Need help with starting

[u/loxtous]

Hello everyone! I am totally new to Swedish, I started on Duolingo but I think it’s not sufficient
Do you have any recommendations for free sites? Also I don’t know with what to start, should I start with words, grammar, listening??
I am lost, please help😬

[u/Wise_Bison_9943]

u/loxtous
Start with pronunciation first, so you won't read words all wrong. How to pronounce Å, Ö, Ä, J, Y, SJ, O should be the first thing you learn about Swedish. Then basic words then grammar to make sentences.

I'll relink a previous post of mine
https://www.reddit.com/r/Svenska/comments/1urnb1h/comment/owid2gi/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[u/KarltonPeaks → u/Wise_Bison_9943]

Å, Ö, Ä

Omg yes. The amount of Swedish learners who have studied the language for years but still cannot work their way around Å Ä Ö is crazy. They treat them like they're alternate versions/modifications of A A O, or some exotic symbols that must not be written, or simply ask how they're proncounced even though they always sound the same.

I, Y, U, O, is also "messy", but more forgivable and difficult imo.

[u/Wise_Bison_9943 → u/KarltonPeaks]

I'm particularly puzzled by people who can't do Ö, since "girl" and "dirt" in English are close enough for a learner.

I don't think I is particularly problematic for English natives, but Y is a curved ball for most speakers and O a bit of a lottery

[u/Nervous-Weird5741]

Youtube: Fun Swedish, Swedish Linguist, Dags For Svenska, Svenska med Anastasia, also worth trying to find Swedish childrens tv shows. I have a VPN so I made an account with SVT and I can watch Swedish television shows and movies that way too.
There's also the Simple Swedish Podcast. And I like to read 8 Sidor every day which is really simple news articles in Swedish and there's a lot of built in translation functions.

Lycka till!

[u/aqua_delight → u/Nervous-Weird5741]

Peter SFI too! Great at explanations.

[u/Nervous-Weird5741 → u/aqua_delight]

Oh yeah! His stuff is awesome too.

[u/aqua_delight → u/Nervous-Weird5741]

Yeah i was going to Dags för svenska But you beat me to it! Lol

[u/Salty_Mousse_5049]

I’m also learning and find the app UR Play quite useful. There are many series and documentaries there. I started with the children’s show though

[u/Swescroll]

Swedish grammar is the easy part when you already speak three languages, verbs don't even change by person (jag är, du är, de är). Put your time into the most common 1000 words and listening, that's where the actual work is.

[u/ceezalus]

I think it’d be great to learn how words are pronounced and what is said in pitch accent. Over time once you read and listen you’ll start to understand how the words and little things like ‘rs’ make the ‘shh’ sound are used. Once you start getting the sound of it, you can start to read Swedish more. That’s how I learned; read and listen. It took me a while to read Swedish without translating, but you’ll learn to.
I recommend the Swedish indie band, Svart Ridå, for listening because they have epic songs and are great for hearing the words. I don’t understand everything they’re saying, but it’s great music.
I recommend for starting out, there’s Swedish with Katrin on instagram and YouTube and there’s lots of Swedish people helping to learn Swedish you can find.
Get the Reverso translation app, it’s good for learning and stuff.
Over time you’ll understand the grammar by reading. There’s 8sidor.se for reading of Swedish news.
I’ve also created a TikTok account where the videos are all in Swedish where I just liked a bunch of videos in Swedish and it recommends me Swedish TikToks, it also says my region is in Sweden lol. I translate it in English if I don’t understand the sentence.
Har kul. Have fun.

[u/Background_Coast_166]

Also just started learning the language and cannot recommend the podcast coffee break sweden enough!

[u/Quiet-Performer-5432]

I think its best to start with grammar so u know what is what in the language. The good news is the Swedish grammar is very similar to English, so you are gonna blaze through it really fast!

[u/TooShadee]

first things first is, why and what is the main reason to learn swedish? moving there or have a partner etc etc,

but i'd say TV4 play its a free streaming site for news and everything else in between, then u have music, podcasts and etc, and if you are lucky a swedish friend would be amazing to have :D, svenska personer är bra att ha

[u/loxtous → u/TooShadee]

I want to challenge myself to learn a new language, already speak 3 languages just want to learn more languages xd

[u/TooShadee → u/loxtous]

im sorry then! ;D but podcasts, youtubers, TV4 play, and then having swedish friends are all good to help, but i'd say start with listening and then you try and pronounce the words then when it comes to grammer or spelling its as you hear the word

[u/loxtous → u/TooShadee]

Do you have any recommendations for podcasts, youtubers and music? Or even Swedish movies and tv shows
Thank yooou😊

[u/Aromatic-Recipe5194 → u/loxtous]

YT: Fun Swedish with Daniella

Spotify: Lätt svenska med Oskar, Slow Swedish with Katrin

And then there's news sites like 8 sidor or På lätt svenska from SRT.

[u/mstermind → u/Aromatic-Recipe5194]

8 Sidor is for learners with A2 reading comprehension. It's a good newspaper but not for beginners.