As a swede I find it really impressive that people from other countries are trying to learn our language! Keep going, fellow Swedish learners! Feel free to ask me questions about my language and culture :D
Mynymni jag är så glad att du skriver det :) jag lär mig svenska fyra månader och jag försökade personer för öva med. Jag skrived till 10 dammen via FB men ingen lässte:( jag hoppas att jag kan hitta någon från Sverige vem vill prata eller skriva med mig via Skype eller Massenger. Kan jag fråga dig om du vill ha tid till exempel en timme varje 1-2 vecka (2 timmar på månad)? Jag användade ord jag vet så förlåt mig om jag görde any mistake - jag vet inte det ord också:D if there is anyone alse who would like to have a conversation med mig please write a comment:)
@@Itstolinho"Kaffe" is a noun! In swedish, a noun nis a word you can say "en" or "ett" before. For example, "en kaffe" meaning one coffee. Then you need to learn how to bend the noun, for example, "det här kaffet var gott" meaning this coffee tastes good. So basically, "en/ett" is used as one such as "en kaffe" (a cup of coffee), then "kaffet" is used if it's this. Like this coffee tastes good as before. Did that make any sense to you? If you didn't understand, feel free to reach out to me again
@@Itstolinho _En kaffe_ is short for _En kopp kaffe_ = a cup [of] coffee. _Kaffet_ = the coffee, or "coffee-the", as Swedish hangs the definite article at the end of the noun.
I want to thank the author of the channel for making this beautiful and useful video for us! Many people are embarrassed to speak a foreign language if they have no speaking skills. People are afraid to hear criticism from others in their address. It all comes from having a psychological complex - to make a mistake. But, after all, he who does nothing is not wrong! In Yuriy Ivantsiv's workshop "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign language" states that we need to talk as much as possible: with yourself, with the mirror, with inanimate objects, with children and with pets. Find an interlocutor in real life or online. Talk without shyness. People won't care how you speak. They understand that you are a foreigner, as long as they understand you. They may even acknowledge your progress in their language and compliment you. However, always be prepared for criticism of your speaking skills. If you have the will to speak, you will gain an interesting interlocutor to consolidate your knowledge. Everyone is strewn with mistakes - don't be afraid to learn from them. As the Latin wisdom says, "walk and thou shalt not go astray". In the book "Polyglot Notes" by Yuriy Ivantsiv an entire chapter is devoted to the development of spoken language. Here you will find many useful tips and each student can choose a technique that suits him or her best! I wish you all the best of luck in your language learning!
När jag pluggar svenska jag går till mitt biblioteken och jag studerar från en bok kallat Colloquial Swedish. Jag skulle vilja köper en bok för att studerar men jag tror det är lite svårt att göra men tack för den har video, tack so mycket.
Great Video. The last two books are almost impossible to find here in the US snd most online bookstores in Sweden will not ship to the US, so a little frustrating. I did buy the book that your wrote and it’s excellent!!
The "Teach Yourself" Swedish range seems to get updated with a new book every few years. I've got editions from 1996, 2004, 2010, 2013 and yours from 2018. Do you think you'll be doing a new updated one again in the near future? Also, if someone wants to watch Swedish language films without subtitles, what level of Swedish do you think they'd need to reach, and which book in the range (Complete Swedish, Swedish Tutor, enjoy Swedish) would get them up to that level?
Hej! The ones from before 2018 are essentially the same book, just minor updates (typos etc). Mine from 2018 is an entirely different book, written from scratch. Mine will be updated at some point in the future too, but I don't know when. Re level to reach to watch films/TV without subtitles, it very much depends on the topic matter. But I'd say probably B2/C1-level (CEFR scale). Hope this helps!
Amazing video!! I'm very interested in Scandinavian languages and I've been researching about Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish. However, I can not decide between Norwegian and Swedish. Which one would you consider the most influential or practical in terms of having access to the Scandinavian culture in general? Thank you very much!
