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Swedish online language books

Brief Swedish grammar | (old) online book for grammar

Simplified grammar | (old) online book for grammar

Travellers handbook | (old) online book for the basics

Wikibooks | not really a book tho

Linguebooks | links to 53 online language books

Swedish Phase 1 | audiobook, unit 1-5

Swedish Phase 1 | audiobook, unit 6-10

Swedish Phase 1 | audiobook, unit 11-15

Get talking Swedish in 10 days | audiobook

Keep talking Swedish | audiobook

Everyday Swedish | audiobook

Also check out @salvadorbonaparte's Mega Drive here [post] - there you can find around 10 pdfs of Swedish language books

P.S. Many of these sites also offer language books in other languages!

[spanishsecondlanguage]

WordBrewery is great for improving your vocabulary.  It gives you a random sentence at either beginner, intermediate, advanced or master level, and you can make lists of words or sentences that you’d like to learn.   It includes the following languages:

Spanish

English

Chinese

Arabic

Portuguese

Russian

Japanese

German

French

Italian

Polish

Ukrainian

Korean

Serbian (Latin)

Serbian (Cryillic)

Hungarian

Greek

Swedish

Norwegian

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Daily Swedish Lesson #37

Subject: Deep seas

Fiskar - fish

En delfin - a dolphine

Maneter - jellyfish

Räka - shrimp

Haj - shark

Bläckfisk - octopus

En sjöhäst - a seahorse

En säl - a seal

Snäckskal - seashell

Sjöstjärna - starfish

Korallrev - coral reef

Svampdjur - sponges

Hav - ocean/sea

Sjöborrar - sea urchins

Clownfiskar - clownfish

Teuthida - squids

Tioarmade bläckfiskar - squids (literally '10-armed octopus')

Ankare - anchor

Späckhuggare - killer whales

Havsormar - sea snakes

Havsanemoner - sea anemones

Havsutter - sea otters

Sirendjur - sea cows

Tång - seaweed

Hitta Nemo - Finding Nemo

Swedish fact of the day;

One of Sweden's earlier kings was a pirate. Eric XIII of Sweden became king after the death of his grandaunt Margaret I, but he managed to annoy the Swedish nobles so much he had to flee to Gotland. There, he took over Visborg Castle. After all that was finished, and the Swedish nobles were completely done with him, he started a career as a pirate on the Baltic Sea to take revenge on the Swedish nobles. When after 10 years of piracy he had enough, he returned to high society as a Duke of Pomerania!

Source

[salvadorbonaparte]

Hey did you know I keep a google drive folder with linguistics and language books  that I try to update regularly 

[salvadorbonaparte]

**UPDATE**

I have restructured the folders to make them easier to use and managed to add almost all languages requested and then some

Please let me know any further suggestions

[salvadorbonaparte]

[clockworktardis]

….holy shit. You found the holy grail.

[kittydesade]

….. is this a DIFFERENT person keeping gigabytes worth of language books on google drive? Holy crap.

[wyvyrn]

This. This here. Is why I love Tumblr.❤️❤️❤️

[andrews-left-nipple]

maybe a god does exist

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Swedish Youtubers

Swedish youtubers

Clara Henry

Leva Loppan

Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time

Sonny Svensson (some videos about Swedish culture)

Jonna Jinton

Youtubers about learning Swedish

Slow Swedish with Katrin Berndt; videos with Slow Swedish

The Swedish Lad; mostly videos in English about Swedish culture, also some videos in Swedish with subtitles

Martin Arvebro; Swedish youtubechannel of The Swedish Lad

Swedish lessons

SwedishPod101

Swedish2go

LearningSvenska

SayItInSwedish (mostly focuses on pronunciation)

This playlist from Academia Cervena on pronunciation

Also-

If searching for audiobooks, simply search ljudbok

If searching for bedtime stories, search for godnattsagor

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Swedish Resources

Basic courses

Learningswedish.se

ielanguages.com

learnalanguage.com

mylanguages.org

Sayitinswedish.com

Swedish101

Swedishmadeeasy.com

Wikibooks

Wikiversity (beginner 1)

