Alexander Skarsgård Teaches You Swedish Slang | Vanity Fair
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- Опубліковано 14 лис 2018
- On this episode of "Slang School," Alexander Skarsgård teaches you Swedish slang. Alexander stars in "The Little Drummer Girl" which debuts on AMC November 19th.
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He should read ALL IKEA furniture names so I can finally pronounce them correctly lol
None of the names are pronounced like they are spelled or have the same number of syllables you think they should have and they just sound weird once you know how to pronounce it correctly.
How IKEA names its items:
Bathroom articles = Names of Swedish lakes and bodies of water
Bed textiles = Flowers and plants
Beds, wardrobes, hall furniture = Norwegian place names
Bookcases = Professions, Scandinavian boy’s names
Bowls, vases, candle and candle holders = Swedish place names, adjectives, spices, herbs, fruits and berries
Boxes, wall decoration, pictures and frames, clocks = Swedish slang expressions, Swedish place names
Children’s products = Mammals, birds, adjectives
Desks, chairs and swivel chairs = Scandinavian boy’s names
Fabrics, curtains = Scandinavian girl’s names
Garden furniture = Scandinavian islands
Kitchen accessories = Fish, mushrooms and adjectives
Lighting = Units of measurement, seasons, months, days, shipping and nautical terms, Swedish place names
Rugs = Danish place names
Sofas, armchairs, chairs and dining tables = Swedish place names
@@bearllande
Amazing.
once you know the rules (easy to look up), it's actually easier to pronounce them than english. Because unlike english, swedish has pronunciation rules :D
@@huawafabe until you come across the numerous exceptions 😂
An example...cykel and cykel are two different word depending on how you pronounce it.
"You have planted your last potato" is now my new favorite phrase! 😂
So threatening yet so pleasant
That's very handy in many situations
😂😂
It’s like the Swedish version of you’ve yeed your last haw
Yes it is very good. But my favourite would be I suspect there is owls in the woods
"you have planted your last potato" is one of the best phrases I've ever heard in my ENTIRE life. gotta start using that
YES 🙌🏻😆
I'm going to say that to my teenage son next time he mouths off at me 😂😂
"Du har satt din sista potatis." (Translation: "You have planted your last potato.") is a Swedish figure of speech which is almost equivalent to our figure of speech, "You are on my last straw!" in English.
Gonna use that in class tomorrow 😆
His swedish now has a slight American accent lol
verkligen asså
Ja eller så är det bara göteborgska
@@elle-kari jae från gbg ja skulle säga att han låter som en Stockholmare
@@elle-kari Han låter inte alls som en göteborgare.
han låter extremt porrig och arg på samma gång
How to reassure people in Swedish :
It's alright ❌
There's no danger on the roof ✅
Lol yes that works :D
Reassuring people in English:
everything is on the right
You also can say "There's no cow on the ice". Works just as fine.:)
@@garbokatten thanks for telling me. I love learning these idioms worldwide
Archita Das yup!
How can a whole family be this gorgeous and talented?
@@marcosandoval1367 and they´re many
It’s the swedish genes
the answear is : Sup Dig Snygg :D
Mr. Northman you still look hot af 😂
I'm so crushing on his dad!
Another good one is "Nu är det kokta fläsket stekt" which means "The boiled pork is now fried"
It basically means "Shit's about to go down"
kinda like "out of the pot, into the frying pan" which means, shits going down, or it's escalated.
Out of the frying pan into the fire
Beautiful 😅
that sounds super interesting
I love that oh my fuckin GOD😭😭
It's pretty amazing that he knows so many English expressions that he's able to perfectly describe each Swedish idiom with an English idiom equivalent. He's lovely.
it wasn't what he did, he just directly translated what it said.
I thought the same!! Seems intelligent.
He's so fluent in English (especially American English) that he sounds like a native speaker. Funny thing is, he only moved to the States when he was 26 lol. He must've moved around so much with his dad and watched so many American films that he picked it up naturally. English is also a common second or third language to learn in Sweden since they are so similar.
