The thing about Swedish, is that it's a fox dressed as a sheep dressed as a fox. The first layer, to anyone not familiar with learning foreign languages, is difficult. In Swedish, there is no difference in conjugation for the various groups of people a verb relates to. In English, he runs, I run, they run, etc. In German, Ich laufe, du läufst, er lauft. In Swedish, jag springer, han springer, ni springer, etc. Then, the next layer is easy. The conjugation is simpler than English, the spelling makes more sense than English, and the pronunciation is just a bit difficult. I think when people say Swedish is a category one language, this is where they end. But then comes the final layer. The fiendishly hard one, where the differences between a native speaker and a second language learner become painfully apparent. The things that are almost right but hit the uncanny valley. Where the speaker understands that jag is pronounced more like "yah", which was a very Swedish adaptation to allow faster speech, while leaving a small gap between it and the next word. Or when a speaker pronounces Sverige as "Sve -ri- ye" with distinct syllables, instead of "Sveryeh". And then there's the emphasis. There's no wrong emphAsis on the wrong syllAble, because there's emphasis on every syllable, which is really hard for people who speak any reasonable languages.
I want to hear more of that song about the streets of Stockholm (Stockholms gator). I always thought the way the Skånsk pronounce the word “gå“ sounds exactly the way the English say “go“. The rest of Sweden pronounces it roughly the way the Americans say it.
I'm British and English is my first language but I've been learning Swedish for 11 ish months and I love it. So earlier, my friend wanted to say I hate (insert name of person she hates) in Swedish so basically no one would understand her. So I told her 'jag hatar (insert name of person she hates) and then she tried to repeat it. She said 'ig heter (insert name of person she hates). I don't know how she got ig and heter is the verb to be called or something like that. She got there eventually but it's amazing how hard repeating a language you don't know is.
rosie23xx it might just be because I know a bit of swedish, but hatar is quite like hate and when your name comes after it... Idk I just think the person your friend hates might get the jist of what you're saying
Hahaha, I see you finally found someone who you had the upper hand on. :P The translation of the lyrics made it seem (to me, anyway) as if you picked her up in your hand, and didn't just take her hand. :)
The threshold is the amount of times it takes to learn every languages and compare it to human average life expectancy. But, of course each language takes different amount of times to be fluent at.
Because every time someone thinks of a guy from Sweden they all think, "His name must be Sven if he's from Sweden." So, the funny opening line is saying, "Hey I'm not Sven my name is Martin."
The thing about Swedish, is that it's a fox dressed as a sheep dressed as a fox. The first layer, to anyone not familiar with learning foreign languages, is difficult. In Swedish, there is no difference in conjugation for the various groups of people a verb relates to. In English, he runs, I run, they run, etc. In German, Ich laufe, du läufst, er lauft. In Swedish, jag springer, han springer, ni springer, etc.
Then, the next layer is easy. The conjugation is simpler than English, the spelling makes more sense than English, and the pronunciation is just a bit difficult. I think when people say Swedish is a category one language, this is where they end.
But then comes the final layer. The fiendishly hard one, where the differences between a native speaker and a second language learner become painfully apparent. The things that are almost right but hit the uncanny valley. Where the speaker understands that jag is pronounced more like "yah", which was a very Swedish adaptation to allow faster speech, while leaving a small gap between it and the next word. Or when a speaker pronounces Sverige as "Sve -ri- ye" with distinct syllables, instead of "Sveryeh".
And then there's the emphasis. There's no wrong emphAsis on the wrong syllAble, because there's emphasis on every syllable, which is really hard for people who speak any reasonable languages.
He's been learning English since he was five. She's never even opened a Swedish book.
Not really a fair challenge tbh.
It's bo'le of wa'er. lol
Fun!!! I love hearing your Swedish Martin!!!!
💛💙
I love english people it is so nice seeing them speaking english❤️
She sounds Danish😂😂
Ha ha
Its "skånska"
@@julia-ni1kz Det just det som ar problemet.
I want to hear more of that song about the streets of Stockholm (Stockholms gator). I always thought the way the Skånsk pronounce the word “gå“ sounds exactly the way the English say “go“. The rest of Sweden pronounces it roughly the way the Americans say it.
