En flaska vatten = A bottle of water
En kam = A comb
En spegel = A mirror
En mobiltelefon = A mobile phone
En mp3-spelare = A mp3 player
En nyckel = A key
En ordbok = A dictionary
En penna = A pen
En tröja = A jersey
En väska = A suitcase
Ett läppglans = Lip gloss
Ett par skor = A pair of shoes
En bio = A cinema
Ett kvitto = A receipt
Ett torg = Square (town square)
Kan jag få...? = Can I get...?
Jag vill ha... = I will have...
Jag skulle vilja ha... = I would like to have...
Hur vill du betala? = How would you like to pay?
Hur mycket kostar den? = How much does it cost?
30 November 2009
Beginners Swedish Week 3
Kulspetspenna = Ball point pen
Blyertspenna = Led pen (pencil)
Bläckpenna = Ink pen
En resväska = Traveling suitcase
En handväska = Handbag
En ruggsäck = Backpack bag
En spörtväska = Sportsbag
På stan = Around town
I stan = In town (center)
Suddgummi = Eraser
Skor = Shoes
Skör = Fragile
En tidtabell = Timetable
En linjal = Ruler
En miniräknare = Calculator
En Läsk = Soft drink/soda
Pengar = Money
En kofta = Cardigan
En necessär = Assesories bag/make-up bag
Ett par handskar = Gloves
Enkel biljett = One way ticket/single ticket
Tur och retur biljett = Return trip ticket
En bussbiljett = Bus ticket
En tågbiljett = Train ticket
Siffor
0 noll
1 en/ett
2 två
3 tre
4 fyra
5 fem
6 sex
7 sju
8 åtta
9 nio
10 tio
11 elva
12 tolv
13 tretton
14 fjorton
15 femton
16 sexton
17 sjutton
18 arton
19 nitton
20 tjugo
21 tjugoen
22 tjugotvå
30 trettio
40 fyrtio
50 femtio
60 sextio
70 sjuttio
80 åttio
90 nittio
100 hundra
1 000 ettusen
1 000 000 en miljon
Blyertspenna = Led pen (pencil)
Bläckpenna = Ink pen
En resväska = Traveling suitcase
En handväska = Handbag
En ruggsäck = Backpack bag
En spörtväska = Sportsbag
På stan = Around town
I stan = In town (center)
Suddgummi = Eraser
Skor = Shoes
Skör = Fragile
En tidtabell = Timetable
En linjal = Ruler
En miniräknare = Calculator
En Läsk = Soft drink/soda
Pengar = Money
En kofta = Cardigan
En necessär = Assesories bag/make-up bag
Ett par handskar = Gloves
Enkel biljett = One way ticket/single ticket
Tur och retur biljett = Return trip ticket
En bussbiljett = Bus ticket
En tågbiljett = Train ticket
Siffor
0 noll
1 en/ett
2 två
3 tre
4 fyra
5 fem
6 sex
7 sju
8 åtta
9 nio
10 tio
11 elva
12 tolv
13 tretton
14 fjorton
15 femton
16 sexton
17 sjutton
18 arton
19 nitton
20 tjugo
21 tjugoen
22 tjugotvå
30 trettio
40 fyrtio
50 femtio
60 sextio
70 sjuttio
80 åttio
90 nittio
100 hundra
1 000 ettusen
1 000 000 en miljon
Ett yrke = Professions
En kock = Chef
En servitör = Waiter/server
En lärare = Teacher
En tandläkare = Dentist
En advokat = Lawyer
En sjuksköterska = Nurse
En kassörska = Store assistant
En frisör = Hairdresser
En ingenjör = Engineer
En fotograf = Photographer
En brevbärare = Post man
En läkare = Doctor
En polis = Police
En busschaufför = Bus driver
En servitör = Waiter/server
En lärare = Teacher
En tandläkare = Dentist
En advokat = Lawyer
En sjuksköterska = Nurse
En kassörska = Store assistant
En frisör = Hairdresser
En ingenjör = Engineer
En fotograf = Photographer
En brevbärare = Post man
En läkare = Doctor
En polis = Police
En busschaufför = Bus driver
Beginners Swedish Week 2
Verbs
The verbs below are in the following order:
Infinitive -> Present -> Imperfect -> Perfect
To talk = att prata -> pratar -> pratade -> pratat
To live = att bo -> bor -> bodde -> bott
To be = att vara -> är -> var -> varit
To exist = att finnas -> finns -> fanns -> funnits
To have = att ha -> har -> hade -> haft
95% of verbs end in -a in the infinitive form.
The infinitive marker is 'att', which corresponds to 'to' in English.
There are 2 basic groups of verbs - regular and irregular - most verbs are regular.
Most irregular verbs end in -ar in the present tense.
To make a verb negative we add the work 'inte' after it (jag kommer inte), but if the sentence contains 2 verbs we place 'inte' after the first verb (Jag kan inte komma).
To form a yes/no question we reverse the verb and the subject (kommer du?), but to form an open question we place a question word first (När kommer du?).
