Swedish/Spelling

Grammar

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.

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

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