The word gubbe actually means a small lump (in certain dialects it is still used with its original meaning, even though most misuse the term as slang when referring to ppl, but such terms cannot be misused when referring to ppl, and should only be used for lumps and strawberries etc) and the small lumps sort of look like the dots or spots on the strawberries from a distance or maybe they are considered lumps of the strawberries or the strawberries themselves might have been considered small lumps because they kinda look like a small red lump, so that’s why strawberries were called jordgubbar!
I find Swedish so fascinating because I can see links to German and old English/Scots. ‘Öl’ is ‘oil’ in German, though, which is confusing. ‘Strawberries’ in German are ‘Erdbeeren’ or ‘earth-berries’.
Kanon! Som en tysk undervisar jag ett svenska kurs för nybörjare i Tyskland. Jag ska visa de den här videon (och de andra så klart) som läxa. Bra gjort.
I have never dealt with Swedish until recently, but as I am English and speak German, it does not seem difficult at all. And the suffiixed article is OK because I speak Romanian, which has the same feature. I shall continue! Thanks for the videos, by the way.
These are amazing lessons. I'm transitioning from beginner to intermediate learning for my trip to midsummer festival to see my friend Oscar in fagerhult :)!
Hi, Erik. I 've started learning Swedish not long time ago, and I want to ask you a few questions about it.First, what is the difference between words talar and prata.Second, it is about are doing and do, Is that the same word to both of them?And the last one, what films would you recommend to watch on Swedish.Thank you for whats you are doing.
I don't think there is any real difference between "att tala" and "att prata,' but I could be wrong. Erik? Also, Swedish uses the simple present for both "am/are/is doing" and "do/does." Both would be translated as "gör." I hope this helps answer your questions. :)
I myself never use tala, it sounds antique. I say "jag pratar svenska" eller "jag kan svenska". We don't exactly have the English rule for speak/talk. Lee who answered you is correct about do/doing. I like a classic Swedish comedy movie, "Jönssonligan". My French friend likes a series called "Äkta människor" (real humans). You're welcome!
I would say that "tala" is more formal than "prata". "Tala" sounds like someone making a speech in front of an audience, whereas "prata" is more like a general chat.
Also, if you want to say "tell me what has happened", then the Swedish phrase for that is "tala om för mig vad som har hänt". You can NOT say "prata om för mig vad som har hänt", that sounds weird, and probably grammatically incorrect as well. There are some very subtle differences like that.
In swedish , Most of the letters that are written in the words are not pronounced in conversation, but you pronounce them. Isn't it better that you also teach the same colloquial language? we need to learn the language of street conversation. thank you dear 🎉🎉❤❤
hej! tack så mycket für alla videos! i Google translation I see "ses snart" instead of vi ses!... but I prefer listening to you! do you know the other Swedish youtube "Katrin Berndt" she does also video på svenska :)
I've read the color blue as both, Bla and blatt. (Sorry for the misspelling.) But I think you know what I mean. But what are the differences. In words like that it becomes difficult to make sense of the usage.
+Beenason92 Hopefully I will soon make a video about that. It is not very complicated. For example, in this video I say the color green, grön, but i say green grass, grönt gräs. I have added a t, and that´s the case with blå and blått. In Lesson 4 I have explained that you put either "en" in front of nouns or "ett". If en is used you say blå. En blå boll. if ett is used, ett blått hus. Ett gräs, ett grönt gräs.
It might be worth pointing out that "Hur är läget?" literally means "How is the situation?". Also, the phrases "Vad heter du?" and "Jag heter Erik" are equivalent to the German "Wie heißt du?" and "Ich heiße Erik" --- except that "Vad?" is actually the English word "What?".
The reason why it looks like "vattnet" instead of the expected "vattenet" is probably because "vattnet" is easier to say. There are other words that do that as well, like for example "a window" means "ett fönster", so you might expect "the window" to become "fönsteret", but it's actually "fönstret". Basically, if a Swedish word is very awkward to say in the definite form, then it has probably been simplified a bit like that.