@@DerpASherpa117 wow he was that old already? you're right maybe he was already exposed to american media back then
@@DerpASherpa117we start learning english when were like 6-7 in sweden, so if you move to the US the transition to having an american accent would come quite quick and natural
The background music choice is legendary lmao
Lindsay Daly Was i need the soundtrack NOW!
Sounds more Swiss/Austrian than Swedish.
@@douglaskalberg8899 or bavarian
It's dansband music x
It kind of sounds like the background of My Summer Car.
I love being a swede watching a video about swedish culture.
Valerie Vedette samma här! Älskar det! 😂🙌🏻
Samma här... Trodde att jag var ensam och konstig i det...
Lucas Kristiansson 😂 Det bästa är när man ser andra svenskar i kommentarerna
Hahah ja
Jo fan, det lär ju va 99% svennar här dock
Me: “I went on a date last night”
Swedish person: “Was he too hot on the porridge? Did you suspect an owl in the woods? Did he plant his last potato?”
Me: 🤨
This really made me laugh!
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
Asking about planting his potato in relation to a date sounds like something else 😂
@@michelleresistance did he plant the eggplant?
I’m now incorporating, “you’ve planted your last potato,” into my everyday vocabulary.
You planted your last potato
So, basically 'you yeed your last haw'
I just dropped my phone becuz i was laughing so hard at this. Well played. Lol
That sent me in a total fit of laughter! Omg! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Now you donedidit, buddy
Yes indeed. A death threat!
It's 2 am and I'm still laughing at this comparison
As a teacher “you have planted your last potato” will now be a staple warning in my classroom, 😂
A somewhat old fashioned and convoluted (but perfectly legitimate) sentence to be used when a student steps out of line would be:
"Nu är det kokta fläsket stekt! Du har satt din sista potatis och kommer få dina fiskar varma!"
Directly translates to "The boiled pork is now fried! You have planted your last potato and will have your fish warm!"
In essence, and in that situation, this would mean: "I have reached my limit! You are way over the line and you're due for punishment!"
NOTEWORTHY: These are old proverbs, and I cannot imagine this sentence being said in a classroom today, but back it up about 40 or 50 years, and it might have happened! :)
Can i join your class. Please?
Winging It Lol, as long as you are okay with being in kindergarten, 😂
@@KpopKnitter absolutely. Let's go!
I was thinking the same thing 😂
I like how pensive he gets at 2:30, as though he's suddenly struck by the thought that there might be owls in the woods, and it deeply worries him.
He is trying to translate “mossen” in his head and can’t come up with it. It’s “the bog” not “the woods”.
what bothered me is that mossen doesn't mean woods it means moss
it means neither of what you just said@@The_Tortoise_and_the_Hare
I love how his swedish pronunciation is slightly distorted because he probably uses English way more
Why would you love that??
@@SluttChops haha because when we have a crush on someone we love their flaws, defects that those people have 😆
Thelma Romero love that
Tror det bara för att han är stockholmare
That's what happens when you switch rapidly between languages - you get "echoes" in pronunciation and prosody. Try it for yourself.
Man I have to use "you have planted your last potato"
😶
thats my favorite too! I busted a gut laughing
Right? That one is gold!
We have lots of food slang in Sweden🤔 another one is ”now the boiled pork is fried!” Like ”this is it, You’re going down!”
That is one of my favorite slangs in Sweden lmao
Who else has a crush on the entire family?
*raises hand rapidly* MEMEMEME
Yes!
Friend crush I'd say :) ADOPT ME!
me me me
Man, even the dad is hot.
No one:
Alexander: * bursts into song *
That's the only way we can drink in sweden
Thanks for the support
Thanks 😊
How Are you, I will like to know you
He is the language teacher that I never knew I needed..
It's weird that he has to pronounce his last name wrong
Chrissy Teigen does too. It's TIE-gan not TEE-gan.
So does Charlize Theron. Its actually pronounced "tron" with the "r" rolled and a fuller sounding "o"
Eevee Swedish singer Zara Larsson does the same thing.
