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Thidrek
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I mean every Germanic "th", because the English language goes back to Anglo-Saxon roots like ð and þ go back to one root, but I think there's a difference, else it would be only one letter 
But I don't know much about those letters because I am not Icelandic
But I don't know much about those letters because I am not Icelandic
Mantis
Naturmistikk & Folktale
The difference between "ð" "þ" in the pronuciation can be seen in the english words "think" and "that" infact the international way of write them is "þink" and "ðaet" (i'm leazy to write the whole story this should be enough)
Mantis
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Mantis
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The difference between "ð" "þ" in the pronuciation can be seen in the english words "think" and "that" infact the international way of write them is "þink" and "ðaet" (i'm leazy to write the whole story this should be enough )
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Thorin Oakenshield
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Thidrek
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Thorin Oakenshield said:
In Farose what is similar to Icelandic á is like the eastern Skandinavian å.
i got a question about some of the sounds of the letters -
like: Ä Å Ø Ö Ü Ë and whatever others i may be missing/or even have wrong (i hope im not that ignorant!) in swedish?
im trying to learn (beginner) and i would really appreciate any help with the phonetic equivalents in english
like: Ä Å Ø Ö Ü Ë and whatever others i may be missing/or even have wrong (i hope im not that ignorant!) in swedish?
im trying to learn (beginner) and i would really appreciate any help with the phonetic equivalents in english
Å, Ä and Ö are the only ones in Swedish.Seraphim Belial said:i got a question about some of the sounds of the letters -
like: Ä Å Ø Ö Ü Ë and whatever others i may be missing/or even have wrong (i hope im not that ignorant!) in swedish?
im trying to learn (beginner) and i would really appreciate any help with the phonetic equivalents in english
Å sounds something like A+O, like the A in call. Ä kinda like A+E, or the A in mare. Ö sounds somewhat like O+E, or the U in murderer. At least the way I pronounce those words..
Ø is Norwegian and Danish Ö, Ü is German Y (I think) and Ë is only used in France as far as I know.
Coyote027
Scoundrel
Thidrek
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Seraphim Belial said:i got a question about some of the sounds of the letters -
like: Ä Å Ø Ö Ü Ë and whatever others i may be missing/or even have wrong (i hope im not that ignorant!) in swedish?
im trying to learn (beginner) and i would really appreciate any help with the phonetic equivalents in english
Swedish:
Ää - It's like the A in "bad"
Åå - It's like an O
Öö - It's like the U in "turn"
Danish/Norwegian:
Øø - It's like the Ö
German:
Üü - It's like the U in french "tu"
Ü is also used in Spain to devide letters from each other. Like in "Agüelles". This means, that you have to speak it like "Argu-Elles" and not like "Argwelles".
The Ëë is the same in France, I think..
Thidrek
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amf said:
What I always wanted to know, because I learn Swedish autodidactically, is, when you speak the S in front of a K or the whole SK like an SH. You speak it like it AFTER heavy vowels but how do you speak it if it's BEFORE a speacial vowel like in "Skogen"?
Do you know what I mean?
Gaunerin
vanquish the pain
sk followed by e, i, ä, ö or y is spoken like the "sh"Thidrek said:
if sk is followed by the other vowels or å it is pronounced as ........well.....sk, hehe. Just like you would say in German.
The same goes for sk at the end of a word btw, no matter what stands before it.
Thidrek
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Gaunerin
vanquish the pain
Learning, yeah. Reading isn't much of a problem (anymore), I wouldn't exactly call my stuttering speaking though. But it was good enough to manage the regular tourist stuff in Sweden last month I have to start somewhere
I have to start somewhere
Thidrek
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Stuff like "Förlån, kan ni visa mig vägen till xxx" ?
I'm forging ahead with that language, it isn't that hard
I'm forging ahead with that language, it isn't that hard
Thorin Oakenshield
Zimska tuga
And what's the difference between "sj" and "skj"? Is there also a rule about that pronounciation? One more: is "kj" pronounced like "ch" in "church"?
Again depends on dialects. I pronounce sk, ch and skj longer down the throat, don't think english has that sound, the sound you make when you.. erm.. gather saliva before you spit...Thorin Oakenshield said:
And the other sh-sounds (sh, sch, kj, tj, some g's and k's etc) I pronounce like ch in church.
Gaunerin
vanquish the pain
If you guys are teaching yourself Swedish I guess you have a book for it too? I'm pretty sure there are a few pages about pronounciation in it as well. And even the tiniest dictionaries explain it.
Anyway, before you ask for more letters, here's a page that does also offer sound samples:
http://web.hhs.se/isa/swedish/chap9.htm
Anyway, before you ask for more letters, here's a page that does also offer sound samples:
http://web.hhs.se/isa/swedish/chap9.htm