Skånsk pronunciation is the best, greetings from Norway :)
Yay for Geordie! I'm guessing you meant Ant and Dec… Newcastle is my hometown :D ;)
That cute girl.
You'll notice the sentence structure is very very similar.
I'm glad I'm fluent in one of the hardest languages in the world.
Swedish is not hard. Danish is.
@@azerefendizade6017 he meant Swedish :P
Swedish is among the easiest for an English speaker
Which language is that?
ты хуйню-то несёшь
The song is so beautiful! Is it available in full length somewhere? I can't seem to find it on Sunny Bear's channel.
The chorus was made especially for a video about the streets of Stockholm. I will ask him for a full-length though.
+TheSwedishLad Great! I'm also interested in the song. Greetings from Belgium!
Will be looking forward for it! Greetings from Indonesia :)
So did he ever make a full length song?
its so funny seeing a person from britain/england pronouncing/saying swedish words
UK* Britian is just a land mass.
She is so cute!!!!
She is very good in swedish I will have no probleme understand her. Very good song by the way =)
Your version of "I'd like a bottle of water" is giving me New York vibes on the accent
The English girl was so good in copy the Swedish word's.
Very surprising 🇬🇧🇸🇪❤️👫
Hon sög, Fast det är ju inte förvånande då engelsmän aldrig har sett ett icke engelskt lexikon
I'm British and English is my first language but I've been learning Swedish for 11 ish months and I love it. So earlier, my friend wanted to say I hate (insert name of person she hates) in Swedish so basically no one would understand her. So I told her 'jag hatar (insert name of person she hates) and then she tried to repeat it. She said 'ig heter (insert name of person she hates). I don't know how she got ig and heter is the verb to be called or something like that. She got there eventually but it's amazing how hard repeating a language you don't know is.
rosie23xx it might just be because I know a bit of swedish, but hatar is quite like hate and when your name comes after it... Idk I just think the person your friend hates might get the jist of what you're saying
Shit bullar. LOL
Hahaha, I see you finally found someone who you had the upper hand on. :P
The translation of the lyrics made it seem (to me, anyway) as if you picked her up in your hand, and didn't just take her hand. :)
It's how you can say it in Swedish.
Do this with French!!!
Ellen??? It’s Ellen!!
Who is from sweden too?🙃🇸🇪👋
kudos to ellen for her attempt, I would have been seriously stumped.
She was incredible. My main problem when repeating is not so much pronunciation, it's actually remembering. Very bad short term memory.
+TheSwedishLad hey this is Tonya of Danish Norwegian German English Bible mix so I don't tell you could tell me goodnight German
Martin iso funny i support him
så jäkla roligt när man hör engelska säga det :P
Kuken
Hahahahahah jag dör😂😂
Stolt svensk här!
Hey Martin you know it is "Suomi" not "Soumi" as you spelt it in the icklenellierose comment from her video from yesterday?
+PDIcomics Ouch. Haven't been on the Finland ferry in ages. Spelling becomes an issue.
Haha en sån där flummig proggtröja har jag också :)
How many languages can a person learn ?
As much as you want
The threshold is the amount of times it takes to learn every languages and compare it to human average life expectancy. But, of course each language takes different amount of times to be fluent at.
"Lund'n" xD
Swedish x Portuguese!
What is the meaning of the intro of this channel? What is Sven? Who is Martin?
Because every time someone thinks of a guy from Sweden they all think, "His name must be Sven if he's from Sweden." So, the funny opening line is saying, "Hey I'm not Sven my name is Martin."
Can she say , who ever heard of a snozberry? 😜
We are the music makers... and we are the dreamers of dreams.
Hon låter litte full.
My name is not, Martin. It is Sven, ja Vilket mysigt intro...
Eller hur? :)
Magzofive. TV det är faktiskt my name is not Sven, it is Martin, ja
actually this challenge is pointless coz English is an international language.
that's not swedish. It's some danish dialect...
Its "skånska"
They are mostly eating the ends of the words
But how is this challenging? Everybody already speaks English
accent
Jag är svensk
Martin, explain to me how you always manage to get beautiful women to work with you... Pleeeeeeaaaase?
It's because he is handsome.
+Arwen Ginevra well... fuck my life...
SKÅNE
en smukke øjeblik :'(
jag driker vatten
Swedish is hard
Yup!
no
Bruh everything is hard for english people