Wikiversity (intermediate 1)

Wikiversity (intermediate 2)

Babbel

Vocab

Flashcards

Memrise

Linguanaut

Pronunciation

Forvo.com

Audio books:

Swedish Phase 1: unit 1-5

Swedish Phase 1: unit 6-10

Swedish Phase 1: unit 11-15

Get talking Swedish in Ten days

Keep talking Swedish

Everday Swedish for beginners

Dictionary

Lexin.nada

Synonyms

ensv.dict.cc

Linguee

Lexicool

The people’s dictionary

En.bab.la

Ord.se

More:

Swedish Language Blog

Something Swedish

Simplified news

Online PDF of Swedish Grammar

Youtube:

Youtuber Katrin Berndt

Youtuber TheSwedishLad

Bedtime stories

SwedishPod101

Swedish2go

LearningSvenska

SayItinSwedish

Easy Swedish

Also check out @blommigfalukorv for some more swedish resources. Unfortunately they are no longer active (i believe), but they still have some great posts on their blog!

[funrussianwords]

хуй and its derivatives (strong language)

хуй - dick

по́хуй - to not care

мне по́хуй I don’t give a fuck

на́хуй, нахуя́, захуя́ - all those words mean “why?” (with what aim)

ты на́хуй сюда́ пришёл? why the fuck have you come here?

с хуя́ ли / схуя́ли - why the fuck? (for what reason)

дохуя́ - a lot

я съел дохуя́ карто́шки I ate a shitton of potatoes

нихуя́ - nothing, not at all

нихуя́ они́ мне не да́ли! they didn’t give me anything! нихуя́ они́ не спортсме́ны they are not (at all) sportsmen

не́хуй - (1) nothing, (2) when telling someone to stop doing something

(1) мне бы́ло не́хуй де́лать, и я прибра́лся i had nothing to do, so i tidied up (2) не́хуй смея́ться на́до мной! stop laughing at me!

хуй там был - said when you were expecting/hoping/told something would happen and it didn’t

я ду́мал, меня́ поко́рмят - (а вот) хуй там был! i thought they would feed me - but they didn’t!

положи́ть хуй (на) - to ingore, to not care about something too much

я давно́ положи́л хуй на заря́дку I stopped doing morning exercise long ago

заби́ть хуй (на) - same as above, sometimes just заби́ть is used

забе́й ты на уро́ки, пойдём поигра́ем! screw homework, let’s go play! [you’re suggesting someone to stop doing homework]

хуи́ пина́ть - to do nothing productive or useful

мы це́лый день уже хуи́ пина́ем, пора́ взя́ться за де́ло! we’ve been doing nothing all day, it’s time to get down to business!

я́сен хуй - obviously! duh!

посла́ть на́хуй - to tell someone to fuck off иди́ на́хуй! - fuck off! пошёл на́хуй! [to a male] / пошла́ на́хуй! [to a female] - fuck off!

хуй (его́) зна́ет - I have no fucking clue

- кто съел соси́ски? - да хуй его́ зна́ет! - who ate the sausages? no fucking idea!

охуе́ть - (1) to be extremely shocked (2) same, but as an interjection - “oh shit!” (3) said about someone who’s behaving very badly (4) ну охуе́ть / ну охуе́ть тепе́рь is said sarcastically as an interjection about something which another person thought would surprise you but didn’t

(1) я вошёл в ко́мнату и охуе́л - там го́лый полице́йский танцева́л! i entered the room and was shocked - there was a naked policeman and he was dancing! (2) охуе́ть! ты где э́то доста́л? oh shit! where did you get that? (3) он вы́пил мой сок? да он охуе́л! he drank my juice? he comepletely lost his mind! (4) - я гуля́л и уви́дел БОЛЬШУ́Ю СОБА́КУ!!! - ну охуе́ть тепе́рь… - i was walking and saw A BIG DOG!!! - what a fucking surprise….

