This is the most fun video I've watched about midsommar. I still remember celebrating my first midsommar in Sweden at an ecovillage where we decorated the pole and made the birch head bands. Danced sang and drank all evening. And a special tradition in Gotland or the ecovillage was to continue dancing to the pond holding hands around midnight and jumping into the water. That's where I fell in love with the Swedish culture that's purely associated with nature and environment. Jag älskar Sverige 🇸🇪 ❤❤❤️
We have a Swedish teacher where I live in Devon England just learnt NU SKA VI SKORDA LINET IDAG. Summer songs are cultural and light hearted. Thank you Fun Swedish
Nice video! I wish I could learn Swedish with you. Despite having a Swedish niece and having watched tons of Swedish thrillers, it’s the first time I completely followed the flow of language. The written sentences helped a lot!
Hi Vera! Happy to hear the videos are helping! We do have all kinds of courses so that you can learn with us! Here are our video courses: elansutbildning.teachable.com/ And we have some live Zoom courses coming up pretty soon! Here is the one for 100% beginners. elansutbildning.com/product/swedish-for-beginners-i/
Great video! In German we have a children's song called "Ich bin ein Musikante und komm aus Schwabenland" which translates to "I am a musician and I com from Swabia". Swabia is a region in the southwest of Germany. Just as in the Swedish version, German children will sing the song, mime plaing different instruments and then sort of imitate the sound. Watching you explain so joyfully reminded me of being at kindergarten some 50 years ago having fun. :o)
@@FunSwedish Bueno yo no soy argentino, soy un friulano emigrado en Patagonia, llegue acá en 1985, estudie en Milano, soy medico patologo, mi esposa es también italiana, pero de 30 km más al sur del Veneto de Oderzo. Ella emigró muchos años antes con sus padres. Nuestra hija debe tener tu edad es Abogada rubia y parecida a vos. Bueno será lindo ir conociendo y haciendo amistad. Saludos desde Neuquen. Pio
Thanks -- very helpful, especially for us who are several generations away from the mother country (I'm 1/8 Swedish - maternal maternal maternal great grandmother). What would be really helpful would be a depiction of how to do each of the dances - many circle like "ring around the rosie" in American culture - but not all. We usually do about 6 or 8 dances each midsommar. Karrusell (Jungfer skar), Prastens Lilla Krak, Raven Raskar Over Isen, Sma Faglarna i Skogen, are among the others commonly done. And we always end with Rakete. We did one midsommar dance this past weekend whose name I did not know. And not speaking Swedish, I couldn't figure it out. It has a hambo rhythm - so I took a partner and just did a little hambo on the lawn. (Perhaps of interest, the hambo or hambopolska was voted for many years as the most popular international dance among American folk dancers.)
I just want to put it out there that your English is fantastic! I wish I could switch that effortlessly like you do between your native accent and an American one. Much love< 3 😊
Aw, how sweet of you to say it! It is the result of years of studying English, listening to a lot of music and making a lot of mistakes when I talked to native English speakers. But your English is really good as well just by seeing how you write!!
Tack så mycket for this video! If you like the idea, what do you think about making some videos about swedish culture in swedish (with subtitles maybe)? I think it'd be a great way for viewers to practice listening. Tack again!
That Video was very nice. I'm a music teacher. We have a project on our school. I want to sing with the children the "sma grodora". Thanks for your direction. Bye
Happy to hear you liked the video! Sounds wonderful to sing "små grodorna" to the kids :) We have more videos about Swedish music :) Just subsribe to our channel and you will find more useful videos.
I just realized, after listening to the full Små Grodorna melody, that it's almost exactly the same as a kids' song we have in Brazil called "O Sapo Na Beira Da Lagoa" (The frog at the border of the lagoon). The lyrics are a direct translation of each other (with minor difference in order), and the melody is almost perfectly matched: th-cam.com/video/xrmVtZvuREM/w-d-xo.html. I tried to search for the origin of the Brazilian version, but found nothing other than "it is public domain", so I'm willing to bet both Swedish and Brazilian versions come from the same source, which is that French march parodied (Au pas, grenouilles!).
