Sk-, Skj- and Stj-words

So, time for the other part of different sounds. There are three different spellings for the one I'm about to demonstrate:

Skjorta (shirt)
Stjärna (star)
Skära (to cut something)

These sound the same when pronounced. Again, it's difficult for me to explain how it sounds, but the nearest I can get might be something like "whh".
All words spelled with Skj- and Stj- that I can think of, sounds like this. Some nouns spelled with Sk- doesn't use that sound, though, like these:

Sko (shoe)
Skola (school)
Skåp (cupboard)
Skapa (create)


More Sk-, Skj and Stj-words to learn:

Skinka (ham)
Sked (spoon)
Skylt (sign)
Skinn (skin)
Skjuta (to shoot)
Stjärt (bottom)

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K-, Kj- and Tj-words

The Swedish language is known for its variety in pronunciations for words that might look like they're pronounced the same. Long sentence there, sorry :) I hope you get what I mean. I'll give an example:

Käpp (cane)
Kille (guy)

The first word is pronounced with a "schh"-sound, and the other one uses a normal "k"-sound.

Another example:

Kyrka (church)
Tjära (tar)

In thise case, it's a bit trickier. These two words have different spellings, but sounds the same in the beginning. Unfortunately, I can't write down the phonetics for these so you'll have to listen carefully to the mp3-file.

More words that has identical initial sounds:

Kjol (skirt), Tjock (fat), Tjuv (thief), Kind (cheek), Kön (sex, gender)

Eventually, by reading this, you might know how to pronounce certain words as they're spelled.
Next time I will go through a different, but similar thing; The Skj- and Stj-sound.

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Counting: 21-30

Twenty one - Tjugoett
Twenty two - Tjugotvå
Twenty three - Tjugotre
Twenty four - Tjugofyra
Twenty five - Tjugofem
Twenty six - Tjugosex
Twenty seven - Tjugosju
Twenty eight - Tjugoåtta
Twenty nine - Tjugonio
Thirty - Trettio

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Comment notification not working?

For some reason, I don't get noticed whenever someone's commenting on this blog. I DO have my email address filled in for new comments to be mailed to me, but it doesn't work. Much annoying. Just yesterday I read three old ones, but they were all new to me.

Darn settings not working properly.

Colours

Here are some colours in Swedish:

Green - Grön, Grönt, Gröna
Red - Röd, Rött, Röda
Yellow - Gul, Gult, Gula
Blue - Blå, Blått, Blå
Purple - Lila, Lila, Lila
Orange - Orange, Orange, Orange
Brown - Brun, Brunt, Bruna
Black - Svart, Svart, Svarta
White - Vit, Vitt, Vita

As you may notice, some of them are said differently sometimes. Here's why:
All things ending with -en or just -n, i.e. "skon, kjolen, mattan, buren" (the shoe, the skirt, the rug, the cage) should use the first word.
"En grön sko - A green shoe"

Then, all things ending with -et, i.e. "huset, bordet, papperet, fodralet" (the house, the table, the paper, the case) should use the second one.
"Ett blått hus - A blue house"

All colours that has a single word, like Lila and Svart can be used just like they are.
Ett svart får - A black sheep
En lila matta - A purple rug

In plural, most colours end with -a.

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Counting: 11 to 20

Eleven - Elva
Twelve - Tolv
Thirteen - Tretton
Fourteen - Fjorton
Fifteen - Femton
Sixteen - Sexton
Seventeen - Sjutton
Eighteen - Arton
Nineteen - Nitton
Twenty - Tjugo

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Lack of updates lately

I'm so sorry for not letting you guys know; I've been home in Sundsvall for a week. I've been relaxing and spending time with my beloved family.
I promise to post more stuff soon, being back in Umeå again.

Oh, don't forget to check out the new MP3-files for the three last posts :)

Some animals

Horse - Häst
Cow - Ko
Cat - Katt
Dog - Hund
Hen - Höna
Chicken - Kyckling
Guinea Pig - Marsvin
Hamster - Hamster
Rat - Råtta
Parrot - Papegoja
Fishes - Fiskar
Hedgehog - Igelkotte
Moose - Älg
Monkey - Apa

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Family and relations

Father - Pappa
Mother - Mamma
Sister - Syster
Sisters - Systrar
Brother - Bror
Brothers - Bröder
Cousin - Kusin
Aunt - Moster (mothers sister), Faster (fathers sister)
Uncle - Morbror (mothers brother), Farbror (fathers brother)
Grandmother - Mormor, Farmor (same here as above)
Grandfather - Morfar, Farfar
Girlfriend - Flickvän
Boyfriend - Pojkvän

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Foodstuff

Milk - Mjölk
Butter - Smör
Bread - Bröd
Cereals - Flingor
Juice - Juice (sometimes "Jos")
Coffee - Kaffe
Jam - Sylt
Cheese - Ost
Bacon - Bacon
Ham - Skinka
Eggs - Ägg
Meat - Kött
Potatoes - Potatis
Apples - Äpplen
Bananas - Bananer
Fish - Fisk
Beer - Öl
Crisps - Chips
Candy, Sweets - Godis
Chocolate - Choklad

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