охуе́нный - really fucking good

я тако́е охуе́нное пла́тье вчера́ купи́ла. i bought such a nice fucking dress yesterday

охуи́тельный - same as above

хуёвый - really bad

хуёвый у тебя́ компью́тер - виснет постоянно your computer is shit - it’s always lagging

[someone] ху́ев - said to/about someone who’s supposed/told to know how to do something or to have certain knowledge about something, but failed, and you’re judging them for “showing off” but not actually knowing what they’re doing or not doing this to the promised extent

по́вар ху́ев, ты мне что́-нибудь кро́ме карто́шки жа́реной бу́дешь гото́вить? hey “chef”, will you cook anything except friend potatoes for me?

хуй зна́ет что - something unpleasant, bad, poorly made, something that you don’t understand

снача́ла она́ ра́довалась, а тепе́рь переста́ла со мной обща́ться. хуй зна́ет что присхо́дит! she was happy at first, but then stopped talking to me at all. what is this nonsese that’s happening!

хуй с ним - fuck it (exclamation)

хуй тебе́ - said to someone when you don’t want to do something for them or give them something they ask

почи́нишь по́лку? хуй тебе́, сама́ чини́ will you fix the shelf? fuck no, do it yourself

похуи́зм - the state or trait of not caring about anything (usually positive connotation)

тебе́ для сча́стья не хвата́ет немно́го похуи́зма to be happy you need to care a bit less

похуи́ст - a person who doesn’t care too much (usually positive connotation)

како́го ху́я - what the fuck?! ху́ли/ху́ле - same as above, but usually used in full questions, whereas the above can be used on its own

оди́н хуй - it doesn’t matter, it makes no difference

я и во́ду пил, и дыха́ние заде́рживал - оди́н хуй ика́ю i drank water and held my breath - and i still get hiccups

хуета́/хуита́/хуйня́ - (1) something unpleasant or hard to understand (2) a thing you and the person you’re talking to know about

(1) что за хуйню́ ты тут написа́л? я да́же не понима́ю, что ты име́л в виду́ what the fuck have you written? i don’t even understand what you were trying to say (2) пода́й мне э́ту хуйню́ с ру́чкой give me that thing with a handle

хуёвина - same as (2) above

страда́ть хуйнёй - to do nothing productive, to do something which seems really useless

ле́том мне надое́ло страда́ть хуйнёй, и я реши́л нача́ть учи́ть но́вый язы́к in the summer i got tired of doing nothing and decided to start learning a new language

спор́оть хуйню́ - to say something dumb or something which doesn’t make sense (incoherent, etc)

вчера́ напи́лся и споро́л каку́ю-то хуйню́, а тепе́рь она́ ду́мает, что она́ мне нра́вится i drank too much yesterday and said something dumb, and now she thinks i like her

хуйло́/хуесо́с - an unpleasant/dumb person whose behaviour is questionable

ну ты и хуесо́с! ты заче́м мою́ соба́ку побри́л? you’re a moron! why did you shave my dog?

хуя́к - denotes a sudden, quick and/or unexpected action

ката́юсь я, а пото́м хуя́к на лёд! so i’m skating, and then bam - i fell on the ice!

хуя́се! / (ну) нихуя́ себе́! / нихуя́! / хуя́! - an exclamation of surprise (you’re impressed)

нахуя́риться / нахуя́читься - to drink too much

смехуёчки - funny things, funny pictures/jokes/stories

[estudioscaoticos]

Fillers words are those small interruptions we put in our sentences whenever we talk. Mostly shunned upon when writing papers, or giving speeches, but in casual conversations it pops up all the time.

There are times where I just end up saying, “um,” “like,” “uhh,” and so on. You know, things like that and was curious how I can also transfer that blank state of mind in another language.

Well, that and it gives you time while you’re thinking of the right words for your target language. It sounds more natural than saying the English filler words and it won’t confuse the native speakers as much.

