How to say Ä in Swedish - Swedish vowel pronunciation Ä 🇸🇪 | Learn Swedish in a Fun Way!
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Swedish pronunciation is tricky. Today we are talking about one of the special Swedish vowels. The Ä. And how to pronounce it.
In this video we will do a quick run through how to think about Swedish pronunciation, for the Ä. And what are the main mistakes you are going to want to avoid when speaking Swedish and using this letter.
Somehow, SFI rarely focusses on pronunciation. Which we think is THE most important thing to be able to communicate in Swedish.
Mostly because Swedes are not very good at understanding "broken" Swedish.
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@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
What video should we do next?
@kurtph6286 3 жыл бұрын
If I am not mistaken, there are phrase verbals in swedish or 'partikelverb' as I saw once. You could teach to us the most and frequently verbs used in swedish, like "Tycker om", "hålla på". Or you could also teach how to use this verb and still a noun: "Får" That is just my suggestions that I think is important :v
@nodz4014 3 жыл бұрын
Svensk Jullåtar 🙃
@dianysierra 3 жыл бұрын
Fortsätt med uttalet, det är jätteviktig att ha ett bra uttal
@davidsaezbel 3 жыл бұрын
Prepositions, a few only
@xfelipepereira 3 жыл бұрын
En och ett ord
@shorin5384 2 жыл бұрын
I love the Swedish accent. It's relaxing for some reason.
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it!
@Azam_Lahore 3 ай бұрын
Its good explanation with gestures. Thank you.
@FunSwedish 3 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@Thisiskoko104 11 ай бұрын
This is incredible, im only a few days into learning swedish on my own and this is so unbelievably helpful in knowing how to move my mouth to get these sounds to come out right.
@FunSwedish 11 ай бұрын
Happy to help!
@sarasantiagopires 3 жыл бұрын
Jättebra video som vanligt :) tack!
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
😍
@josebolivar8499 Жыл бұрын
Jätteutmärkt, underhållande och mycket tydlig förklaring!. Det är mycket bra att du tog dig tillräckligt med tid, tålmodigt, lugnt, mes mycket humor 👍🏼, utan brådska. Det är den bästa fonetiska förklaringen jag har någonsin hört i mitt liv. Jag ser fram emot många fler videos som denna. Tack så mycket!
@yide7780 2 жыл бұрын
Jag tycker om dina filmer som det lär mig mycket, tack!
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
Varsågod
@MARCIO-BAUM 2 жыл бұрын
It is like Chris KLÄFFORD... My favorite artist!
@AmelieMews 2 жыл бұрын
Just discovered you channel and I already love it 😍 Suscribed!!
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
Yay! 😍Thank you for subscribing!
@almarosalujangonzalez7237 6 ай бұрын
Tack
@casuallyswedishyourswedish4303 3 жыл бұрын
Super helpful!
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@SpiritMirrors Жыл бұрын
Dina videor är de bästa. Du är underhållande och hjälpsam 😂😁
@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын
Tack så mycket ❤ Vad glada vi blir att läsa din kommentar!
@aylinmatin4505 Жыл бұрын
You are amazing!!! thank you so so much! Love youuuuu
@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын
You're so welcome! Happy to help!
@Yohann_Rechter_De-Farge 3 ай бұрын
Tack 🌹🌷🌺
@wandering_tales71 Жыл бұрын
This is so much fun to learn like this and looks more easy to learn.
@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын
So happy to hear that! 😍
@mcgibs 2 жыл бұрын
A trick I came up with to remember the varieties of Ä as an English speaker is the phrase "Babar Egg", visualized as "Bäbar Ägg". Babar, as in the cartoon elephant character. In English his name is pronounced Bäbar. It contains both the Ä sound and the regular A sound. The second word, Egg/Ägg, has the double consonant.
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a great way of remembering it! Those small tricks really help!
