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In this scene from Frozen (swedish version), Elsa says "Festen är över".
That moment when you understand every word in the first 10 seconds of dialogue and feel really smart but then realize you can't even count to eleven in Swedish.
du har fel! ett, två, tre, fyra, fem, sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio ... ... ... oh ... du stämmer faktiskt. hehe. Det stämmer definitivt om Elsa säger det.
The video you linked is unavailable to me. Was it perchance "Festen Är Över" by Bob Hund?
When I started learning Swedish a year ago (thereäfter dropping it because I was busy and then picking it back up a week ago), I would listen to Sverige Radio to get a sense for Swedish pronunciation and to try to improve my comprehension of spoken Swedish. I'm so glad that they happened to start playing Bob Hund-Opera when I tuned in, because they have been one of my favorite bands ever since.
could you expand on this? as in, what are the differences between slut and över?
Kind of hard to explain but "slut" is the general word for when something has ended/is over. "Över" implies that is something a bit dramatic or a long ongoing process is finally over. Slut is also a bit more abrupt while över is when the ending itself was a bit of process.
So like, you might say The war is "över" and you could also say The war is "slut", but it might be weird to say that an impromptu party is "över" (unless maybe it felt to you like the party went on forever)?
With that notion, might it make sense to say that a party that had been planned for a long time, or also an elaborate party, is över?
Does "över" imply some sort of sense of relief, while "slut" is more about the action itself, without any extra connotation of it's own?
Do I have the right idea here?
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The voice pronounces the “s” in “är slut” as a normal “s”. Is that a bug, or is this an exception to the rule that “rs” becomes a “sh” sound?
Yes, the voice is quite keen on pronouncing it anyways. It's not uncommon to hear it if the word is very emphasized, but it's in all essence silent in the spoken language.
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Ett lyckligt slut = a happy ending. There's are also a verb like ta slut (stress on slut) which means end. Sommaren som aldrig tar slut 'The summer that never ends'.
