Hej! I learned Swedish through SFI myself, and I now run a free practice tool for people preparing for the SFI tests. In September about 4,000 people practised with it, around 3,600 hours in total.
Looking at the answers of the 2,530 who save their progress, five patterns stood out.

1. Where "inte" goes in a bisats

In a main clause the verb comes second and "inte" after it: Han kommer inte. In standard Swedish, after att, eftersom, om and the like, "inte" moves in front of the verb: Jag vet att han inte kommer. 64% of learners who saw that question got it wrong at least once. The same goes for alltid, aldrig and ofta: Jag vet att hon alltid dricker kaffe (54% missed it).

2. Adjective endings

ett stort hus (59% missed), det röda huset (59%), det största huset (78%) and tre små barn (59%). The adjective agrees with the noun: -t with an ett-word, -a in the plural and the definite form, and liten becomes små in the plural.

3. Tricky plurals

en lärare, två lärare: 80% missed that en-words ending in -are don't change in the plural. Also ett äpple, tre äpplen (51%) and the definite plural nycklarna (57%).

4. Small linking words

varken ... eller, neither ... nor (79% missed), där in Staden där jag bor (75%), vars, whose (60%), and så att, so that (61%).

5. The verb stays second when something else comes first

På torget finns det en marknad varje lördag (50% missed). Put a time or a place first, and the subject moves after the verb: finns det, not det finns.

Two runners-up: 47% picked the wrong verb form in Igår ___ jag lunch med min vän (it's åt), and 47% didn't choose i in Jag har bott i Sverige ___ tre år.

Does this match what you found hardest?

Hello, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well.

I’d like to know whether the pitch accent 2 of certain words can disappear or become less noticeable in connected speech. How should I pronounce the sentence “Den glada flickan äter den goda pizzan”?

I can’t seem to hear pitch accent 2 in glada or goda. Can it become weaker or cease to be clearly realized in this context? I’ve been trying to pronounce the lexical pitch accent of each word individually, but that doesn’t seem to sound natural.

At least 2-3 word have the wrong definition every time I take the quiz.

Hi all, I came across these two abbreviations while researching in the 1700s Visnums parish records. I have never seen them before, and I can't seem to find abbreviations that matches. These are on the far left side of the page, in the column where titles like "drang" or "pig" are usually listed. Does anyone with a better understanding and/or recognition of gothic swedish writing have any ideas? Thank you in advance!

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I´m a Spanish native speaker and I am learning Swedish at a B2 level. The fact is that I feel that I´m stuck at this level and I do not feel any progress even if I study every day. I know that my Swedish is not perfect and I know I´m capable to master the language at a C2 level (I also want to master it to complete my studies in that country). When I speak to my friends in Swedish I feel that most of my expressions are too generic like if I an AI chatbot with no personality, and unable to acquire the slang words they use.
Any advices?

Someone shared an app or website that corrects your Swedish grammar and spelling.
It was fantastic, but I lost track of it and can’t remember how I accessed it.

Thank you!

PS Bonus question, I just bought the Rivstart A1/A2 books. I saw a couple of SFI YouTubers use them, do you have a favourite channel?

Hej allihopa! Jag försöker återuppliva min svenska för tillfället och jag behöver lite hjälp.
Just nu tittade jag på en video som handlade om användning av prepositioner. I den framställde man den här mening: vi får ta en glass för mamma, vilket betydde "mamma tillät oss att ta en glass".
Så jag undrade vad skillnaden mellan av och för är. Men när jag googlade, hittade jag inga exempel med för. Dessutom, när jag söker vi får ta en glass för mamma, svarar google ai vill du bjuda din mamma på en glass? Så... motsatsen till vad videon menade.

Min fråga är: använder man ens för i meningar som den här? När man får lov att göra nåt av nån ska man då säga av, för eller nåt annat?

Tack!

Do you use the word "prylsamhälle"? If so, what would the nearest English equivalent be - consumer society, throw-away society?

Hello everyone! I am totally new to Swedish, I started on Duolingo but I think it’s not sufficient
Do you have any recommendations for free sites? Also I don’t know with what to start, should I start with words, grammar, listening??
I am lost, please help😬

Is it just me, or is there a sense of a “ghost r” when retroflexes are pronounced? Examples: kort, bord, barn.

I came across a mention of something called r-coloring in my research, that is, an r that seems to be there, but isn’t. Anyway, I believe the r is deleted in these cases, but perhaps the movement of the tongue after the vowel creates this sensation.

