Hej! Do you want to discover new ways of learning Swedish? If so, then this is the channel for you. I'm Dr Anneli Haake, the director of Swedish Made Easy, and the author of the new Teach Yourself Complete Swedish. I have a PhD in music psychology, so I am focusing on the musical aspects of language and pronunciation. I am also a grammar geek who loves to explain difficult grammar aspects in a simple way.
IN SPANISH: Hello, how you feel? Hola, ¿cómo te sientes? Good, thanks. And you? Bien, gracias. ¿Y tú? So so. Me hurts a little the head. Así así. Me duele un poco la cabeza. (You) want that (I) you give a tablet for the hurt of head? ¿Quieres que te dé una pastilla para el dolor de cabeza? (I) you it thank much. Muchas gracias. Te lo agradecería mucho. Much thanks. From/of nothing. De nada.
Did you forget the legendary Språkporten or is it not that great for beginners. I have your books btw and videos of how swedish would sound if it spoken in English. Great work
Anyone taking more than 3 months to complete the entire Duolingo course isn't serious about studying. You'll learn the very basics which are valuable and useful but that's just getting the grasp on the language. Respect to anyone who finishes it though because it's a good start.
Im third generation American, half norwegian and half swedish. Was raised by great grandmothers who taught me both languages when I was little. Wish I could remember something besides lutefish and brod. Visiting family in Sweden in October and trying to learn anything....thanks, tack sa mycket!
FunFact: this so funny because most other languages are spoken "left to right" - English is "right to left" __example: Hindi: Doovajha Khola Ta (door open was) English: The Door was Open
I love that you have a class with an opera singer! I studied abroad in Lund almost 20 years, and my great grandparents came over to the US from Sweden, but I really struggled to learn Swedish when I was over there. I'm giving it another go, hoping to be able to connect more to the culture as well. So glad I found your channel <3
That isn't spoken "like Swedish", it just uses English words being most approximate translation from Swedish, not invented a system to apply the Swedish grammar forms into English. For example, if you have "en" as indefinite article and "-en" suffix as definite one, then it would be better to use -a in both cases. Same, why is there "to do", when in Swedish it's just "göra", not "å göra"? So, more appropriate would be "So, what shall you do in weekenda?" , "and check on that new filma with Kirsten Dunst". As for "heter", there simplt doesn't exist a verb for it in English, although it exists in all other Germanic languages (Dutsch, German).
Ah, and for "hörs", there's another feature that only exists in Scandinavian langauges and it's hard to find any equivalent in English. This is a direct passive and there's no "each other" there, the best approximation would be "be heard" ("So are we heard soon").
Thanks for your comments. With 'hörs', the S isn't passive - it's reciprocal. So that's why the 's' could be interpreted as 'each other'. We have three types of S-verbs: 1) passive, 2) reciprocal and 3) deponent.
In many parts of Minnesota and the Dakotas, we struggle with proper syntax because we’re all descended from Scandinavian and German immigrants. We don’t notice anything wrong until we talk to southerners or coastal people, or write an academic paper. Then we get roasted for improper syntax.
