Learn Swedish - Lesson 2 (Days of the week)

Learn the days of the week in Swedish.

MÅNDAG is named after a nordic god called Måne.
TISDAG is named after a nordic god called Tyr.
ONSDAG is named after a nordic god called Oden.
TORSDAG is named after a nordic god called Tor
FREDAG is named after Frigg (the wife of Oden) or a nordic god called Freja.
LÖRDAG The name comes from the old word laugr, meaning bath.
SÖNDAG is named after a nordic god called Sol.

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[TehCacti]

I have been taught to pronounce the "G" in Måndag....ect, I'm confused..

[LearnSwedish08]

I think that most people in Sweden don't pronounce the G or maybe it's just our dialect(Stockholmska), but it's not wrong if you do pronounce it. You can say måndag or månda.. but you should always spell it with the G. ;)

[JUSSIandJOTTO]

Sol is not a god, it's the sun.

[LearnSwedish08]

According to wikipedia (and some other sites) Sol or Sunna was a nordic sun goddess. I know that sol means sun. It might be wrong since you can't trust wikipedia, but I don't know.

[TarikMaurits]

looks a bit with DUTCH:

MANDAG= MAANDAG

TISDAG= DIENSDAG

ONSDAG= WOENSDAG

TORSDAG= DONDERDAG

FREDAG= VRIJDAG

LORDAG= ZATERDAG (like English...lol)

SONDAG= ZONDAG

[idontwannafart]

bravo!

[IUVENTIU]

@LearnSwedish08 the solar motiv appears at dacians, and thracians too, is that too common even with Sumer's and Egypt sun gods ?I would say yes too all

[IUVENTIU]

@alizarazell they say that they loved each other so much that they did incest...

[box387]

Din Mamma = Ur mother (Use Google Translater)

[alizarazell]

@LearnSwedish08 yes, Sól is a Norse goddess! And Máni (the moon god) is her brother. :)

[DragonChaserKev]

I don't know much svenska but I know this lesson. Still it's a good video.

[dbnovaro]

the days of week is based in nordic gods like torsdag= day of Thor

[Nonna1997]

@TehCacti it is a g ^^

[Notorone]

Without thinking on it I too say "månda" but of course it spells måndag..

[Samboras4star]

@TehCacti Me too. Proper language courses that you buy online etc will teach you *proper* Swedish when in reality Swedes miss the end of a lot of words.

'och' is pronounced like å, and är is pronounced just like 'e' and Jag, Dig, Mig etc and most words ending in g tend to omit the g. I went through three books before I managed to find out!

[Unknownwhistler]

@TehCacti

As "LearnSwedish08" said you don't pronounce the "g" in most swedish dialects. And if you do pronounce it sounds very formal. Therefore I strongly recomend you to leave the G:s.