Swedish Language
The Swedish language council is regulating body which governs the languages rules and rectifications, modifications and improvisation. but being also an official language of Finland. In Finland language association is the decision making body. It ranks 78 in World languages. Writing System is Latin with Swedish variant. ISO 639 language code is SWE or SV
The language used by people in Sweden is called Standard Swedish. There are lot of variants in different dialects and regional influences are present. Written language is uniform and standardized all across Swedish speaking countries only spoke Swedish differs from place to place. Some Swedish dialects have become alienated from main language there is lot of changes in grammar and vocabulary so much so that they no longer intelligible with standard Swedish. There is growing concern to preserve these regional dialects as they are only spoken at village level and that too by people who are of very low class economically and socially.
Grammar
Swedish language word order is always subject verb and object although some exceptions are noticed when certain word or phrases need to be highlighted. Very similar to British English Swedish language has two genders, distinction between two nouns that is singular and plural and No grammatical cases whatsoever. Adjectives are used for comparison and depend on gender, definiteness ad quantity. Nouns do have suffixes at the end. Swedish language has one of the largest vowel usages.
Modern Swedish language
‘nusvenska’ Roughly translation means now Swedish, started in last years of 19th Century. This period saw remarkable changes in the way language was treated. the written language was modified and resembled more towards the spoken language. Growth of Public school gave rise to bookish Sweden language which was called ‘booksvenska’. Pronunciations were largely based on spellings ad was popular amongst the new growing economy‘s population. As the result of Industrializations &Urban cities growth aftermath a new breed of writers were spreading their influence and contributing through writings to existing Swedish literature. Gustaf frauding, Selma Lagorford and August Strindberg with their revolutionary ad radical writings contributed immensely to Swedish language. By the beg gaining of 20th Century Swedish attained a uniformity and standardization of language across all strata s and levels of people.
Modern Swedish Alphabets &Vowels
Swedish has 29 alphabets,Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,SsTt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz,AA,aa,Aa,OoIn English the alphabets are A to Z where as Swedish alphabets are A to O.Y is always a vowel and W initially was not accepted but now is accepted as separate letter and pronounced like v. Dictionaries in Swedish do not have W in them.
Vowels have soft and long value. Each vowel has long and short both phonetic sound. While reading this factor becomes very important whether vowel is hard or soft.
Long Vowels Short vowels
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i
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sil, /siːl/, "sieve"
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ɪ
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sill, /sɪl/, "herring"
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e
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hel, /heːl/, "whole"
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ɛ
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häll, /hɛl/, "flat rock"
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ɛ
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häl, /hɛːl/, "heel"
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a
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matt, /mat/, "listless; matte"
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ɑ
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mat, /mɑːt/, "food"
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ɔ
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moll, /mɔl/, "minor" (music)
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o
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mål, /moːl/, "goal"
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ʊ
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bott, /bʊt/, "lived" (perfect tense)
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u
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bot, /buːt/, "penance"
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ɵ
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full, /fɵl/, "full"
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ʉ̟
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ful, /fʉ̟ːl/, "ugly"
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ʏ
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syll, /sʏl/, "sleeper" (railroad)
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y
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syl, /syːl/, "awl"
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œ
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nött, /nœt/, "worn"
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ø
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nöt, /nøːt/, "nut"
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Some Common Swedish Phrases
Halla/Hej-Hello /Hi
God Dag-Good day
God morgon –Good morning
God kvall-Good Evening
God Natt-Good night
Hurar det mig –How are you
Brav-Good or fine
Daligt-Bad
Inte sa bra –not very good
Hur gar det –hows it going
Ja –yes
Nej -no
Vat der Heter–What is your name /how your name should be called
Jag Heter –My name is /or i should be called.....
Vor bor du-where do you live
Jag bor I –I live in.
Vor kommer du ifran –where are you from
Jag kommer ifran –I am from...
Har gammar ar du-How old are you /what is your age
Jagar ar gamal –My age is
Vad gor du-What are you doing
Hej da adjo –A formalGoodbye/Adiue
Ha det Bra-have a nice day
Vises-see ya later
Tacker /tusen tack –thanks
Ingen oarsk-Do not mention it /you are welcome, when thanks are said
Forlat-sorry /pardon me
Ursakta mig-Excuse me
Snalla -Please
Jag forstar inte –I do not understand
Jag vet inte- I do not know
I (don't) know.