I really like the fact that this guy actually tries to pronounce the words correctly and doesnt just put on some rediculous Swedish Chef impression to make fun of our language. Its greatly appreciated and not offensive!
Don´t worry about exact pronounciation. She talks like they do in her part of Sweden. In other parts, we talk totally different. "Midsommar" is one example. She says missommar with a short "i". Where I live (up in the north) we say midsommar with a long "i" and you can hear the "d".
By the way: "Vad äter vi till midsommar" would directly, word for word, translate into "What eating we to midsummer", just in case nobody else mentioned it :)
Shopping done, sill, potatoes etc bought, schnapps ready to go and limbering up for the frog dance! I love the fact you take time to really get into the Swedish language, culture and history. As a Brit living in Sweden it seems you enjoy it nearly as much as me :)
You do really good trying speaking swedish! Glad midsommar! Happy midsummer! (Tomorrow) :D And weatherwise: For the first time in the last 5-6 years its going to be like 85 degrees (Fahrenheit)! More snaps and games! :D
I am swedish, work for a big swedish company who has employes all over the world. And they always say that no point planning any meetings in July, Sweden is on vacation then 😀 And yes, we mostly are.
As a guy working in a big Swedish company myself (Norwegian myself, but grew up in Sweden), July is the worst month for sure. Some things cannot be sorted out until September sometimes because key people are gone. I rarely take more than 4 weekdays off for anything, but of course, I slam a weekend in the middle of it for good measure. If I were to take my 5 weeks in a row, or even two weeks, I would go nuts. This has always been true, and nowadays I work from home 100% and live in a more exotic location, so the feeling of having to take vacation is even less - as for about 9 months of the year, I have vacation every day after work :D
It really is the most important day. I was in Stockgolm today, the city was nearly deserted. It was just me and a lof of tourists. Everyone else is out celebrating. Either in the countryside, or out in the archipelago. And for once it is not raining!
Another great reaction! 👍 Thanks! 😁 You pronounce Swedish word pretty well, and VERY well for being a beginner. And I bet if any Swede had to chose between celebrating hour national day (6'th of June) or midsommar, it would be like 95% voting for midsommar. YOu should look up some photos of Stockholm at midsummer, it is deserted. 😁 4:07 That was awesome! She is actually saying it like a Swede, not pronouncing the whole words, so your first try was the best. 11:00 Another great try! I think Americans always prefer the Ä sound of A. But saying VAD in Swedish, it would be more correct to say like V-"awe"-D - awe in American. "do eat" is "äter", the ending of the verb is actually saying if we are doing it now, "we" is "vi", "on" is usually "på" - another thing she is not making it the easiest way to understand, as most Swedes would say "on midsummer" - "på midsommar", not "till". 12:11 Another word she is saying in a strange Swedish dialect. That is usually not how you pronounce it. It's more like yooordgubbar. She is emphasising "gu" which is kinda strange, usually it is "jo" you emphasise. 15:47 haha That is like the ONLY reason we have "snaps"! Try get a swede "hoppa säck" on a Monday. You'd be in the psychiatric ward in 10 minutes. 😁
A big difference between midsummer and other festivities is that on midsummer the streets are empty. Most people tend to go to the countryside, summerhouse as she mentioned, back to their parents and so on. Most stores and malls are closed.
As another swede, i think you're doing great with swedish. Obviously a few mistakes here and there but that happens a lot when you're learning a new language. Keep on doing what you're doing! You're doing great. And love the new haircut :)
I absolutely love your reactions to Swedish strange traditions! Snaps is actually just vodka (made from potatoes or grain) flavoured with spices or /and herbs. Not to be confused with schnapps wich is German, and made from fruits or berries.
There is absolutely nothing strange about Swedish traditions - they are unfamiliar to most of the world, but that doesn't make them strange. Most countries in the world have their traditions - more or less domestic.
Små grodorna, a beloved Swedish midsummer classic. But even små grodorna are not originally Swedish. The melody comes from a French military march written in the late 18th century. The song's original chorus instead sounds like this: "Au pas camarades, au pas camarades, Au pas, au pas, au pas, Au pas camarades, au pas camarades, Au pas, au pas, au pas." Which directly translates roughly to: "Keep up comrades, keep up comrades, keep up, keep up, keep up". It's about eating onions. The song also contained references to the fact that the French soldiers should eat onions to become strong like lions, Austrians, on the other hand, would not get any onions. Then the British took the song and changed the text to be about frogs. This to tease with the French, who they associated with eating frogs. But exactly how it became known in Sweden is not entirely clear. But it must have appeared in a Swedish version in a songbook in the 1920s.
små grodorna or "the little frogs" is a song originaly sung by the french granadieers (spellcheck). The British soliders then changed the words and called the french for frogs due to the look of their full uniform and probly due to the somewhat complicated and war infected history. How the song then found its way in to the swedish culture and "pegan" feasts I sadly dont know. But still fun fact. Keep it up Connor you doing great with the swedish, love the channel!