Oh my god, you are absolutly right Frederico! It is exactly the same melody just with portuguese lyrics!!!😮 This is so interesting that a French march parodied was spread all over the world, to Sweden and Brazil! Someone told me that the Swedish birthday song has the same melody as an Indonesian song. We are not original in Sweden 😅
@@FunSwedish Nothing is entirely original, and that's a good thing! Copying and adapting is how everything is created. I also tried a bit to find other cultures or languages that had adapted the same melody/lyrics, but found nothing, even though I'm sure they exist ;)
@@fredericogalvao4790 There's a Turkish children's song called "Küçük Kurbağa" that's almost exactly the same. So strange. I wonder how this silly song spread so far and wide! 🤔
Thank you for showing me your ways. Now let me show you how to American on the Fourth of July. Step 1. Beer Step 2. Hot dog Step 3. Ignite firework Step 4. *firework goes in neighbor’s yard, maybe even through their open door.* Step 5. Haul ass inside and be quiet for the rest of the night with the lights off so cops don’t think you’re home. It’s like a tradition. The pretending you’re asleep when the cops knock to be like “which one of you sick fucks set off a Roman candle in the neighborhood?” Bonus points if it’s a Mexican firework (those things are basically bombs lmao)
We English speakers do call the French “frogs” sometimes when you want to be mean to the French. So the logic of this song about frogs originating from the French at the time of the Revolution makes perfect sense to me.
Yay! I'm watching this essential primer so that I know 'how to Swede' on Midsommar :)! I'm curious, though: how does "lustig" compare to "konstig?" They sound like they mean about the same thing to me; is this so? Also... It might be too late (or too late for this year) but I would love to hear the whole songs all the way through so it's easier for me to practice them :) Tack!
Good question! For us "lustig" feels more older, a word we use less nowadays for "weird". You see it more in old songs and perhaps more used by older generation. Konstig is a more common word for "weird" nowadays. I am sure you should be able to find the whole song somewhere on youtube :)
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Aw 😍 tack så mycket! All books made by Astrid Lindgren are very good. I can also recommend the page barnkanalen where you can see children's show (at least from Sweden) www.svt.se/barnkanalen/
=) I mean in German the first sentences literally would be "Kleine grüne Frösche sind lustig anzusehen!" I mean sometimes you realize we were relatives at one or other point in history xD
What does it mean? It's making fun of the French calling them frogs, from when Sweden was at war with them. If you don't believe me look up Chante de l'oignon on youtube. It is a parody of the French patriotic song.
Lustig in German usually indicates amusement or enjoyment (Lustig ist das Zigeuerleben). Komisch is probably closer in meaning to what the Swedes apparently mean. Komisch can mean comical, but often in a more negative sense, like "odd" or "strange".
When the USA National antheme can come from a british drinking song, am not surprised if things have travlled in similliar styles across europe far and wide.
The children's dance song små grodorna is a french military march, not a theory, a fact. The british call the french frogs and used the melody to take the piss of the french. How it came to Sweden no one knows. Most songs/dance at Midsommer are for children! Grown ups dance folk dance or when the kids are asleep the real dance starts, not in a circle around the pole.
Helan går sjung hopp falderlala lalan lej helan dår sjung hopp faderlalan lej och den som inta helan tar (trår) han heller inte halvan får helan gåååååårrrr *dricker* sjung hopp faderlalan lej!!
I love how you teach Swedish in such a fun and light way. Just because we don’t need any more pressure :)
Thank you Diana, yes that is how you learn the best, when it is fun and light!
This is the most fun video I've watched about midsommar. I still remember celebrating my first midsommar in Sweden at an ecovillage where we decorated the pole and made the birch head bands. Danced sang and drank all evening. And a special tradition in Gotland or the ecovillage was to continue dancing to the pond holding hands around midnight and jumping into the water. That's where I fell in love with the Swedish culture that's purely associated with nature and environment. Jag älskar Sverige 🇸🇪 ❤❤❤️
Happy to hear you enjoyed this video. Loved to read about your midsommar-experience in Sweden. It sounded magical!
Vi flyttar i juli till Sverige.Tyvärr kommer vi bara att sakna midsommar. Tack på förhand för förberedelserna.
Det får bli nästa år 😍
Have great time dear teacher ... looking forward for the nice contents
Thank you! ❤️
My Nana used to sing and dance to all these songs. Thank you for a great memory.
We have a Swedish teacher where I live in Devon England just learnt NU SKA VI SKORDA LINET IDAG. Summer songs are cultural and light hearted. Thank you Fun Swedish
Nice video! I wish I could learn Swedish with you. Despite having a Swedish niece and having watched tons of Swedish thrillers, it’s the first time I completely followed the flow of language. The written sentences helped a lot!
Hi Vera! Happy to hear the videos are helping!
We do have all kinds of courses so that you can learn with us!
Here are our video courses:
elansutbildning.teachable.com/
And we have some live Zoom courses coming up pretty soon! Here is the one for 100% beginners.
elansutbildning.com/product/swedish-for-beginners-i/
Tack! Lange leve Sverige!
Great video! In German we have a children's song called "Ich bin ein Musikante und komm aus Schwabenland" which translates to "I am a musician and I com from Swabia". Swabia is a region in the southwest of Germany. Just as in the Swedish version, German children will sing the song, mime plaing different instruments and then sort of imitate the sound. Watching you explain so joyfully reminded me of being at kindergarten some 50 years ago having fun. :o)
Because we are the same people. We are all European cousins.
