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Learn Swedish with videos · A2–B1 · 9 min

Learn Swedish with “Uttala vokaler (Hur gör man?) SFI”

A video by Peter SFI, with the words to know first and an honest look at how hard it is.

“Ja för ett ett litet tag sedan gjorde jag en video om att höra vokaler och det var…” is the opening line. Video © Peter SFI, embedded from YouTube.

How hard is it?

80% of the words spoken in this video are among the 1,000 most common in Swedish, 86% among the 2,000 most common and 93% among the 5,000 most common. That puts the vocabulary at roughly A2–B1.

This measures words only; speed, accents and background noise matter too. Not sure of your own level? Take the free level test.

Words to know before you watch

The words from the video most worth learning, most frequent first. Each one links to its full entry.

tunga
tongue, sole
mun
mouth
runda
round
fram
forward, up
öppna
open
plats
place, room
långt
far
alltså
in other words, accordingly
bak
bottom, backside
position
position
bakåt
back (as a direction), backwards, in reverse, towards the rear
mm
mm
längre
longer, taller, further
därför
so, for that reason
fyra
to fire (a weapon, a rocket)
svårt
hard, difficult, tricky, difficult
flytta
move
förklara
explain, declare
svart
black
egentligen
actually, really
olika
different, unlike
högt
loudly, highly
ungefär
about
video
video

How to study with it

  1. Read the word list below first and say each word out loud once.
  2. Watch with Swedish subtitles on (the CC button), not English ones. Pause whenever a whole sentence goes past you.
  3. Watch a second time without subtitles. You will be surprised how much more you catch.
  4. Pick three sentences you understood and say them back, copying the rhythm.

In Lingolib, Watch opens any Swedish YouTube video with a transcript that follows along: tap a word to see what it means and save it for practice.

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