1) The song was originally an old french chikdrens song. 2) During the time when tge song came to Sweden, Midsummer wasn't remotely pagan. It's more pagan today.
Små grodorna är en fransk soldatsång som handlar om hur soldaterna får kraft av att äta lök. Efter Napoleons nederlag blev det en nidvisa över fransmännen, som senare på något sätt blev en midsommarsång. Det finns inget kristet med midsommar, har aldrig funnits. Detta är det andra okunniga inlägget av dig jag läser.
"What eat we to/with midsummer". It will help you a lot I think to understand the concept of compound words too. Like mid+summer+pole = midsummerpole -> mid+sommar+stång = midsommarstång. Edit: Also "being socially awkward and needing to get a couple of schnapps in before you start talking" is literally one of the core stereotypes of the entire Nordic area (and not for no reason).
Needing a few snaps before you dare talk to strangers does not make you an alcoholic, Connor. It makes you a Swede! :p Social awkwarndess is like a national trait. I think Sweden (or perhaps most of the nordics) is also know as the land of the introverts. Being an extrovert here is a challenge, I tell you!
Midsummer used to a big festival all over Europe. Unfortunately, over much of the continent it's slowly been dying out. In my own country, the UK, it's largely died out and what remains is a weak watered down version. It was still a big thing in many rural areas, when I was a kid. Though it only really survives nowadays, in small isolated rural pockets. Usually in the form of ancient traditions which, although fun, have lost most of their meaning to modern people and are largely tourist attractions, mixed in with village fetes. Shetland seems to have kept hold of some of the roots of it's midsummer festival and it remains a huge event for the islaners, even though it's a tourist attraction too.
As a Dane, it's always fun to see how innocent the Swedish midsummer celebration is. In Denmark, we straight up burn a witch (not a live one these days) on a giant bonfire while singing and getting wasted. I guess that's the cultural difference for you.
You should react to Swedish Midsummer for dummies too! And the German IKEA commercial making fun of it. Finally we're getting some proper summer weather on this special day. We pronounce midsommar as missommar. And we remove a lo of letters just like in English. Hu(r) fira(r) vi mi(d)sommar? 7:55 Yeah I guess we're more drawn to that than religion but not very many actually believe it, it's just for fun. XD Yeah your Swedish was a bit worse this time, gotta try and listen rather than read I think. But I still love that you do it. 9:50 Becaaaause in Sweden we're very private and reserved. It can be weird to even hug family members, and we stay away from strangers. Having a national celebration and alcohol helps. Her translations are sometimes a little bit off in detail. Vad äter vi till midsommar = What do we eat for midsummer? You really should have realized that vi is we! But it's "What eat we for midsummer". Oh we don't go out on the street and drink, people go away from the cities as much as possible. And it's mostly with family but some go to gatherings to do apart of it with strangers. Midsommar and christmas are the biggest ones, christmas is bigger.
That "snaps song" Helan går. there is a version with nonsense words that makes an english speaker sing it. Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley Oh handsome in the hell and tar and hell are in the half and four Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley.
No, Wasa didn't become King on the 6th of june. He claimed the title and got some people without power to legitimate the claim. But neither he or those people had control of the country. He didn't "become" king until later when he finally conquered the last cities, and formally not until january five years later when he was finally crowned.
It’s always so enjoyable to see you learn about our culture, and having a true interest in our language as well. Doing good on that front! Please come and visit or preferably move here, you would be such a pleasant addition to our country, glad midsommar 🇸🇪 🍓 ❤️ Here is a Swedish tongue twister you can try out after a few snaps: Sju sjösjuka sjömän sjönk på skeppet Shanghai år sjuttonhundra sjuttiosju Good luck 🍀 Translation: Seven seasick sailors sank on the ship Shanghai in the year 1777
i love how everyone has different versions of this. The one I'm used to is sju sjösjuka sjömän sköttes av sju sköna sjuksköterskor på det sjunkande skeppet Shanghai.
I always find it funny when people complain about it raining on Midsummer. After having danced rain dances around a giant p**is - asking the gods to fertilize the Earth.