@jessiehermit9503 Жыл бұрын
Which country are you from? I'm from America, and I don't pronounce it that way. Speaking the Spanish vowels is mostly easy, and on Duolingo I nearly always get that right. But, the Swedish word "är," or anything that has that "ä" in it... 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Wish me luck. So hard. Also, "å" is tricky, but easier for me, like "går," but I don't think I even hear a difference between that and "gör" at all. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@sapphoenixthefirebird5063 Жыл бұрын
English has both /ɑ/ and /æ/, even though we don't write /æ/ with Ä. Also, it is distinguished from /ɛ/. A trio of words that help illustrate this are "mess", "mass", and "Mars" (pronounced /mɛs mæs mɑz/) It always makes me giggle a bit inside when I see Ä replacing A's, such as "BÄDÄSS" because the Ä is pronounced similarly to the A in "trap"!
@88marome 3 ай бұрын
mass, bad, ass all have an Ä-sound. To me trap sounds more like it’s in between the Swedish A and Ä though.
@FMEEvangelist Жыл бұрын
Aaaah! Now I understand. Thank you.
@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын
Happy to help!
@sofiiasymonova8263 2 жыл бұрын
You are amazing!!
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😍
@shahzadanjum2646 3 жыл бұрын
Good sir g
@farnchinoboccia4193 3 жыл бұрын
Brava 👍
@Collins1dan 2 жыл бұрын
Brillaint Lesson. Thank you!
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
Happy to hear that!
@rajnidubey6879 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! You are the best! 😀🙏
@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын
😍😍😍
@rajnidubey6879 Жыл бұрын
@@FunSwedish I am a new SFI student and hope i can get more help from you in future. 😊 It's a really fun and interactive way to learn, thanks!
@davidbandini3484 3 жыл бұрын
Tack så mycket för videon Grazie tante :)
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
Prego!
@kmiasterski 2 жыл бұрын
You are great!!!!
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@sarasara.se.1989 Жыл бұрын
thank you so much … i just start learn from your videos.. really helpfull
@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын
Happy to help!
@katherineellis8234 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! How much hard work you put in this video is everything to me! It's very helpful ^^ And it means a lot. It's more interesting than every swedish course i took in extra class, keep going, you did splendid ^^
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
Aw, you are so sweet. Thank you for all your kind words. It really makes us happy 😍
@katherineellis8234 2 жыл бұрын
@@FunSwedish im glad to hear that you're happy^^ thanks lovely! English is the language i have to study harder (since im a non-english speaker from asia ^^) but your sharing makes my way to beautiful swedish more interesting, im just saying truth!! Hope it is helpful :D
@martazold1790 10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for your video, it really helpes me a lot! I will see rest of them You are very talented teacher!
@FunSwedish 10 ай бұрын
Glad to hear that!
@egyptnature5305 3 жыл бұрын
Iam learning Swedish this time It's really amazing 😍😍 From Egypt 🇪🇬 Make a video about numbers pllllz
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
Will do soon!
@danilosantabarbara2760 3 жыл бұрын
I really love your videos. Funny and effective at the same time! Swedish pronunciaton kills me though 🤣
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! With a bit of patience and practice you will be able to do it! 😁
@jessiehermit9503 Жыл бұрын
@@FunSwedish Why are there so many vowels?! 😫 😂😂😂😂
@manalalalami9372 3 жыл бұрын
it s really helpful !! thank you so much it will be great if you make a video talking about some ways or tips to imrpove swedish langague as beginner it will help us the most to not feel lost cause it s a really hard and great langague to learn u re the best !!
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
Great suggestion!
@kibrom9667 Жыл бұрын
My favourite teacher ❤🙏
@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын
😍
@saumalyasarkar7685 3 жыл бұрын
perfekt !!!
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
😁
@dianysierra 3 жыл бұрын
Jag älskar dessa videor om uttal, det är jätteviktig att säger vokaler bra, att ha bra prosodi, så tack så mycket 😉🤩
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
😍
@xfelipepereira 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome videos! Can you explain when to use tidigare and innan?
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
Sure thing! Good idea.
@telia5g222 Жыл бұрын
Ty
@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын
😊
@user-nr6eg2ik5d 9 ай бұрын
Thanks very much, especially for the Stockholm accent part. It answers my confusion😊 one more question, how ä pronounced in word säg?
