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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
=== | ===The ng-sound=== | ||
tung, tvinga, sväng | tung, tvinga, sväng | ||
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regn, lugn, ugn, hägn | regn, lugn, ugn, hägn | ||
''An exception is'' | ''An exception is'' tvungna ''because the ng spelling of this word is herited from the particip form tvungen.'' | ||
=== | ===The tj-sound=== | ||
''English examples of 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'''.'' | ''Before hard vowel, (at the beginning of words), the '''tj'''-sound is spelled '''tj'''.'' | ||
tjusa, tjäna, | tjusa, tjäna, tjalla, tjog | ||
''Before soft vowel, (at the beginning of words), the '''tj'''-sound is spelled '''k'''.'' | ''Before soft vowel, (at the beginning of words), the '''tj'''-sound is spelled '''k'''.'' | ||
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Kina, kela, kind, kärlek, kyrka, körsbär | Kina, kela, kind, kärlek, kyrka, körsbär | ||
'' | ''When not at the beginning of words the '''tj'''-sound is spelled '''sch''' or '''rs'''.'' | ||
dusch, usch | dusch, usch | ||
=== | fors, färsk, kurs, | ||
===The skj-sound=== | |||
''Before soft vowel the '''skj'''-sound is spelled '''sk'''''. | ''Before soft vowel the '''skj'''-sound is spelled '''sk'''''. | ||
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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 | ||
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sju, sjätte | sju, sjätte | ||
''For some exceptions in beginning of words, before a soft vowel the '''skj'''-sound is spelled '''g'''.'' | |||
generell, generös, giraff | |||
''Before '''o''' in some borrowed words spelled '''ch'''.'' | |||
choklad, chock | |||
===The j-sound=== | |||
jord, boj, | |||
djup, djungel, djärv, djur | |||
gärna, ge | |||
gjuta, gjorde | |||
hjärna, hjälp | |||
Revision as of 20:43, 11 May 2008
Grammar
The ng-sound
tung, tvinga, sväng
regn, lugn, ugn, hägn
An exception is tvungna because the ng spelling of this word is herited from the particip form tvungen.
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, tjalla, tjog
Before soft vowel, (at the beginning of words), the tj-sound is spelled k.
Kina, kela, kind, kärlek, kyrka, körsbär
When not at the beginning of words the tj-sound is spelled sch or rs.
dusch, usch
fors, färsk, kurs,
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
For some exceptions in beginning of words, before a soft vowel the skj-sound is spelled g.
generell, generös, giraff
Before o in some borrowed words spelled ch.
choklad, chock
The j-sound
jord, boj,
djup, djungel, djärv, djur
gärna, ge
gjuta, gjorde
hjärna, hjälp