"V" and "W" is pronounced exactly the same in Swedish, like a hard "V". Gräslök = Chives Jordgubbar = Strawberries Smultron = Wild Strawberries. We pick Smultron and thread them on straws before we eat them, and they taste better than domesticated Strawberries!
What? W in whisky is pronounced as in English. And for your information, there are dialects in Dalarna and western Sweden, where the [w] phoneme still exist in Swedish words as well.
Im at the midsommar event right now and my mom have friends from italy over and thay dont even know English, so its verry awkward atm, just walked away and watched you to calm down❤
Physical contact isnt that straightforward in Nordic countries, as it is in some other countries/cultures. Concept of "personal space" is very crucial in understanding the Nordic mindset. People respect the privacy, both mental and physical, very highly in Nordic culture. Keeping a physical distance to other ppl is seen as polite thing to do, which may come off as cold and reserved to the rest of the world, however.
So one thing that can confuse is that whenever she says a word, she usually says it with pitch accent. Which menas there's tonal intonation to the words. Swedish has 2 different pitch accents. However, when we speak longer sentences, you would normally only apply the pitch accent to the last word in a sentence. That's why you sometimes have trouble recognizing the word again when put into a sentence. Sometimes it's also because she pronounced a letter (like a D or G) the first time around, but then let it be silent the second time around.
you shouldnt get hung up on pronunciation too much when some of her words doesnt sound like its written, its her dialect... there are so many different dialects that dont speak some of the letters, and people in sweden dont care if you speak swenglish they only care that you are trying. Many english and american that have lived in Sweden for many years speak swenglish. Just focus on reading the words and let it sound as is, if you learn some swedish from this channel and some from other swedes you will have mixed dialects and thats more wierd then speaking swenglish :D GL
Your Swedish pronounciation is quite Good. It will help you though if you practise on our special letters Å, Ä and Ö. They are independent letters and not cool A's and O's. It would be similar to saying a T is a cool I with a bar on top.
Saw you mention Stonehenge in another video, a lot of people don’t seem to know but summer solstice is the only day of the year where you can walk amongst the stones, the celebration lasts all night and people stay to watch the sunrise.
Dont mind it at all. As a Swede, i enjoy and feel honored that you're trying and want to pronounce it correctly. And, to your question about socially awkward without alcohol, you would fit in perfectly. Many of us are the same here in Sweden when we meet new people.
My and my wife and our 2 kids are sick, so we wont celebrate midsummerday this year (never happend before). So it's abit sad, we got some stuff that we can eat here at home atleast, but ofc no big gathering this year. Eyeinfection, coughing alot and our kids cough so hard they puke and also runny nose on most of us here, detailed information here! Keep up the good work with speaking swedish, your doing good. Vad är en midsommarstång, "Vad är" is "What is", "En" is "a" (word "En" is also the number one), Midsommarstång ofc Midsummerpole.
They had midsummer celebrations in the US yesterday. I'm not sure if it was in New York? I saw it on Instagram. But it was a lot of people, Swedish flags and all of the things that makes Swedish Midsummer, including "Små Grodorna" xD
11:22 On the phrase "Vad äter vi till midsommar?" you can often pretty much swap out the words word for word in English a lot of the time. You can even (almost) do it with this sentence, except that the auxiliary verb "do" doesn't exist in Swedish so you have to change the sentence a little bit: Vad - What äter - eat vi - we till - to midsommar - midsummer So if we just translate the sentence word for word we get "What eat we to midsummer" which, granted, is a grammatically incorrect sentence in English but arguably still completely comprehensible in the proper context. You could also swap the word "till" for "på" which literally means "on" and makes the sentence even more similar to how it's said in English. At the end of the day English and Swedish are quite closely related languages with a lot of shared vocabulary and and similar syntax. Swedish is one of the easiest languages to learn for native English speakers and it's very easy to spot the similarities once you learn the major differences and which clues to look for. Great video as always! I enjoy watching your channel, it makes me happy to see someone take interest in our obscure language and kind of odd culture :D
The national day isn’t just about Wasa becoming king, it’s also the same date as the forming of government in 1809. But the date didn’t become our national day until 1983, before that the day was called “the Swedish flag day”.
When she is speaking she is talking pretty fast so the d becomes silent. If pronounced correct we say Mid-Sommar=Midsommar or as she say's it Misommar, when swedes are speaking to each other. She should slow down when she speaks Swedish so it is pronounced correctly.
