect in French, it is Ni/du in Swedish :)
KyriaLuscena 7 months ago
@KyriaLuscena Is that so? That's awesome. I can't speak French just yet but it's such a beautiful and romantic language. I love it. But there is one thing I can say and that is: "Merci" - for your comment :)
GoSwedish 7 months ago
is it just me or did she have more videos up before? :S
thelotuseaterr 7 months ago
@thelotuseaterr It is not just you. I had number videos up before and some others. I wasn't happy with them so I removed them but this was 2009, I think. I am working on new ones. I wanted to improve them. So, I didn't delete them for them to never return. I just want to give my viewerst he best quality. I really wish to have more videos on my channel and soon there will be a whole bunch! It's just that I have not the time I need to create them all - but they are coming! :)
GoSwedish 7 months ago
@GoSwedish aww thats so nice of you ^^ your videos are a huge help for me because in one month ill go to finland for a year as an exchange student and they teach swedish there too :) im looking forth to it!
du är underbar <3 :D greetings from costa rica
thelotuseaterr 7 months ago
we are Eric Saade 's fans :D :D
160daryaa 8 months ago
Comment removed
ChChCherryBomb23 9 months ago
jag ar i en video yoo hoo! - i laughed so hard though i'm listenin to this the 2nd time :)
thanks for creating this. Hopefully i can converse with my swedish friends soon in svenska :)
sam9lives 9 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
darn, you have not just a cute voice - but you're cheeky as hell in this video
i'm new to your channel - i had a very good laugh (fun) in learning svenska
ja, jag fostar lite svenska
lol
sam9lives 9 months ago
Comment removed
sam9lives 9 months ago
in Michael Jackson fans example: why the word "Jackson" does not have the possessive "s" ? " Michel JacksonS fans"?. Tack for the answer and the lesson!!
amanda31416 10 months ago
@amanda31416 But you don't even say "Michael JacksonS fan" in English, do you? I speak of one fan or many that are fans of Michael Jackson: Michael Jackson fans. "I am a Michael Jackson fan" - I don't say say "I am a Michael JacksonS fan" - you also say "We are Michael Jackson fans" if you want to use the "S" you can say "I am Michael Jackson's biggest fan" for an example.
GoSwedish 10 months ago
you are THE best swedish teacher one can have!!
abirbo 10 months ago
jag ar svenska :)
TheArtgirl123 10 months ago
I could listen to that voice all day :3
Nunfluff 10 months ago 14
@Nunfluff *blushes*
GoSwedish 10 months ago 2
@Nunfluff I do! Thanks to YouTube :D
EatTheSpider 8 months ago
Hon ar ledsen also means she is sorry.
jswede176 10 months ago
@jswede176 Yes. One could say that. But I myself never really say "Jag är ledsen" when I ask someone for forgiveness. If I am sorry about something that I've done then I will say "Jag ber om ursäkt" OR tell someone "Förlåt" which means "Sorry" :)
GoSwedish 10 months ago
Wow, vad grymt att du lär ut svenska till andra människor genom youtube! Fortsätt med detta, jag är säker på att människor runt om i världen uppskattar dina videor! :D
BlueHikari354 10 months ago 2
@BlueHikari354 Hej där! Jag ber om ursäkt för att jag svarar så sent. Men jag blev verkligen jätte glad när jag läste din underbart snälla och fina kommentar. Jag uppskattar dina ord och de värmer mitt lilla hjärta. Tack så mycket. Jag vet att jag inte kan lära ut ALL svenska, men jag lär ut det som jag kan förklara, annars blir det svårt. Men jag är glad över din kommentar. Jag önskar dig en fin dag. :)
GoSwedish 10 months ago
hi! my question would be about the use of "du/dig/er" what is the rule here? it depends on the preposition used? till, pa, att, etc.?
unbornanddeathless 10 months ago
Doesn't "hunden" means dogS?
NLGuppy 1 year ago
@NLGuppy Well I'd say it means "The dog" :) "Dogs = Hundar"
GoSwedish 1 year ago
Din video är verkligen gott! Jag började plugga svenska på egen hand den här månaden. Det är svårt. Jag kan ingen prata svenska. När tittade på din video förstår jag mer svenska än innan. Tack så mycket!