These are the filler words in the languages I’m learning:

SPANISH

Pues – Well

A ver – Let’s see

Digo – I say

O sea – I mean

Entonces – So/therefore

Asi que – So/therefore

Bueno – Well

Es que – It’s just that

Este – Umm/uhh 

La cosa es – The thing is

A lo que me refiero es – What I refer to is

JAPANESE

えーと [eeto] – Umm

あのう [ano] – Well/say

その [sono] – That/the

ええ [ee] – Uhh

なんか [nanka] – Something

それで [Sore de] – So

You can extend the way you say it such as eeeeto, or sonooo.

ITALIAN

Meno male – Thank goodness

Allora – So

Ma dai – Come on

Quindi – Therefore

Vediamo un po’ – Let me see

Siccome – Seeing as/since

Visto che – Seeing as

Comunque – Anyway

A proposito – By the way

Per la maggior parte – For the most part

Forse – Maybe

Magari – Perhaps

RUSSIAN

Ну – Well

Это/эта – Well

Типа – well, kinda

Как бы – Sort of

В общем – Basically, so

Слышь – Y’know

В принципе – Theoretically

Это самое – Whatsit, whatchamacallit

Собственно – As a matter of fact

Значит – So/well then

Скажем – Say

Однозначно – Sure thing

Так сказать – Sort of/kind of

Жесть – Sick/awesome/sick-awesome/harsh/heavy

В натуре – Actually, for real

Прямо скажем – To be honest

Короче – Bla-bla-bla, long story short

То сё, пятое десятое – This and that

Реально – For real

На самом деле – Actually

Круто – Cool

Конечно – Totally

Прикольно/ по приколу – Fun

FRENCH

Alors – So

Allez  – Right/Go ahead

Euh – Uhh

Quoi – What

Bref – Basically

Bien  – Well

En fait  – In fact

Quand même  – Still/anyway

Tu sais  – You know

Bon/bon ben  – Well

C’est-à-dire – That is to say

A la limite  – I mean/I suppose

PORTUGESE

Ou seja – Like/I mean/That is to say

Bom – Well/um/ok

Então – So/then

Pois – So/then

Ahn/Hum – Um/er

Mas – But

Bem – Well

Certo – Right

Certo/é  assim – Right/isn’t it

Como – Like

Try using these words as you slowly start forming sentences, or just use it whenever you’re studying in your target language.

Feel free to add more, or let me know if I missed anything! Happy studies!

[elementarno]

♡ nors' favourite songs from last week ♡

♡ if you've any recommendations, send 'em my way ♡

[belu-the-lang-nerd]

there it is, the 1-1000 frequency anki deck (idk why’re there 1003 notes displayed tho aaaa..)

i guess?? it could work as vocabulary builder, in a way. since those are the most frequently used words and all.

[russianwithpolly]

Direction words

🔄 🔼 🔀🔽🔁🔄

[elementarno]

♡ nors' favourite songs from last week ♡

of course не курите мальчики is no. 1, the song advocates against smoking and it rhymes a lot which makes words easy to remember and pronounce (for me, at least) but mostly bc im an игорь корнелюк stan and i can sing along to the refrain! <3

i instantly fell in love with человек и кошка, i was all "FUCK БРО AN ACCORDION" i'm just a sucker for accordions i could listen to that shit all DAY but also bc i am (sometimes) a man who's brain is sick and cramping

контрабанды is fucking vibe i cant even put it into words

шнурок is in this list to show people that i'm

e̸̤̣͋̓̅̈̈́͑̆͊͛̾̊́̂̎̈́́̋̇̅̕͘͝͠͝d̸̨̘̠̜͓͍͕̠͇̖̭̘̝͍̼̃̄̾̆̔̍̉̑͌̓̈́̀̋͒̈̌͂͗̅̈̈́͊̅͌̚͜g̷̨̛̳̰̮̦̭͗̉̃̏͜͝͝y̶̡̺̝͈̭͚͉̠̟̙̗̺͍̬̪̝̲̲̻̻̫̦͉̖̦͚̗̞̅͆ͅͅ

but actually its here bc it reminds me of eraserheads' earlier music

7 этаж is the reason i couldnt fall asleep faster i mean бро it is catchy as fuck and i unconsiously sing it in the shower, its a great song to me if it does both of those <3 (but isnt 7th floor like slang for the psyche ward?)