Swedish syntax differs from English, so "Vad äter vi till midsommar" (word for word) = what eating we to midsummer. So, it may be a bit confusing, but word for word the vocabulary is not that far off from English: Vad = What Äter (from äta) = Eating (from eat) Vi = We Till = can mean many things, most commonly to/for/on but also till Midsommar = Midsummer
love that you try to pronouce swedish, translation for you vad = what äter= eat vi=we till= on, so translaation in straight would be what eat we on midsummer but that be wierd so its like she typed to make sense,, the simularity in drinking would be St patrics day but the food be like thanksgiving
Midsummer has to do with fertility and the longest day (when the sun is shining in the middle of the night in the north of sweden). The 1st of May Is more related to the day during spring when day and night is the same length. And depending on where In swe you are summer starts some time between May or July(in the north we usually say that summer starts at the end of June) so I guess that might have something to do with your question. 🤔
About our national day, we actually celebrate our… I don’t know if constitution is the right word, but the king admitted to having less power and some sort of government were formed in 1809. But also, Gustav Vasa since he’s considered to have founded what now is Sweden. No more danish kings on swedish soil since 1523.
There are two different ways of pronouncing midsommar, or actually three different ones. Midsommer, Missommar, Mi:dsommer (with a long i). Midsommar are most often pronounced in the southern parts of Sweden missommar . So I usually say it should be the other way around. That in the northern parts you usually miss the summer. So they should say they miss summer. ;-)
The grammatics are a bit different from English sometimes. Like the sentence: What do we eat on midsummer. Directly translated the Swedish translation would be: What eating we to midsummer
Well you know swedes dont really talk to strangers normally, we like our personal space. So to hold a strangers hand? Yeah that's not normal for us at all, but we do it when we dance around the pole :)
A tips concentrate on pronouncing vowels A, E, I, O, U, Y, Å, Ä and Ö. in the Swedish language when you got that is easier to speak it the lanuges. But good chanel by the way.
I think she's speaking to fast, that's why you struggle to pronounce the words. You read that "midsommar" sentence very good and then you tried to say after her and just couldn't do it. I think you should check out the three special scandinavian vocals, in Sweden ä,ö and å, in Norway we write them æ,ø and å. I'm a Norwegian so Swedish is not my native language, but we grew up with Swedish childrens tv like Pippi Långstrump and understand Swedish as good as Norwegian, but I can not write Swedish as good as Norwegian I think, but almost.
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As a sweede I am just flatterd that you take interest in our language and culture, I can not fathom that anyone finds it offensive.
I really like the fact that this guy actually tries to pronounce the words correctly and doesnt just put on some rediculous Swedish Chef impression to make fun of our language. Its greatly appreciated and not offensive!
Don’t apologize, one of the best things is hearing you pronouncing words in swedish, and you do it good!
We Swedes have a very strong emotional bond to midsummer. Appreciate your interest in ours and other contries history and culture.
Midsommar 😂 man super sig full på akvavit och sätter på grannens fru.
Vaknar dagen efter och undrar vad hände 😂😂😂
@@jimmykarlsson2567eller grannens man 😂
@@annikamyren3026 😂😂😂
Don´t worry about exact pronounciation. She talks like they do in her part of Sweden. In other parts, we talk totally different. "Midsommar" is one example. She says missommar with a short "i". Where I live (up in the north) we say midsommar with a long "i" and you can hear the "d".
By the way: "Vad äter vi till midsommar" would directly, word for word, translate into "What eating we to midsummer", just in case nobody else mentioned it :)
Shopping done, sill, potatoes etc bought, schnapps ready to go and limbering up for the frog dance!
I love the fact you take time to really get into the Swedish language, culture and history. As a Brit living in Sweden it seems you enjoy it nearly as much as me :)
You do really good trying speaking swedish! Glad midsommar! Happy midsummer! (Tomorrow) :D
And weatherwise: For the first time in the last 5-6 years its going to be like 85 degrees (Fahrenheit)! More snaps and games! :D
The whole Midsummer's weekend is estimated to become the sunniest and hottest Midsummer in 50 years!!
I am swedish, work for a big swedish company who has employes all over the world. And they always say that no point planning any meetings in July, Sweden is on vacation then 😀 And yes, we mostly are.
As a guy working in a big Swedish company myself (Norwegian myself, but grew up in Sweden), July is the worst month for sure. Some things cannot be sorted out until September sometimes because key people are gone. I rarely take more than 4 weekdays off for anything, but of course, I slam a weekend in the middle of it for good measure. If I were to take my 5 weeks in a row, or even two weeks, I would go nuts. This has always been true, and nowadays I work from home 100% and live in a more exotic location, so the feeling of having to take vacation is even less - as for about 9 months of the year, I have vacation every day after work :D
It really is the most important day. I was in Stockgolm today, the city was nearly deserted. It was just me and a lof of tourists. Everyone else is out celebrating. Either in the countryside, or out in the archipelago. And for once it is not raining!
