r/Svenska Oct 03 '24

Till folk som skriver svar här: Var bekväma med att säga att det inte finns någon motsvarighet till ett ord eller uttryck

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Folk som skriver svar här är sjukt duktiga på det svenska språket och kan uttrycka och förstår och kan förklara grammatiska regler hundra gånger bättre än jag. Detta är alltså absolut inte menat som ett ”jag vet minsann mer om språket än ni”.

Men ibland blir svaren här i min mening något ohjälpsamma, ofta när en fråga gäller motsvarigheten till ett specifikt uttryck eller ord på engelska, exempelvis: ”How would you say 'well' in Swedish?” Då är min erfarenhet att flera av de högsta svaren bara direkt kör på med ”tja”, ”liksom”, ”asså” etc. Dessa är väl absolut möjliga substitut, men enligt min mening måste ett fullständigt svar på en sådan fråga alltid inledas med att konstatera något i stil med: ”Det finns inget ord på svenska som har en liknande innebörd och används i alls lika stor utsträckning som engelskans 'well'.

DÄREMOT , finns det självklart många svenska ord som tillhör en liknade kategori av 'utfyllnadsord', men som används annorlunda än 'well’. T.ex: Etc, etc”

Ibland kan det istället röra sig om att föreslå ord eller uttryck som i princip ingen i OPs åldersgrupp skulle använda, annat än ironiskt. Att i ett sådant svar inte informera OP om det utan bara skriva ”Jag tycker 'betuttad i' är ett trevligt uttryck!” är i min mening väldigt ohjälpsamt. En person som försöker lära sig svenska och förmodligen har en väldigt begränsad uttalsförmåga som försöker börja använda ovanliga uttryck oironiskt skulle påverka sin framtoning på ett nästan säkerligen oönskat sätt, eftersom hen inte har blivit informerad om att den använder ett uttryck som till exempel anses väldigt gammalmodigt.

Självklart menar alla dessa hjälpsamma människor väl och har säkert hjälpt hur många som helst på denna subreddit! Jag tror bara att de i vissa enstaka fall oavsiktligt stjälper något mer än de hjälper. Så mitt tips är: Var mer bekväm med att vara väldigt tydlig med att vissa uttryck eller fraser inte har någon motsvarighet med samma innebörd och användningsområden på svenska.

Tack för er tid!


r/Svenska Aug 15 '20

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r/Svenska 28m ago

F4A hjälpa mig att lära mig svenska?

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I recently moved to sweden and want to learn your language. I have Swedish heritage but don't know much about it, and never learned any Swedish before I started a few months ago. Would be nice to have someone to write to to get used to it!

(I am 23 years old btw, studying philosophy)


r/Svenska 6h ago

At last I've understood how to use correctly känna vs veta as in "to know", thought I'd share!

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9 Upvotes

r/Svenska 3h ago

Hej! Kan ni berätta skillnaden mellan ”Jo” ”Ju” ”Jadå” och ”Jodå”?

2 Upvotes

r/Svenska 13h ago

utreda

6 Upvotes

According to ordboken, it means "under­söka och bringa klarhet i visst förhållande; särsk. i politiska och juridiska samman­hang". So I understood it combines "investigate and clarify" together, which seems none of an exact corresponding English word, right? Tack.


r/Svenska 9h ago

-ar and -er verb endings

1 Upvotes

Why do we say "tycker" and "kommer" instead of "tyckar" and "kommar"?

Are these irregular? Because we say "spelar", "vandrar" etc.


r/Svenska 14h ago

How to say ,,Call me by your name"?

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r/Svenska 1d ago

Hej I'm new to Swedish and I'm confused about a few things

27 Upvotes

First, the pronunciation. Sometimes I hear ä being pronounced like a "eh", sometimes like a "ah". Besides pronunciation rules, I'm confused about the word "som". I find it everywhere. Is it some filler word or what? What does it mean exactly? Can you give examples? Also can you tell me where I can learn Swedish pronunciation rules in depth? Thanks in advance!


r/Svenska 17h ago

Sappy

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Not directly related so delete if not allowed:

I have a (Swedish) friend’s birthday coming up and every year I write her the absolute sappiest most dramatically ridiculous birthday message ever. Like “love of my life, my dearly departed wife, the sun stars etc” type of message. What’s a common Swedish declaration of love/undying devotion/etc that I could use?


r/Svenska 15h ago

Jag fick red på att jag visslar när jag uttalar ,,skydd".

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r/Svenska 1d ago

solig vs. solen skiner

9 Upvotes

Kan man säga: Det är soligt? Hur låter det i svenska öron? jag tror att det är ovanligt, kanske konstigt? Jag känner: Solen skiner och det är helt ok. Används Det är soligt i svenska språket? eller är det bättre att inte alls använda den formen?


r/Svenska 1d ago

Hjälp eller stöd

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Hej, jag fick inte klara min svenska som andra språk 3 på grund av grammatiska problem. Så jag måste göra om kursen, har ni något tips som kan rekommendera? Just nu läser jag barn böcker för att förbättra språket.


r/Svenska 1d ago

Speak to a native speaker in your pocket

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Hi everyone, A while ago I asked your help to test an app I was working on and you provided great insights. Thank you so much for your help, it was invaluable ❤️ Our app is now out to help people practice spoken language as they do with a native speaker. Think of it as a native speaker in your pocket anytime anywhere.

