"Björnen"

Translation: The bear

[seventwelve81]

The 'en' at the end of björnen almost sounds like an 'an' to me.
Not sure if that's right.

[Maurice99se]

Here's a native speaker saying it http://www.forvo.com/word/bj%C3%B6rnen/#sv

[JackBond]

Coming from German, it almost sounds like the ö is pronounced like an o. Is that just me?

[Zmrzlina]

I think it sounds like an Ö, which should be easy for a German.

[L4UW0]

I agree, the reason why I came to the commentsection. Is it contextdependent? This is def. a different sound than for example in bröd.

[Dim-ond-dysgwr]

I agree with JackBond and L4W0. She is saying Bjornen rather than Björnen.

[LucasDiniz22]

Is björn a popular name in Sweden.

[edith337457]

Yes

[DiscentemM]

I'm a bit confused. Björnen is pronounced with the 'o'-sound from (for example) the English word "come". I thought the 'ö' always was pronounced as 'u' as in "fur", so I thought 'Björnen' would sound like 'Bjurnen'.

Why isn't is just 'Bjornen' than, because (as a beginner) I would think that's the same.

[Zmrzlina]

Ö and O are separate sounds and letters in Swedish, and that's why it's spelled the way it is here. Ö can be described as the vowel in words like "sir" and "fur", but without the R-quality.

[Dim-ond-dysgwr]

They are indeed separate sounds and letters. Nevertheless the speaker in the recording used here is saying Bjornen rather than Björnen.

[Queen_Ziga]

is the R here silent?

[Lundgren8]

In Swedish, except for the southern dialects and the Finnish dialects, the combination -rn-, merge into a thicker ”retroflex” sound. If it were just ”bjönen” then the -n- would have been more dental. What you have to do is just move the tip of the tongue a bit further back in the mouth when producing -rn-. Same goes for -rd-, -rt-, -rs- and to some extent -rl-.

[Jazzable]

Is it a bit like an R sound in a british english accent?

[Lundgren8]

No, in British English the /r/ disappears altogether. In this case, it just merges with the /n/, /d/, /t/ and /s/ to form a sound where the tongue is more bent backwards.

Listen to the difference between: ”bord” and ”bod”.

• http://sv.forvo.com/word/bord/#sv

• http://sv.forvo.com/word/bod/#sv

And between ”höna” and ”hörna”.

• http://sv.forvo.com/word/h%C3%B6na
• http://sv.forvo.com/word/h%C3%B6rna

[panourgias]

What is the plural of bjorn? What is the difference between bjorn and bjornen?

[JackBond]

En Björn = A bear
Björnen = The bear
Björnar = Bears
Björnarna = The bears

The -en ending here is equivalent to the English "the".

[panourgias]

Tack så mycket Jack Bond

[Olweg]

Haha, I was wondering if swedish course would have as many bears as in the danish course.... here we go, the bear is coming :p

[causeman]

How would I say "What's the word for ___?" In svenska?

[sotnosen93]

"Vad är ordet för ___?"

[maria97146]

You can say "Vad betyder ....?"

[BOSSBASMAH]

it didn't sound right to me

[Dim-ond-dysgwr]

The speaker in the recording seems to be saying Bjornen rather than Björnen.

[Jrbrobsrv]

What does björk mean? I remembered this name because of the singer rsrs

[sotnosen93]

Birch.

[subayrxari]

oh my god had

[Tabitha402411]

E N! E N! THATS ALL I HAD LEFT! Also hi!!