How to pronounce å, ä and ö

Åå
What you could think of here is the English word "afford". The 'o'-sound is very close to what 'å' sounds like. A fun fact is that "ha råd med" in Swedish means to afford something, so the word "råd" actually contains the letter defined here. "Råd" by itself means "a piece of advice".

Å - Stream (the noun)
Åkomma - Disease
Råtta - Rat
Får - Sheep
Påle - Pole

Ää
The word "hair" works well for this letter. "Här" sounds exactly the same (except for our r's, of course) and means "here".

Ärlig - Honest
Träd - Tree
Kärlek - Love
Färdighet - Skill

Öö
Think of the vowel sound in words like "bird" and "girl". That's the closest sound I can think of that resembles 'ö'. By itself, "ö" means "island".

Öva - Practice
Försöka & pröva - Try
Ödslig - Deserted, desolate
Frö - Seed

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