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)
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! 😁
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!
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?
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!
@@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.
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 😊
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 😊
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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)
Tack så mycket!
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Just wanted to know how to pronounce the town Ådalen.
Many Thanks
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! 😁
Just wanted to know how to pronounce Trådfri :)
Why sometimes 'ä' is pronounced like 'e'? Good videous by the way. Ha det så bra.
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!
So the long "A" sounds more like the English "O," while the short one like "A" (as in "father")?
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?
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!
@@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.
But how do we know when to use the short or long A , aslo thank you !!💕
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 😊
@@coffeebreaklanguages this is the same rule as English, no? Like in the words “baler” (bay-lur) vs “baller” (bah-lur)
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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?
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 😊
the a and the ä are never pronounced the same
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