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| LHOOQ Newbie United States Joined 5756 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English | Message 1 of 7 26 April 2009 at 5:30am | IP Logged |
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Alright, so here's an audio recording of me speaking Swedish. I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum for this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIPO3JR2nmE&feature=channel_p age Anyhow, as far as grammar and stuff goes I am still a beginner in this language. I tried to follow the LR advice and not speak a word for a while, but I couldn't resist. Now I'm hoping my accent isn't cemented as horrible :p 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tricoteuse Pentaglot Senior Member Norway littlang.blogspot.co Joined 6680 days ago 745 posts - 845 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, Norwegian, EnglishC1, Russian, French Studies: Ukrainian, Bulgarian | Message 2 of 7 26 April 2009 at 9:25am | IP Logged |
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Hello there!
Your recording is not bad at all, for how long have you been learning? There are a couple of rather important things to notice: * Wrong emphasis on some words (arbetar being the most apparent one, arbetar) * I get the impression you say "lif" instead of "liv" * "I" instead of "Y" --> results in "micket" and "biter om" instead of "mycket", "byter om" Many learners of Swedish tend to try to rush through the words, and I would recommend slowing down a bit for some words :) For example, you say "vacknar" instead of "vaknar". The only things I had any trouble understanding were "halv ett" (just pronounce it separate and more slowly) that I heard as "ha det", and "hon säljer parfym" where "säljer" is a bit unclear. Edited by tricoteuse on 26 April 2009 at 9:26am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5840 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 3 of 7 26 April 2009 at 3:43pm | IP Logged |
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How funny, you don't sound American AT ALL! Actually, your pronounciation is pretty good. If someone had asked me to guess where you were from, I would have said that you were from Greece or South Eastern Europe.
Your pronounciation of "Katarina", "väninna", "ringer" and a few others was absolutely perfect and sounded native. You've got the Swedish R down very well; you do are not using the characteristic give-away Anglo Rs (This is good - nobody wants to sound like a parody of their own nationality!) You are also emphasizing the words correctly in the sentences that you are reading - it is clear that you understand all of what you are reading. I think you are very talented, keep up the good work! :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 jeff_lindqvist Diglot Moderator SwedenRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6911 days ago 4250 posts - 5711 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: German, Spanish, Russian, Dutch, Mandarin, Esperanto, Irish, French Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 7 26 April 2009 at 7:22pm | IP Logged |
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Well done indeed. Only "tolv" sounded a bit American, but other from that, your accent sounds great. Foreign, but Swedish enough. I don't really agree with tricoteuse on the word "arbetar", simply because it has a "grave accent" and that particular feature is pronounced a little bit differently in each dialect of Swedish (rise-fall, fall-rise and every "rollercoaster" variety in between).
I'm eager to hear what material you're using, if L-R is your only method and so on. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LHOOQ Newbie United States Joined 5756 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes Speaks: English | Message 5 of 7 26 April 2009 at 7:59pm | IP Logged |
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Thanks for your comments!
Tricoteuse: I have taken note. I can hear now that I made the "A" a bit short in vaknar. The y's are hard but I'll try to do them more how I said "parfym." Thank you! Cordelia0507, it's funny that you should say that, as my first language (which I have now pretty much completley forgoten) was Serbo-Croatian/Bosnian. I feel all encouraged-like now ^^ Jeff, I am using TY Swedish along with Svenska utifrån book and audio, which I shadow. Other than that I also have been listening to some bands that sing in Swedish (Familjen and Finntroll :P) and translating the lyrics. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5840 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 6 of 7 26 April 2009 at 9:46pm | IP Logged |
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Well that is strange isn't it! I must be a genius :-))
You have forgotten Serbocroatian, but it is still helping you as you learn another language..! Really interesting! Actually, a lot of people from Yugoslavia emigrated to Sweden during 80s and 90s. Last I heard they were just called "Jugoslaver" in Sweden. The whole situation was too complicated for most people to understand. But I think it might be a mix of Serbs (emigrants) and Bosnians (refugees). I haven't lived in Sweden for a while so I don't have any friends with this background. But I think they have a similar kind of accent. Usually STRONGER than you though, so well done! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| anders_h Diglot Newbie Sweden Joined 6115 days ago 11 posts - 12 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English Studies: Icelandic | Message 7 of 7 13 May 2009 at 9:06pm | IP Logged |
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Fonemen är perfekta, de flesta invandrare har inte hälften så bra uttal. Betoningen i meningarna är mycket bra och de flesta vokallängder är också bra.
Det enda du behöver bli säkrare på är några betoningsmönster: "det här" [dehä'r] (en betoning: första stavelsen är obetonad) "arbetar" [a'rbe'tar] (två betoningar: sista stavelsen är obetonad (fast behåll ditt snygga fonem "a" i alla fall!)) "halv ett" [halve'tt] (en betoning, första stavelsen är obetonad) Lycka till A 1 person has voted this message useful |
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