I think Swedes must think English is so easy, having just one type of noun! However, I love that Swedish doesn't conjugate verbs! The funniest sentence I learnt is "får får får, farfar?" haha. Thanks Daniella.
@@MonikaMurphys Får = Sheep, and får = get, but we can say sheep gets sheep. But they dont Sheep gets Lambs. Så Farfar = Grandpa so, farfar needs to awnser the question. Sheep gets sheep, grandpa? "No, Sheep doesn't get sheeps, they get lambs.
I emigrated with my parents when I was 6 years old from Sweden to the States. My parents always spoke Swedish at home but I never paid attention to when they used ett or en. When I got older and went to visit Sweden I would always be shy that I would say it wrong, not that they would have minded. Your video explaining this has really been helpful. A big thank you 🇸🇪🤗
Jag håller på lära fyra barn här i USA att prata och skriva svenska. Jag är inte Svensk själv, men jag bodde där i tjugo år, nu bor jag i USA, men jag verkligen gillar din kanal, och det har varit väldigt hjälpsam för mig. Så jag tackar, Bill från Skottland.
I came here with my family from Sweden when I was little, and I grew up hearing Swedish all the time and I can speak it but I did always have a problem with ett and en this is great.
Yes, you are not alone. En/ett is hard for many people, even for those who have been speaking Swedish for years. There is no clear logic behind en/ett so it is very tricky!
Putting “en” or “ett” at the end of the words just opened a whole new world to me. 😁 When I started to go through the very basics of Swedish in DuoLingo, I kind of saw it works the same as English “a”, “an” and “the”, but as a Latvian by heart couldn’t really understand where this goes. 😅 In Latvian we also have divided nouns in two genders, so, in the beginning I thought maybe it’s that, but then again Wikipedia said, Swedish don’t do it the same way Latvian does. So, it’s kind of English way, but no. 😆 Also, was asking one of my Swedish friends how this thing works, and he said, he doesn’t know, it just works. 😃 But your way of explaining it surely works both ways and makes it more logical, not like it’s a random thing that just happens to a language, which surely has to have a certain system and rules like every other language. 👀 Thanks for that, will try to keep it in my mind! 🙌🏻 Edit: Also, isn’t it, like, ett or en might also depend on if a word starts with a vowel or consonant? I’m just guessing, trying to find my ways to look at the regular things I’ve noticed in the language so far, and I’ve seen pretty often already that, if in Swedish one word ends with a consonant and the next one starts with a consonant, the previous in the speach can disappear or it can change the next one in the pronounciation. I mean, this is a an art already, sorry for silly questions, I just saw the patterns in DuoLingo and since it wasn’t giving any explanations, I just follow the patterns. Usually they don’t let me do a mistake. 😅
Happy to hear you found the explanation helpful and logical 😁. Native speakers are often not aware of how and why they say the things they say. So it is hard for most Swedes to go into the details of grammar and structures. Ps: Not real good way of knowing if a word is en or ett just by looking at it 😅 The logic ends there 😅.
Teacher: i am going to divide nouns into ett and en. Me: to make it easier, right? Teacher smiling..... Me: to make it easier....right? Teacher continues to smile. As i understand most en words refer to people and animals with a few exceptions such as Ett barn, ett djur.
I started learning Swedish about three weeks ago! Mitt favoritord på svenska är 'sköldpadda'. It has a funny sound to it, and I was very pleasantly surprised to learn 'sköld' and 'padda' each translate to 'shield' and 'toad' respectively. I'm pretty sure it's an en word.
i love learning about how different languages grammar works, it’s like discovering a civilizations culture i never thought would be different. adding the en at the end of the word is such a cool idea and it makes so much sense for some reason.
Happy to hear you liked the video. I know, we are here to help when Duolingo doesn't- And if you ever want to learn more Swedish with us we have courses. Pre-recorde courses: elansutbildning.teachable.com/courses/ Live courses: elansutbildning.com/courses/
It is an En word! You could use this: folkets-lexikon.csc.kth.se/folkets/#lookup&dammsugare&1 Or this: svenska.se/tre/?sok=dammsugare&pz=8 To find out when in doubt 😁
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Hi, this video helps me differentiate between en-ord and ett-ord. Now it's more clearer for me. Learning a new language that requires taking time and practicing a lots. Tack så mycket.
I started doing Swedish on Duolingo a few months ago - I visited Gothenburg a couple of years ago and loved it, so decided to try learning Swedish so I could speak with the locals if I go back (a bit unnecessary, because everyone speaks such great English there). I’ve just found this channel, and it’s a great help. Makes a difference to hear an actual person speaking Swedish rather than AI. I speak some French - the ‘en / ett’ thing is just like ‘le / la’ in French. There’s no way to work it out. I wish I’d started learning Swedish sooner, and devoted as much time to Swedish as I have French over the years - as an Anglophone, I find Swedish easier than French, but I speak better French because of the time I’ve spent on it. Thank you for your help.
I'm French, and when I watched this video I immediately thought of how we have a similar issue in French with feminine and masculine words, just like you pointed out. There's no rule why one word should be one gender or another, you're just supposed to know it by heart. It really feels very random sometimes. Like when out of the blue they decided "covid" and "corona" should be feminine despite the fact that everyone had been using those words as masculine for months. It's ridiculous. Anyway, I'm finding that knowing French and (especially) English is making it easier for me to learn Swedish, as there are so many similarities. But also quite a few differences and challenges (like letters that are not pronounced AT ALL like you would expect--"chef" is probably the one that threw me off the most LOL). Still, I'm enjoying the journey. It's a cool language. My own favorite words so far are "vi ses" and "smörgås" and "behöver".