I always enjoy when you try to speak Swedish, I think you do a really good job 👏. Glad midsommar. Btw your R sounds are getting really good too!
Another great reaction! 👍 Thanks! 😁 You pronounce Swedish word pretty well, and VERY well for being a beginner. And I bet if any Swede had to chose between celebrating hour national day (6'th of June) or midsommar, it would be like 95% voting for midsommar.
YOu should look up some photos of Stockholm at midsummer, it is deserted. 😁
4:07 That was awesome! She is actually saying it like a Swede, not pronouncing the whole words, so your first try was the best.
11:00 Another great try! I think Americans always prefer the Ä sound of A. But saying VAD in Swedish, it would be more correct to say like V-"awe"-D - awe in American. "do eat" is "äter", the ending of the verb is actually saying if we are doing it now, "we" is "vi", "on" is usually "på" - another thing she is not making it the easiest way to understand, as most Swedes would say "on midsummer" - "på midsommar", not "till".
12:11 Another word she is saying in a strange Swedish dialect. That is usually not how you pronounce it. It's more like yooordgubbar. She is emphasising "gu" which is kinda strange, usually it is "jo" you emphasise.
15:47 haha That is like the ONLY reason we have "snaps"! Try get a swede "hoppa säck" on a Monday. You'd be in the psychiatric ward in 10 minutes. 😁
A big difference between midsummer and other festivities is that on midsummer the streets are empty. Most people tend to go to the countryside, summerhouse as she mentioned, back to their parents and so on.
Most stores and malls are closed.
Alot of babies are born around April here in Sweden. Roughly 9months after midsummer
As another swede, i think you're doing great with swedish. Obviously a few mistakes here and there but that happens a lot when you're learning a new language. Keep on doing what you're doing! You're doing great. And love the new haircut :)
I absolutely love your reactions to Swedish strange traditions! Snaps is actually just vodka (made from potatoes or grain) flavoured with spices or /and herbs. Not to be confused with schnapps wich is German, and made from fruits or berries.
There is absolutely nothing strange about Swedish traditions - they are unfamiliar to most of the world, but that doesn't make them strange. Most countries in the world have their traditions - more or less domestic.
Sweden as a country basically closes down during midsummer and the day after, shops, restaurants, and other business.
Små grodorna, a beloved Swedish midsummer classic. But even små grodorna are not originally Swedish. The melody comes from a French military march written in the late 18th century.
The song's original chorus instead sounds like this:
"Au pas camarades, au pas camarades,
Au pas, au pas, au pas,
Au pas camarades, au pas camarades,
Au pas, au pas, au pas."
Which directly translates roughly to:
"Keep up comrades, keep up comrades, keep up, keep up, keep up".
It's about eating onions.
The song also contained references to the fact that the French soldiers should eat onions to become strong like lions, Austrians, on the other hand, would not get any onions.
Then the British took the song and changed the text to be about frogs. This to tease with the French, who they associated with eating frogs.
But exactly how it became known in Sweden is not entirely clear. But it must have appeared in a Swedish version in a songbook in the 1920s.
små grodorna or "the little frogs" is a song originaly sung by the french granadieers (spellcheck). The British soliders then changed the words and called the french for frogs due to the look of their full uniform and probly due to the somewhat complicated and war infected history. How the song then found its way in to the swedish culture and "pegan" feasts I sadly dont know. But still fun fact. Keep it up Connor you doing great with the swedish, love the channel!
1) The song was originally an old french chikdrens song. 2) During the time when tge song came to Sweden, Midsummer wasn't remotely pagan. It's more pagan today.
Små grodorna är en fransk soldatsång som handlar om hur soldaterna får kraft av att äta lök. Efter Napoleons nederlag blev det en nidvisa över fransmännen, som senare på något sätt blev en midsommarsång. Det finns inget kristet med midsommar, har aldrig funnits. Detta är det andra okunniga inlägget av dig jag läser.
"What eat we to/with midsummer". It will help you a lot I think to understand the concept of compound words too. Like mid+summer+pole = midsummerpole -> mid+sommar+stång = midsommarstång.
Edit: Also "being socially awkward and needing to get a couple of schnapps in before you start talking" is literally one of the core stereotypes of the entire Nordic area (and not for no reason).