Please post more videos on learning Swedish! Your hard work is much appreciated! ^_^
Rayne2007 1 year ago
They don't offer Swedish in my school. Instead we get gay French.
SycamoreHill14 1 year ago
Hej
Mycket bra jobb. Jag har ett förslag, satt hemma och tittade på dina video med små barn. De här barnen vill lära sig engelska och de tycker att det är bra. De tycker att du ibland läser eller pratar fort den engelska delen. Så hade du läst båda delarna med samma hastighet kunde dem användas i båda syften.
Det är roligt att titta på dina video.
MVH
Aki
barak11000 1 year ago
Jag alskar din rast :))) <3
Pakarang99 1 year ago
Jag försöker fortfarande att lära sig svenska om ni kan hjälpa mig budskap mig snälla
Solidjesse 1 year ago
@Solidjesse "Jag försöker fortvarande (att) lära mig svenska om ni kan hjälpa mig med mitt budskap".
gigi1bokus 1 year ago
You know it is soooooooo rarly i can find people speaks sweden here , we have not even get either books or dictionaries for this language, you help me alot to understand this language ,,,your way is so nice in teaching , hope you go on and see you famous lecturer in future.
Nabil
Yemen
2009almared 1 year ago
Thank you goswedish, im learning with you in a very entertaining way swedish! im from Mexico and I only want to say hello and thanks, bis dann (sorry,) see you later
derhochsterdero 1 year ago
Jag är kanske en av dina prenumeranter? Ja, jag är nu! :)
(I hope that was correct...)
Thanks for making these. I've recently developed a pretty strong interest in Swedish, and your videos are very helpful! :D
Just a quick question, I've been searching around the internet to learn Swedish, and I've found some websites that do not pronounce the hard g like you do in "jag". Is this a dialect thing, or what? ...or perhaps I'm just not hearing correctly. xD
Danielz0rz 1 year ago
@Danielz0rz Ja! Du är en av mina prenumeranter! (Yes, you're one of my subscribers!)
That's really so nice. I am happy that you're a part of the channel. I hope you'll enjoy yourself. About the hard "G" - well, it could most definitely be a dialect thing, surely. Truth is that "Jag" is always meant to be pronounced with the hard G - it really shouldn't be silent. When people do not pronounce the "G" they speak "slobby Swedish" unless it is their dielct. Even myself tend to speak slobby :/
GoSwedish 1 year ago
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SWEDISH !!! LOL
nosojdjos 1 year ago
@nosojdjos GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SWEDISH.... With me! :D
GoSwedish 1 year ago
@GoSwedish Hey I have a question about the long "e" sound, like the "e" in "kärlek" or in in "det".
It sounds to me like a long "i" followed by a short "e" sound, I mean, like "ie" like in finnish " Tietokone". Could you please answer me? Thanks anyway, oh by the way, you don't sound like the age described in your profile LOL.
nosojdjos 1 year ago
@nosojdjos I don't really know how to explain this to you, and unfortunately I don't speak Finnish so I don't know how "ie" sounds in Finnish. It's tricky to explain certain things. I don't think it's a long "E" to be honest. If someone else can explain these sounds then they're welcome to hop in to this conversation :) however, I am the age described in my profile. I'm 24 :)
GoSwedish 1 year ago
@GoSwedish Well, to me it sounds like english "ee" like in "deer" not "ee" like in "meet" Thanks anyway, I thought Swedes knew a bit of finnish, well it doesn't matter, being surrounded by many countries doesn't mean you have to speak all those languages. I was also trying to figure out if you spoke norwegian and danish ... just curious.
nosojdjos 1 year ago
Swedish is such a beautiful sounding language
RemsUnheardofArmy 1 year ago 29
@RemsUnheardofArmy I am glad you feel that way about Swedish (:
GoSwedish 1 year ago 2
The video is great. Your voice is really clear and the whole video is just made perfectly! Congrats for that from Italy! If you want to learn some Italian then count on me :)
Bye!
