Index.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) Alpha.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) Introduction to Swedish - A guide to pronounciation. The Standard Swedish dealt with in these chapters is the official language used in radio and TV.
There are other variants or dialects, but nowadays most of them differ mainly in their pronunciation. The Swedish language has some unusual sounds and the pronunciation is on the whole not as regular as one might wish, but you do not have to master all the peculiarities of this noble tongue to be able to communicate, to understand or to make yourself understood. Spoken Swedish comprises a broad variety of pronounciations, of which some are definitely very strange, and you would have to work hard to come up with a variant that the average Swede would not be able to interpret.
A characteristic of Swedish is the tone, or pitch, accent, which has disappeared in most other Indo-European languages. It is this tone-accent that gives Swedish its typical ‘singsong’ rhythm. Like in English some consonants can change when they are followed by a certain vowel (cp. Free Online Swedish Language Courses - Learn to speak Swedish with mp3 and pdf to download. Colleen Mahaney (09-02-2014): I love the illustrations!!
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On Friday, Reepalu suggested deporting criminals and introducing 'temporary' citizenship as ways to help combat crime in Malmö in the wake of continuing problems in the city's Seved district. “I believe this should be applied more often; that more active criminals who are not Swedish citizens should be deported,” said Reepalu to the Sydsvenskan newspaper. During the spring, the problems in Seved grew more extreme and a massive police surveillance programme was initiated. But lately the problems have returned. Postal workers in the area now carry a personal alarm and many residents say they don't dare go out at night. A gang of young men has been identified as responsible for the violence and disruption.