Its weird how the fams of those mentioned it never addressed it. It would save the derpy, embarrassed moment...
My parents knew the right pronunciation of my last name but never corrected me. All this time.. non-vietnamese people had said my name right for all these years. I want to cry
I kind of comes naturally though as a swede speaking English. I do it too, and a lot do. The melody of the English language vs for instance the swedish are so different so it feels weird to switch to the swedish melody mid sentence just to say your name. Which will be pronounced wrong by the other person any way, and swedes hate that kind of awkwardness. 😅😅
You sir... have planted your last poato
Yes, i see how that's funny. But we really do say that 😂
It doesn't count if you don't say it in swedish. ;)
You have pooped in the blue cupboard!
😂😂😂
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angry swede using that sentence
I recently visited Sweden for the first time and it was so weird how they all not only spoke English, but they all also spoke it perfectly, just like him. The Muppets lied to us all about the Swedish Chef.
In addition, most Swedes do not know who the Swedish Chef is.
Ahh you don't say...
and Swedish fish is not what I thought 😂
he just was a Ukrainian chef
😂
Your at a bar and someone insults your girlfriend so you walk up to the guy and say" listen here buster, you just planted your last potato"
yes...that’s about right
No, you would say: "Nu är det kokta fläsket stekt, din jävel"
If theres another Swede around he will know that shit's about to get serious for real.
@@toxicteabaging well i can’t argue with that
@@toxicteabaging what does that mean?
"Or SkarsGÅRD, as we say in the north!" Och så dödsallvarlig 😂
lite kul ändå att han säger skarsgard till sig sjölv för att andra ska förstå ahha
And it was totally beautiful 😁😊😍🥰
Hahha jo fan men på engelska låter allt som "SkarsGUARD" Jävla massa' vakt familjer xD
Detta fick mig att skratta😂 Han låter faktiskt lite aggressiv haha
terrorblades 😂😂😂
Danish slang with Mads would be charming. He's such a sweet daddy dork.
Danish sounds like the last potato you planted was right on your toung.
yess 😍😍
YES!! I agree
Omgosh Mads... Who would you rather; Alexander or Mads?? I have no answer at the moment bc just picturing both. Lol 🤣🤗🤗🤗
That would be amazing.
Ladies, we know you're not here for the language!
Casual Weekday -YT shadowbangs U- can’t I be here for him and the language?!
@@kylie9687 Ana ugglor i mossen.
Absolutely!!
Yes, I am. Just because it's taught by a potato-planting bowl of porridge with gorgeous owls in the woods has nothing to do with it!
@@ladywytch129 I rest my case ;)
As a swede I can confirm that everything he says is 150% true.
Please do "Shakespeare slang with Tom Hiddleston". And keep doing those videos they are really great !
I WILL PAY ANY AMOUNT FOR THIS
OMG YESSS
Yes please!
He and Tom were almost in the same movie/movies.
Alex was 1 of 3 remaining actors up for the role as Thor.
Yessssss!!
Him :*says something in Swedish*
Me: *clenches butt cheeks*
Ok glad I’m not the only one ☝️
Cause he’s hot duh
Hahahahaha
I didnt know how to react to this at first 😂😂😂
Glad he finally said the actual pronunciation of the family name in Swedish
Sweden's one of those countries you know nothing about but would move there for life.
Omg you wouldn’t like that, it is beautiful, but is only nice to spend only vacations here, the winter is the most depressing thing, it’s all dark for 9 or 10 months, and the people here is reserved, you don’t make much friends which makes it even more sad
@@vanessaduquenegrete3571 Indeed, I live here for almost 4 years, I have barely 2 friends xD
@@arkaitz7605 then u just anti social, ive made over 20friends these last 9months
@@vanessaduquenegrete3571 exactly i lived in sweden for 3 years and boi did that country mess me up mentally
Only if all the men look like the Skarsgard men
You have planted your last potato!!!
*intercom* "The potato has been planted."