@@riczen6652 - merci. Je remarque qu’il y a des mots Suedois sont comme des mots Francais. Par exemple, ‘Roman’ (en Anglais, ‘novel’) ‘fenetre’ et ‘fonstret’, ‘parapluie’ et ‘paraply’, et ‘eleve’ est aussi un mot pour ‘student’ en Suedois. Peut-etre, il y a des autres, mais je ne les me souviens pas a ce moment.
@@williamdoonan736 Oui, pour moi celui que j'ai le plus retenu c'est "duschar" pour "se doucher" (to shower). Il y a aussi "dansar", mais là ça ressemble aussi à l'anglais ;)
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I have started reading a lätt läsa book and I've written out the words that i don't know as i go. It makes it much easier to learn the words when you can bind it to the story rather than flash cards. I never thought to to the ett and en. You brilliant soul you 🎉😂
Tack så mycket! Jag har nu skrivit ner dina ett orden på papper och ska följa med dina recommendationer. Den här videon hälper repetera grund svensk grammatik på en lätt och roligt sätt.Bra jobbat!
Bra att du skriver på svenska, heja heja! =D Såg en grej du kan tänka på dock. När du skriv "dina ett orden" så kom det med en en-ords ändelse. Orden i sig är korrekt, och betyder då, ord i plural. Men då du redan skrivit "dina" så ska inte ordet efter böjas. Annars så är ord ett ett-ord~ Mycket en och ett och ord, krångliga meningar =P Lycka till =]
Me encantó tu video. Me estaba dando un dolor de cabeza porque no encontraba el porqué los adjetivos cambiaban con “ett” y “en”. Por fin encontré la respuesta en tu video. Desde ahora tienes un nuevo suscriptor n.n. Saludos desde México n.n 🇲🇽
I always have to do a little mental gymnastics to get the indefinite right... the definite version is usually pretty obvious (or I remember it easier)... so when I want to say "an apple," my mind takes a little trip to get there: äpplen or äpplet > oh it's ett > ett äpple! I still prefer that over having to conjugate verbs 7 different ways (like German) haha!
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When I first learned the concept of there being en/ett words I though "no big deal" (I'm already proficient with french genders). Only I later when discovered that all the adjective conjugate for en/ett and plural, and the personal possessive pronouns, and the definitive forms, that I started to appreciate how truly complicated this makes it all. XD. Certainly makes the language more fun though.
Haha, yes. We agree with you. En / ett is for sure the hardest thing with Swedish, but also not as important as many think. At least if you want to communicate with Swedes. We understand even if you make en/ ett misstakes. It is only important if you want to sound 100 % native our pass Duolingo. If you want to communicate with Swedes then you will be able to even if you mix up en / ett. We recommend you to focus more on Swedish pronunciation and learn the most common words and phrases. And of course, enjoy the process! Learning language should be fun :)
It sort of has the same function as "el" and "la". But it is a genderless gender 😊. So there is no masuline or feminine asociation to the words. En man = Un hombre. ManEN = El hombre. En kvinna = Una mujer. KvinnaN = La mujer.
My vocabulary is limited (just early in my learning), but a couple words that I made sure to learn are "brandkåren" and "brandstationen" (because I'm a "pensionerad brandman"). When we visit (2022 plans might be waiting until 2023), I know I'll want to see some fire stations and talk to firefighters. Quick question: When pronouncing the "i" sound for words like "fin", am I hearing correctly that the vowel sounds from way back in the throat and resonates in the nasal cavity? Am I hearing it right?
My favorite one is ett äpple, sounds so posh, just love it. I get a bit confused when it comes to the plural versions, like in ett barn - barnet / flera barn - barnen... I get is about memorize the ett words, but when I'm trying to remember which one is the singular and which one is the plural my mind freezes a little bit, LOL. Thanks, great explanation!
Thank you! Just "Barn" is a complicated word, because it is very irregular. But there are other that follow more logical patterns 😊 We will soon make a video about those.
By the way, I often hear something like "a apple" in English, but always (!) this "a" is pronounced in its long form, like the letter "A" in the alphabet.
hey dear jus want to say honestly while watching your video I am new to Swedish language n Sweden too you have lovely energy around and it feels so easy Swedish when u trying teach your own way n it sounds easy and not monotonous like others . happy to learn from you. hope I make it through learning Swedish. thank you so vey much
I kinda understand the differens between en & ett(ett a vawol & en a consanent. but en when your refering to the. it upers in Swedish as book the.🇧🇸🇸🇪🤗💗
I started taking Swedish lessons a couple of months ago, and it's a bit chaotic, I'm guessing as with any new language. So far they have lots of similarities with English in terms of how some words sound, but man are they different from Greek! (my native language.) It's been years since I've learned a new language and I'm kinda afraid! What really helped me in English was having constant stimulation around in English (via video games, films, music etc). Can you guys recommend some good Swedish movies or even music with Swedish lyrics? (preferably metal, but I'm not gonna be picky on this one!)
Super exposure is great for learning a language! Here is a video we made about some movies ruclips.net/video/t_RhyU7qBtw/видео.html Check out the comments as well. There are some good recommendations.
@@GTAPanos I don't know how much you would enjoy her music (it's definitely not metal, more romantic pop-ish) but I have been loving Melissa Horn's songs. I recently found Maxida Märak's music as well, she makes more hip-hop style music but there is some variety to it. An interesting artist for sure.
9:18 hi i can't help but notice that the pronoun there changed too - din in en sentence & ditt in et sentence. is that because of the ett too? thank you for these wonderful videos! very engaging!
