{"id":5090,"date":"2012-02-16T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T09:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=5090"},"modified":"2014-06-26T22:39:08","modified_gmt":"2014-06-26T22:39:08","slug":"long-and-short-vowels-in-swedish-the-a-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/long-and-short-vowels-in-swedish-the-a-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Long and short vowels in Swedish: The a-sound"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cLong or short vowel sound, does it really matter? I bet it doesn\u2019t\u201d I\u2019m sure you\u2019re thinking. But oh how wrong that would be. Because Swedish is full of tricky words that become completely different words if you mispronounce them.<\/p>\n

In this post I\u2019ll just take up what you will be saying if you mispronounce it words, and putting them into sentences so you can recognize spelling with context.<\/p>\n

Lets start off with \u201clada\u201d, which means barn in English. You pronounce it with a long a-sound like in the English word dart. If you were to however say \u201cladda\u201d you would be saying \u201cto charge\u201d. This a-sound is the same as the English word another. The pronunciation is the same for all the following words. If there are two consonants after the vowel then it is generally pronounced as a short vowel.<\/p>\n

\u201cSka vi g\u00e5 till\u00a0ladan<\/strong>?\u201d (\u201cShould we go to the barn?\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cOk, men jag m\u00e5ste\u00a0ladda<\/strong>\u00a0min mobil f\u00f6rst\u201d (\u201cOk, but I have to charge my mobile first\u201d)<\/p>\n

The next example is \u201ctak\u201d which means roof. \u201cTack\u201d as most of you know means thank you.”<\/p>\n

\u201cEn katt sitter p\u00e5\u00a0taket<\/strong>\u201d (\u201cThere is a cat on the roof\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cTack<\/strong>\u00a0f\u00f6r hj\u00e4lpen\u201d (\u201cThank you for the help\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cBaka\u201d means to bake, and \u201cbacka\u201d is to backspace\/reverse.<\/p>\n

\u201cSka vi\u00a0baka<\/strong>\u00a0tillsammans p\u00e5 fredag?\u201d (Should we bake together on friday?\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cSe upp f\u00f6r bilen som\u00a0backar<\/strong>\u201d (\u201cWatch out for the car thats backing up\u201d)<\/p>\n

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\u201cGran\u201d is fir tree and \u201cgranne\u201d is neighbor.<\/p>\n

\u201cSkogen \u00e4r full av granar<\/strong> och tallar<\/strong>\u201d (\u201cThe woods are full of firs and pine trees\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cHar du tr\u00e4ffat den nya grannen<\/strong>\u201d (\u201cHave you met the new neighbor?\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cTal\u201d is speech as well as number and \u201ctall\u201d is pine tree in Swedish.<\/p>\n

“Vilket tal<\/strong> st\u00e5r det p\u00e5 tavlan?” (“What number is written on the black board?”)<\/p>\n

\u201cHan ska h\u00e5lla tal<\/strong> om n\u00e5gra minuter\u201d (\u201cHe is going to give a speech in a couple of minutes\u201d)<\/p>\n

\u201cHon talar<\/strong> v\u00e4l om dig\u201d (\u201cShe speaks well of you\u201d)<\/p>\n

A<\/p>\n

baka – backa<\/p>\n

tak – tack<\/p>\n

lada -ladda<\/p>\n

tal – tall<\/p>\n

granen – grannen<\/p>\n

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\u201cLong or short vowel sound, does it really matter? I bet it doesn\u2019t\u201d I\u2019m sure you\u2019re 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\u2019ll just take up what you will be saying if you mispronounce…<\/p>\n

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