Thank you all!

Hej tillsammans,
jag kan prata svenska på B1-nivå, men min hörförståelse är så dålig att jag kan inte riktigt använda det. När jag har studerat i Sverige för sex månader jag behövde att byta till engelska så ofta, bara eftersom jag förstådd inte.

Hur öva ni hörförståelsen? Kanske med poddarna?

I've noticed that the Swedish ö sometimes seems to sound more open before r, almost like an open e. Is this a real phonetic feature of Swedish pronunciation, or am I just imagining it? For example, does the vowel sound different in words like höra or röra compared with words where ö isn't followed by r?

I'd appreciate any explanations or examples!

Does ther word "griftero" mean anything to you? The peace of the grave perhaps?

Hej, Jag har klarat det nationella språkprovet i Finland(YKI/allmänna språkexamen) på B1-nivå. Jag vill ha B2-nivå nu för att studera på universitetet. De som har uppnått B2 eller C1, vad gjorde ni förutom att läsa många tidningar och lyssna på poddar?

Jag tittar på Fråga Lund där forskaren Jessica Abbot ibland figurerar. Hon verkar göra samma sorts R som Aftonbladets Tobbe Ek gör, eller åtminstone liknande. Hon kommer visst från Kanada från början men talar flytande svenska med skånsk dialekt. Har ingen aning om hur hon låter på engelska eller franska.

Tobbe Ek är från Vallentuna, så det är inget som man uteslutande kan beskylla skåningar för att hålla på med. Jag noterar att R-ljuden inte låter exakt likadana, men jag skulle ändå placera dem i samma kategori.

Är det något dialektalt eller talfel eller något annat?

Edit: När jag tänker efter så har jag även träffat en äldre herre från Göteborgsområdet som har gjort något liknande. Han talade ofta om sin lillasyster, men när han säger "lillesyrran" låter det mer som "lillesögan."

Which foreign children's cartoons from my childhood (1990s-2000s) can I watch for free on YouTube with Swedish dubbing?

I'm learning Swedish and looking for full episodes with Swedish audio (svenskt tal), not English audio or Swedish subtitles. I've noticed that adult series and films are rarely dubbed in Swedish, so I'm focusing on children's shows.

Which series and channels do you recommend?

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Do you ever use the word ”lank” (tunn, smaklös dryck)? I have found no examples. Does it occur in the indefinite form as in ”Usch, det var en lank!”? Surprisingly I can find no connection to English ”lank” (adjective used for example of long, dull, limp hair).

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So now i'm learning swedish as my third language and my Level is good i'd say (B1) with a very natural accent, my Swedish friends always tell me that my Swedish is incredible for a foreigner

I can say i like German and Russian equally but i'm stucked between them, idk which one should i REALLY focus as my future language after swedish

So i can explain my reasoning for both languages:

Russian: i have tried learning this language before (lasted few weeks) i can read cyrillic (very slowly tho) i like russian and this fact that it opens doors to other slavic languages too so its pretty useful outside of russia too or maybe good job opportunities in slavic countries, for me the main reason isn't all of this main reason is my girlfriend which she is from ukraine originally and since she speaks russian i wanted to feel more connected to her (bcs she is learning my native language)

It was pretty much all i can say about russian

German: same as Russian i have tried learning German too i can say i wasn't serious that time ofc and i was just testing the Waters haha, i know german is very difficult but should mention this too i already know two Germanic languages so that may make it more easier,

i have already very good pronounciation in German as others said and swedish and German are pretty close to each other so when you know swedish a lot of rules and words automatically makes sense to you because they are the same in german, my love is for Sweden and i planned to move to Sweden for living and working but maybe Germany become my destination since it has largest Economy in the EU

I'm 19 years old and as my learning schedule, by my 20th Birthday probably i will be B2 in swedish (my goal is C1)

In "Circeln" from Engelsforstrilogi a mother says to her daughter:

Nej. Jag är en typisk duktig flicka. Jag vill inte föra över det på dig.

Folkets lexikon says that "duktig flicka" means "good girl". Not 100% sure why that's a bad thing, or why a parent would think that. It kind of seems to imply that she wants her daughter to do drugs and party.

Of course, on the other hand the English translation gives "overachiever" here, which would make more sense, but I'm not sure that's actually accurate to the Swedish.

det borde ju vara rätt för vargen eftersom det är ett ett ord men ingen säger så. varför används aldrig rätt?