I am new thank, you are a very good and kind teachers, greetings from Neuquen city Patagonia Argentina.
Muchas gracias y de nada, saludos desde Suecia para Argentina (somos 50 % argentinos detrás de esta cuenta) 🇦🇷🇸🇪
@@FunSwedish Bueno yo no soy argentino, soy un friulano emigrado en Patagonia, llegue acá en 1985, estudie en Milano, soy medico patologo, mi esposa es también italiana, pero de 30 km más al sur del Veneto de Oderzo. Ella emigró muchos años antes con sus padres. Nuestra hija debe tener tu edad es Abogada rubia y parecida a vos. Bueno será lindo ir conociendo y haciendo amistad. Saludos desde Neuquen. Pio
It’s French in origin. Belonged to Napoleon’s Grande Armee as a marching song about the French love of onions. I’m not joking 😂
Hi my name is charlie I love your video Swede is my favourite favorite contry ever I may move there some time
Amazing videooo!! Tack så mycket, jag ska sjunga dessa låtar hela tiden :-D
😍😍
Thanks -- very helpful, especially for us who are several generations away from the mother country (I'm 1/8 Swedish - maternal maternal maternal great grandmother). What would be really helpful would be a depiction of how to do each of the dances - many circle like "ring around the rosie" in American culture - but not all. We usually do about 6 or 8 dances each midsommar. Karrusell (Jungfer skar), Prastens Lilla Krak, Raven Raskar Over Isen, Sma Faglarna i Skogen, are among the others commonly done. And we always end with Rakete. We did one midsommar dance this past weekend whose name I did not know. And not speaking Swedish, I couldn't figure it out. It has a hambo rhythm - so I took a partner and just did a little hambo on the lawn. (Perhaps of interest, the hambo or hambopolska was voted for many years as the most popular international dance among American folk dancers.)
Oh wow! That is very intereting! Keeping the Swedish traditions alive 😍
Tack så mycket för videon! Jag tycker om det musik!
Grazie tante per il video, mi piace quella canzone!
😍😍
I just want to put it out there that your English is fantastic!
I wish I could switch that effortlessly like you do between your native accent and an American one. Much love< 3 😊
Aw, how sweet of you to say it! It is the result of years of studying English, listening to a lot of music and making a lot of mistakes when I talked to native English speakers.
But your English is really good as well just by seeing how you write!!
Tack så mycket for this video! If you like the idea, what do you think about making some videos about swedish culture in swedish (with subtitles maybe)? I think it'd be a great way for viewers to practice listening.
Tack again!
Thanks for the idea! It is a pretty good one!
Sutitles can take a long time to make though! 😅
But we can give it a try
Tack så mycket, Många bra video! 😃
Tack! 😍
That Video was very nice. I'm a music teacher. We have a project on our school. I want to sing with the children the "sma grodora". Thanks for your direction. Bye
Happy to hear you liked the video! Sounds wonderful to sing "små grodorna" to the kids :) We have more videos about Swedish music :) Just subsribe to our channel and you will find more useful videos.
Your energy is amazing!!!
Aw, thank you
Små grodorna dance is a swedish mating ritual.
😂
I just realized, after listening to the full Små Grodorna melody, that it's almost exactly the same as a kids' song we have in Brazil called "O Sapo Na Beira Da Lagoa" (The frog at the border of the lagoon). The lyrics are a direct translation of each other (with minor difference in order), and the melody is almost perfectly matched: th-cam.com/video/xrmVtZvuREM/w-d-xo.html.
I tried to search for the origin of the Brazilian version, but found nothing other than "it is public domain", so I'm willing to bet both Swedish and Brazilian versions come from the same source, which is that French march parodied (Au pas, grenouilles!).
Oh my god, you are absolutly right Frederico! It is exactly the same melody just with portuguese lyrics!!!😮 This is so interesting that a French march parodied was spread all over the world, to Sweden and Brazil! Someone told me that the Swedish birthday song has the same melody as an Indonesian song. We are not original in Sweden 😅
@@FunSwedish Nothing is entirely original, and that's a good thing! Copying and adapting is how everything is created. I also tried a bit to find other cultures or languages that had adapted the same melody/lyrics, but found nothing, even though I'm sure they exist ;)
@@fredericogalvao4790 There's a Turkish children's song called "Küçük Kurbağa" that's almost exactly the same. So strange. I wonder how this silly song spread so far and wide! 🤔
Thank you for showing me your ways. Now let me show you how to American on the Fourth of July.