English is not lazy, it's a pragmatic language with a very pragmatic grammar, I grew up speaking Spanish and then learned English at an early age, the fact that in Spanish (as well as French, the other language I speak) objects have gender is illogical, a table is a table, no gender there
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And to add to the ‘favorit ord’ subject, I agree that ‘skoldpadda’ and ‘ogonblick’ sound great, med jag gillar ocksa ‘skadespelara’ och ‘atminstone’. Sorry, don’t know how to get the accents on my keyboard.
In English grammar, obestämd är indefinite, inte undefinitive. Bestämd är definite, inte definitive. Man säger Ad'-jec-tive with the stress on the first syllable, inte ad-jec'-tive. Akta att du säger fur-ther (voiced th) och inte fur-der. Annars har du hjälpt mig jätte mycket. Jag älskar Fun Swedish!
Well, I've started to learn Swedish. Hope, it's easier to remember "en-ords" and "eat-ords" in Swedish than to learn all articles in German or to learn all irregular words in English or remember all the III form words in French
i was also the same when i started learning swedish but if you are unsure then just use en and you might be right since it is a lot of words that are an en word. I also have a channel where I share some lessons about swedish. LYCKA TILL !! 👍💖 ruclips.net/channel/UCE0SqVmZlaF62BNV3uL1iXw
Don't stress about it too much. At least not in the beginning 😊. It might be the hardest part of having flawless Swedish, but it is also not the most important step. Probably the last step 😊
@@FunSwedish Agree, it will make you sound foreign "misusing" en/ett but it does not (normally) make the sentence intelligible. Most times context will solve the possible misinterpretations anyways.
Thanks a lot for this easy to understand explanation! This was always confusing because I always thought the article would change according to the grammatical genders male and female and that adjectives would be conjugated accordingly ^^ PS: "en parfymtant" är mitt favoritord på svenska xD
Awesome video, as always!!!! Could you please recommend an online dictionary english-swedish, or swedish, or something, that is good? I don't seem to find any... Thanks a lot!!! Greetings from Spain!
Muchas gracias. Acabo de comenzar con el aprendizaje del sueco (por mero gusto), y este video me ha ayudado un montón. Tenía serios problemas con el uso de estas dos palabras. Me encanta este canal, la forma en que explicas los temas, a alegría y empatía que pones en ello. Además me he enterado por otro lado que también hablas español, por eso te escribo en español, ahora mismo me resulta más fácil que el sueco para expresarme,pero todo se andará. ¿Algún canal en youtube donde pueda familiarizarme con la escucha del sueco?. Muchas gracias. Un cordial saludo.
So I'm learning Swedish with Duolingo but it can be a bit frustrating as they never really explain anything, they just teach you specific words and sentences. It's great to learn the basics, but I'm often left scratching my head. For instance, I just learned that "the bird" isn't "fågelen" as I would have assumed from this video, but "fågeln". Also, "the soup" is "soppan" (not "soppaen"). For the latter I thought maybe it was to avoid having two vowels in a row... but then I learn "the tea" is "teet" and "the bee" is "biet" as expected--so nope, not a vowel thing. Now I'm wondering if there is a specific rule to explain these or are they just exceptions that need to be learned by heart? Though there seem to be quite a few (krabban, spindeln, ankan, oljan, etc.) To anyone who answers this: tack så mycket!
Hej! Yes, we agree. Even though Duolingo is better than nothing it doesn't explain all the rules. We do explain them and practice them in our video courses. elansutbildning.teachable.com/courses/ In this course for beginners we talk about words that end with "el" such as fågel and why they become "fågeln". Here is the link. elansutbildning.teachable.com/courses/enrolled/1010365 If you liked this youtube video (and all our youtube videos) then you will love our video courses. Apart from a lot of explinations you will also get acess to a lot of useful material so that you can actually understand and talk to Swedes.
Mitt favoritord på Svenska är sköldpaddor because I am obviously a Duolingo noob and the word is so much fun to say! .. Thanks for the helpful video and for being adorable!!
but how come if it comes to about like, ett marsvin = a guinea pig but as u said that if the words are with ''a'' then it should be with ''en'' but how come it's with an ett if it's ''ett''?
Dear laerar, I like you so much because your easy good explainations about those ett , en < very usefull, more I learn more I could read those swedisk Book...I m looking lor a new mumm, it s important for me to asleep with poem and nice fairy tales, I want to read swedish of course,
In Hebrew, we also have genders but we don't have anything like en/ett and our version of "The" is the same for every noun xD Also, en/ett are much more complicated than a/an in English :\ Thank you for making so many fun and understandable classes ♥ They're very helpful!
Min favorit ord på svenska är Sverige eller ost Tak så mycket :3 But seriously thank you I was confused by this because I am using both Duo-lingo and channels like this to learn and Duo-lingo and other websites just confused me so much. I hope to learn more Swedish :3
Spotify is full of them Swedish songs and Swedish playlists, which doesn’t consist from worldwide blockbuster Swedish artists only. 😁 Or, if you prefer RUclips over Spotify, you can try to find smth over here as well. I’ve been adding kind of a lot of Swedish music to my Liked Songs in past 2 years, and from what I’ve got I would suggest Kent, they’re kind of popsy, and, I’ve heard, they were a huge thing locally in Sweden. My personal favorites from them are “Sverige”, “Den Sista Sången” and “Tänd På”, kind of popsy, kind of chill. But suggest you to check it out on your own. Lately I have fell for Veronica Maggio’s “Solen Har Gått Ner”, it just goes on repeat for me. 😆 Found out she has a lot of nice songs that I plainly like, cuz I don’t understand much of Swedish, it’s just amazing music for my liking on it’s own. 😅 But I would really suggest you to start a Swedish music playlist on Spotify, you can start with these examples, and when the playlist is there containing at least few songs, Spotify will immediatelly give you suggestions of smth similar, so, you can also go through the artists and find smth that you would like the most. :)
There's something I don't understand though. You mentioned "en fin bok", and then "ett fint språk", but why doesn't "fin" have an extra 'n' when it's paired up with "en"? Also, this channel is a blessing. It's hard to find channels like these. Tusen tack!
