"Det tar generationer."

Translation: It takes generations.

[bepisTM]

Is the ti in generationer pronounced as the sj-sound or the tj-sound?

[friswing]

ti in generation is a sj-sound

[Alexis.ita]

When is ti sj-sound? Because I know not always is that the pronunce.

[Alexis.ita]

F.i. årtionden has another sound

[friswing]

Yes, in 'årtionde', it is just the letters -t-i-o-. But in generation it is a loneword, which in e.g. English and French has this '-tion' ending that is pronounced as a 'sj' (cf. German ach-laut), in Spanish spelled -ción. in Italian it can be -zione. etc.

[dddanilo]

In German -tion but it's pronounced like -tsion... Languages are great! :D

[konnilee]

-ção in Portuguese! (:

[Kreilyn]

Does it really sound "i-an-ra-sju-ner"? I can not hear the e in NE!!

[friswing]

The voice says "y'en--ra-sj'o-ner", that is how I as a Swede hear it, and as I probably would say it myself, i.e. not pronouncing the second 'E', there is no stress on it, so it kind of disappears.

[Kreilyn]

tack, du har verkligen hjälpt mig!!

[friswing]

Så bra! :-)

[inventing]

Is this a Swedish saying, for example an exaggeration/hyperbole like the English saying 'it's taking ages!', or does it literally mean 'it takes generations'?

[Arnauti]

It's not a saying, I'd just take it at face value.

[inventing]

Tack!

[JavadMousa3]

M.r Arnauti as we can't see all correct answers is .... It takes long generations.... also a right answer?

[devalanteriel]

No, that is not accepted.

[Evija..]

... to learn Swedish prepositions

[deactivated user]

I see Duo has been dabbling in social engineering.

[DonaldKidd]

It is taking generations is correct as well!

[JonathayDongle]

so basically, -tion- is like Sj and gets pronounced like
n H?

[Dasani_WB]

I got this sentence right after, "Det tar sekunder."

[K76kUOe4]

can someone explain why every now and then the answer box does not work unless you click in, while most of the time it is automatic .it catches me out every time.

[Will709432]

Generations sounds like "yeneraphungar"

[4oYBIxtO]

Yenerashunar

[Tanya69534]

I need an answer from a swede. Do you pronounce "sj" as the "ch" in German "ach"? If so I would be happy because I have a hard time pronouncing "sj".

Once someone told me that the "sj"-sound sounds like the "who" sound in English and a YouTuber told in a video that "sj" is pronounced as in Spanish "juan" the "ju" part but she told that it comes from the lungs

Idk if its like German I would be happy

[devalanteriel]

No, sorry. It's not close to the ch in ach at all. The Juan comparison is much better.

Former course contributor Blehg has a series of videos explaining the sound. The first one deals with pronunciation, but you may find all three interesting.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvlwXQ1bDvc
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_bcnE0xIqo
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OITT3L1MJ9c

[kre000]

Do all -tion loanwords take -er in plural form?

[devalanteriel]

I think so, yes.

[rizaldyaf_]

I heard 'hianrafyuner', is that right?

[devalanteriel]

I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, but no.

[friswing]

Trying to understand what you have written, I suppose it is the Swedish word 'generationer', is that right? ge- sounds likt the beginning of English "ye-llow".
-tio- sounds like english 'shoe'. That would make the pronunciaton:
-- yenrashoener --

[4oYBIxtO]

Or yenerashoener

[friswing]

Talking fast (the fast voice) does like we generally do, leave out the second 'e'.