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  1. Teddz

    Teddz Sexy Swedish Love ♥

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    Since there's a "learn finnish" thread, how about learning the fellow scandinavian language known as SWEDISH.

    For starters,

    Hej - Hello
    Hej då - Good Bye.

    - Teddz
     
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    Teddz, Aug 2, 2004
  2. chiquitabanana

    chiquitabanana finally legal

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    YAY teddz!
    I have tried like 12 times to learn but I screw up every time.
    Can you give us the pronunciation, Im sort of slow otherwise, and Id like to strike up a conversation without sounding like a total idiot...
     
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  3. Bloodberry

    Bloodberry Bloody Berry
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    it's a norwiegen style pronounciation, right? like, a j sounds like a y. (my bro's name is jon, but i call him yan sometimes.) ne?
     
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  4. Teddz

    Teddz Sexy Swedish Love ♥

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    Hej is often pronouced as "Hey!" so yeah, you are right.

    Hej då > "Hey Du-o"
     
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  5. Ciel

    Ciel Unoa Freak
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    that's a very interesting accent on the a. It's a bit confusing that the 'a' can be 'u-o' no?
     
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  6. Paranoid Trooper

    Paranoid Trooper Reanimator

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    Hej

    Swedish... Something I never learned.... I do know some frases, like pappa betalar (father pays, am I right?), but I don't know how to speak it well, even though its Finlands second language.
     
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  7. Teddz

    Teddz Sexy Swedish Love ♥

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    "pappa" as in Pa-pa

    Be-tal-ar :)

    Probably should insert some .wav files of me saying it :)
     
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  8. Teddz

    Teddz Sexy Swedish Love ♥

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    And now..

    Jag heter: My name is

    And for the basics:

    "Hej, hur mår du?" - Hi! How are you? (Hei - Hu mor du?)
    "Bra, själv då?" - "Fine, and you?" (B-ra, sjelv da?)
    "Bara bra!" - "Just Fine!" (B-ara B-ra)
     
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