Good question! If the word ends with an N like Fin then we don't add an extra n. We just leave it like it is "En fin bok" but we need to add the t if it is refering to an ett-word "Ett fint språk".
So, this topic is not easy as I thought. As my conclusion, the difficult one is in the indefinitive article because if we can learn by heart the ETT and EN words in this form, the rest one will be easy.
You are right. It is probably the hardest thing to master (becuase remembering all the en and ett coupling is super hard). But one you have it, you know all the rest.
ive only just started learning swedish on duolingo but my favourite word so far is 'ett lejon' because it is so similar to english 🤣I also like 'tilsammans'
I’m just going to state that with Duo-lingo it is very helpful to use other sources such as this channel to help learn as duo lingo isn’t always right or it may get confusing with certain things that need better explanations. I wish you luck in learning it :3
The scariest part on Duolingo is when I need to choose between them and I have to gamble
Same😭 It doesn't explain it
Or Din/ditt😭
That's why I'm here 😅
I feel your pain
Same here 😂😢
I think Swedes must think English is so easy, having just one type of noun! However, I love that Swedish doesn't conjugate verbs! The funniest sentence I learnt is "får får får, farfar?" haha. Thanks Daniella.
😂😂😂 Great sentence. English has it's pros and it's cons.
It can also be a pronunciation nightmare, like with though thought tough through thorough
"får får får, farfar?" What does this mean? :(
Näe, får får inte får, får får lamm..
@@MonikaMurphys Får = Sheep, and får = get, but we can say sheep gets sheep. But they dont Sheep gets Lambs. Så Farfar = Grandpa so, farfar needs to awnser the question. Sheep gets sheep, grandpa? "No, Sheep doesn't get sheeps, they get lambs.
@@Barrytheeverchosen My Goodness Lord !!!
I emigrated with my parents when I was 6 years old from Sweden to the States. My parents always spoke Swedish at home but I never paid attention to when they used ett or en. When I got older and went to visit Sweden I would always be shy that I would say it wrong, not that they would have minded. Your video explaining this has really been helpful. A big thank you 🇸🇪🤗
Jag håller på lära fyra barn här i USA att prata och skriva svenska. Jag är inte Svensk själv, men jag bodde där i tjugo år, nu bor jag i USA, men jag verkligen gillar din kanal, och det har varit väldigt hjälpsam för mig. Så jag tackar, Bill från Skottland.
I came here with my family from Sweden when I was little, and I grew up hearing Swedish all the time and I can speak it but I did always have a problem with ett and en this is great.
Yes, you are not alone. En/ett is hard for many people, even for those who have been speaking Swedish for years. There is no clear logic behind en/ett so it is very tricky!
Putting “en” or “ett” at the end of the words just opened a whole new world to me. 😁 When I started to go through the very basics of Swedish in DuoLingo, I kind of saw it works the same as English “a”, “an” and “the”, but as a Latvian by heart couldn’t really understand where this goes. 😅 In Latvian we also have divided nouns in two genders, so, in the beginning I thought maybe it’s that, but then again Wikipedia said, Swedish don’t do it the same way Latvian does. So, it’s kind of English way, but no. 😆 Also, was asking one of my Swedish friends how this thing works, and he said, he doesn’t know, it just works. 😃 But your way of explaining it surely works both ways and makes it more logical, not like it’s a random thing that just happens to a language, which surely has to have a certain system and rules like every other language. 👀 Thanks for that, will try to keep it in my mind! 🙌🏻
Edit: Also, isn’t it, like, ett or en might also depend on if a word starts with a vowel or consonant? I’m just guessing, trying to find my ways to look at the regular things I’ve noticed in the language so far, and I’ve seen pretty often already that, if in Swedish one word ends with a consonant and the next one starts with a consonant, the previous in the speach can disappear or it can change the next one in the pronounciation. I mean, this is a an art already, sorry for silly questions, I just saw the patterns in DuoLingo and since it wasn’t giving any explanations, I just follow the patterns. Usually they don’t let me do a mistake. 😅
Happy to hear you found the explanation helpful and logical 😁.
Native speakers are often not aware of how and why they say the things they say. So it is hard for most Swedes to go into the details of grammar and structures.
Ps: Not real good way of knowing if a word is en or ett just by looking at it 😅 The logic ends there 😅.
I think this is the most beautiful and useful content about EN/ETT words!
Tack så mycket! ❤️✨
So glad to hear ❤️✨
Thanks for a well English translation so that new comers like us can understand. May God bless you
Our pleasure! Happy to hear that you find it sort of a welcoming expericence and not scary.
That was exactly our goal 😊
Teacher: i am going to divide nouns into ett and en.
Me: to make it easier, right?
Teacher smiling.....
Me: to make it easier....right?
Teacher continues to smile.
As i understand most en words refer to people and animals with a few exceptions such as Ett barn, ett djur.
