Can you get your tongue around Sweden's nurse?
The Local Sweden - [email protected]
Published: 21 May, 2015 CET.
Updated: Thu 21 May 2015 17:04 CET
Whenever Swedish learners are asked what they struggle with, pronouncing the word for "nurse" always gets a terrified mention. Watch what happened when The Local asked some unsuspecting tourists to get their tongues around "sjuksköterska".
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