The "e" has been excluded over time. However, some southern dialects keep the 'e' in definite form, so long as there is no plural e.g. "nyckelen" (the key), and "fönsteret" (the window). Northern dialects aren't as conservative and may simplify words even further, for example "båt'n" (the boat), "hund'n" (the dog), or "katt'n" (the cat). A rule of thumb is that the amount of syllables increase further south and decrease further north. Above the arctic circle there seldom more than 2 syllables per word. :)
Is it just me or the 'a' in 'jag' and other words sounds like an 'o'? And how do you pronounce the 'j' in 'jag', is it like in the English word 'jet' or as in 'yet'?
I have a summer house close to the Norwegian border in central Sweden, and that's a very beautiful place - it's far away from civilisation and it's basically a forest with other small summer houses here and there, and maybe 100 feet down a light slope there is a lake, and lots of forests next to it. It's impossible to feel stressed out there, it's incredibly peaceful and it feels completely safe. I don't think I have ever heard of any trouble there at all, except possibly some fights at various parties that are sometimes arranged there, but other than that it's amazing how peaceful it is. Basically, imagine that you lived in Hobbiton in the "Lord Of The Rings" books, and you stepped outside in the early morning, and there were trees everywhere. That's more or less what it feels like.
You make learning swedish way funnier!
+torsora That´s what I´m aiming for!
not just funnier. I think I'll remember the words from this video much better than average words for some reason ;)
The word gubbe actually means a small lump (in certain dialects it is still used with its original meaning, even though most misuse the term as slang when referring to ppl, but such terms cannot be misused when referring to ppl, and should only be used for lumps and strawberries etc) and the small lumps sort of look like the dots or spots on the strawberries from a distance or maybe they are considered lumps of the strawberries or the strawberries themselves might have been considered small lumps because they kinda look like a small red lump, so that’s why strawberries were called jordgubbar!
Ha ha ha))This is the best way to learn Swedish! Thank you Erik!
A handsome lad teaching Swedish is a great bonus..
I really enjoy your videos! Great introduction to Swedish! 💙💛🇸🇪
I already love Swedish but having a cute guy teach it really helps haha
yaaas
You are so funny and motivating :) I am starting off swedish right away with you :)
These videos are helping me so much! Tack
It's the best Swedish course I've even seen! Great!!!
You are god really
I never saw a person teach Swedish in that easy funny way
I hope you keep doing videos. You are helping me a lot!!!
Now I want to try those "kanelbulle"! :)
Tjena! Jag hoppas att du kan gör mer video som den här . Vi ses i nästa gången!
You are so funny! Beautiful video. Ha det sa bra Erik!
shit, toasts can speak
Vad trevligt Erik, tack så mycket!!
These videos are soooo good! and so funny and full of learning! And you so cuuuute! takk takk takk :)
This is so awesome, makes me feel Sweden! I love you :D
Tack så mycket dude, you are taking me trough en amazing new language. When you speak it seems a music ♥
Nice ;)
Thanks to you i improved so much tack så mycket from Paraguay 🇵🇾🤹♀️
I find Swedish so fascinating because I can see links to German and old English/Scots. ‘Öl’ is ‘oil’ in German, though, which is confusing.
‘Strawberries’ in German are ‘Erdbeeren’ or ‘earth-berries’.
great! your twin brother is as cool as you are haha thanks for the videos bro.
Haha! You're welcome!
hi...I really love the way you teach Swedish....It will help me much when I visit Sweden Again....for ur know...I love sweden..its nice country....
The strawberry part was perfect :D
so beautiful the country
Jag gillar den här videon tack för hjälpen mr Erik
So interesting and useful !! Thank you
Funny and helpful! I liked it!
Good job thank you so much Erik
This is amazing! Learning already! Good job.
Hej Erik! Thank you so much for these amazing lessons )
You're lovely )
Kanon! Som en tysk undervisar jag ett svenska kurs för nybörjare i Tyskland. Jag ska visa de den här videon (och de andra så klart) som läxa. Bra gjort.