Hello, I speak Swedish as a second language and have done for about 30 years. I have travelled regularly around Norway and Denmark. Generally with Swedish you can understand most Norwegians in conversation. Not sure if Nynorsk or Bokmål makes a difference. Written Norwegian is actually a little more difficult than written Danish, written Danish is quite easy for a Swedish speaker to understand. Spoken Danish on the other hand is very difficult to understand, they seem to swallow and abbreviate words so it sounds like they are only saying half the word which makes it quite a challenge. I generally use English in Copenhagen unless doing basics like ordering coffee, beers and general pleasantries. There are more Swedish speakers than Norwegian or Danish so at a basic level it makes sense to learn Swedish for that reason alone. Good luck!
As a fellow Swedish teacher I wish they would update Form i Fokus with a bit more modern vocabulary. They use words like ehuru, telefonkiosk and herr och fru which are extremely outdated. Otherwise they are great books for students that need "mängdträning". :)
100% agree, some words are uncommon, outdated and sometimes even slightly problematic. But overall I think it's fab. I don't know any other resource that gives students so much material with which to practice.
In terms of ethnic makeup, I’m more Swede than anything else (and I’m a lot of things). That said, I’m proud of my Swedish heritage, and regret that my great grandparents never taught my grandma how to speak (she said they would speak Swedish when they didn’t want her or her sister to understand what they were talking about haha!) I just ordered your Complete Swedish book, as I really need coaching with pronunciation. One book I’ve been studying, which I love, is Essentials of Swedish Grammar by Åke Viberg (and others) - wonderful and comprehensive. Thanks for this video and info!
Excellent video! I have some Swedish ancestors from a couple of generations ago in my family and am interested in learning the language! I'd love nothing more than to holiday to Sweden and be able to hold conversations with the locals. Quick question about the 'form I fokus' books. Are they in English or is all of the text in Swedish? I'm starting out from scratch so I don't want to order the wrong book😅If they do include English text, where can I order them from? Thanks for your help in advance
Hej! Oh thank you so much for your comment! Form i fokus is all in Swedish, so if you're starting from scratch I would instead recommend the Teach Yourself Complete Swedish book, as it has all the instructions and grammar explanations in English. You can dig into Form i fokus later, when you've reached more of a beginners+/intermediate level. Also, do check out our website swedishmadeeasy.com as we have a lot of useful resources there! Best of luck and let me know how you get on! /Anneli x
@@swedishmadeeasy Thank you very much for your reply Anneli! Ah right, I see. Oh excellent, I shall purchase a copy of the complete Swedish book and have a look at your website! Thank you very much and I will certainly keep you updated on my progress😊Tack så mycket!
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
Hi, as a fluent speaker of german and kinda fluent speaker of dutch with some experience on swedish with assimil would you reccomend directly rivstart for b1-b2 or teach yourself or something else? Thanks for the cool video. :)
Aw thanks! I'd say you'd still need to start from the beginning, that would be my recommendation. Yes, you'd get some vocab and some aspects of the grammar 'for free', as you're German, but there are some vocab that's not Germanic (Old Norse), and above all - you need to learn the pronunciation from scratch (very different from German). Although if you've done some Swedish already, then maybe Teach Yourself would be good (it starts from the beginning but very quickly moves to a higher level, so that could be perfect). Bear in mind that Rivstart doesn't have any English instructions at all. I'd also recommend you to have a look at our pronunciation courses - swedish-made-easy.teachable.com/p/swedish-vowels-bundle and swedish-made-easy.teachable.com/p/speak-like-a-swede Hope this helps!
@@swedishmadeeasy Yes I would say that pronunciation is the biggest challenge of all since it is quite different. I will check the courses out for sure. Thanks for the tips. By the way I am Greek, not German xD. Have a great week.
@@swedishmadeeasy Thank you! Through bonus.com I have found both "Avancera Ord" and "Se Upp.". Unfortunately, I still cannot find Haake's book, "Enjoy Swedish.". We live in the US & bokus.com will not so here. So, or plan is to have a colleague purchase those books for us and we'll pick them up in October.