😂 True story
lol :)
Thanks Daniella. I like the words that can be "en" or "ett". En lag. Ett lag. Different meanings of course, but they are easy to remember.
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I observed something very intriguing! And I'm sure I'll get a "Hej" from Daniella!
2:43 ett glass (a glass)
9:42: en glass (an ice cream)
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Hej hej hej! :) Good observation!
I am from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Your explanation is very nice. Thank You .
Happy to hear that!
I started learning Swedish about three weeks ago!
Mitt favoritord på svenska är 'sköldpadda'.
It has a funny sound to it, and I was very pleasantly surprised to learn 'sköld' and 'padda' each translate to 'shield' and 'toad' respectively. I'm pretty sure it's an en word.
That is a great word! 😂
Keep going and you will be speaking Swedish in no time.
@@FunSwedish Tack så mycket! ✌️
It is.
Tack så mycket! Mitt favoritord på Svenska är tack. It just sounds so warm and nice, hospitable in summary.
Yes! It is a great word. I like it as well. Tack för din kommentar! :)
i love learning about how different languages grammar works, it’s like discovering a civilizations culture i never thought would be different. adding the en at the end of the word is such a cool idea and it makes so much sense for some reason.
I agree with you! It is just like that. Different grammar, different ways of seeing the world :)
This makes sense. Duolingo doesnt explain this AT ALL! Tack!
Och mitt favoritord är ’en ö’
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One of my favorite Swedish words is en dammsugare. I think it’s an en word. Love the videos. En or Ett is so hard.
It is an En word!
You could use this:
folkets-lexikon.csc.kth.se/folkets/#lookup&dammsugare&1
Or this:
svenska.se/tre/?sok=dammsugare&pz=8
To find out when in doubt 😁
Amazing explanation very very educative and definitely a life time saving while learning Swedish!
Oh, thanks for the sweet comment! Glad you liked it :)
This is the most helpful video I've watched in ages - this channel is really good at making Swedish an accessible language to learn :)
Oh, we are so happy to hear that you feel that way! 😍
Thank you so much for this. I am learning Swedish and this has been my biggest stumbling block.
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Thank you so much, I was very confused as to if there was a rule for en and ett words, but you explained it perfectly. Tack så mycket!
Glad it helped!
Hi, this video helps me differentiate between en-ord and ett-ord. Now it's more clearer for me. Learning a new language that requires taking time and practicing a lots. Tack så mycket.
Glad it was helpful!
I started doing Swedish on Duolingo a few months ago - I visited Gothenburg a couple of years ago and loved it, so decided to try learning Swedish so I could speak with the locals if I go back (a bit unnecessary, because everyone speaks such great English there). I’ve just found this channel, and it’s a great help. Makes a difference to hear an actual person speaking Swedish rather than AI. I speak some French - the ‘en / ett’ thing is just like ‘le / la’ in French. There’s no way to work it out.
I wish I’d started learning Swedish sooner, and devoted as much time to Swedish as I have French over the years - as an Anglophone, I find Swedish easier than French, but I speak better French because of the time I’ve spent on it. Thank you for your help.
I'm French, and when I watched this video I immediately thought of how we have a similar issue in French with feminine and masculine words, just like you pointed out. There's no rule why one word should be one gender or another, you're just supposed to know it by heart. It really feels very random sometimes. Like when out of the blue they decided "covid" and "corona" should be feminine despite the fact that everyone had been using those words as masculine for months. It's ridiculous.
Anyway, I'm finding that knowing French and (especially) English is making it easier for me to learn Swedish, as there are so many similarities. But also quite a few differences and challenges (like letters that are not pronounced AT ALL like you would expect--"chef" is probably the one that threw me off the most LOL).
Still, I'm enjoying the journey. It's a cool language.
My own favorite words so far are "vi ses" and "smörgås" and "behöver".
@@riczen6652 - merci. Je remarque qu’il y a des mots Suedois sont comme des mots Francais. Par exemple, ‘Roman’ (en Anglais, ‘novel’) ‘fenetre’ et ‘fonstret’, ‘parapluie’ et ‘paraply’, et ‘eleve’ est aussi un mot pour ‘student’ en Suedois. Peut-etre, il y a des autres, mais je ne les me souviens pas a ce moment.
@@williamdoonan736 Oui, pour moi celui que j'ai le plus retenu c'est "duschar" pour "se doucher" (to shower). Il y a aussi "dansar", mais là ça ressemble aussi à l'anglais ;)
@@williamdoonan736 J'utilise aussi Duolingo, au fait.
Jag har lärd för mycket idag, tack så mycket. Du är en fin Lärare.
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I love the Swedish word en jordgubbe (Strawberry)! These videos are great! Tack!
Glad you like them! I agree with you! Jordgubbe IS a great word :)
I have started reading a lätt läsa book and I've written out the words that i don't know as i go. It makes it much easier to learn the words when you can bind it to the story rather than flash cards. I never thought to to the ett and en. You brilliant soul you 🎉😂
Tack så mycket! Jag har nu skrivit ner dina ett orden på papper och ska följa med dina recommendationer. Den här videon hälper repetera grund svensk grammatik på en lätt och roligt sätt.Bra jobbat!
Bra att du skriver på svenska, heja heja! =D Såg en grej du kan tänka på dock. När du skriv "dina ett orden" så kom det med en en-ords ändelse. Orden i sig är korrekt, och betyder då, ord i plural. Men då du redan skrivit "dina" så ska inte ordet efter böjas. Annars så är ord ett ett-ord~
Mycket en och ett och ord, krångliga meningar =P
Lycka till =]
Mitt favorit ord är ett ögonblick. Så sött!
