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wikademia>Mats New page: ==Grammar== ===the ng-sound=== tung, tvinga, sväng regn, lugn, ugn, hägn ''An exception is'' tvungen because the ng spelling of this word is herited from tvinga. ===the tj-sound== ... |
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regn, lugn, ugn, hägn | regn, lugn, ugn, hägn | ||
''An exception is'' tvungen because the ng spelling of this word is herited from tvinga. | ''An exception is'' tvungen ''because the ng spelling of this word is herited from the infinitive form tvinga.'' | ||
===the tj-sound== | ===the tj-sound=== | ||
''English examples of the tj sound:'' | |||
''Wash, fish, flush, shallow, ship'' | |||
''Before hard vowel, (at the beginning of words), the '''tj'''-sound is spelled '''tj'''.'' | |||
tjusa, tjäna, tjenare, tjog | tjusa, tjäna, tjenare, tjog | ||
''Before soft vowel, (at the beginning of words), the '''tj'''-sound is spelled '''k'''.'' | |||
Kina, kela, kind, kärlek, kyrka, körsbär | Kina, kela, kind, kärlek, kyrka, körsbär | ||
===the skj-sound== | ''Whwn not at eh beginning of words the '''tj'''-sound is spelled '''sch'''.'' | ||
dusch, usch | |||
===the skj-sound=== | |||
''Before soft vowel the '''skj'''-sound is spelled '''sk'''''. | |||
skepp, skinn, sky, skärm, sköld | skepp, skinn, sky, skärm, sköld | ||
''Before hard vowel the skj-sound is spelled skj'' | ''Before hard vowel the skj-sound is spelled skj''. | ||
skjorta, skjul, skjuta | skjorta, skjul, skjuta | ||
''Before the soft vowel '''ä''' the skj-sound is spelled stj'' | ''Before the soft vowel '''ä''' the '''skj'''-sound is sometimes spelled '''stj'''''. | ||
stjärna, stjärt, stjälk | stjärna, stjärt, stjälk | ||
''For some exceptions the '''skj'''-sound is spelled '''sj'''.'' | |||
sju, sjätte | sju, sjätte | ||
Revision as of 16:45, 11 May 2008
Grammar
the ng-sound
tung, tvinga, sväng
regn, lugn, ugn, hägn
An exception is tvungen because the ng spelling of this word is herited from the infinitive form tvinga.
the tj-sound
English examples of the tj sound: Wash, fish, flush, shallow, ship
Before hard vowel, (at the beginning of words), the tj-sound is spelled tj.
tjusa, tjäna, tjenare, tjog
Before soft vowel, (at the beginning of words), the tj-sound is spelled k.
Kina, kela, kind, kärlek, kyrka, körsbär
Whwn not at eh beginning of words the tj-sound is spelled sch.
dusch, usch
the skj-sound
Before soft vowel the skj-sound is spelled sk.
skepp, skinn, sky, skärm, sköld
Before hard vowel the skj-sound is spelled skj.
skjorta, skjul, skjuta
Before the soft vowel ä the skj-sound is sometimes spelled stj.
stjärna, stjärt, stjälk
For some exceptions the skj-sound is spelled sj.
sju, sjätte