MarcelineMissouri 1 year ago
@MarcelineMissouri Thank You so much for your very kind comment. This is sadly one of the videos I have that I'm not too happy with. So, to hear that you like it this much makes me so happy, really. Thank You, or should I say Grazie! Italian is a very beautiful language, I must say. It's nice that a piece of Italy is a part of my channel! I appreciate your time and support. :)
GoSwedish 1 year ago
And i know, my spelling sucks.
AwsomenessRain 1 year ago
@AwsomenessRain I just want to write again and tell you that your spelling is wonderful. Don't be so mean on yourself. I often spell like a chicken (:
GoSwedish 1 year ago
OH so you haven't talked talked about how you have to choose whenever you use "den" or "Det", 'cause it sounds weird if you use them wrong^.^
But ir really is no rule for that, so you have to know it bu heart.
I am swedish myself, and is just checking around a little.
And I think that you are so nice helping people learning swedish.
Fortsätt så!^.^
AwsomenessRain 1 year ago
@AwsomenessRain Thank You so much for your comment! (: I am glad you like what I am doing - We must put Swedish on the map! =P
GoSwedish 1 year ago
i have to learn swedish when I move there to live with my fiance. I was so scared since it seems like a hard language, but you soft soothing voice make me feel better about learning, thank you so much for your help!
shyvixx1 1 year ago
@shyvixx1 You're so kind! I thank you for your time and support. I can understand that Swedish seems difficult for you will get it with time, don't pressure yourself too much. You can take SFI classes in Sweden to learn Swedish. It's a great way to start, and then of course I'll always be around here to teach. More videos will be up. Congratulations on your engagement, by the way! :)
GoSwedish 1 year ago
u are just too sweet! and adorable! Makes me want to visit Sweden from Geneva, Switzerland!
macron12 1 year ago
@macron12 Thanks, mate! You should come and visit Sweden one day, but right now it's freezing cold, I'm telling you!
GoSwedish 1 year ago
Thank you very much för det svenska språket
persson882 1 year ago 2
@persson882 Varsågod! Jag uppskattar din fina kommentar. (You're welcome! I appreciate your nice comment)
GoSwedish 1 year ago
helloo from Spain !!! the first tack ! for upload your amazing videos . i think that i'm leraning a lot. i want to learn svenska because im a big fan of basshunter ( botten anna song you know / jag konner en bott hon en anna anna hetter hon.....) and the svenska sound great so ...... i want to speak svenska .
and your voice is very very sweet an amazing tack tack tack see you
yamidt50 1 year ago
@yamidt50 Hola Spain! Muchas gracias por tu comentario. Did I say this the right way? "Thank you so much for your comment" because I really do appreciate it so very much. You made me very happy with your words. Good luck with your Swedish and that's cool you like Basshunter. It's not my type of music, but I hear that many people from my channel are crazy about that song, hehe.
GoSwedish 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
i really like your all videos .. i think i watched all of them o.O
it's the best lessons i ever seen! i just really want to learn this language because i
like...och Jag kan göra det med dig.. så Gå svanska! =) <3 tack!!
ciraen 1 year ago 3
@ciraen Thank You for your comment and for your support! I am so happy to hear that you like my lessons. I hope to upload a new one soon. Your comment is so sweet!
GoSwedish 1 year ago
I thought 'de' was pronounced 'dom'...
Achilles94627 1 year ago
@Achilles94627 Never. I don't know why people think that? Honestly, it's so weird. "De" is "De" as "Dom" is "Dom" - De is never pronounced as "Dom" (:
GoSwedish 1 year ago
I'm watching the videos every day! to practise! it's very nice have you here! teaching swedish... i think it's the best lessons i ever seen! keep making videos! i wanna talk swedish and trust me, i just wanna learn from u =)
GuidoL5 1 year ago 6
@GuidoL5 Wow, really? That is amazing! You make me so happy with your comment. Excuse my late reply, by the way. Wow, you're so kind! Good luck with the Swedish!
