"Hans skratt är fult."

Translation: His laughter is ugly.

[Tan00]

Now that's just mean.

[TimmieNimrod]

I heard "Han skrattar fult". Would that be the same pronuncation if spoken fast, and would that be proper Swedish?

[devalanteriel]

They're certainly close! But it's not the exact same. I'm confident most natives would hear the difference virtually every single time.

[koen.dewil]

I heard exactly the same. The only difference in pronunciation seems to be the ä in är. Luckily in this sentence it does not really change the meaning of the sentence. I think it usually is clear from the context.

[PJAU86]

A very odd sentence. I've never heard of someone calling laughter ugly.

[Oceans_11]

Some random Chinese dude said my sister had a beautiful smile, but an ugly laugh. Haha

[freeboprich]

I was listening recently to someone describing working with the late actress, Mary Tamm, that while she had a serene face she also had the dirtiest laugh

[cathmach]

Have a listen to some of the examples here and it might inspire you :) https://www.ted.com/talks/sophie_scott_why_we_laugh?language=en

[Zmrzlina]

Well, I have heard it. It's uncommon though.

[skeletonslunch]

Perhaps it means ugly as in mean spirited, or ugly because it is cruel?

[Zmrzlina]

Ugly as in displeasing to hear.

[MarksAaron]

A more natural English translation would be "His laugh is ugly", rather than "laughter" (western US English speaker here)

[Rakhelii]

I much agree with MarksAaron, and think that "laugh" should be the preferred noun.

[ChrystianThiesen]

"U" in "fult" ends with some labial sound like a little, hidden "b", right?

[devalanteriel]

Not really, but the following links does get a hint of that quality by definition, I suppose.

[RickTol]

I have listened multiple times and to me it really sounds like she says fuKt. Anyone else hear the same?

[fVJYP11G]

This really makes no sense to me.