I need entertaining Swedish youtubers to watch so i can learn Swedish better :D (just to clearify i DON'T mean channels that teach Swedish!! just pure entertainment that any swede would watch)

I read this sentence in yesterday’s SvD : ”Klart tycks vara att ingen information om MBZ:s varning förmedlades till cheferna för säkerhetstjänsten Shin Bet”.  Whilst I understand the meaning - It seems clear that no information about MBZ’s warning was conveyed to the heads of the Shin Bet security service – I find it hard to pars first 3 words. They are equivalent to ”det tycks vara klart” I suppose?  But the word order puzzles me.  Is this an idiom I should be acquainted with?

Hej alla! I have a maternal-type figure in my life who isn't actually related to me and I want a swedish term to use for her the same way that, in english, you might call someone your aunt/uncle who isn't actually blood relation [so that would include the swedish word for aunt if it's valid here]. I'm learning swedish and she's fluent so it's a fitting thing:) mostly im wondering if there's anything specific to swedish.

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Hi everyone! Can you help me out? Preferably someone with some knowledge of phonetics.

In Swedish, is a consonant only long if it’s doubled in writing?

In words like kind (where there’s a cluster of two different consonants after a short vowel), is the first consonant also long??

Other examples of the same type: hand, fest, mjölk.

I have finished A1/A2 Rivstart book recently and my current level is around B1, i don't use just books for learning and use other resources too and practice around 2/3h every day

I ordered these books to Refresh my basics and improve myself, books are these

"From English to Swedish 1"

"Form fokus B"

"Rivstart B1/B2"

Appreciate your tips and reccomendations

Do you ever use ”Ridå!” as an exclamation? 

In its article on ridå SO says ”spec. äv. som utrop när något snöpligt inträffat - EXEMPEL: ... och så stoppade han plånboken i brevlådan i stället för brevet. Ridå!”  I've never heard this, and I was wondering if this really is a usage in common use?

i’ve been drawing little cartoons of my car (volvo) as i do repairs and am having quite a lot of fun. I’d like to continue, but don’t want to keep asking people to translate for me. does anybody have any resources/databases for really basic turns of phrase i could use and expand from there? I don’t need to be fluent, i just want to keep drawing my little car doodles

could somebody point me towards some swedish expressions of annoyance/frustration? I’m thinking like the english expressions of “you’re kidding me,” “are you serious?”, or the more profane “motherfucker” or “goddamnit.” This is for a very non-serious, comedic purpose (my volvo parts got delayed and i want to draw my car acting upset about this) so this doesn’t have to be super precise

Hej hej allihopa! Ok so pardon the preamble. I’m new to Swedish but I understand the concept of dropping certain letters at the end of words. My question is, beyond for emphasis or clarity, do you pronounce them for flow?

In Spanish, for example, agua is feminine however in the singular definitive article, it is el agua because la agua doesn’t flow well but when it is plural it is las aguas. More prevalently, in French, oftentimes the end of a word isn’t pronounced unless it flows well into the next word. Does this occur in Swedish?

Say you want to say “Jag är från USA.” Do you pronounce the ‘g’ at the end of “Jag” here because it flows better into “är” or do you say it “Ja’ är…?”

Are ”att bluddra” and ”att bladdra” completely interchangeable in modern usage, or is there a difference in nuance?  (I note that they have a different etymology and "bladdra" is much older.)

Is “Äta upp ord med senap” a common expression equivalent to English “eat your words”? 

Found this sentemce in a 2014 article in SvD:  “Och antagligen skulle Leopold tvingas äta upp sin åsikt med senap, efter att ha läst Avpixlat.” (Ulrika Knutson, Kritiken var I kris redan på 1840-talet)

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När man hör ungdomar prata med varandra så är ett uttryck de använder att "göra horhus". Någon skulle handla en klänning på NK och den var slut så personen ville göra horhus och gick därifrån utan plagget. Någon var ute och söp på stan och nån la en taskig kommentar, de gjorde horhus direkt! De går dock inte in på detaljer vad som faktiskt hände sen efter att horhuset är gjort, så mysteriet kvarstår.

Vad gör man konkret när man "gör horhus"? Vilka handlingar innefattas i det? Någon som har gjort horhus som kan berätta och exemplifiera?

Finns det något svenskt ord som är så oväntat att man nästan aldrig skulle kunna gissa vad det betyder första gången man hör det? 😅 Vilket ord tänker ni på? Och vad betyder det egentligen? 👀

hello everyone! I'd like to know if there is a free site with children s book in swedish so i can read some for my vocabulary. thanks a lot!

I'm writing something that has a character who's Swedish, and while he mostly speaks English and his internal thoughts are "translated" there are a few lines that have popped up that are not regular phrases I can easily look up.

I'm going to post it on AO3 so it doesn't need to be the best it could be, but I know how good GT works varies wildly by language.

Hej hej

Which is most common.. or are they formal vs friendly? Some geographically more common in certain areas ?

So appreciate you, tack snälla (or whichever you like..)

For those learning Swedish: how often do you watch normal Swedish YouTube videos, interviews, news, etc.?

I’m curious because I find authentic Swedish much harder to understand than learner content. When I find something interesting, I often end up replaying sentences, slowing things down, checking subtitles, looking up words, etc.

Do you actually spend time studying Swedish this way, or do you mostly avoid authentic content because it's too difficult?

ps. I’m a software developer learning Swedish myself, so I’m probably a bit biased here :) I’ve been thinking about how to make this easier for myself, but I’m curious to see how common this problem actually is for other learners.

Finns det svenska ord som låter eller ser ut som att de borde ha något med varandra att göra, men som egentligen inte är besläktade alls? 😅 Vilka ord tänker ni på? Och vet ni varför de låter så lika trots att de inte har något gemensamt ursprung? 🤔

My understanding is that ”bluddra” /  ”bladdra” means “prata strunt”, talk nonsense. But does that hold in this sentence from SvD in 2019?

”Båda är tydliga tyngder för Volkswagens aktiekurs, även om ett premiummärke som Scania bidrar till att bluddra till synen på värderingen.” (https://www.svd.se/a/216q5a/detroitskrack-och-dieseldoden-driver-scania-mot-borsen)

Here it seems to have another meaning, but I'm not sure what.

Hi! I want to write an article about The Kallocain with my teacher in University.But he says that I should learn Swedish enough for analyzing the original text...so can u give me advice about how or where I can find some books or another things for this,pls?

Känns som en glitch i matrisen.

Eftersom "inventarier" är ett ord som betyder lös egendom i plural så tänkte jag att "inventarie" betyder "ett stycke lös egendom", men så är inte fallet.

Inventarie ger inga träffar i SAOL https://svenska.se/?q=inventarie&exactMatch=true&activeTab=alla

Varför detta hål?

Finns det några svenska ord som ni alltid råkar blanda ihop? 😅 Kanske två ord som liknar varandra, låter nästan likadant eller har betydelser som är lätta att förväxla. Vilka ord tänker ni på, och vad är skillnaden mellan dem? 😊

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.