GoSwedish 1 year ago
@GoSwedish YEAH! are the best videos! xD this kind of teachers are very hard to find this days! and dont worry about the late reply! it's enough with u just reply the comments! nobody do that! that's very kind from u! =)
GuidoL5 1 year ago
Uhm, why do you guys want to learn swedish? O.O?
robertbeckius 1 year ago
@robertbeckius I've been asking myself the same thing (:
GoSwedish 1 year ago
Comment removed
8nemesys 1 year ago
@robertbeckius maybe next summer i'll be in Stockholm on holiday, and i think that knowing some swedish is very useful to me :)
8nemesys 1 year ago
@robertbeckius WHY WE SHOULDNT? =S
GuidoL5 1 year ago
Thanks to your videos i've just decided to learn swedish....i hope you will continue with this lessons, they are very helpful for me
8nemesys 1 year ago
Comment removed
8nemesys 1 year ago
will you please do a video on grammar for can?
Iguitar212 1 year ago
WTF
DeidarazClone13 1 year ago
thank u soooo much .... I like ur lessons :)
and I hope u do more..
blueberrybutterflyyy 1 year ago
I wish i had your voice. *-*
LexyLuvatic 1 year ago 21
@LexyLuvatic oh dear, that's the sweetest comment. Thank You. I can't believe someone can feel that way .. Wow... I am blushing :)
GoSwedish 1 year ago
That's really cool . i really love your lessons , they are very helpful , i'm following all your videos :)
naeloo 1 year ago 2
@naeloo Thank You so very much. I appreciate you following my videos. It really does mean a lot to me. I am glad you find my videos helpful, there are much more lessons to come. I am working on a bunch right now! :)
GoSwedish 1 year ago
Your question made me think further though, I think the noun ultimately determines whether 'det' or 'den' is used when referring to an attributed noun. As I put 'the alphabet' and 'the swedish' through an online translator which came out as 'det alfabetet' and 'den svenska', respectively. As when 'The Swedish alphabet' is used it is 'Det Svenska alfabetet' inferring that the noun takes dominance (you pluralise both the noun and adjective it seems).
...I think.
Hellsconsort 1 year ago 3
...referring to the thing you are talking about as a ‘Det’ or ‘Den’.
So for example, don’t just learn ‘Hus’, learn ‘ETt hus’ or ‘husET’ You then know that when referring to it, it will be ‘dET’. For example: ‘Jag bor i ett hus. dET är…’ I think it works the same for personal pronouns (my), though I haven’t figured ‘mina’ out yet. So e.g. ‘Jag bor I ETt hus…miTT hus är…’ another example would be ‘jag har EN stol…dEN ar…miN Stol’.
Hellsconsort 1 year ago 2
@GoSwedish If I am right...things like DET and so on are like in german and it is an article which is used in front of the word, but swedish has also articles to use behind the word? Do I get it?
By the way...this is the fifth language (czech-my mother tongue, english, german, russian, now swedish) I learn, the next week I start finnish and I just wanted to say that you are wayyy better thn any language book I've ever had....thank you so much for all you are doing.
TheCaminess 1 year ago
@GoSwedish if I am right...things like DET and so on are like in german and it is an article which is used before the word but swedish has also articles to use behind the word??? Is it like that or not??? By the way...this is fifth language I learn and I am Czech, not German
TheCaminess 1 year ago
Hejj alla.... Jag lär mig svenska för 9 veckor. Jag kan inte tala svenska bra. jag skulle gärna na°gon fra°n Sverige träffa, därför jag kan prata/tala p°a svenska och lära mig. Jag behöver hjälpa p°a svenska....
Hälsningar fr°an Kroatien....
HeliBoy16 1 year ago
There are things about swedish that I will never understand:
1. Ä is supposed to sound like "hair", right? Berätta for example... Why is in "Jag är" a simple a?
2. The letter O is sometimes read as an O and sometimes as an U (like doom), how can you understand how to read a word?
3. I heard that "the book" in swedish is "boket" or something like this... But why do you say "DET svenska alfabetet"? Is it because you use an adjective?
Sorry for my ridiculus English and thanks forthe explanation
eliottelescorielese 1 year ago
@eliottelescorielese Oh dear! It's tricky. I am not a professional teacher so I don't really know the answer to everything, unfortunately. However when you say "Jag är" you do use an Ä not an A in "är" and it sounds like an Ä, too - like in "Hair". The letter O is never read as an U - More like an Å, I'd say. But really it sounds like an O it's just not heard as much. Well, you could say "Svenska alfabetet" without DET but umm... Hmmm... :) It's so tricky...
