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The Swedish alphabet contains 29 letters: | |||
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz Åå Ää Öö | |||
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Xx Yy Zz Åå Ää Öö | |||
'''Notes'''</br> | '''Notes'''</br> | ||
The last three letters, Å, Ä, and Ö, are regarded as distinct letters, separate from A and O. Whereas in English you might use the term "A - Z", in Swedish it would be "A - Ö". Unlike in English, Y is always a vowel, except in the case of some loanwords. | The last three letters, Å, Ä, and Ö, are regarded as distinct letters, separate from A and O. Whereas in English you might use the term "A - Z", in Swedish it would be "A - Ö". Unlike in English, Y is always a vowel, except in the case of some loanwords. W has not been included in the Swedish alphabet for a long time, but since 2006 the Swedish Academy considers W as a seperate letter. However, this is not fully accepted in dictionaries and other instances yet. | ||
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==Special Characters== | ==Special Characters== | ||
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Alt+0197 = Å</br> | Alt+0197 = Å</br> | ||
Alt+0228 = ä</br> | Alt+0228 = ä</br> | ||
Alt+0196 = Ä</br> | Alt+0196 = Ä</br> | ||
Alt+0246 = ö</br> | Alt+0246 = ö</br> | ||
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==The Consonants== | ==The Consonants== | ||
Most | Most consonants can be doubled.'' | ||
'''k''', is doubled with '''ck''' (Like in rock n' roll.) | '''k''', is doubled with '''ck''' (Like in rock n' roll.) | ||
The consonant '''c''', sounds like '''s''' when not combined with '''k''' (Like the first c in bicycle). '''C''' does not occur doubled. | The consonant '''c''', sounds like '''s''' when not combined with '''k''' (Like the first c in bicycle). '''C''' does not occur doubled. | ||
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6. ''ge, gick, gylf, Gävle, gök, kedja, kil, kyl, käk, kök'' | 6. ''ge, gick, gylf, Gävle, gök, kedja, kil, kyl, käk, kök'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:46, 5 July 2009
The Swedish alphabet contains 29 letters:
Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz Åå Ää Öö
Notes
The last three letters, Å, Ä, and Ö, are regarded as distinct letters, separate from A and O. Whereas in English you might use the term "A - Z", in Swedish it would be "A - Ö". Unlike in English, Y is always a vowel, except in the case of some loanwords. W has not been included in the Swedish alphabet for a long time, but since 2006 the Swedish Academy considers W as a seperate letter. However, this is not fully accepted in dictionaries and other instances yet.
Special Characters
On a PC:
Alt+0229 = å
Alt+0197 = Å
Alt+0228 = ä
Alt+0196 = Ä
Alt+0246 = ö
Alt+0214 = Ö
On a Mac:
Option+a = å
Option+A = Å
Option+u to get ¨ then type a = ä
Option+u to get ¨ then type A = Ä
Option+u to get ¨ then type o = ö
Option+u to get ¨ then type O = Ö
If you don't manage to get these characters, the standard way is to substitute å with aa, ä with ae, and ö with oe. ǎ
The Vowels
Vowels are divided into hard and soft vowels:
The hard vowels are: a o u å
The soft vowels are: e i y ä ö
When reading new Swedish words you should pay attention to whether the vowels are short or long. Each vowel has both a long and a short phonetic variant. The basic rule is that a vowel is short if it is followed by more than one consonant.
Examples of words with long vowels:
Tal, sko, lur, vår, stel, bil, dyr, säl, öl
Examples of words with short vowels:
Tall, troll, surr, sånt, tenn, svinn, pynt, fält, trött
The Consonants
Most consonants can be doubled. k, is doubled with ck (Like in rock n' roll.) The consonant c, sounds like s when not combined with k (Like the first c in bicycle). C does not occur doubled. z, q, and w are very uncommon letters but are used in family and company names. m is not doubled at end of words with two exceptions: lamm, damm
Examples of words with doubled consonants:
flabb, ledd, klaff, ragg, back, pall, damm, spinn, kupp, pirr, triss, titt
Initial g and k
If the first letter in a word is g this letter is pronounced j if the next letter is a soft vowel.
If the first letter in a word is k this letter is pronounced sh (like in ship) if the next letter is a soft vowel.
Stress
Normally the stress is put on the first vowel. The tonality is important in Swedish.
Tonality
Both nita and niten has the stress on the vowel i. However the tonality differs.
Exercise
Pronounce the following Swedish words.
1. skal, sno, tur, kår, ven, mil, syl, när, bör
2. stall, stopp, lupp, sådd, ett, stins, skyll, ärr, börs
3. vara, bliva, heta, kallas, äta, dricka, festa, leka
4. bilen, vägen, äpplet, trädet, smaken, tiken
5. kal, kotte, kul, kål, gam, gott, gurka, gås
6. ge, gick, gylf, Gävle, gök, kedja, kil, kyl, käk, kök