Step 1. Beer
Step 2. Hot dog
Step 3. Ignite firework
Step 4. *firework goes in neighbor’s yard, maybe even through their open door.*
Step 5. Haul ass inside and be quiet for the rest of the night with the lights off so cops don’t think you’re home.
It’s like a tradition. The pretending you’re asleep when the cops knock to be like “which one of you sick fucks set off a Roman candle in the neighborhood?”
Bonus points if it’s a Mexican firework (those things are basically bombs lmao)
We have a Dutch version of this song, it says we frogs are nice to see, we frogs we do also sing. And then also the frog sounds
Echt?? Haha wist ik niet eens
So much in common!
Mors grisar has been translated in Finnish, it's Christmas song here
Oh wow! Didnt know that!
Tusen tack..ha det så bra💐
Detsamma!
We English speakers do call the French “frogs” sometimes when you want to be mean to the French. So the logic of this song about frogs originating from the French at the time of the Revolution makes perfect sense to me.
You said that swedes like french song but many french like swedish songs as soon as they discover them
Oh really? What Swedish songs do French like? Now we are interested :)
@@FunSwedish Clara Klingenstrom, Per Gessle och Helena Josefsson, Sanna Nielsen, Pertra Marklund, Benny Andersson, Helen Sjoholm..
Yay! I'm watching this essential primer so that I know 'how to Swede' on Midsommar :)! I'm curious, though: how does "lustig" compare to "konstig?" They sound like they mean about the same thing to me; is this so? Also... It might be too late (or too late for this year) but I would love to hear the whole songs all the way through so it's easier for me to practice them :) Tack!
Good question! For us "lustig" feels more older, a word we use less nowadays for "weird". You see it more in old songs and perhaps more used by older generation. Konstig is a more common word for "weird" nowadays. I am sure you should be able to find the whole song somewhere on youtube :)
Tack så jättemycket 😊😊
😊😊
Tack!
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Nice to hear
😁
Thank you ☺️👍
You're welcome 😊
Thank you! I love the way you teach. Can you recommend any Swedish Children’s books that could help me learn the language?
Aw 😍 tack så mycket! All books made by Astrid Lindgren are very good. I can also recommend the page barnkanalen where you can see children's show (at least from Sweden) www.svt.se/barnkanalen/
Good one! Is it common to say glad midsommar till er alla?
Yes it is!
@@FunSwedish Tack sa mycket! Glad midsommar! 😃
Kan du även förklara skillnaden mellan "lite mycket" och "mycket lite"?
"Lite mycket" would be like "too much" and "mycket lite" would be more like "very little" but it can also depend on the context and the intonation :)
=) I mean in German the first sentences literally would be
"Kleine grüne Frösche sind lustig anzusehen!" I mean sometimes you realize we were relatives at one or other point in history xD
"Vi kan dansa andra hållet"... Ok... No judgement, only fans )
😂
What does it mean? It's making fun of the French calling them frogs, from when Sweden was at war with them.
If you don't believe me look up Chante de l'oignon on youtube. It is a parody of the French patriotic song.
Well, since lustig is the German word for funny and you guys think it is kind of odd... I guess that tells what you think about German humor. 🤣
'Lustig' in Dutch is more like in 'lascivious'(English) and 'skrämmande/vällustig'(Svenska)
Lustig in German usually indicates amusement or enjoyment (Lustig ist das Zigeuerleben). Komisch is probably closer in meaning to what the Swedes apparently mean. Komisch can mean comical, but often in a more negative sense, like "odd" or "strange".
When the USA National antheme can come from a british drinking song, am not surprised if things have travlled in similliar styles across europe far and wide.
i'd say lustig could be translated to silly :3
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The children's dance song små grodorna is a french military march, not a theory, a fact. The british call the french frogs and used the melody to take the piss of the french. How it came to Sweden no one knows.
Most songs/dance at Midsommer are for children!
Grown ups dance folk dance or when the kids are asleep the real dance starts, not in a circle around the pole.
Och vi har även en ny blivande klassiker... :) th-cam.com/video/hII58YkfccM/w-d-xo.html
Fjol eller fiol?
Fiol. 😊
Små grodorna är ju bara the song of the onion
🐸🐸🐸🐸
We need to celebrate a midsommar together someday!!!
Helan går sjung hopp falderlala lalan lej
helan dår sjung hopp faderlalan lej
och den som inta helan tar (trår)
han heller inte halvan får
helan gåååååårrrr *dricker*
sjung hopp faderlalan lej!!
👏👏
Går inte dår ^^ lol
Not gonna lie, I wouldn't sing these songs in a sober condition.
Don't you worry, we're usually not.
We usually don't do it. This is the right sentence.
Tack så mycket, now it makes more sense.
@@fernandobautista3200 I mean we do, but we're usually drunk.
Exactly, you usually are a bit on the drunk side when you do this 😂