"Det tar generationer."
Translation:It takes generations.
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Yes, in 'årtionde', it is just the letters -t-i-o-. But in generation it is a loanword, 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.
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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.
I think I hear a sound to a breath -y "hw" sound when i see that a sound is described as similar to the "sj" spelling. Does it sound a bit like that? Here, we are talking about the "ti" in tion, which was described as sounding like the "sj" (or sk at the start of a word?) sound.
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Swedish has a lot of different spellings for this 'breathy' sound, e.g. sj, sk, stj, skj, sch, sh, ti and si (as in -tion/-sion)
Thank you - I will pay close attention and listen carefully to all of these! :)
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'?
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M.r Arnauti as we can't see all correct answers is .... It takes long generations.... also a right answer?
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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 --
To me (American) the tio in generationer sounds like foo or fwoo. I'm not hearing anything close to the sh (or sj) sound people are referencing. Same with like skärp I hear fwarp. And skäldpaddor I hear fweld at the beginning.
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Well yes, the Swedish 'sj'-sound is a kind of 'windy' sound, write it 'fw' if you like to!
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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.
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
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.
The Swedish pronunciations are giving me a headache. :D I'd love to have a chart showing all the possible pronunciations. Is there anything like that? A chart with some or best all of those rules?