GoSwedish 1 year ago
@eliottelescorielese 3. I had the same problem and had to search a little to find out. I think the general rule is: Well, you know how we (in English) just use ’a’ to refer to a given noun, subject, or anything basically? And you know how the Swedes use 'ett' and 'en'? These are known as neuter and common gender, respectively. Anyway, the biggest piece of advice I can give you is to learn Swedish words in the form of ‘a’ or ‘the’. This will then give you what you need to know when referring...
Hellsconsort 1 year ago
@GoSwedish i don't really care about Michael Jackson, so sorry if my comment offended you i guess you like him, anyway, your lessons are cool and help me, so i apologize.
oOMexicanChurroOo 1 year ago 2
The lesson was pretty good, men Michael Jackson är i helvete eftersom han är pedofil.
oOMexicanChurroOo 1 year ago
Guys the stuff is great, really!!! Keep up the good work, could you be found on facebook?
Dimi1769 1 year ago 2
Comment removed
TheCaminess 1 year ago
i am an international student studying in borås, sweden. This tutorial is very helpfull, i recommend you to post more day to day swedish lessons which will be helpful for attending an interview or to approach an consultancy regarding job. I would like to say tusen tack for your effort and pain behind these sweet voice video tutorial.
citizenapr12 1 year ago
gorgeous voice... cheers
MrMichuzz 1 year ago 2
what is the difference between Den and Det??
thank you for this videos. they are very helpful, I enjoy them alot.
TrakaBoba 1 year ago
@TrakaBoba
den is used for a thing (animal, furniture, etc)
det is used... its hard to explain, heres an example
den would be used ini this situation.
the puppy is running. IT IS going fast. (describing the puppy, an object)
det would be used here:
IT IS nice to see you again. (not describing something in particular.)
so again- den- it is moving so fast
det- it is great that you are here
hope that helps!
palmbeachpreppi 1 year ago
@palmbeachpreppi, great explaination. Thanks. It's so hard to explain sometimes, isn't it? Even for a Swede it gets difficult! :)
GoSwedish 1 year ago
hunden ar sa vacker *-*
hehe, valdigt sot men udd ^o^
FalseStrawberry 1 year ago
Hej, That was great as always.
here is a question: Don't you have any group on facebook ?
macogal 1 year ago
@macogal, sorry for the late reply. No, I don't have a facebook group, unfortunately. Thank you so much for your support!
GoSwedish 1 year ago
@kimw0849, no, "de" is pronounced as "de". I don't know why people teach some to pronounce it "dom", that's just odd, and makes no sense what so ever. So, here is the truth: "De" is simply "De" pronounced as the Swedish letter D, kind of.
GoSwedish 1 year ago
These are great videos! Thanks!
PhasmatisApparatus 1 year ago
Jag ar i Michael Jackson fan alltfor!! :)
Tack, Jag ar halv Svenska och Jag vid forsoker lara sig Svenska igen :)
tack tack tack, Jag alskar din videoklipp :)
Is my Swedish good? :)
FalseStrawberry 1 year ago
Really, really, really nice channel! Thanks a lot for the video, I'm braziliam and I'm thinking about learning Swedish
vrolok4768 1 year ago
I can`t even say how glad and happy i am about yours videos! Thank YOU for what you are doing! It is so nice to learn something more in my free time also, not just in my Swedish lessons! THANK YOU! :) ;)
anitazarecka 1 year ago
I wish dutch grammar was as easy as swedish grammar! yay! I can totally do this with your help!:D
sokjesmonster 1 year ago
valew!!!
ruibarbosa23 1 year ago
nossa estou gostando muito de estudar sueco com voce!!! e minha namorda mais ainda por ler as coisas que escrevo pra ela em sueco. obrigado mesmo!! e se voce quiser umas aulas de portugues pode deixar comigo. beijos
ruibarbosa23 1 year ago
Tack för dina lektioner
paj4ica 1 year ago 2
@paj4ica Varsågod. Tack