@KhpalwatanTV Жыл бұрын
The best way of teaching Swedish,
@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын
Tack!
@footyfan101ful 3 жыл бұрын
Could you please do a video on greetings and phrases such as hello, goodbye, thank you.
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
Yes we can! We do have one video in our channel with 10 different ways of saying hi :D That might be a first step.
@adamraelson8010 8 ай бұрын
What about “välkommen”? Is the ä long because it’s really “väl+kommen” or is it short because the “lk” changes the ä?
@raziasultana415 3 жыл бұрын
Ohh I love this video. Fun way to explain.. but I just realised what about the short vowel in Älskar.. it's short 🤭
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! 😃 What about älskar? Do you think it doesn't sound like the short version? 🤔
@EnglishwithNaja 3 жыл бұрын
If you ask me...everything 🤭😄😄 I need Swedish so I am following your videos ( you're my favorite Swedish teacher 🌹).
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you! 😍
@lucielou7745 2 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was more of an "eh" sound like in älskar
@michaelohanlan5040 7 ай бұрын
How do you separate "e" from "ä" especially the short versions. After living in Stockholm, my "e" and "ä" virtually merged together. Is the short "e" and "ä" different in "hög-svenska" or are they the same? You touched on it, but I would love to see more focus on it. Tack ska du ha!
@kurtph6286 3 жыл бұрын
For Brazilians, this letter has the same pronunciation as "É".
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Good to know :D
@NkoDmtryPoletv Жыл бұрын
I am have now. 😂 That one made me laugh. Like any Swedish will say "what? What does that even mean?" Lol.
@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын
😁😁
@kmiasterski 2 жыл бұрын
Du er kjmpe bra!!!
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
😊
@mariak2698 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, Is å similar in pronunciation to /æ/ in English, especially the American English accent of /æ/? Thank you.
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
For long forms: Å is /oː/ Ä is /æ/ (even though there are other dialects)
@paulingvar 11 ай бұрын
The sounds exist in English. I can find it hard to explain why we have the short Ä since that could as well be a short E. Example : Sw. ägg/egg ( = egg, edge). Maybe to seperate the words in writing?
@abhisheknagchoudhury7973 3 жыл бұрын
Not only for Swedes but we Bengalis also have the similar sounds, i.e A and Ah.🙂
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
Oh! Interesting! Then it will be easier for you to learn Swedish.
@marox79 2 жыл бұрын
Que la pronunciación sea tan diferente hasta dentro del mismo Estocolmo es para hacerse el harakiri. Is that why I understood Norwegians in Norway better than Stockholmers? And I’m more familiar with Skånska, which deserves a video on its own.
@tiagorocha3378 Жыл бұрын
Hi. In the example you gave of “Jag är här nu” you’ve read it as “jag er här nu”. And I’ve heard people saying är and also er. Which confuses me that I’m trying to learn ahah Can you please explain that?
@Aragorn430 7 ай бұрын
In most language theres 2 ways to say each vowel. All vowels have at least two pronunciations: a long sound and a short sound. A long vowel is the name of the vowel (for example, long “a” is “ay” like in the word “say”). A short vowel is a shorter sound (for example, short “a” sounds like “æ” from the word “cat”). So you just heard the other pronunciation of ä in swedish, which she does explain in the video
@---un5mt 2 жыл бұрын
Is the long ä ("bär") sound the same as the short a ("glass") sound? They sound the same to me.
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting. For me no but they are a little bit similar. But you open more your mouth when you say "ä" and put mor down your jaw when you say "a" in glass.
@musicalmarion 2 жыл бұрын
hysterical
@Unknowledgeable1 Жыл бұрын
Ä is like the "a" in "alligator". This is how I remember it. Would this be correct?
@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын
British accent or american? 🤔
@watchmakerful 9 ай бұрын
For me it's exactly the same as A [æ] in English "bat".
@Minniemusic97 19 күн бұрын
Same !
