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SWEDISH nån and nåt?
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Mauritz
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30 November 2011 at 11:52pm | IP Logged

jeff_lindqvist wrote:

By the way, in speech there should really be no confusion between
sen (=sedan) and sen (as in "late"), since they're not pronounced the same (short and
long vowel, respectively).

Interesting... I pronounce both of them just the same. However, I'm sure that it's right
for Standard Swedish.
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01 December 2011 at 7:07am | IP Logged

At least around here, people also usually skip the 'e' in the definite form 'en' ending when preceded by an 'r'. So:

* Bagaren -> bagar'n
* Kaffekokaren -> kaffekokar'n
* Dörren -> dörr'n

This will very rarely be written out, however. Of course, with Swedish not really being pronounced the way it's written, there's a lot of this stuff.

"Slå'nte i dörr'n, hörru!" ("Slå inte i dörren, hör du!")
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01 December 2011 at 12:07pm | IP Logged

Mauritz wrote:

Interesting... I pronounce both of them just the same. However, I'm sure that it's right for Standard Swedish.

Where are you from? I can imagine people from Skåne pronounce them almost identically, just like "min" (=my) and "min" (=face) tend to have a long and slightly diphtongated vowel in skånska.
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01 December 2011 at 6:17pm | IP Logged

jeff_lindqvist wrote:

Mauritz wrote:

Interesting... I pronounce both of them just the same. However, I'm sure
that it's right for Standard Swedish.

Where are you from? I can imagine people from Skåne pronounce them almost identically, just like "min" (=my) and
"min" (=face) tend to have a long and slightly diphtongated vowel in skånska.

Well, you got me! I'm from Skåne and pronounce them just like you describe.

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