{"id":7112,"date":"2015-11-19T21:04:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T21:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=7112"},"modified":"2015-11-26T17:07:43","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T17:07:43","slug":"swedish-tongue-twisters-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedish-tongue-twisters-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Tongue-Twisters. Part One."},"content":{"rendered":"

Tongue-twisters are a lot of fun. I remember several from my childhood, trying to say them faster and faster only to eventually be spitting out vowels and consonants in complete disarray. Then laughing. A lot. I was easily amused.<\/p>\n

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This dog is also easily amused by tongue-twisters. By mister b 1138 (Flickr: Tongue Twister) [CC BY 2.0 http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0], via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n

But it turns out that being able to spit out “Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore” or “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers” can also be a pretty handy learning tool. Trying to get those tongue-twisters out, trying to say them faster and faster, forces you to focus on your pronunciation. Which is pretty handy when you\u2019re trying to learn a new language!<\/p>\n

So let\u2019s take a look at a few Swedish tongue-twisters or tungvrickare<\/em> in Swedish. We\u2019ll start with some easy ones, and then next week I\u2019ll post a few more so you have a chance to practice. Click on the links to hear examples.<\/p>\n

First: Flyg, fula fluga, flyg och den fula flugan fl\u00f6g<\/a><\/em>! = Fly ugly fly, fly, and the ugly fly flew! (Which is kind of tricky in English even!)<\/p>\n

Next: Sex laxar i en laxask<\/a><\/em>. = Six salmon in a salmon box. (Lax is also slang for 1000 SEK, which I suppose you could put in a box designed specifically for 1000 SEK notes.)<\/p>\n

Then: Barbros bror badade bara i Barseb\u00e4ck<\/a>.<\/em> = Barbro\u2019s brother swam only in Barseb\u00e4ck.<\/p>\n

And finally: St\u00e4ll st\u00e4llet i st\u00e4ll-st\u00e4llet i stallet ist\u00e4llet<\/a><\/em>. = Place the stand in the stand-place in the stall instead.<\/p>\n

No problem, right? Check out the second part in this series:\u00a0Swedish Tongue-Twisters. Part Two.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Tongue-twisters are a lot of fun. I remember several from my childhood, trying to say them faster and faster only to eventually be spitting out vowels and consonants in complete disarray. Then laughing. A lot. I was easily amused.   But it turns out that being able to spit out “Sally sells sea shells by…<\/p>\n

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