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Long and short vowel sounds: Final part Posted by Katja on Mar 1, 2012
To measure is “mäta” and to be filled (food wise) is “mätta” though the word is more commonly found in the form of “mätt”. “Jag vill mäta min längd, jag kanske har blivit längre” (“I want to measure my hight, I might have gotten taller”). “Jag känner mig mätt och belåten”. (I’m feeling very content…
Long and short vowels in Swedish: The a-sound Posted by Katja on Feb 16, 2012
“Long or short vowel sound, does it really matter? I bet it doesn’t” I’m sure you’re thinking. But oh how wrong that would be. Because Swedish is full of tricky words that become completely different words if you mispronounce them. In this post I’ll just take up what you will be saying if you mispronounce…