Musiker Posted by Stephen Maconi on Jun 1, 2011 in Uncategorized
Everything’s in Swedish this time to help intermediate-level speakers practice their interpreting skills. You can mute the video to try to interpret just the written words or minimize the video to interpret the spoken language. I also suggest reading along so that your brain can connect the written words with their respective pronunciations.
Here’s the manuscript (manuset):
| Hej! | Hello! |
| Det här är ett piano. | This is a piano. |
| Pianot är ett slags instrument. | The piano is a type/kind of instrument. |
| Det har 88 (åttioåtta) tangenter, 52 (femtiotvå) som är vita och 36 (trettiosex) som är svarta. | It has 88 keys, 52 that are white and 36 that are black. |
| En person som spelar piano heter en pianist. | A person who plays the piano is called a pianist. |
| En person som spelar musik allmänt heter en musiker. | A person who plays music in general is called a musician. |
| En pianist är därför en slags musiker. | A piano is therefore a type/kind of musician. |
| En man som sjunger heter en sångare. | A man who sings is called a singer. |
| En kvinnlig sångare heter en sångerska. | A female singer is called a singer. (No difference in English) |
| En person som spelar gitarr heter en gitarrist. | A person who plays guitar is called a guitarist. |
| Pianister, sångare, och gitarrister är tre olika slags musiker. | Pianists, singers, and guitarists are three different types/kinds of musicians. |
| Låten som jag spelade heter “Du gamla, Du fria”. | The song I played is called “Thou ancient, Thou free”. |
| Det är Sveriges inofficiella nationalsång. | It is Sweden’s unofficial national anthem. |
| Man hör den på Sveriges nationaldag och innan fotbollsmatchar i Sverige. | You hear it on Sweden’s National Day. |
| Den är fin, eller hur? | It is nice, isn’t it? |
| Vi hörs! | See you! (Alternative to Vi ses!. Thought it was more appropriate for this video!) |
Hope you found this video useful. I’ll be back soon to wrap up the first 19 episodes of Swedish with Steve!
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About the Author: Stephen Maconi
Stephen Maconi has been writing for the Transparent Swedish Blog since 2010. Wielding a Bachelor's Degree in Swedish and Nordic Linguistics from Uppsala University in Sweden, Stephen is an expert on Swedish language and culture.
Comments:
ali:
hej Stiv,in next level can you speak for swedish words’ en-ett” diferens betwen;en-ett;
you are greit
Susan N:
This is great, Steve! Thanks! Very helpful.
Sue
Manuel:
Many thanks for your helpful posts, Steve.
They are much appreciated.
Manuel