Topic: Swedish

"En gaffel"

Translation:A fork

December 2, 2014

17 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/funtaco

    Is it just me or is the text-to-speech version pronunciation very different from the actual?

    http://www.forvo.com/word/gaffel/#sv

    December 2, 2014
    https://www.duolingo.com/rhblake

      Yeah, the current Duolingo version of "gaffel" is totally wrong. The ones on Forvo are perfect.

      December 2, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/RevmirSokolov

        Which syllable gets stressed? In the Forvo pronunciations, the woman stresses the first syllable, while the male tends to stress more of the second. Is this more of a dialect thing?

        December 18, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/rhblake

          Yeah, it's dialectal. The female's pronunciation is more "standard Swedish", I'd say. The male gives the second syllable a bit more oomph (but still not as much as the first syllable).

          December 18, 2014
          https://www.duolingo.com/hoyunmyoun

            Can you be more specific? I'd like to know how many dialects are spoken.

            February 3, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/RevmirSokolov

              Tack så mycket!

              December 18, 2014
              https://www.duolingo.com/NicolaeComan

                That reminds me the German noun ''Gabel'', with the same signification.

                March 28, 2015
                https://www.duolingo.com/dpjoseph

                  Does this have any relation to "um garfo" in Portuguese?

                  May 28, 2015
                  https://www.duolingo.com/MjesecC

                    I thought the same thing!

                    June 8, 2015
                    https://www.duolingo.com/SpoopDaWoop

                      What's spork? :P

                      September 15, 2015
                      https://www.duolingo.com/FLchick
                      • 273

                      Get outta here, Lol.

                      June 11, 2016
                      https://www.duolingo.com/Immortalist

                        I was go so fast I thought a gaffel was a giraffe. lol

                        January 13, 2015
                        https://www.duolingo.com/Delaram_ars

                          Is the 'g' pronounced as 'i' ?

                          March 30, 2015
                          https://www.duolingo.com/puiu1941

                            It sounded totally different than gaffel

                            June 9, 2015
                            https://www.duolingo.com/FLchick
                            • 273

                            A year later it sounds like it is spelled.

                            June 11, 2016
                            https://www.duolingo.com/RichardWal211702

                              This sounds really Welsh :D

                              January 2, 2017
                              https://www.duolingo.com/Ayman796558
                                June 16, 2018
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