♡ if you've any recommendations, send 'em my way ♡

[swedishpod101]

Verbs for Daily Life Actions in Swedish! 🚽 P.S. You can learn #Swedish everyday in the comfort of your home using SwedishPod101: https://www.swedishpod101.com/?src=tumblr_life-actions_image_062520

[tchaikovskaya]

on one hand i respect belarusian for using the letter a where russian puts an unstressed o thats actually pronouced like an a, but on the other hand seeing belarusian words that are basically the same as the russian word but spelled phonetically looks goofy as hell. like..... tell me how im supposed to see the word свабода and not immediately think of a russian cat meme :/

[svensklangblr]

What are some important/common phrases på svenska? 🙂

good question, i guess basic things like

hej - hi

tack - thank you

kan du hjälpa mig - can you help me

varsågod - you’re welcome

surprisingly hard to make this list and my imagination isn’t what it once was, so i’ll post a couple of links instead lol

common verbs + slowing down a conversation

hoppas det här var hjälpsamt to some degree 

[russianwave]

[Video is in Russian with English subtitles available]

[organizedstudy]

Nothing will ever be as iconic as Swedish just adding and removing pronouns from the language. Like in the 1960′s when we said peace out to the use of the formal pronoun Ni and then in the early 2010′s we loaned the gender neutral third person pronoun hen from Finnish (truly the most iconic loanword of all time in my opinion). Like grammarians said pronouns is a closed word class and Swedish said hold my snaps. 

[kindofapolyglot]

Formal pronoun Ni?? Was this used like “Vous” in French to speak to a single person politely back in the day??

[organizedstudy]

Yes! So previously when you wanted to adress someone formally in Swedish you would either use

Ni (which, just like the French vous is the same as the second person plural): Vill Ni ha mer sås?

the person’s title like herr, fru, doktor, mor etc. (Mr., Mrs., doctor, mother): Vill doktorn ha mer sås?

the person’s last name: Vill Söderblom ha mer sås?

the persons title + last name: Vill doktor Söderblom ha mer sås?

han/hon (he/she): Vill han ha mer sås?

a passive construction: Önskas mer sås?

The rules were a little different depending on the relationship between the speakers/gender/geographic place etc. and I wasn’t alive in the 60′s so I don’t really know the rules, and you don’t have to either. However, then in the late 60′s and early 70′s Sweden went through what’s called du-reformen in which we started saying du (informal you - like the French tu) instead of all these various formal ways of addressing people. Sweden’s biggest newspaper Dagens Nyheter started using du around this time. But the most well-known person in this reform was the new head of Socialstyrelsen (the National Board of Health and Welfare), Bror Rexed, who in his adress to his new staff urged them to put away the titles, famously saying “Kalla mig Bror” (”Call me Bror” which is funny because Bror isn’t just a given name, it’s also means ‘brother’ in Swedish). 

What does this mean for the language today? - In my language experience, as someone born in ‘98 in Stockholm, I would never say Ni to anyone, not the king, not the prime minister, no one, I would simply say du. Mass media often adress royalty with Ers majestät (Your Majesty) though, but I’m not mass media so idk. We also always address people by their first name (if we’re not writing like an academic article or something). I never use people’s last name or any titles like Mr./Mrs./Miss. when talking directly to them. I know some people still address older people with Ni. My grandmother, who was around 35 when du-reformen happened, and grew up using honorifics still writes Du with a capital D because she thinks that’s more respectful. 

It also feels weird for me being addressed with a formal you when speaking other languages. I think the general feeling among Swedes (and what pushed du-reformen) is that honorifics are very outdated and not using them is part of having a more egalitarian society. I believe this process was slower in Finland Swedish but I don’t know a lot about that.

TLDR: Yes, Ni was used as a formal pronoun in Swedish until the 1960′s. Nowadays Swedish is a very informal language where honorifics basically aren’t used at all.