Needing a few snaps before you dare talk to strangers does not make you an alcoholic, Connor. It makes you a Swede! :p
Social awkwarndess is like a national trait. I think Sweden (or perhaps most of the nordics) is also know as the land of the introverts. Being an extrovert here is a challenge, I tell you!
Midsummer used to a big festival all over Europe. Unfortunately, over much of the continent it's slowly been dying out. In my own country, the UK, it's largely died out and what remains is a weak watered down version. It was still a big thing in many rural areas, when I was a kid. Though it only really survives nowadays, in small isolated rural pockets. Usually in the form of ancient traditions which, although fun, have lost most of their meaning to modern people and are largely tourist attractions, mixed in with village fetes. Shetland seems to have kept hold of some of the roots of it's midsummer festival and it remains a huge event for the islaners, even though it's a tourist attraction too.
thanks for sharing enjoyed learning different language and cultures
the midsummer festival is on my bucket list to go
As a Dane, it's always fun to see how innocent the Swedish midsummer celebration is. In Denmark, we straight up burn a witch (not a live one these days) on a giant bonfire while singing and getting wasted. I guess that's the cultural difference for you.
We've gotten our pyromancy spent on Valborg already.
@@Jungfrun1 And Easter 😂😂😂
Swedes are meek today. People used to fire guns and blow up dynamite on Easter and New Years Eve.
You should react to Swedish Midsummer for dummies too! And the German IKEA commercial making fun of it.
Finally we're getting some proper summer weather on this special day.
We pronounce midsommar as missommar. And we remove a lo of letters just like in English. Hu(r) fira(r) vi mi(d)sommar?
7:55 Yeah I guess we're more drawn to that than religion but not very many actually believe it, it's just for fun. XD
Yeah your Swedish was a bit worse this time, gotta try and listen rather than read I think. But I still love that you do it.
9:50 Becaaaause in Sweden we're very private and reserved. It can be weird to even hug family members, and we stay away from strangers. Having a national celebration and alcohol helps.
Her translations are sometimes a little bit off in detail. Vad äter vi till midsommar = What do we eat for midsummer? You really should have realized that vi is we! But it's "What eat we for midsummer".
Oh we don't go out on the street and drink, people go away from the cities as much as possible. And it's mostly with family but some go to gatherings to do apart of it with strangers.
Midsommar and christmas are the biggest ones, christmas is bigger.
That "snaps song" Helan går. there is a version with nonsense words that makes an english speaker sing it.
Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley
Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley
Oh handsome in the hell and tar
and hell are in the half and four
Hell and gore, Chung hop father Allan ley.
I don't mind you skipping back and trying to repeat the words at all - it's part of what makes your videos stand out! :)
No, Wasa didn't become King on the 6th of june. He claimed the title and got some people without power to legitimate the claim. But neither he or those people had control of the country. He didn't "become" king until later when he finally conquered the last cities, and formally not until january five years later when he was finally crowned.
It’s always so enjoyable to see you learn about our culture, and having a true interest in our language as well. Doing good on that front! Please come and visit or preferably move here, you would be such a pleasant addition to our country, glad midsommar 🇸🇪 🍓 ❤️
Here is a Swedish tongue twister you can try out after a few snaps:
Sju sjösjuka sjömän sjönk på skeppet Shanghai år sjuttonhundra sjuttiosju
Good luck 🍀
Translation: Seven seasick sailors sank on the ship Shanghai in the year 1777
i love how everyone has different versions of this. The one I'm used to is sju sjösjuka sjömän sköttes av sju sköna sjuksköterskor på det sjunkande skeppet Shanghai.
I always find it funny when people complain about it raining on Midsummer. After having danced rain dances around a giant p**is - asking the gods to fertilize the Earth.
"V" and "W" is pronounced exactly the same in Swedish, like a hard "V".
Gräslök = Chives
Jordgubbar = Strawberries
Smultron = Wild Strawberries.
We pick Smultron and thread them on straws before we eat them, and they taste better than domesticated Strawberries!
What? W in whisky is pronounced as in English. And for your information, there are dialects in Dalarna and western Sweden, where the [w] phoneme still exist in Swedish words as well.
You are doing a great job speaking swedish. 🙂👏
Im at the midsommar event right now and my mom have friends from italy over and thay dont even know English, so its verry awkward atm, just walked away and watched you to calm down❤
I'm just here to say. Loving the haircut man 😉👍
Sounds like you got the “R” sounds right now. 👏👏👏
Keep up the good work!👍
You had your ears lowered Connor? Happy Hair Cut. Sweden looks so picturesque. I would love to visit there. Never seem that movie.
