Okay. Trying this again cause my first attempt got deleted immediately by reddit automod I think?

Not sure if I selected the right flair for this. This is pretty much a throwaway account honestly. I want to learn Swedish for my girlfriend but online resources sorta suck for that, and a lot of the material online is reading textbooks or YouTube videos. I tend to learn best with hands-on activities (i.e. moving words into their proper grammatical order, selecting the right word to a definition. Think like the year one activity books they give in school) but the only option that really has that that I’ve seen is Duolingo and I don’t want to use that app. If anyone has any interactive Swedish resources, I’d appreciate it.

I want to impress some of my friends with speaking swedish and hold a conversation without sounding too formal or like a robot

Jag började undra en språklig grej, jämförelse mellan finlandssvenska och rikssvenska. Enligt min upplevelse använder en stor del finlandssvenskar (iaf ungdomar) frasen "makear det sense?", dvs. en svengelska-fras som kan översättas till korrekt svenska som "låter det logiskt?". Använder man detta även i sverige, varierar det mellan regioner och städer, eller är det bara en finlandssvensk grej?

Jag brukade ofta gå på språkcafé på det lokala biblioteket, men de har tyvärr uppehåll över sommaren. Jag bor i norra Stockholm.

God morgon r/svenska! ☀️

I’ve been learning Swedish for a while now to reconnect with family roots. I would love to read books in the original language, but here in the US I’m limited to almost entirely English translations.

If anyone knows good places where I can buy Swedish ebooks from the US, I would really appreciate it.

Tack för hjälpen! :)

I’m trying to translate the sentence he looks like a troublemaker, but he is a good brother. I have seen two different translations for it #1 is Han ser ut som en bråkstake men Han är en god bror. #2 is Han anblick bräkmakerska men Han är en bra bror. Which one is the correct translation?

In the context of, let's say, your team just scored a goal

As a learner I struggle to read the definitions in Svenska Akademiens ordbok because of all the abbreviations used. This script adds a tooltip to each abbreviation or symbol (as listed in the appendix) which reveals its definition when you hover over it.

Förkortningar i SAOB

Visar förklaringar för förkortningar och tecken i Svenska Akademiens Ordbok när du hovrar över dem.

https://greasyfork.org/sv/scripts/578625-f%C3%B6rkortningar-i-saob

Notes: You'll need a userscript manager browser extension such as Greasemonkey to add it. It currently only works with a mouse and not a touchscreen.

(English below)

Hei, eg tar det på norsk fordi eg ikkje kan svensk (enda). Eg kommer fra Belgia (Nederlandsk er morsmålet mitt), men flyttet til Norge for et år siden. Eg har lært meg norsk på B2 nivå og jobber på en barnehage her i Norge. No fill kjæresten min en jobb i Umeå, så vi kommer til å flytte ditt om et par måneder.

Har dere noen tips for meg på å lære svensk?

Og bør eg lære svensk før eg begynner å søke en jobb, eller har eg en god sjanse for å finne en jobb med B2 norsk kunnskapen min? Her i Norge tok eg først 3 måneder med å lære Norsk til B1 nivå, og så søkte eg en jobb i en barnehage for å øke kunnskapen min. Er det noe lignende eg bør gjøre i Sverige? Egentlig har eg 7 år erfaring innen produktledelse innen IT, og eg hadde gjerne gjort det igjen, men eg er villig å gjøre noe annet til Svensken min er god nok.

Haha eg er veldig redd for å flytte til et nytt land igjen og begynne fra null igjen. Eg er glad at kjæresten min fikk drømmejobben hennes, men eg trenger litt beroligelse at eg og kommer til å trive der.

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English:

Hi, I'm writing this in Norwegian because I don't know Swedish (yet). I come from Belgium (Dutch is my native language), but I moved to Norway a year ago. I've learned Norwegian to a strong B2 level and I work at a kindergarten here in Norway. My girlfriend just got a job in Umeå, so we're going to move there in a couple of months.

Do you have any tips for me on learning Swedish?

And should I learn Swedish before I start looking for a job, or do I have a good chance of finding a job with my B2 Norwegian knowledge? Here in Norway, I first took 3 months to learn Norwegian to B1 level, and then I looked for a job in a kindergarten to increase my knowledge. Is there something similar I should do in Sweden? Actually, I have 7 years of experience in product management in IT, and I would have liked to do it again, but I'm willing to do something else until my Swedish is good enough.

Haha I'm really scared of moving to a new country again and starting from scratch again. I'm happy that my girlfriend got her dream job, but I need some reassurance that I'll thrive there too.

I feel like these apps are not really getting me anywhere. I find the best way is to speak with a Swede, but in social settings its hard because they switch to English all the time...

Is there an app speaking with a random swede? Like actually talking, not texting.

Hey everyone! 👋

I run Swedish Corner — a free weekly online session for anyone who wants to actually speak Swedish, not just study it. Small group, real conversation, all levels welcome.

A bit about me: I've worked as a professional language coach for more than 10 years (including through EF and LearnLight), so sessions are more guided than a casual meetup — but still relaxed and pressure-free.

Hoppas vi ses snart! 🇸🇪

Maybe a bit of an off-topic, and I apologise for that!

I'm an Italian PhD student, currently also a visiting PhD student in Lund.

I'm looking for Swedish native speakers who also speak decent English (so anyone, as far as I understand) for an online study on bilingualism. You also need to be 18 or older!

The study investigates the associations that come to mind when we are presented with a word in a language that is not our native one.

Full disclosure: It lasts around 60 minutes, and I wasn't given any funding to give participants any rewards, so I'm aware I'm asking for some commitment and a lot of selflessness. That's just one reason more why I would be so very grateful to anyone considering participating.

Here is the direct link to the experiment: https://www.labvanced.com/player.html?id=81651 

If you have any questions or doubts, please don't hesitate to get in touch (here, or at my institutional email beatrice.lanzini@englund.lu.se)

Thank you all so much in advance!

I recently began learning Swedish. I noticed Ja (yes) and Jag (I) are both pronounced like "ya." So is there a subtle difference in pronunciation to differentiate the two, or would one go on context?

I’d like to think I had a small victory today.

My town held a Midsommar celebration today, so I decided to go and experience what Midsommar is, even if it misses out on some things. One of the features was a musical group from Östergötland called Klintetten, and I wanted to tell them I enjoy their performance because I genuinely did, but I decided to do it in Swedish.

Thankfully, they said they understood me. We went into small talk (dödprat; edit: it's either kallprat or dösnack, I somehow conflated both into one) about the dance they accompanied the music, and they asked me about my Swedish learning experience and why I study it. The only thing I didn’t understand in this whole conversation was something that they said (in English) means “keep on studying” (was it “pågå”?).

My only regret is not having asked them how long they would be in the US and if their clothes were hot because today was sunny, hot, and humid.

So, yeah. I guess it’s a small thanks to r/Svenska for being here because I def used concepts I wouldn’t have known with this subreddit, like subordinate clause word order.

i don't know if i'll be banned for this, but its a genuine question and i'm unsure where else to ask.
i've been learning swedish on and off for the past few years, and as a gay man i'm curious about this word and how/if its used in queer communities in sweden and swedish-speaking places.
to get to the point, has the word b*gjävel (censored just to be safe) been reclaimed among gay communities, or is it still considered highly offensive? i'm aware the word "bög" has been reclaimed, but i don't know if i can use and reclaim "b*gjävel"
for context, i exclusively want to use it to refer to myself, as i jokingly call myself a ((f-slur)) in english.
thank you in advance for any help given. and if this is immediately deleted, i apologize to the mods if this is off-topic or too offensive for this sub.