Exactly!! XD
Sounds like something Rolf would say...
I'm dead lol I can just see me saying that to my kid... U have planted ur last potato Mr 😁 😁 😁
Rebelle you better dig out that potato gurl.
I fell in love with him in True Blood , never stoped loving him since then. He's one of my fave actors.
AHHHH OH MY GOD SAME
Same!
Saame
Totally fell in love with him for memory loss Eric & am now realizing that's him. Lol Gonna look up everything he's ever done now
That's exactly the same for me wtf😂😍😍
this man can talk about literally anything and we'll all still be more than willing to listen to him. also, speaking of which, he should narrate audio books xD
His eyes are mesmerizing.
-“Baby”-
-“Honey”-
-“Sweetheart”-
“SUGAR PIG”
Yep👌🏻😎
KILLING IT!!! :D
Sugar pig, you've just planted your last potato.
Elestro Air-soft haha .. “so let’s skip the fika today” 😂
It doesn't really fit into that context, imagine someone eating a lot of candy or cookies then you can call them "sockergris" to be kind of shameful
😂😂😂
As a Swede living abroad and my husband not being Swedish, I can say that my husband's favourite word is fika. By the way fika, is not just coffee or tea, it's all that high calorie cakes and cookies that goes with it.
Mon Soymon in north of sweden it’s called go’ fika when you ad cookies and cakes 😂 It doesn’t excist in the south (or not when I lived there in 2009) 🤔. I thought “GO’fika” was such a ugly remake on “Fika” when I moved here.. 😅 And especially with a north accent.. 😖😅
It sounded really good when he explained it but adding cakes and cookies makes it just perfect.
@@VanessaLjungdahl I live in the south right now and have done my whole life. Never heard "Gofika" down here. I have heard it in media but never in "real life".
@@stoffni Really? I live in Småland and have heard it lots of times. ^_^
@@Fnattihatt Woaah serious? I've never heard it anywhere in Skåne or Blekinge.
If he did a course on whole Swedish, I would learn it in a month☺
I agree with you, same here 💋💋💋🔥🔥🔥💋💋😜😜😜
I didn't hear a single word he said. I was too busy staring and drooling. One of the most gorgeous men ever. Period.
Agreed.
Never realized he could be this good looking :):)
FYI , we look all the same here in Sweden ;)
literally 😩 I drool over him and Pewdiepie
You’re not the only one 😂
"You have planted your last potato" explains so much about how the Swedes impacted Minnesota culture
Based. Most Swedes settled in Chicago tho, appearantly. I read.
Can we have Romanian with Sebastian Stan please? Haha
Yes, I second this decision.
OMG YEEEES PLEASE!!
YAS!
yes
Sebastian needs to do this, thrist tweets, going undercover, playing with puppies and the compliment one. Yes I’m greedy 🤭
LOL!!!! I LOST it at "you've planted your last potato" - I dont think I ever laughed this hard. "No danger on the roof" had me rollinggg too LMAO
this one is the best of the slang series, he really masters the concept
Dammit - how can a man make a turtleneck look so good?
Daniel Shack the man could make a potato sac look good. 🤷🏼♀️
So true! I am particularly averse to turtlenecks on ppl but idm them on him!
Bec New agreed; turtlenecks should not look good on anyone... and yet here he is... slaying it every time. 🤷🏼♀️
Daniel Shack turtlenecks with suits is a great look. It helps to think of it as a shirt replacement instead of something to wear over a shirt.
@@Kinography i think it would actually look better without the suit jacket.
Felix already have taught us much Swedish.
Hej hej Monika
HEJ PÅ DIG MONIKA
Hej monika, hey på dig monikaaaa
KALLA BLICKAR KALLA KÅRAR DU VARA BARA FJORTON VÅRAR! TA MIN HAND OCH VISA MIG VÄGEN JAG ÄR DIN I ALLA LÄGEN
😂
Precis som lutande tooornet i pisa!!
Love him so much, such a gem of an actor, really wish him well. And great to see him sharing culture.
