Jag älskar Svenska! I am literally just beginning to learn but it’s very helpful for me to listen to music, or watch shows in Swedish! So I was wondering if anyone has any good suggestions? I don’t like a ton of intense drama lol. I’m watching love is blind Sweden right now! Tack så mycket 🙏!!!

I’ve been learning Swedish for a little over 8 months, but I’ve focused almost entirely on vocabulary and reading. As a result, my reading comprehension is now quite strong, while my listening is far behind.

I can read newspapers and most general texts without much difficulty, but when I watch native speakers talking normally, I understand very little. What’s strange is that when I turn on subtitles, I can understand almost everything immediately. So I know many of the words, but I struggle to recognize them when they are spoken.

For those who have experienced a similar gap between reading and listening, what worked best for you?

Should I use subtitles and gradually reduce them, force myself to listen without subtitles, study pronunciation and connected speech, or use techniques such as shadowing and dictation?

I’m especially interested in how people would structure their listening practice when starting from a strong reading level but weak listening ability.

In English, having adjective-like clauses before nouns is possible, but it generally sounds rather awkward and usually is done for some specific effect. Ex. "The found-by-aliens planet was destroyed." (cf. "The planet found by aliens was destroyed.")

In German, this phenomenon is much more prevalent and normalized, often found in more formal language like news reports and legal language. Ex. "Die von der Regierung geschätzt Rate war falsch." (lit. "The estimated-by-the-government rate was wrong.")

Is this sort of thing possible in Swedish?

Finns det något svenskt ord som ni tycker egentligen inte behövs, eller som man lika gärna kunde klara sig utan? Vilket ord tänker ni på – och varför?

i heard this one unique variant of Skånska... what region in Skåne that don't use ​the typical Skarre R ? they pronounce the R more like Danish, and have a slightly punchy tone when pronouncing the letter D and G.​

i'm just curious...

Jag åker till Stockholm i slutet av september. Jag har aldrig varit i Sverige förut. Vad kan jag göra i Stockholm för att få chansen att öva min daliga svenska? Finns det också några böcker eller andra saker som är värda att köpa för att hjälpa mig fortsätta med svenskan när jag är tillbaka i USA? Tack för alla tips!

Finns det något dialektord från din del av Sverige som du tycker är så bra att resten av landet borde börja använda? Vilket ord är det, vad betyder det och varför tycker du att fler borde använda det? 😊

autogenerated captions say "vad känner du i kroppen", but i hear "kroppad". perhaps a dialectal suffix? but another possibility is that it's just "kropp" plus another word i'm not familiar with.

Hey everyone,

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So based on what I've already learned from other posts in this subreddit, there's two primary ways to distinguish:

1. You use mår for just the good/bad overall feeling (e.g. jag mår bra) while är is for specific feelings (jag är glad).

2. Mår is used for adverbs and är is used for adjectives.

So my confusion lies in the sentence "Vad är det där?" meaning "What's that?" because 'det där' isn't describing a feeling and it doesn't really make sense to call it an adjective to me, so what specifically makes this use case är and not mår?

i get what they meant, but i'm not really sure what they say...

1st clip: is it "ger ej" ? (don't do it/stop it) 2nd clip: is it "du/ni får ut så bra" ? (have a good one)

thanks...

Tittle says everything, my Level is high and not basic but sometimes i confuse and is there any fixed expression or english equivalent?

Am puzzled by "ur" in this sentence from today's SvD:-

"Damberg vill ha klara besked om ur stor del av reformutrymmet till 2030 som redan är intecknat."

Is it a typo for "hur", or a usage of "ur" that I am unfamiliar with?

Hey everyone,

For some context, I have been learning swedish for the past 8 months or so. I have been using this textbook called Complete Swedish along with duolingo for vocabulary as well as trying to converse with some swedish people I know and consuming swedish media (shows and songs) along with occasionally listening to some podcasts on YT. For context, I am not from sweden and I don't live there. I had some questions and I was wondering if there was someone who could guide me.

So the complete swedish textbook is supposed to help me be A2 or B1, as it says. The book is almost about to finish, so I wanted to ask how to continue from there? Is there some other textbook I could continue with which will teach me b1 and b2 etc.

Another question I had was if someone could recommend me some novels. Right now I've read some children story books and 'short stories' by Olly Richard. So if someone could recommend me novels that aren't too hard, that would be nice.

I will say, my listening has definitely improved, but sometimes there are words I know, but when swedes speak in their natural pace, I'm not able to pick them which can feel very demotivating at times. Are there any podcasts that you can recommend which will improve my hearing? I know about the usual slow swedish with katrin etc but if someone else knows any other, that would be grateful.

Any other tips are also welcome :). Thank you!

Finns det något svenskt ord som, om man bara hör det för första gången, känns som att det borde betyda något helt annat? Jag tycker att vissa ord nästan känns som om de borde ha en annan betydelse än den de faktiskt har. Vilket ord tänker ni på, och vad tycker ni att det egentligen borde betyda?

if i'm talking to someone about music and i want to tell them about a specific band, say queens of the stone age, would i translate it into 'drottningar från stenåldern' or still call it by its given english name?

How would you translate “överhetssamhälle”?    Authoritarian society?  That doesn’t sound quite right.  The only example I’ve found is this from Synonymer.ie:-

“Liknar det inte det överhetssamhälle som Sverige var före det demokratiska genombrottet?”

Hi! I am currently trying to learn Swedish as it is the native language of someone I have become romantically involved with.

It has gotten to a point where I want to ask them to be my partner. I would like to ask in Swedish as I know they would appreciate the gesture.

Is there a common way a native would phrase this?

“Vill du bli min flickvän?”
“Vill du bli tillsammans med mig?”
“Vill du bil min tjej?”

This is what I have been able to put together from the internet / what I’ve learned so far. Any tips on how a real Swede would say it?

Jag håller på att släktforska och kunde inte hitta någon annan lättillgänglig resurs där jag kan be om hjälp. Jag försöker läsa vad som står i tredje kolumnen, samt de två raderna i sista kolumnen. Det är skrivit i en kyrkobok från 1770 och jag lovar, ögonen går i kors efter en timmas stirrande. Finns det någon kunnig själ därute som kan läsa vad som alltmer ser ut som krumelurer?

Finns det något svenskt ord som ni lärde er mycket senare än ni borde ha gjort? Varför lärde ni er det så sent, och vad trodde ni att det betydde innan?

Does anyone have any good recommendations for Swedish grammar books? Beginner friendly.

I’ve decided SFI isn’t working for me and want to try learning on my own. I have a good memory and find learning the words is easy but I really struggle with grammar. I pretty much speak like yoda in Swedish.

Thanks!

"Turerna kring företagsnedläggningen kalfatrades i medierna” is the sole example given in SO for the usage of “att kalfatra”.  Can someone translate it for me?  It’s the word “Turerna” which baffles me.

Hello everyone. I am looking for the translated lyrics for Witchcraft's "Idag" not the whole album, just the first track by the same name.

Thanks to anyone who helps.

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Hej allihop. Jag letar efter den översatta texten till Witchcrafts låt ”Idag” – inte hela albumet, utan bara det första spåret med samma namn.

Tack till alla som kan hjälpa till.

Ibland hör man ett svenskt ord eller uttryck och tänker direkt: ”Det där låter fel.” Men senare upptäcker man att det faktiskt är helt korrekt svenska. Finns det något svenskt ord eller uttryck som du först trodde var fel, men som visade sig vara korrekt? Vad trodde du att man skulle säga istället?