@@EV4UTube Enjoy Swedish has not actually been written yet!! I don't know why it's listed on Amazon already, it makes it very confusing. But take it from me, it's not written yet (and I would know, as I'm the author ;) ).
@@EV4UTube I think the idea of having someone picking up the books for you is a good one. I know it's difficult to get hold of some of these if you're in the States, as bokus doesn't deliver outside of EU. Very annoying...
Thank you, great vlog for books about language , can you plz inbox me as i am looking for an online teacher for Swedish language. I am a physician doctor planning to move to Sweden in future.
As a swede I find it really impressive that people from other countries are trying to learn our language! Keep going, fellow Swedish learners! Feel free to ask me questions about my language and culture :D
Mynymni jag är så glad att du skriver det :) jag lär mig svenska fyra månader och jag försökade personer för öva med. Jag skrived till 10 dammen via FB men ingen lässte:( jag hoppas att jag kan hitta någon från Sverige vem vill prata eller skriva med mig via Skype eller Massenger. Kan jag fråga dig om du vill ha tid till exempel en timme varje 1-2 vecka (2 timmar på månad)? Jag användade ord jag vet så förlåt mig om jag görde any mistake - jag vet inte det ord också:D if there is anyone alse who would like to have a conversation med mig please write a comment:)
@@Itstolinho"Kaffe" is a noun! In swedish, a noun nis a word you can say "en" or "ett" before. For example, "en kaffe" meaning one coffee. Then you need to learn how to bend the noun, for example, "det här kaffet var gott" meaning this coffee tastes good. So basically, "en/ett" is used as one such as "en kaffe" (a cup of coffee), then "kaffet" is used if it's this. Like this coffee tastes good as before. Did that make any sense to you? If you didn't understand, feel free to reach out to me again
@@annak4891 I don't have much time over right now, but if you ever need any help with the grammar or anything, feel free to reach out to me!
@@Itstolinho _En kaffe_ is short for _En kopp kaffe_ = a cup [of] coffee.
_Kaffet_ = the coffee, or "coffee-the", as Swedish hangs the definite article at the end of the noun.
im from the uk and just started learning! any tips?
Complete Swedish is the best for beginners to study. I knew this book 3 days ago. I have started to use the book to study Swedish.👍👍👍👍👍
how can I find this text book please?
Very practical and helpful, plus it was fun hearing you pronounce the names of the books.
I want to thank the author of the channel for making this beautiful and useful video for us! Many people are embarrassed to speak a foreign language if they have no speaking skills. People are afraid to hear criticism from others in their address. It all comes from having a psychological complex - to make a mistake. But, after all, he who does nothing is not wrong! In Yuriy Ivantsiv's workshop "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign language" states that we need to talk as much as possible: with yourself, with the mirror, with inanimate objects, with children and with pets. Find an interlocutor in real life or online. Talk without shyness. People won't care how you speak. They understand that you are a foreigner, as long as they understand you. They may even acknowledge your progress in their language and compliment you. However, always be prepared for criticism of your speaking skills. If you have the will to speak, you will gain an interesting interlocutor to consolidate your knowledge. Everyone is strewn with mistakes - don't be afraid to learn from them. As the Latin wisdom says, "walk and thou shalt not go astray". In the book "Polyglot Notes" by Yuriy Ivantsiv an entire chapter is devoted to the development of spoken language. Here you will find many useful tips and each student can choose a technique that suits him or her best! I wish you all the best of luck in your language learning!
Thank you so much! I'm so excited to start learning Swedish 🇸🇪
Tack! I am currently A2, and I need a grammar book. Now I know which one to choose!
När jag pluggar svenska jag går till mitt biblioteken och jag studerar från en bok kallat Colloquial Swedish. Jag skulle vilja köper en bok för att studerar men jag tror det är lite svårt att göra men tack för den har video, tack so mycket.
Great Video.
The last two books are almost impossible to find here in the US snd most online bookstores in Sweden will not ship to the US, so a little frustrating. I did buy the book that your wrote and it’s excellent!!