Such good explanations and examples compared to other videos. Alex would make great teacher!
This is giving me this feeling that Swedish people are very nice.
KristianaMarine yes we are😊
I think of Rose on Golden Girls, nice.
Well.... We can be a bit hot on the porrige.
I went to Sweden five years ago. It's a beautiful country and everyone is freakishly good looking.
They really are! We went for about a week last year and it was one of my favorite countries!
Why is he so much sexier speaking swedish?! Gosh just take me already lol
He´s just lagom
Hejsan! ;)
He's so perfect i cant do this anymore
You should please do more of these.
I'm pregnant and I don't even have a uterus.
mistertee lmao!
Ah! giod one.
mistertee lmaoooooooooooooooooo
🤣
Right, lmao.. so gorgeous 😊😊
When he said "you suspect there may be owls in the woods." I freaking lost it.
Dude I forgot how obsessed I am with this human
It's weird hearing him speak English with a nearly flawless General American accent, same as his brother, Bill.
Loved you in The Northman, by the way, Alex.
His hands are HUGE
David beautiful huge hands☺
and that means!!!
Large hands, large...gloves.
He can play Jack Reacher
lo vi we all know what’s probably really BIGG
This is the best episode of teaching slang. He's actually very good at teaching us about those idioms. Completed with good and understandable examples. Other celebrities usually not interested to go into details to explain those idioms. And the fact that he's sooo good looking and sharp 😍😍😍😍😍😍
...except he spelled "Dra mig baklänges" wrong. He forgot the "s" on the last word... :D
@@Daffob1nt oh well, I think I'll let that slide for now :D 🤣🤣
@@devonputra4362 it's just that I'm a stickler for correct spelling. But he's such a sweetie, so I'll let it slide, too! :)
His delivery and body language is cracking me up. Love him.
Yeah, Rosetta Stone should hire this daddy to teach us everything.
As a German who can speak Swedish, this is amazingly hilarious
So much of rose nylund's wholesomeness suddenly makes sense
"You have planted your last potato"
😂😂😂😂😂Time of death, 3:27 pm.
I guess "you have planted your last potato" is the Swedish equivalent of "this is the last straw"
"You've yeed your last haw!"
sounds funny but since potatos were very important and kept us alive in our poor days it kind of makes sense!
As a swed i can confirm
Du har dragit det sista stråt
i'm on an alexander skarsgard binge and have no regrets
Here here!😂
Me too! 😂
Same
Hereeee sameee
Saaaaame lol
okay, as a brazilian i must say i´m shook of how easy it is for me to pronunciate these words
Butter was also a luxury item when that saying was created.
I did not want this video to end. LOVED EVERY SECOND OF IT! Thank you, Vanity Fair! More Alexander Skarsgård please!
This dude was reading and reacting with such an intensity.
Very well explained Alexander. Gött jobbat!
I love it when he's nodding handsomely after each explanation. Like 'you understand, right?' 😂
Yes, he's very encouraging.
Working in Sweden Fika became my favorite word. So you eat breakfast, fika, lunch, fika, fika again and then dinner. Basically it's a break where you eat and drink something
Javla
Lol Fika means snot in Hungarian
Sums it up pretty good.
Very correct
I think that's true for pretty much every foreigner working in Sweden
the skarsgård family make swedes proud to be swedes 🤷🏻♀️
Indeed they do.
Bex yes they really do Sverige för svenskarna!
meh
Great, that's all I need before I'll arrive to Sweden, thank you!!
*I'm a simple woman. I see Alexander Skarsgard and I click.*
*That's it.*
I'm "hot on the porridge" for this man
jeez, take a chill pill then
-would be a proper response to that.
Aye me töo
Dra mig bäklange
He's 42?? What??
Well 42 isn't really old. Ofc I could be biased since I'm 41 xD
I always thought he was so much younger than me. He seems like he's 32-34. Good genes.
DADDY.
Grimm Kat Kinky😎😈.
