Comments on: Proper Swedish Pronunciation?

By: jess (sydney)

jess (sydney) — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:34:19 +0000

I don’t know if this is helpful or 100% accurate, but i use translate.google.com – i type in the words in swedish and click the ‘listen’ button. it even changes in tone if you stick a question mark on the end of the word!!

tusentack anna for the blog posts

By: Ketutar

Ketutar — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:51:26 +0000

Funny I posted about this in my blog. I’m Finnish living in Sweden. Swedish is the second official language of Finland, so I learned some in school. We don’t have many sh-sounds in Finnish, so this is rather difficult to us
I would like to remind you of two more… stj as in stjärna and tj – even though that is more “t-sh” than pure “sh”

By: Phillip

Phillip — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:08:22 +0000

I have what may be a peculiar request. I’m teaching chorus (short-term, at the moment), and I’ve picked out a song in Swedish. Is there any way I could send you the text and get you to send me back a recording of the correct pronunciation? Or at least know who or where I could get somewhere with that?

By: Linda från kalifornien

Linda från kalifornien — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:40:40 +0000

@Jimmy: Varsågod!

@ Zack: At first I was using “Sh” for the pronuciation and then when speaking with my husband would revert back to “Hu”. I mostly use “Hu” now, since that is what I hear most at home and have become comfortable with it.

I think usually one pronounces it one or the other, not mixed. Either way, I believe you will be understood, just choose which you are most comfortable using or what is commonly used among those you interact in Swedish with. Hope that was helpful. Lycka till!

By: Zack

Zack — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:55:31 +0000

Ok so I’ve found this helpful explaining the “sje” sound and realising that it’s very much a regional thing…
My question is though, is it all one or the other, or do they mix and match.
For example, might a person from region X pronounce skinka and stjärna differently due to the different spellings, or do people generally use only one sound for all possible spellings of that tricky “sje” sound?
Thanks!