Ja, det är jättesött! Håller med :)
Great explanation! I'm just a beginner in learning Swedish, and this video has made so clear a key topic!Tack så mycket!
Glad it was helpful! :)
Me encantó tu video. Me estaba dando un dolor de cabeza porque no encontraba el porqué los adjetivos cambiaban con “ett” y “en”. Por fin encontré la respuesta en tu video. Desde ahora tienes un nuevo suscriptor n.n. Saludos desde México n.n 🇲🇽
Me alegro que te haya ayudado a entender el misterio de "ett" y "en". México que lindo, un saludo enorme desde Suecia
Fantastic lesson
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I always have to do a little mental gymnastics to get the indefinite right... the definite version is usually pretty obvious (or I remember it easier)... so when I want to say "an apple," my mind takes a little trip to get there: äpplen or äpplet > oh it's ett > ett äpple! I still prefer that over having to conjugate verbs 7 different ways (like German) haha!
Yeah expect then "äpplen" turns out to be the plural and then you run for the hills screaming again :)
Exactly! That is a great way to do it. Beacuase it is easier to remember one word (the definite form) rather than a 2 word combination!
Effective learning ❤
Thanks a bunch.
My pleasure 😊
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En jordgubbe, because it's cute hehe
I was so confused about it T-T
You helped a lot! Tack så mycket ^^
Glad I could help!
Easy understand, hope you have more video.
More to come! 🙂
When I first learned the concept of there being en/ett words I though "no big deal" (I'm already proficient with french genders). Only I later when discovered that all the adjective conjugate for en/ett and plural, and the personal possessive pronouns, and the definitive forms, that I started to appreciate how truly complicated this makes it all. XD. Certainly makes the language more fun though.
Haha, yes. We agree with you. En / ett is for sure the hardest thing with Swedish, but also not as important as many think. At least if you want to communicate with Swedes. We understand even if you make en/ ett misstakes. It is only important if you want to sound 100 % native our pass Duolingo. If you want to communicate with Swedes then you will be able to even if you mix up en / ett.
We recommend you to focus more on Swedish pronunciation and learn the most common words and phrases. And of course, enjoy the process! Learning language should be fun :)
Hi! 😊
Would you say En and Ett are like Spanish El (masculine) and La (feminine)?
It sort of has the same function as "el" and "la".
But it is a genderless gender 😊. So there is no masuline or feminine asociation to the words.
En man = Un hombre.
ManEN = El hombre.
En kvinna = Una mujer.
KvinnaN = La mujer.
My vocabulary is limited (just early in my learning), but a couple words that I made sure to learn are "brandkåren" and "brandstationen" (because I'm a "pensionerad brandman"). When we visit (2022 plans might be waiting until 2023), I know I'll want to see some fire stations and talk to firefighters. Quick question: When pronouncing the "i" sound for words like "fin", am I hearing correctly that the vowel sounds from way back in the throat and resonates in the nasal cavity? Am I hearing it right?
In english a and an seems easy because an a i used when the next word begins in a consonant and a when it begins with a vowel.
With a few exceptions of course.
Tack så mycket för videon! Min favoritord på svenska är Fika :)
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Thank. You. So. Much.
Welcome!
Very helpful! Min favoritord på svenska är ”ett ögonblick” (a moment).
It helps me a lot! Tusen tack!
Glad to hear that! ❤️
If you were my teacher i would learn in days 😀👌
My favorite one is ett äpple, sounds so posh, just love it. I get a bit confused when it comes to the plural versions, like in ett barn - barnet / flera barn - barnen... I get is about memorize the ett words, but when I'm trying to remember which one is the singular and which one is the plural my mind freezes a little bit, LOL. Thanks, great explanation!
Thank you!
Just "Barn" is a complicated word, because it is very irregular. But there are other that follow more logical patterns 😊
We will soon make a video about those.
@@FunSwedish Thank you! 🤗 I appreciate your work, you're a great teacher!!!
Brilliant video ! I knew which words to use “en” or “ett” but I didn’t know why and when to use it , this video made it so clear so tack så Mycket!
Glad it was helpful!😍
Great content... Track så mycket!
My favourite word is ett äpple because it's easy!
Good one!
Thank you for your videos. Please keep on uploading. :-) Can you also explain to us the difference between "pa" and "i"? "ska" and "vill"?
Glad you like them! Great ideas. We will try to make them :)
By the way, I often hear something like "a apple" in English, but always (!) this "a" is pronounced in its long form, like the letter "A" in the alphabet.
thank you a lot... you are really great at this
Glad it was helpful! 😍 Good luck with your Swedish studies!
hey dear jus want to say honestly while watching your video I am new to Swedish language n Sweden too you have lovely energy around and it feels so easy Swedish when u trying teach your own way n it sounds easy and not monotonous like others . happy to learn from you. hope I make it through learning Swedish. thank you so vey much
Thank you so much! So sweet of you to write this 😍
Best teacher 😍😍 thank youuuuu 🌺🌺
Thank you! 😃
I kinda understand the differens between en & ett(ett a vawol & en a consanent. but en when your refering to the. it upers in Swedish as book the.🇧🇸🇸🇪🤗💗
Tack så jättemycket! Jag var förvirrad hur använder en/ett 😩 Nu jag förstår mer 🤩👍🏼
Dina tripp är jättebra.