+Carsten Buchwåld Ja, gör det! Tack! Lycka till med undervisningen!
learning in action is the way teacher needs and the students
Nice video! I ve started to learn swedish thanks to you ! But pronounciation is haaaard :).
another nice lesson!
I have never dealt with Swedish until recently, but as I am English and speak German, it does not seem difficult at all. And the suffiixed article is OK because I speak Romanian, which has the same feature. I shall continue! Thanks for the videos, by the way.
Interesting to hear about the connections! Good luck.
These are amazing lessons. I'm transitioning from beginner to intermediate learning for my trip to midsummer festival to see my friend Oscar in fagerhult :)!
Thank you! Hope your midsommar was good!
Jag älskar den här videon! Bra jobbet. :)
Tack!
Perfect !
Hope the course can be accordingly to the book * comprehensive grammar, Swedish
hi Erik, please tell me about this cameras definition please. its perfect!
OMG that’s soooo funny! You made my day))
Tack Erik ha det så bra
Best yet helpful!
I love it!:-)
Omg you are so cute!
Plz can u introduce some swedish learning app in ur way.....its fun to learn
your a legend, cheers dude!
thanks for this nice videos
Good job :)))
Tjena! bro du är bästa
I love this song. Is there anyone can tell me the name of this song？Thanks!
Hej Erik. Jag har en fråga. Var är du i det har video? Var i Sverige? Det är väldigt vacker! (I hope you can understand my not-so-good Swedish)
Hi, Erik. I 've started learning Swedish not long time ago, and I want to ask you a few questions about it.First, what is the difference between words talar and prata.Second, it is about are doing and do, Is that the same word to both of them?And the last one, what films would you recommend to watch on Swedish.Thank you for whats you are doing.
I don't think there is any real difference between "att tala" and "att prata,' but I could be wrong. Erik?
Also, Swedish uses the simple present for both "am/are/is doing" and "do/does." Both would be translated as "gör."
I hope this helps answer your questions. :)
I myself never use tala, it sounds antique. I say "jag pratar svenska" eller "jag kan svenska". We don't exactly have the English rule for speak/talk.
Lee who answered you is correct about do/doing.
I like a classic Swedish comedy movie, "Jönssonligan". My French friend likes a series called "Äkta människor" (real humans).
You're welcome!
Hej då, Erik! Ska du göra flera svenska video?
I would say that "tala" is more formal than "prata".
"Tala" sounds like someone making a speech in front of an audience, whereas "prata" is more like a general chat.
Also, if you want to say "tell me what has happened", then the Swedish phrase for that is "tala om för mig vad som har hänt".
You can NOT say "prata om för mig vad som har hänt", that sounds weird, and probably grammatically incorrect as well.
There are some very subtle differences like that.
In swedish , Most of the letters that are written in the words are not pronounced in conversation, but you pronounce them. Isn't it better that you also teach the same colloquial language? we need to learn the language of street conversation. thank you dear 🎉🎉❤❤
This is great! M
Jag tycket om :))) God natt
May I know the title of the song starting 2:58. Tack så mycket.
+Ryan Corneta
It´s called "Barfotavisan", a quite old but popular Swedish song.
Erik Edler Tack Erik, ^^
Can I get the link for this song about barfota? with lyrics of course
Du är skön kille ❤️
You have a twin brother! I thought you are just kidding……
He was. Erik does have a brother, but they're not twins.
Where is it? Looks like Uppsala a little bit :)
omg i thouht you were kidding ahha you really do have a twin brother!
Fikar = a snack , a nibble between main meals?
thanks man :)
tack Erik
Is it right if i use 'Jag pluggar en bok?' Hope u reply it...thx in advance.
Do you pronounce the swedish u as üv? Güvl and brüvn?
tack för läxor! :)
hej! tack så mycket für alla videos!
i Google translation I see "ses snart" instead of vi ses!...
but I prefer listening to you!
do you know the other Swedish youtube "Katrin Berndt" she does also video på svenska :)
Dude, your canines are *sharp*! Are all Swedes vampires?