I think he looks older than that
Very charming!Thanks for the tutorial 😊
Thanks to this video I found out that I love Swedish slang, lol! Really enjoyed this glimpse into Swedish society.
The armchair anthropologist in me finds it interesting how English speakers' "not for all the money in the world" is the equivalent of the Swedish "not for all the butter in Smaland" - perhaps it's a reflection of what is important to a society (money vs. butter).
- Completed guide "How to look as good as Alex."
Step one:
Be Swedish.
Step two?
+Fredrik Erlandsson be a Skarsgärd
Well guess I look as good as him then 😂
Mariana F Skarsgård*
Then I look as good as Alex, hurrayyy.
When I saw"fika", as an Italian, I knew it was going to be something epic.
Viva la figa e che Dio la benedica.
I always confuse it whenever coming across Swedish. It’s too ingrained
Fika means snot in Hungarian.
HOW. PERFECT. IS. THIS. MAN
well now, I have never been good at learning a different language BUT the way Alexander tells us the meaning in different sentences,
I actually understood it.
The Skarsgårds keep making us proud
Feels like I've read 50% of that in Ikea
Racism is funny!
Svenska Tabbar what racism
I'm not being racist actually, i have read most of these terms in ikea. Especially Fika and sockergris. The ikea in my country has note boards in every corner, explaining popular Swedish slangs.
Kriti Singh Chauhan he don’t know what racism is. Racism is slavery and holocaust.
That’s offensive...
This is the opposite of slang tho. Like these are the things that only old people say, it's like saying "good heavens" , "once in a blue moon", or "a chain is only as strong as the weakest link" is english slang
Malin Hellman Yeah, so, basically the noble and superior version of slang
Not fika or lagom all swedes use those. Also precis!
Malin Hellman So true. Nowadays stuff like ”aboooo”, ”haffa guzz”, ”jag ska knulla din mamma” and so on. The old sayings are a lot better.
@@TechnoLion1 Har på riktigt inte hört en själ säga varken aboo eller haffa guzz sen typ 2012 och den sista är inte ens slang? Bara en mening hahaha
Johannes Stark Bara afrikaner och araber med sitt ortenspråk
Alexander Skarsgard has inspired me to start up my Swedish studies again
I love how well he articulates and how he explains it using an example or two every time - makes it fun and easy to understand. And I'd definitely love to start using some of these! :D
Hahahah just a tip, here in Sweden we usually dont actually say most of these things, like i have never heard someone actually say "you have planted your last potato" or "no danger on the roof" in sweden
I love how he gives the literal translation and then explains what that means in context. Some of the literal translations made me laugh out loud!
He’s so gorgeous 😭❤️
Tack så mycket!
“And I do thank you for your time” .. sexiest Swedish gentleman
Ugh god that smoulder when he says that...
Oh yeah, I was waiting for him to say how they actually pronounce Skarsgård in swedish 😊
He actually says it, just after the americanized version.
(The å in Skarsgård sounds like the o in Al Gore.)
@@herrfriberger5 yes I heard it...And it sounds better that the American version...they like to ruin his last name 😐
I really like the Snapsvisor thing…makes doing shots a bit more elegant. And i like his voice
Stellan made some gorgeous childrens.
He can just sit there and do nothing I'd still watch 10 minutes of it
The main thing him and his character Eric Northman have in common is... they don’t age. 😍🔥
God this man is so gorgeous ❤❤❤ I love his Swedish pronouciation and when he says "as we say in the north!" You can hear his eric voice 😍😍😍
Yep. Heard it also. I miss Eric so much!
"you've planted your last potato" is almost better than "you've yeed your last haw"
HAHA THAT'S GREAT
Golly, I don't know which is better between those two.
I have a sudden urge to listen to Felix singing Hej Hej Monika after watching this.
😂
His singing voice is excellent. I wonder if he's done any musical theater.
Italians: see the thumbnail
Also italians: laugh
Siiiii l'ho appena commentato! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Italians are so up themselves
What does it mean in italian?
@@PrincessLockette you can not write it here
I could listen to him speak Swedish and English all day.