I know! So annoying....!
Oh wow, thank you very much! And hopefully speak soon maybe on Skype/Zoom...? :)
I was able to order some Swedish books by contacting the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis. They were very helpful!
hej, I finished form i fokus A mostly because you recommended it in this video. it's a great resource. onto form i fokus B! best wishes
I finished form I fokus b, it’s a great resource, looking forward to form I fokus c!
The "Teach Yourself" Swedish range seems to get updated with a new book every few years. I've got editions from 1996, 2004, 2010, 2013 and yours from 2018. Do you think you'll be doing a new updated one again in the near future? Also, if someone wants to watch Swedish language films without subtitles, what level of Swedish do you think they'd need to reach, and which book in the range (Complete Swedish, Swedish Tutor, enjoy Swedish) would get them up to that level?
Hej! The ones from before 2018 are essentially the same book, just minor updates (typos etc). Mine from 2018 is an entirely different book, written from scratch. Mine will be updated at some point in the future too, but I don't know when. Re level to reach to watch films/TV without subtitles, it very much depends on the topic matter. But I'd say probably B2/C1-level (CEFR scale). Hope this helps!
Thank you for your book recommendations. Would you recommend any easy or adaptive reading books for beginners with well-recorded narratives?
How about this one? www.amazon.co.uk/Short-Stories-Swedish-Beginners-vocabulary-ebook/dp/B07R7QPR35
Very helpful!
Thanks Ms. From Vietnamese love - Jacqueline🥰🥰😇😇
Amazing video!! I'm very interested in Scandinavian languages and I've been researching about Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish. However, I can not decide between Norwegian and Swedish. Which one would you consider the most influential or practical in terms of having access to the Scandinavian culture in general? Thank you very much!
Hello, I speak Swedish as a second language and have done for about 30 years. I have travelled regularly around Norway and Denmark. Generally with Swedish you can understand most Norwegians in conversation. Not sure if Nynorsk or Bokmål makes a difference. Written Norwegian is actually a little more difficult than written Danish, written Danish is quite easy for a Swedish speaker to understand. Spoken Danish on the other hand is very difficult to understand, they seem to swallow and abbreviate words so it sounds like they are only saying half the word which makes it quite a challenge. I generally use English in Copenhagen unless doing basics like ordering coffee, beers and general pleasantries. There are more Swedish speakers than Norwegian or Danish so at a basic level it makes sense to learn Swedish for that reason alone. Good luck!
Thank you very much for your comment! I've chosen Swedish. For now I'll focus on it and forget about the other Scandinavian languages. @@2foleyquarry
Thanks a lot for the info!
As a fellow Swedish teacher I wish they would update Form i Fokus with a bit more modern vocabulary. They use words like ehuru, telefonkiosk and herr och fru which are extremely outdated. Otherwise they are great books for students that need "mängdträning". :)
100% agree, some words are uncommon, outdated and sometimes even slightly problematic. But overall I think it's fab. I don't know any other resource that gives students so much material with which to practice.
In terms of ethnic makeup, I’m more Swede than anything else (and I’m a lot of things). That said, I’m proud of my Swedish heritage, and regret that my great grandparents never taught my grandma how to speak (she said they would speak Swedish when they didn’t want her or her sister to understand what they were talking about haha!) I just ordered your Complete Swedish book, as I really need coaching with pronunciation. One book I’ve been studying, which I love, is Essentials of Swedish Grammar by Åke Viberg (and others) - wonderful and comprehensive. Thanks for this video and info!
Excellent video! I have some Swedish ancestors from a couple of generations ago in my family and am interested in learning the language! I'd love nothing more than to holiday to Sweden and be able to hold conversations with the locals.