Kul att höra att det hjälpte dig! :)
I started taking Swedish lessons a couple of months ago, and it's a bit chaotic, I'm guessing as with any new language. So far they have lots of similarities with English in terms of how some words sound, but man are they different from Greek! (my native language.) It's been years since I've learned a new language and I'm kinda afraid! What really helped me in English was having constant stimulation around in English (via video games, films, music etc). Can you guys recommend some good Swedish movies or even music with Swedish lyrics? (preferably metal, but I'm not gonna be picky on this one!)
Super exposure is great for learning a language!
Here is a video we made about some movies
ruclips.net/video/t_RhyU7qBtw/видео.html
Check out the comments as well. There are some good recommendations.
@@FunSwedish Tack så mycket Daniella! God Jul och gott nytt år!
@@GTAPanos I don't know how much you would enjoy her music (it's definitely not metal, more romantic pop-ish) but I have been loving Melissa Horn's songs. I recently found Maxida Märak's music as well, she makes more hip-hop style music but there is some variety to it. An interesting artist for sure.
Ας μάθουμε σουηδικά φίλε μου :)
@@dennercassio Έχω αρχίσει εδώ και έναν χρόνο! Let's do this together ❤ 💪
Great teacher. I have learnt alot
Glad to hear that!
9:18 hi i can't help but notice that the pronoun there changed too - din in en sentence & ditt in et sentence. is that because of the ett too? thank you for these wonderful videos! very engaging!
That is exactly right! You got it!
Din - Ditt we use depending on in the word is an en or an ett word 😊
mig favoitord på svenska är älskar 😍
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English is not lazy, it's a pragmatic language with a very pragmatic grammar, I grew up speaking Spanish and then learned English at an early age, the fact that in Spanish (as well as French, the other language I speak) objects have gender is illogical, a table is a table, no gender there
It is grammatical gender, a rule made to make language more fluent
Totally agree, I have a new appreciation for English haha. I struggle with the gender thing in all languages.
Thanks for the lesson
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Tack Tack!!!!
Mitt favorit ord är "ett hjärta" och "en blomma".
my favourite word at present is Skådespelerskorna
oh wow!
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Why ett ord glass became en glass in interogation example?
Oh, I do have my favorite word in Swedish! It's regeringen. It sounds very badass.
"Min favorit ordet är regeringen".
And to add to the ‘favorit ord’ subject, I agree that ‘skoldpadda’ and ‘ogonblick’ sound great, med jag gillar ocksa ‘skadespelara’ och ‘atminstone’. Sorry, don’t know how to get the accents on my keyboard.
Tack så micket!😮
Tack så mycket jag kommar nu i Sverige jag studera SFI ......och jag vet inte en och ett.... du berätta jag vet tack🎉❤
In English grammar, obestämd är indefinite, inte undefinitive. Bestämd är definite, inte definitive. Man säger Ad'-jec-tive with the stress on the first syllable, inte ad-jec'-tive. Akta att du säger fur-ther (voiced th) och inte fur-der. Annars har du hjälpt mig jätte mycket. Jag älskar Fun Swedish!
Thanks a lot for this!
Very interesting and helpful, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Well, I've started to learn Swedish. Hope, it's easier to remember "en-ords" and "eat-ords" in Swedish than to learn all articles in German or to learn all irregular words in English or remember all the III form words in French
i was also the same when i started learning swedish but if you are unsure then just use en and you might be right since it is a lot of words that are an en word. I also have a channel where I share some lessons about swedish. LYCKA TILL !! 👍💖
ruclips.net/channel/UCE0SqVmZlaF62BNV3uL1iXw
Don't stress about it too much. At least not in the beginning 😊.
It might be the hardest part of having flawless Swedish, but it is also not the most important step. Probably the last step 😊
@@FunSwedish
Agree, it will make you sound foreign "misusing" en/ett but it does not (normally) make the sentence intelligible. Most times context will solve the possible misinterpretations anyways.
Thank you for making amazing videos. Your videos are really helpful.
Glad you like them! 😍
OMG!!! Tack så mycket!!
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Tack🌸🌺🌷
Thanks a lot for this easy to understand explanation! This was always confusing because I always thought the article would change according to the grammatical genders male and female and that adjectives would be conjugated accordingly ^^
PS: "en parfymtant" är mitt favoritord på svenska xD
Glad to hear!! Haha, It IS a great word 😀
tack så mycket!
Varsågod!
"Vilket är ditt favoritord på svenska?" Punkt. Punkt är mycket bra!👍🏻😊
Awesome video, as always!!!! Could you please recommend an online dictionary english-swedish, or swedish, or something, that is good? I don't seem to find any... Thanks a lot!!! Greetings from Spain!
Hola España! Happy it helped! Yes, here is a video we made about it ruclips.net/video/wBSWfLPWqu4/видео.html&ab_channel=FunSwedish Hopefully it helps!
@@FunSwedish Tack so mycket!!!! ❤️
Muchas gracias. Acabo de comenzar con el aprendizaje del sueco (por mero gusto), y este video me ha ayudado un montón. Tenía serios problemas con el uso de estas dos palabras. Me encanta este canal, la forma en que explicas los temas, a alegría y empatía que pones en ello. Además me he enterado por otro lado que también hablas español, por eso te escribo en español, ahora mismo me resulta más fácil que el sueco para expresarme,pero todo se andará. ¿Algún canal en youtube donde pueda familiarizarme con la escucha del sueco?. Muchas gracias. Un cordial saludo.
Muchas gracias! Me alegro mucho de que te guste nuestro canal :) Sí, te recomiendo "slow Swedish" con Katrin.
I'm still confused, but I will keep working on it. 🙂 Mitt favorit ord ar en bjorn. (don't know how to type the double dots)
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Have an ett book :)) nice thing
Very nice and clear video 👍
So I'm learning Swedish with Duolingo but it can be a bit frustrating as they never really explain anything, they just teach you specific words and sentences. It's great to learn the basics, but I'm often left scratching my head.
