The Swedish SJ sound or 7-sound (the most difficult sound?) - Swedish pronunciation 

My mouth feels dry just thinking about getting that across my lips

this is the 'worst' one I've seen so far! 😱

For me it is not hard but every time i try it i say it differently 😂

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Same with my grandparents, first generation born in the US, spoke fluent Swedish, my aunt and mother got a textbook and taught themselves Swedish so they could understand their parents' covert conversations. Sadly, I know very little Swedish.

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It's not actually wrong to pronounce it like in French, it just depends on the dialect.

If you were pronouncing it like they do in French, it would be like the Northern "shh" sound, right? So technically just the northern variation!!

Like kärlek sh>"ch/č" ärlek?

@@hawaianico exactly. Like “ci” in Italian and ch in Spanish and English. And č/cz etc in Slavic languages. Modern Swedish in Sweden lacks this sound.

@@davidkasquare You can hear it in old movies, though. It's called "förslag" - the stress on the first syllable. Also notice how Lasse Dahlquist pronounces "Charlie" in this recording from 1946: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Dp4AHrM5bOs.html He was born in Gothenburg and lived on Brännö til he was 6 but spent the rest of his childhood in Stockholm. Very old people in Bohuslän also pronunce sj as people in Finland do.

@@francisdec1615 I'm not sure, but I think the pronounced dj and kj etc are considered archaisms, sounds that have shifted and changed in modern "Sweden Swedish". I wonder if it has something to do with French influence..? As French doesn't have these "hard" sounds in the beginning of words. To be honest, I have to say I really hate it when people from Sweden think we somehow speak "in a wrong way" when we pronounce these sounds the way we do. We just stayed with the original, I guess. Anyway, languages change and evolve, and that's just normal and good. We have a lot of influence from Finnish over here, f ex, and it would be very surprising if we didn't.

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@@FunSwedish Muchas gracias!!! 😁😁

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Awesome! Always great to take reference from other languages or dialects

Listening and mimicking are great tips!

Que bonito tu comentario. Muchas gracias por mirar nuestros videos y me alegra mucho saber que te ayudan para aprender el sueco

Glad you like them! Exactly! That sound isolated can be easy. Then the trick comes when you mix it up with the vowels 😅

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I totally get what you mean! And yes, this explains it. The difference you see between Melissa and Linnea are dialectal ones. Like North vs South. But of course both are correct 😊.

Yes! And with your “station” example, many Swedes I observe would also tend to say it as “sta-hwoun”. Or “relation” as either “rela-hwoun” or “rela-shoon”, depending in the dialect.

I'm from Bohuslän. Very old people in my province have the "thin" sj-sound. I (soon 53) only have it when singing or reading loud.

Glad you enjoyed it!

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Great to heart that :D

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So happy to hear that you enjoy our teaching method 😁

Glad it was helpful!

Great to hear that the videos help with your learning! If you are ever interested in a more... structured yet fun approach than duolingo you can try one of our courses! WE have video courses like this one. elansutbildning.teachable.com/p/swedish-for-complete-beginners And soon we are even starting some Live Zoom courses: elansutbildning.com/product/swedish-for-beginners-i/

Haha, I am sure you are not the only one :P Those are tricky! Kul att du gillade videon!

You're welcome!

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Hahaha, good choice to go with the Kings pronuciation. You will sound more fancy that way :P

Haha, I am sure you are not the only one.

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Thank you! Nice to hear that you like our teaching style. I agree that it is dangerous to keep people from speaking if they dont do it 100% correct. It is better to communicate and say something slightly wrong than to be afraid and say nothing at all. At least for the learning process. Swedes are still, very much stuck in the pronunciation dimension. And have a hard time undestanding "broken" swedish. But the grammar part, and making mistakes there is a lot more forgiving. That is why we have so many videos about pronunciation 😁

Hej! Kul att höra att videon hjälpte dig med uttalet! P.S Du skriver mycket bra på svenska!

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No, you don't. The Swedes in Finland actually use the old pronunciation.

Oops, I've just asked the same question ahahah hope she replies! I've been wondering why does it make that hard sound too!

Yes, correct! :)

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That's awesome!

I am glad you like it. There can be dialectal differences. Your friend might have just corrected you because he/she wanted you to have his/her accent. But both should be okay.

I am glad you like them 😍 Interesting that you have a similar sound in Welsh :)

Just cheat and say "Häre menyn" :P

@@Mycenaea But I still need one R :D

Fun fact, some swedish dialects actually pronounce the "r" roughly in the same manner as you would in german. People from Småland in Sweden for example often use very soft "r" formed at the back of the throat. As do people from Skåne in the southern parts. For Skåne it makes sense though, since it used to be Danish several hundred years ago, so their dialect is like a cross between Swedish and Danish in some respects. And Danish too have some similarities with german on account of being located so close to eachother.