Quick question about the 'form I fokus' books. Are they in English or is all of the text in Swedish? I'm starting out from scratch so I don't want to order the wrong book😅If they do include English text, where can I order them from? Thanks for your help in advance
Hej! Oh thank you so much for your comment! Form i fokus is all in Swedish, so if you're starting from scratch I would instead recommend the Teach Yourself Complete Swedish book, as it has all the instructions and grammar explanations in English. You can dig into Form i fokus later, when you've reached more of a beginners+/intermediate level. Also, do check out our website swedishmadeeasy.com as we have a lot of useful resources there! Best of luck and let me know how you get on! /Anneli x
@@swedishmadeeasy Thank you very much for your reply Anneli! Ah right, I see. Oh excellent, I shall purchase a copy of the complete Swedish book and have a look at your website! Thank you very much and I will certainly keep you updated on my progress😊Tack så mycket!
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
"I love your books"
What book/books should I get after I am done with complete Swedish?
Hi, as a fluent speaker of german and kinda fluent speaker of dutch with some experience on swedish with assimil would you reccomend directly rivstart for b1-b2 or teach yourself or something else? Thanks for the cool video. :)
Aw thanks! I'd say you'd still need to start from the beginning, that would be my recommendation. Yes, you'd get some vocab and some aspects of the grammar 'for free', as you're German, but there are some vocab that's not Germanic (Old Norse), and above all - you need to learn the pronunciation from scratch (very different from German). Although if you've done some Swedish already, then maybe Teach Yourself would be good (it starts from the beginning but very quickly moves to a higher level, so that could be perfect). Bear in mind that Rivstart doesn't have any English instructions at all. I'd also recommend you to have a look at our pronunciation courses - swedish-made-easy.teachable.com/p/swedish-vowels-bundle and swedish-made-easy.teachable.com/p/speak-like-a-swede Hope this helps!
@@swedishmadeeasy Yes I would say that pronunciation is the biggest challenge of all since it is quite different. I will check the courses out for sure. Thanks for the tips.
By the way I am Greek, not German xD. Have a great week.
I'm struggling to find the "se upp" book as well as the more advanced book on your series after "Complete Swedish.". Can you offer any advice?
Where do you live? If you live in the EU, I think you can order 'Se upp' from bokus.com.
In terms of more advanced books, what are you after? More grammar? A course book? Or general reading?
@@swedishmadeeasy Thank you! Through bonus.com I have found both "Avancera Ord" and "Se Upp.". Unfortunately, I still cannot find Haake's book, "Enjoy Swedish.". We live in the US & bokus.com will not so here. So, or plan is to have a colleague purchase those books for us and we'll pick them up in October.
@@EV4UTube Enjoy Swedish has not actually been written yet!! I don't know why it's listed on Amazon already, it makes it very confusing. But take it from me, it's not written yet (and I would know, as I'm the author ;) ).
@@EV4UTube I think the idea of having someone picking up the books for you is a good one. I know it's difficult to get hold of some of these if you're in the States, as bokus doesn't deliver outside of EU. Very annoying...
excellent video! thank u
What do you think of Linguaphone for Swedish?
I'm not familiar with that one, sorry!
Where are you from? How do you sound native British and native Swedish? 😲
I'm from Stockholm, but I have a British husband. :)
@@swedishmadeeasy Your English pronunciation is impeccable! I thought you must have had one English and one Swedish parent!
@@TheSoundsInside Aw thank you! Nope, all Swedish. :) But I do love pronunciation and the musical elements of language.
@@swedishmadeeasy It really shows! :) Your English skill and pronunciation has inspired to work harder to improve my Swedish.
Thanks
It would’ve been nice to see inside and know WHY you think they’re good or not.
Good idea! Will do another one to show some insides too. Thanks!
Are these available in library?
I guess it depends on the library. Best thing to do is to ask them.
Thank you, great vlog for books about language , can you plz inbox me as i am looking for an online teacher for Swedish language. I am a physician doctor planning to move to Sweden in future.
Hej! Go to our website swedishmadeeasy.com and find out more about lessons with us.
Bra
Thank you for the information,
Teach yourself complete swedish i brought it and for beginner like me i also like the mål1 and its ovningar as well.
Jag lär mig detta språk för Herr mannelig.