"A turtle"

Translation: En sköldpadda

[MartinaFra381301]

Mhhhmmm the right answer is en sköldpadda.. But it gives me the.. En.. And the sköldpaddan... Mistake in app maybe

[devalanteriel]

Sounds odd. The correct answer is definitely en sköldpadda, like you said.

[alexwooty]

Sounds to me a bit like a soft 'schw' sound, as in 'schwing' from Wayne's World

[Carlos_XIII]

Is it correct to answer sköldpaddan too?

[turuntururun]

That would be THE turtle, not just A turtle.

[Carlos_XIII]

Tack!

[Fire_Mark1]

Okay... this is slightly annoying. I'm putting in the correct answer (en sköldpadda), but then it says I'm wrong and that the answer is sköldpaddan.... what on earth is going on?!

[Super-Svensk]

En skölpadda is definitely the correct answer. Must be a bug!

[elsafleur]

Why is it pronounced, "Hol-... "?

[Lundgren8]

”Sk” + ”ö” (and ”e i y ä”) in Swedish forms the so called sj-sound. It’s not an [h] but more like a ”sh” pronounced from the back of the mouth. Here is another pronunciation.

[hcarleton]

The sound is more like [h] than [sh], but it's kind of a choked [h] sound where you put the back of the tongue lightly against the roof of your mouth.

[brokentowel]

Got a good link to visualize this pronunciation?

[RhiannonMcBride]

Put your mouth in the position to make a 'k' sound, say an 'h' instead, and let the air vibrate a little in your mouth. This should get you close enough for practice to get you the rest of the way. The sound doesn't exist in English, but it does in a number of languages.

[Damo_0104]

I'd say "sk" + "ö,e,i,y,ä" and "sj" is pronounced like [hw]

[OwainLlyfr]

It is close to English 'sh' in some parts of Sweden and like Gaelic/Welsh 'ch' in other - and some other variations in between as well.