I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH AAA'S ABOVE COMMENT. REGARDING SWEDISH STAY AWAY FROM THIS PROGRAM!!! i'LL REITERATE WHAT HE SAID BY FIRST REPEATING HIM, THEN GIVING YOU MY TWO CENTS! If AAA said that so long ago, he's right they aren't going to fix their mistakes, and they know they are ruining people, and taking their money for it!

4 - AAA
Sep 22, 2011 at 7:58 am
Don't bother if you're trying to learn Swedish. It's probably fine for other languages, but if you're going for Swedish, avoid babbel. Mistakes galore that they won't bother to fix, despite the hundreds of feedback messages about it. The website has the potential to be great, but the fact that it's littered with mistakes makes it useless. Try Pimsleur instead. Very effective.
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You - 0 replies - 36 minutes ago
Babbel Swedish is indeed psycho babbel nonsense, a dialect of Swedish that is unique to the rest of the world that they conjured from their imagination. If you have signed up to learn Swedish with Babbel, try get your money back quick, and go with another program that will not ruin your abilities to speak Swedish!

"to Babbel
I wonder how happy your many users would be when they realize that you have taught them incorrectly. I wonder what they will think when they realize that it isn't Swedish, because not a single Swedish speaker on the planet talks like that using the wrong definite and indefinite articles for every single word you are teaching them."


Yes, there are many that I've reported to them that they have not fixed. I have a few native Swedish speakers living in my household, and have contacted other native Swedish speakers to make it crystal clear. Perhaps Babbel simply used a translation service of their own that is in error, or is using somebody from a village out in the middle of the woods that nobody is aware of, that speak in a way that NOBODY else does. They often times use archaic words, or simply the wrong translation. One really crazy example that comes to mind is that they will teach you that rejäla means savory. Just go and ask any native Swedish speaker if that is correct and notice the weird look on their face. I guarantee it. Quite a few times, I had to delete words from the vocab review manager, because it was so wrong. I simply point out the indefinite articles, because its so often wrong, that I only saw it right one time, and that when you actually start using your language skills, it will be difficult to correct yourself or get the idea out of your head that that word does NOT mean what you are trying to say, but "the" whatever. It won't be impossible, but frustrating and time consuming, in light of the fact that you paid for this program. They have told me that they plan on fixing just the definite/indefinite articles in the spring time. I have completely stopped using this program in the meantime, and I feel am not getting my money's worth. They refuse to apologize, or at least give me the extra time back that they took to 'correct' their program. I hope this helps. Stay away from these scammers.