@@sevenproxies4255 Thanks! I guess I only need to learn Småländska then :) The various dialects can actually be confusing when you start with Swedish because every time you think that you got it, someone will have a different pronunciation and you start wondering and questioning again. Later on, you realize that this is really beautiful.

Im sure you have a very nice accent! I dont think its a bad thing to have one. I personally prefer the guttural "r", i find it cooler and easier on the ears, and maybe also because my native tongue is French. But Swedish is over all such a lovely language and so much easier than Danish.

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Well.. 🤔 Depends a bit from which language perspective you are looking at it 😊

As a swede you never really think about word formations, so take the definitions of the words with a grain of salt here and focus on how to use them. But all forms are derived from the basic infinitive version which in this case is Stressa. Verb in base form aka infinitive: To stress = Att stressa Perfekt particip (which is basically a word that is used as an adjective but is derived from a verb). It can be bent depending on time and singular/plural: I am stressed = Jag är stressa+d. I have stressed = Jag har stressa+t. They are stressed = De är stressa+de. The stressed man over there = Den stressa+de mannen där borta. For the second question: Look up Presens Particip which is the word form. A stressing situation = En stress+ande situation. A walking man = En gå-ende man You either end the words with -ande (could think -nde here since you replace the a) or -ende. -ande is used for all verbs that ends with -a. -ende is used for verbs that end in a long vowel (gå-ende, bero-ende, avstå-ende, bo-ende) And yes, you always base the word in the infinitive verb form which is: Springa: A running man = En spring-ande man Sväva: A levitating buddhist monk = En sväv-ande buddistmunk Komma: A coming event = En komm-ande händelse (Komma in this form always refers to the future which is a bit special) Lugna: A soothing cup of tea = En lugn-ande kopp te Runga (Says it's a verb but to me, "Att runga" does not exist. In fact I would only ever use the word runga in presens particip (Rungande) and in very few settings as well. Ett rungande skratt = A Loud, clear, warm/happy laugh, Ett rungande nej/ja = A resounding no/yes and finally Rungande applåder = Resounding applause)

@@HenkeJ2 Thanks for replying! Things seem to be more complicated than I thought.... I was hoping Swedish would be much simpler. The problem about word formation is that the dictionary will only list the basic word and not its inflections. For example, springande may not be listed in the dictionary. So I need to know how to convert springande to springa and vice-versa.

​@@hcm9999 No worries ;) No languages are ever easy in the beginning, but yeah, Swedish is notorious for the amount of words that don't follow rules, or so I've heard. You convert them based on how you want to say something but they ultimately mean "the same thing". To run = Att springa A running man = En springande man A running man = En man som springer (Directly translated A man who is running. Present form of Springa = Springer) When you leave present form though I wouldn't say you use the -ande or -ende forms unless you want to sound like a historian ;) Would be something like: He was a running-man = Han var en springande man. You would just say: He liked running = Han gillade att springa In which case the bent verb is Gilla = Gillade in preterite tense and springa remains in infinitive "base" form, since it's the second verb in the same sentence.) Or: He ran a lot = Han sprang mycket (Which is the preterite tense form of Springa) Two examples: He liked to run and climb in the forest outside of the city = Han gillade att springa och klättra i skogen utanför staden. (This is how you would say it) He liked to, running and climbing, move around the forest outside of the city = Han gillade att, springa-nde och klättra-nde, ta sig runt i skogen utanför staden. (This might be fitting for text in a book, but is a bit awkward) Note that springa-nde and klättra-nde are used as adjectives to describe how he moved around the forest. I'm even confusing myself with all the rambling! Anyways, good luck :D

@@HenkeJ2 Thanks! That was great!

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Yes! Practice makes perfect 😊. The strugle is different every time depending on what your mother tongue is 😊. Luckily, German and Swedish are very close, so there is a lot of similarities

@@FunSwedish Yes, German and Swedish are very close, but German doesn't have that SJ-sound. Anyway, as said, it's mostly a matter of practice, as with the whole Swedish or any foreign language. :)

Those are exceptions to the rule 😅. It happens mostly with loaned / borrowed words. "legitimation" for example is clearly a loaned word from some other language. And it would be wierd to change the sound of the original one completely.

@@FunSwedish I understand now😄 tack så mycket!

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Yes!

Tj is pronounced with a "shh" sound :)

Just like Lilly said. The Tj goes the other way. More like shh. We like to dive these 2 sounds into the "sju" (7) sound and the "tjugo" (20) sound. But with the north of Sweden accent, they are pretty much the same.

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Interesting 🤔 You might be picking up a sound that is more associated with the vowels than the SJ. The Swedish "U" is not like the English "U". And it might have a bit of that.

Swedish doesnt have to be hard 😊 It takes knowing the little patterns like this one and then it should be smooth sailing