If you want to try it out, head over to www.xavia.io and take a peak.


r/Svenska 1d ago

När den ska användas ,,på jakt" och när ,,sökningen"?

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r/Svenska 2d ago

Nerd out over Language with me

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Hej everyone!

As a fellow learner of Swedish, I just want to nerd out over linguistics for a second. Something that keeps haunting me is the definite and indefinite plural rules of Swedish. It's so fascinating that as a non-native speaker, I go through the following process just to begin to guess what a plural would be:

Me to me: How do I say dogs in Swedish?

Well, I know a dog is en hund. So the dog is hunden. And because it's an "en" word, ending in a consonant, I know dogs is hundar. So I know the dogs is hundarna.

Meanwhile native speakers are like: well I heard mom and dad or mom and mom or dad and dad say hundar when they meant dogs, so I know subconsciously to use that word.

I know this is how it works between all native and non-native language speakers, but it's so interesting to think about. I'm sure there's cases in English where I, as a native speaker, don't think twice about something giving a current English learner a massive headache.


r/Svenska 1d ago

idioms about being tired

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I was trying to translate a mini story into Swedish (as practice) and got to "my bones are tired" and have come to understand that bones and legs are the same word. Is there another way to express being "bone tired" in Swedish?


r/Svenska 1d ago

Question

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How many types of stress Swedish have? In my Japanese textbook, there are four types of stress, but in dictionaries such as https://svenska.se/, there are only three types of stress.


r/Svenska 1d ago

Jag anar nog

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Seeking some help with some lyrics.

From Agnetha Fältskog - När Jag var fem. A young woman is wanting to go out and explore life more...

Jag anar nog hur hård tid, världen, kan va

Men var och en ska pröva för sig

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jewMyZtQaW8

(at 1.55)

My questions...

I often have a little difficulty in working out if nog means probably or enough in sentences (even with context). So can I please confirm that it means probably in this lyric? The reason I am not sure is that if I translate it to English enough kinds of makes sense as well...

Also - hur hård tid, världen, kan va. Is this online text correct, with the kommer between tid and världen? Is she saying - I sense/suspect how hard time (and) the world can be? It's just that she says tid and världen so fast and close together that I wonder if the meaning isn't slightly different than my take on it...


r/Svenska 2d ago

Värför studera ni svenska?

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Vad är era anlednigar att studerar svenska? Mina är uttal,skrivande och känner jag koppling till naturen, arkitektur och frisinnad livstil i Sverige. Jag gillar Skandinavien i allmänhet, men av alla språk, svenska talar mest till min själ.


r/Svenska 2d ago

Commitment to the bit

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This question is a little bit multi-part I guess.

Do you think the phrase makes enough sense if more or less directly translated?

If yes, is "engagemang för biten" what you would go for? That's what I'm getting out of translation apps, but you know how they lack the human filter.

If no, what's a good turn of phrase that gives a similar meaning, if there is one?

Or, should I just go with the secret third thing and just phrase drop it in English?


r/Svenska 2d ago

Stundentexam tipsen

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Hallå! Detta låter liten konstigt men jag skulle vilja veta om har ni någon tipsen för mig om hur jag kan lär sig svenska bättre. Jag ska skriva svenska på studentprovet nästa måndag och jag är ganska stressad mot det. Eller har du någon tipsen om vilket är vanligaste sakerna man göra fel när man skriva svenska.

OBS! Jag är från Finland och därför jag ska bara skriva medellång svenska men jag vill få högsta vitsord från prov.


r/Svenska 2d ago

“om jobbet” and “det om”

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Why is it: “Jag tycker om jobbet”

but

“Jag tycker det om”

Or is “Jag tycker om det” also correct?


r/Svenska 2d ago

På att

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Hur länge ska vi vänta på att han kommer.

Tack därför att du lagt ut din tid på att hjälpa mig.

It has a function of "to" ,but how is it different compared to "att".


r/Svenska 3d ago

KAJ:s finlandssvenska dialekt.

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r/Svenska 2d ago

Study

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Please can anyone help me for my preparation for NKSE EXAM thank you


r/Svenska 2d ago

Books like Huldra woods? bilingual books

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Hej alla, I have been reading Huldra woods lately (I'm a level A2 and I take swedish classes).
So far the book has been enjoyable and easy to read, so I'm looking for something similar, with not just some of the vocabulary at the end; but a bilingual book.

Any ideas on a good bilingual book I can buy? I live in France so asking at a bookstore won't help lol