Swedish vowels | How to pronounce A, Å and Ä

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  • Опубліковано 24 лис 2024

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  • @burkso2
    @burkso2 3 роки тому +3

    Very informative - tack! Here are a few more Swedish words with the a, å, and ä sounds:
    advent (Advent)
    aktör (actor)
    affär (business)
    åttio (eighty)
    blåbär (blueberry)
    ättika (vinegar)

  • @sunpog1753
    @sunpog1753 2 роки тому +5

    tack så mycket❤️

  • @fernandamode6775
    @fernandamode6775 3 роки тому +5

    Obrigada ❤️❤️❤️

  • @tuomooksanen7202
    @tuomooksanen7202 3 роки тому +2

    Why sometimes 'ä' is pronounced like 'e'? Good videous by the way. Ha det så bra.

    • @coffeebreaklanguages
      @coffeebreaklanguages  3 роки тому

      Hi there, if the 'ä' is short - i.e. comes just before double consonants - it sounds closer to an 'e' than the 'longer ä' does, but they are still distinct sounds. It's a subtle difference and some people will pronounce it closer to 'e' depending on dialects/accents so it can take a while to hear the difference. Hope this helps!

  • @a1a1a1a1a1a
    @a1a1a1a1a1a Рік тому

    Just wanted to know how to pronounce Trådfri :)

  • @michaeledmunds3102
    @michaeledmunds3102 Рік тому

    Just wanted to know how to pronounce the town Ådalen.
    Many Thanks

    • @coffeebreaklanguages
      @coffeebreaklanguages  Рік тому +1

      Hej! Thank you for your question.
      This word has two stressed syllables, these are 'Å' and 'da'. Both of these are long vowels, as they are followed by 1 consonant. The third syllable 'len' in this word is unstressed.The Å in 'Ådalen' is pronounced as the vowel in the word 'or'. The Swedish A is a quite dark vowel, it is pronounced as the the vowel in the word "heart". The unstressed 'E' is pronounced as the vowel in the word 'end'. All the consonants are pronounced in the same way as in English.
      We hope this helps. Good luck with your language learning! 😁

  • @aleksandrmerkulov9552
    @aleksandrmerkulov9552 2 роки тому

    So the long "A" sounds more like the English "O," while the short one like "A" (as in "father")?

  • @brittmoore5557
    @brittmoore5557 3 роки тому

    Just realized today that all of the swedish vowels have back and front (meaning where they occur in the mouth) vowel sounds. I didn't realize this. If I pronounce some of the vowels wrong this way would I still be understood in context?

    • @coffeebreaklanguages
      @coffeebreaklanguages  3 роки тому

      Hej! We do need to be careful with the pronunciation of these sounds in Swedish. For example, words like "kort" can mean either "short" or "card" depending on if we say it with a short or long "o". Another example is "banan", which can mean "the track" when the first "a" is long and the second "a" is short, or "banana" when the first "a" is short and the second "a" is long. Although you potentially could make yourself understood from the context in a conversation, it would cause some confusion before the other person realises the first person mixed up their pronunciation. Hope this helps!

    • @Vinterfrid
      @Vinterfrid 11 місяців тому

      @@coffeebreaklanguages Not quite right - "kort" in the meaning of "card" is not pronounced with an "Å" sound but with an ordinary "O" sound. Thus it has nothing to do with long or short vowel.

  • @naszuc9266
    @naszuc9266 3 роки тому

    But how do we know when to use the short or long A , aslo thank you !!💕

    • @coffeebreaklanguages
      @coffeebreaklanguages  3 роки тому +1

      Hej! When a vowel is followed by two consonants, it's normally pronounced as a short vowel sound. If it's followed by a single consonant, it's normally a long vowel sound. There are a few exceptions here and there but this is the general rule 😊

    • @aidanepply-schmidt1647
      @aidanepply-schmidt1647 3 роки тому

      @@coffeebreaklanguages this is the same rule as English, no? Like in the words “baler” (bay-lur) vs “baller” (bah-lur)

  • @lindadewet6763
    @lindadewet6763 Рік тому

    Skarsgard

  • @jeffholmquist182
    @jeffholmquist182 Рік тому

    Something changed

  • @frostvisto9610
    @frostvisto9610 3 роки тому

    Why is the "Ä" also used a lot when it's clearly pronounced as "A"? Why not get rid of the dots on the A then?

    • @coffeebreaklanguages
      @coffeebreaklanguages  3 роки тому +2

      Hej! As we explain in the video, A and Ä are always pronounced differently. Both can have "long" and "short" sounds, but they are distinct. We'd recommend watching some films or television shows in Swedish to get used to the difference between these two sounds 😊

    • @okyouknowwhatever
      @okyouknowwhatever 6 місяців тому

      the a and the ä are never pronounced the same