Physical contact isnt that straightforward in Nordic countries, as it is in some other countries/cultures. Concept of "personal space" is very crucial in understanding the Nordic mindset. People respect the privacy, both mental and physical, very highly in Nordic culture. Keeping a physical distance to other ppl is seen as polite thing to do, which may come off as cold and reserved to the rest of the world, however.
We do similar things in the UK and dance naked around Stonehenge. I have not been caught yet!
I’m Finland we take bets on how many people will get drunk and drown during midsummer- Juhannusta
So one thing that can confuse is that whenever she says a word, she usually says it with pitch accent. Which menas there's tonal intonation to the words. Swedish has 2 different pitch accents. However, when we speak longer sentences, you would normally only apply the pitch accent to the last word in a sentence. That's why you sometimes have trouble recognizing the word again when put into a sentence. Sometimes it's also because she pronounced a letter (like a D or G) the first time around, but then let it be silent the second time around.
you shouldnt get hung up on pronunciation too much when some of her words doesnt sound like its written, its her dialect... there are so many different dialects that dont speak some of the letters, and people in sweden dont care if you speak swenglish they only care that you are trying. Many english and american that have lived in Sweden for many years speak swenglish. Just focus on reading the words and let it sound as is, if you learn some swedish from this channel and some from other swedes you will have mixed dialects and thats more wierd then speaking swenglish :D GL
Your Swedish pronounciation is quite Good. It will help you though if you practise on our special letters Å, Ä and Ö. They are independent letters and not cool A's and O's. It would be similar to saying a T is a cool I with a bar on top.
Saw you mention Stonehenge in another video, a lot of people don’t seem to know but summer solstice is the only day of the year where you can walk amongst the stones, the celebration lasts all night and people stay to watch the sunrise.
Dont mind it at all. As a Swede, i enjoy and feel honored that you're trying and want to pronounce it correctly. And, to your question about socially awkward without alcohol, you would fit in perfectly. Many of us are the same here in Sweden when we meet new people.
Midsommar is one of many words that are usually pronounced a bit sloppy, that’s why you can’t hear certain letters, in this case the d.
My and my wife and our 2 kids are sick, so we wont celebrate midsummerday this year (never happend before). So it's abit sad, we got some stuff that we can eat here at home atleast, but ofc no big gathering this year. Eyeinfection, coughing alot and our kids cough so hard they puke and also runny nose on most of us here, detailed information here! Keep up the good work with speaking swedish, your doing good.
Vad är en midsommarstång, "Vad är" is "What is", "En" is "a" (word "En" is also the number one), Midsommarstång ofc Midsummerpole.
Didn't rain this year, infact it was 30ºC and full sun...
Awesome job, not painful at all! Glad midsommar (tomorrow).
They had midsummer celebrations in the US yesterday. I'm not sure if it was in New York? I saw it on Instagram. But it was a lot of people, Swedish flags and all of the things that makes Swedish Midsummer, including "Små Grodorna" xD
If you really want to experience what a midsummer is like you should watch the “ikea midsummer commercial” haha
Well done, and you made me laugh a lot here
Hey, you’r doing great!
11:22 On the phrase "Vad äter vi till midsommar?" you can often pretty much swap out the words word for word in English a lot of the time. You can even (almost) do it with this sentence, except that the auxiliary verb "do" doesn't exist in Swedish so you have to change the sentence a little bit:
Vad - What
äter - eat
vi - we
till - to
midsommar - midsummer
So if we just translate the sentence word for word we get "What eat we to midsummer" which, granted, is a grammatically incorrect sentence in English but arguably still completely comprehensible in the proper context. You could also swap the word "till" for "på" which literally means "on" and makes the sentence even more similar to how it's said in English.
At the end of the day English and Swedish are quite closely related languages with a lot of shared vocabulary and and similar syntax. Swedish is one of the easiest languages to learn for native English speakers and it's very easy to spot the similarities once you learn the major differences and which clues to look for.
Great video as always! I enjoy watching your channel, it makes me happy to see someone take interest in our obscure language and kind of odd culture :D
The national day isn’t just about Wasa becoming king, it’s also the same date as the forming of government in 1809. But the date didn’t become our national day until 1983, before that the day was called “the Swedish flag day”.
When she is speaking she is talking pretty fast so the d becomes silent. If pronounced correct we say Mid-Sommar=Midsommar or as she say's it Misommar, when swedes are speaking to each other. She should slow down when she speaks Swedish so it is pronounced correctly.