@jorgeharrisonn8325 2 жыл бұрын
Ä sounds a lot like portuguese Á. Except that portuguese vowels are constant
@kuirivito 2 жыл бұрын
I only have a problem distinguishing between man, män, and men
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, those are tricky!
@aylinmatin4505 Жыл бұрын
How do you say: Äter Long form or short form?
@FunSwedish Жыл бұрын
Äter is loooong form. Becuase the Ä is only followed by 1 consonant. And 1 consonant is not strong enough to stop a vowel 😁
@aylinmatin4505 Жыл бұрын
@@FunSwedish ohh thank u so much 😍😍😍
@josebolivar8499 Жыл бұрын
@@FunSwedish nice answer! 🎯
@josebolivar8499 Жыл бұрын
@@FunSwedish so clear!
@miriammorales1990 3 жыл бұрын
La pronunciación sueca es tan difícil para un hispanohablante 😫😭. Tengo un año viviendo en Suecia y aún no he podido tomar un curso de sueco.
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
Es cierto, es difícil pero se puede :) Ya estas tomando el paso más importante que es ver a las vocales suecas como diferentes a las vocales del español :D
@jessiehermit9503 Жыл бұрын
@@FunSwedish ¿Habla español tambien?
@hardcoreaddict6060 11 ай бұрын
@@jessiehermit9503 She's both Swedish and Spanish :)
@MeezyPlayz 3 жыл бұрын
tldr, pronounced like gas without g and s
@mzatalay 3 жыл бұрын
🚀🚀🚀
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
😁
@laurenleggett6846 2 жыл бұрын
Do you teach Swedish as a profession?
@FunSwedish 2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Check out our Swedish courses here: elansutbildning.teachable.com/ 🙂
@SaturnineXTS Жыл бұрын
Hmmmm, I always personally thought that "Ä" only sounded like "Æ" only before "r", not before any single consonant. Google Translate seems to corroborate that!
@alfredrothmuller8833 6 ай бұрын
The long vowel Ä is too much for my head. My head is just buzzing. So I'm going to completely change my breakfast. Apple and egg instead of pear and berry. It doesn't taste so good, but I don't get as much of a headache. 🤣😂😁😄OK, I understand, swedish Ä has nothing to do with German Ä. Thanx a lot.
@FunSwedish 6 ай бұрын
Hahaha, great startegy 😂 Good luck with the Ä. I am sure you will be able to say it soon!
@elenazhirkova261 2 жыл бұрын
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
@mab3900 3 жыл бұрын
kanske var jag förvirrad av bokstaven Ä för att jag har Stockholm accenten 😅
@FunSwedish 3 жыл бұрын
😅😁
@1likemyself 3 жыл бұрын
I really really like this but it isn't without flaws. An exampel; the most of the swedes don't pronounce "är" as "är". It's mostly pronounced "e" or "ä". Me coming from Skåne (the southern part of Sweden) pronounce "är" as "e" but with a completely other sound than the "e" in Stockholm. It's mutual understandable, no problem, but don't try to invent a new pronunciation. We are very vowel senstive. Broken swedish with wrong vowels is awkward to understand, if it is understandable at all.
@fashionstylerrique7112 2 жыл бұрын
You are funny my darling oooopssss sorry my mistake forgive mi please okay by you?
@perhammarstrom4559 2 жыл бұрын
Äääh... I don't care!
@dinalyntacras1715 2 жыл бұрын
No
@dinalyntacras1715 2 жыл бұрын
It good no I do not care
@svenskaboi67 9 ай бұрын
Sort of like bar and bad in English.
@vamsikrishnareddyariga6744 9 ай бұрын
I have a doubt. Why K in IKEA doesn't sound SH instead sound K? Vowel after K sounds SH right?
@FunSwedish 9 ай бұрын
Great question! Becasue IKEA is an abbreviation Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd. The name of the founder and the place where he was born. Abbreviations can break the normal rule.
@vamsikrishnareddyariga6744 9 ай бұрын
@@FunSwedish Tack så mycket. Jag tycker om dina videos. Along with language, I am learning Swedish culture.
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