Tar ni "semester" som varar 6 månader i Sverige? ;)
Thank you
I've read the color blue as both, Bla and blatt. (Sorry for the misspelling.) But I think you know what I mean. But what are the differences. In words like that it becomes difficult to make sense of the usage.
+Beenason92 Hopefully I will soon make a video about that. It is not very complicated. For example, in this video I say the color green, grön, but i say green grass, grönt gräs. I have added a t, and that´s the case with blå and blått.
In Lesson 4 I have explained that you put either "en" in front of nouns or "ett". If en is used you say blå. En blå boll. if ett is used, ett blått hus. Ett gräs, ett grönt gräs.
Oh nice! Thanks Erik, I really appreciate the feedback man. Keep up the great work! :)
+Beenason92
If you haven't seen it, I've now uploaded a video about this, lesson 7.
saft - love that
How u make kanelbulle
It might be worth pointing out that "Hur är läget?" literally means "How is the situation?".
Also, the phrases "Vad heter du?" and "Jag heter Erik" are equivalent to the German "Wie heißt du?" and "Ich heiße Erik" --- except that "Vad?" is actually the English word "What?".
for the exampled sentence jump into "the" water, in swedish, was that expressed as the suffix -et?
Yes, "the" is added to the end of the word. So for example, "Hunden" is the dog, "Hundarna" is the dogs
The reason why it looks like "vattnet" instead of the expected "vattenet" is probably because "vattnet" is easier to say.
There are other words that do that as well, like for example "a window" means "ett fönster", so you might expect "the window" to become "fönsteret", but it's actually "fönstret".
Basically, if a Swedish word is very awkward to say in the definite form, then it has probably been simplified a bit like that.
The "e" has been excluded over time. However, some southern dialects keep the 'e' in definite form, so long as there is no plural e.g. "nyckelen" (the key), and "fönsteret" (the window).
Northern dialects aren't as conservative and may simplify words even further, for example "båt'n" (the boat), "hund'n" (the dog), or "katt'n" (the cat).
A rule of thumb is that the amount of syllables increase further south and decrease further north. Above the arctic circle there seldom more than 2 syllables per word. :)
THANK YOU!!!! Its charming. Just speak a little slower , and repeat words. The fastes way I learned the language was by the Pimsleur metod.
This is so cute
Is it just me or the 'a' in 'jag' and other words sounds like an 'o'? And how do you pronounce the 'j' in 'jag', is it like in the English word 'jet' or as in 'yet'?
How you hear "jag" I can't help you with, but the j is pronounced like in yet.
Evviva la Fika!!
Är det verkligen två av er?
nice!!!
When "saft" means lemonade... so whats juice?
In german saft means juice
We call juice juice! But pronounce it "jos" if you get what I mean!
Ahhh okay thanks
ok, here in brazil, if were 22 degrees we would be on bed all day, because for us 22 degrees is too cold
Fika !!!
Var brukar du semestra? :)
hello handsome ! I d like to visit Sweden!
nice vedeo
tack
jätta kul!! gå vidare
I'm part swedish so I think it's only right I learn it lol
tack tack :)
Det är varmt i sommaren.
you're lovely 😍
tack!!
Semester in Spanish (Semestre) means 6 months :P
Fika=Merienda på Spanska.
Det är så soligt
0:36 USA kids FUKIN HELL NO
0:36 Swedish kids YEASSSSSS PLSSSS
sometimes i just wanna move in to one of these red houses by the lake and not give a fuck about the world at all.
Haha!
I have a summer house close to the Norwegian border in central Sweden, and that's a very beautiful place - it's far away from civilisation and it's basically a forest with other small summer houses here and there, and maybe 100 feet down a light slope there is a lake, and lots of forests next to it.
It's impossible to feel stressed out there, it's incredibly peaceful and it feels completely safe.
I don't think I have ever heard of any trouble there at all, except possibly some fights at various parties that are sometimes arranged there, but other than that it's amazing how peaceful it is.
Basically, imagine that you lived in Hobbiton in the "Lord Of The Rings" books, and you stepped outside in the early morning, and there were trees everywhere.
That's more or less what it feels like.
You are so beautiful