For instance, I just learned that "the bird" isn't "fågelen" as I would have assumed from this video, but "fågeln". Also, "the soup" is "soppan" (not "soppaen"). For the latter I thought maybe it was to avoid having two vowels in a row... but then I learn "the tea" is "teet" and "the bee" is "biet" as expected--so nope, not a vowel thing.
Now I'm wondering if there is a specific rule to explain these or are they just exceptions that need to be learned by heart? Though there seem to be quite a few (krabban, spindeln, ankan, oljan, etc.)
To anyone who answers this: tack så mycket!
Hej! Yes, we agree. Even though Duolingo is better than nothing it doesn't explain all the rules. We do explain them and practice them in our video courses.
elansutbildning.teachable.com/courses/
In this course for beginners we talk about words that end with "el" such as fågel and why they become "fågeln". Here is the link. elansutbildning.teachable.com/courses/enrolled/1010365
If you liked this youtube video (and all our youtube videos) then you will love our video courses. Apart from a lot of explinations you will also get acess to a lot of useful material so that you can actually understand and talk to Swedes.
Mitt favoritord på Svenska är sköldpaddor because I am obviously a Duolingo noob and the word is so much fun to say! .. Thanks for the helpful video and for being adorable!!
I don't know many words yet but "en sköldpadda" has to be up there hehe. Shout out to my course 1's on Duo 😉
Haha, great word! :)
Tack så mycket 👍
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but how come if it comes to about like, ett marsvin = a guinea pig but as u said that if the words are with ''a'' then it should be with ''en'' but how come it's with an ett if it's ''ett''?
Dear laerar, I like you so much because your easy good explainations about those ett , en < very usefull, more I learn more I could read those swedisk Book...I m looking lor a new mumm, it s important for me to asleep with poem and nice fairy tales, I want to read swedish of course,
Happy to hear that! One step closer 😊
my favourite words
en slutsats
ett sjukhus
i think they are both fun to say
Tack så mycket
In Hebrew, we also have genders but we don't have anything like en/ett and our version of "The" is the same for every noun xD
Also, en/ett are much more complicated than a/an in English :\
Thank you for making so many fun and understandable classes ♥ They're very helpful!
Thank you 🙏🙏
Min favorit ord på svenska är Sverige eller ost
Tak så mycket :3
But seriously thank you I was confused by this because I am using both Duo-lingo and channels like this to learn and Duo-lingo and other websites just confused me so much. I hope to learn more Swedish :3
Could you introduce the Swedish pop song ?
I think listening music is good for learning an language.
Spotify is full of them Swedish songs and Swedish playlists, which doesn’t consist from worldwide blockbuster Swedish artists only. 😁 Or, if you prefer RUclips over Spotify, you can try to find smth over here as well.
I’ve been adding kind of a lot of Swedish music to my Liked Songs in past 2 years, and from what I’ve got I would suggest Kent, they’re kind of popsy, and, I’ve heard, they were a huge thing locally in Sweden. My personal favorites from them are “Sverige”, “Den Sista Sången” and “Tänd På”, kind of popsy, kind of chill. But suggest you to check it out on your own. Lately I have fell for Veronica Maggio’s “Solen Har Gått Ner”, it just goes on repeat for me. 😆 Found out she has a lot of nice songs that I plainly like, cuz I don’t understand much of Swedish, it’s just amazing music for my liking on it’s own. 😅
But I would really suggest you to start a Swedish music playlist on Spotify, you can start with these examples, and when the playlist is there containing at least few songs, Spotify will immediatelly give you suggestions of smth similar, so, you can also go through the artists and find smth that you would like the most. :)
Freja Kjellberg thanks so much for your suggestions 🥰🥰 Love those songs
Listen to Thomas Ledin, Ted Gärdestad, Gyllene Tider, Harpo, etc
what is the difference amoung vilken vilka and vilket where should i use one of this they confuse me
There's something I don't understand though. You mentioned "en fin bok", and then "ett fint språk", but why doesn't "fin" have an extra 'n' when it's paired up with "en"?
Also, this channel is a blessing. It's hard to find channels like these. Tusen tack!
Good question! If the word ends with an N like Fin then we don't add an extra n. We just leave it like it is "En fin bok" but we need to add the t if it is refering to an ett-word "Ett fint språk".
@@FunSwedish Ahh I see now. That DOES make sense. Tack så mycket!
Gracias por la explicación. Lo entendi.
When we can meet each other here in Holland or by you in Sweden?
Can we all have Swedish classes
Of course! We have Swedish courses if you want to join!
Like this one: elansutbildning.com/product/swedish-for-beginners-i/
"a apple", made me laugh 🤣👏🏻
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So, this topic is not easy as I thought. As my conclusion, the difficult one is in the indefinitive article because if we can learn by heart the ETT and EN words in this form, the rest one will be easy.
You are right. It is probably the hardest thing to master (becuase remembering all the en and ett coupling is super hard). But one you have it, you know all the rest.
@@FunSwedish so real. Thank you so much, so the the thing that we have to do is starting studying them,
ive only just started learning swedish on duolingo but my favourite word so far is 'ett lejon' because it is so similar to english 🤣I also like 'tilsammans'
I’m just going to state that with Duo-lingo it is very helpful to use other sources such as this channel to help learn as duo lingo isn’t always right or it may get confusing with certain things that need better explanations. I wish you luck in learning it :3
I love your videos.
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