Soo fun too here him talk😀
Hi Connor, I've got used to it now. I must say the new wig looks much better than that old Trump cast off!
Yes in old time midsummer was a gatheringtime. Mabye related to some eveb older celtic traditions about fertility.
Even as a kid I cringed when I had to pretend to be a frog in public.
Swedish syntax differs from English, so "Vad äter vi till midsommar" (word for word) = what eating we to midsummer. So, it may be a bit confusing, but word for word the vocabulary is not that far off from English:
Vad = What
Äter (from äta) = Eating (from eat)
Vi = We
Till = can mean many things, most commonly to/for/on but also till
Midsommar = Midsummer
You don't know how to celebrate midsummer before you watch Finland version
love that you try to pronouce swedish, translation for you vad = what äter= eat vi=we till= on, so translaation in straight would be what eat we on midsummer but that be wierd so its like she typed to make sense,, the simularity in drinking would be St patrics day but the food be like thanksgiving
If you are socially akward and need a couple of snaps to get going you are the definition of a Swede, not an alcoholic.
A logic question: Why is Midsummer Day officially the first day of Summer in Sweden?
For 1000s of years Mayday was properly the start of Summer.
Midsummer has to do with fertility and the longest day (when the sun is shining in the middle of the night in the north of sweden). The 1st of May Is more related to the day during spring when day and night is the same length. And depending on where In swe you are summer starts some time between May or July(in the north we usually say that summer starts at the end of June) so I guess that might have something to do with your question. 🤔
You speak Swedish like a native,, bravo.
About our national day, we actually celebrate our… I don’t know if constitution is the right word, but the king admitted to having less power and some sort of government were formed in 1809. But also, Gustav Vasa since he’s considered to have founded what now is Sweden. No more danish kings on swedish soil since 1523.
There are two different ways of pronouncing midsommar, or actually three different ones.
Midsommer, Missommar, Mi:dsommer (with a long i).
Midsommar are most often pronounced in the southern parts of Sweden missommar . So I usually say it should be the other way around. That in the northern parts you usually miss the summer. So they should say they miss summer. ;-)
The grammatics are a bit different from English sometimes. Like the sentence: What do we eat on midsummer. Directly translated the Swedish translation would be: What eating we to midsummer
I celebrated midsommar in croatia, wasnt any fun at all. But at least we had good weather ;)
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Glad Midsommar
You pronounce everything almost perfectly.
But plz plz plz…learn how to pronounce å, ä and ö!
That will make make everything soooo much better!
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Look up the actual songs, they are great.
Dismiss the Midsommar film at your peril.
One thing, most native speaking people tend to talk quickly, try to give more space between the words.
You said "hur firar vi midsommar?" perfectly fine before even hearing it :D and then when she said it you started to struggle... what happened there?
Looks similar to May Day.
Well you know swedes dont really talk to strangers normally, we like our personal space. So to hold a strangers hand? Yeah that's not normal for us at all, but we do it when we dance around the pole :)
A tips concentrate on pronouncing vowels A, E, I, O, U, Y, Å, Ä and Ö. in the Swedish language when you got that is easier to speak it the lanuges. But good chanel by the way.
what (vad) do(-)(included in the verbform of äter (basic form äta)) we(vi) eat (äter) on (till) midsummer (midsommar)
I think she's speaking to fast, that's why you struggle to pronounce the words. You read that "midsommar" sentence very good and then you tried to say after her and just couldn't do it. I think you should check out the three special scandinavian vocals, in Sweden ä,ö and å, in Norway we write them æ,ø and å. I'm a Norwegian so Swedish is not my native language, but we grew up with Swedish childrens tv like Pippi Långstrump and understand Swedish as good as Norwegian, but I can not write Swedish as good as Norwegian I think, but almost.
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Å Ä Ö.
Dear friend, I`m from germany and I share a lot of your interests and so I watch your videos. If you want to see real modern german history (better: EU history) please watch and check " Bugatti Chiron 417 km/h". It is world record of eternity. It happend on a offical highway not on a closed racing placed. The car is a normal car which everybody is allowed to buy, just made in FRANCE and the owner and driver is just a normal chzech billionaire. Not a sporty young professionell racing-car-driver, he is only an old white man. Plaese don`t forget, it happend on a normal german autobahn. No fake.
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Vad... Är... En... Midsommarstång
Very cringeworthy but not you, her 😄.
I dont like her and i dont like midsommar