Nouns
The nouns below are in the following order:
a noun -> the noun -> nouns -> the nouns
Bus = en buss -> bussen -> bussar -> bussarna
Banana = en banan -> bananen -> bananer -> bananerna
Girl = en flicka -> flickan -> flickor -> flickorna
Child = ett barn -> barnet -> barn -> barnen
Apple = ett äpple -> äpplet -> äpplen -> äpplena
When you learn a noun, you need to find out what the indefinite article is for the noun and this too needs to be learnt. The indefinite article is either en or ett. Most nouns are en words and most en words have a plural form.
If an en word ends with 'a' the plural is -or, otherwise with a few exceptions the plural ends in -ar or -er.
Most ett words don't have a plural form, however if an ett word ends with a vowel the plural in -n.
ett yrke = professions
kanske = perhaps
trött = tired
pigg = awake
att hälsa på = to visit
att tycket = to know (opinion)
på tänker = to think
att tror = to believe
det här = this here
det här = that there
Gissa en gång till. = Guess one more time.
Jag är för ung. = I am too young.
Jag är kär i ... = I am inlove with ...
Jag ska hälsa på min mamma sen. = I will visit my mother soon.
Det var allt. = That is all.
The verbs below are in the following order:
Infinitive -> Present -> Imperfect -> Perfect
To talk = att prata -> pratar -> pratade -> pratat
To live = att bo -> bor -> bodde -> bott
To be = att vara -> är -> var -> varit
To exist = att finnas -> finns -> fanns -> funnits
To have = att ha -> har -> hade -> haft
95% of verbs end in -a in the infinitive form.
The infinitive marker is 'att', which corresponds to 'to' in English.
There are 2 basic groups of verbs - regular and irregular - most verbs are regular.
Most irregular verbs end in -ar in the present tense.
To make a verb negative we add the work 'inte' after it (jag kommer inte), but if the sentence contains 2 verbs we place 'inte' after the first verb (Jag kan inte komma).
To form a yes/no question we reverse the verb and the subject (kommer du?), but to form an open question we place a question word first (När kommer du?).
Nouns
The nouns below are in the following order:
a noun -> the noun -> nouns -> the nouns
Bus = en buss -> bussen -> bussar -> bussarna
Banana = en banan -> bananen -> bananer -> bananerna
Girl = en flicka -> flickan -> flickor -> flickorna
Child = ett barn -> barnet -> barn -> barnen
Apple = ett äpple -> äpplet -> äpplen -> äpplena
When you learn a noun, you need to find out what the indefinite article is for the noun and this too needs to be learnt. The indefinite article is either en or ett. Most nouns are en words and most en words have a plural form.
If an en word ends with 'a' the plural is -or, otherwise with a few exceptions the plural ends in -ar or -er.
Most ett words don't have a plural form, however if an ett word ends with a vowel the plural in -n.
ett yrke = professions
kanske = perhaps
trött = tired
pigg = awake
att hälsa på = to visit
att tycket = to know (opinion)
på tänker = to think
att tror = to believe
det här = this here
det här = that there
Gissa en gång till. = Guess one more time.
Jag är för ung. = I am too young.
Jag är kär i ... = I am inlove with ...
Jag ska hälsa på min mamma sen. = I will visit my mother soon.
Det var allt. = That is all.
Usefull phrases
Ursäkta. = Excuse me.
Hur säger man ... på svenska? = How do you say ... in Swedish?
Vad heter ... på svenska? = What is ... called in Swedish?
Vad betyder ...? = What does ... mean?
Hur uttalar man ...? = How do you pronounce ...?
Hur staver man ...? = How do you spell...?
Hur skriver man ...? = How do you write?
Kan du upprepa? = Could you repeat that?
Kan du sågå på engelska? = Could you say that in English?
Kan du prata saktare? = Could you speak more slowly?
Kan du hjälpa mig? = Can you help me?
Jag förstår inte. = I don't understand.
Jag vet inte. = I don't know.
Jag kan inte. = I can't do it.
En gång till tack. = One more time please.
Förlåt. = Sorry.
Tack. = Thank you.
Hur säger man ... på svenska? = How do you say ... in Swedish?
Vad heter ... på svenska? = What is ... called in Swedish?
Vad betyder ...? = What does ... mean?
Hur uttalar man ...? = How do you pronounce ...?
Hur staver man ...? = How do you spell...?
Hur skriver man ...? = How do you write?
Kan du upprepa? = Could you repeat that?
Kan du sågå på engelska? = Could you say that in English?
Kan du prata saktare? = Could you speak more slowly?
Kan du hjälpa mig? = Can you help me?
Jag förstår inte. = I don't understand.
Jag vet inte. = I don't know.
Jag kan inte. = I can't do it.
En gång till tack. = One more time please.
Förlåt. = Sorry.
Tack. = Thank you.
08 November 2009
Beginners Swedish Week 1
Hej
Jag heter....
Vad heter du?
i förnamn
i efternamn
Hello
My name is....
What is your name?
First name
Last name/Surname
Jag = I
Du = you (refering to one person)
Han = he (Killar/Pojkar = boys)
Hon = she (Tjejer/Flikor = girls)
Den/Det = it (en/ett depending on the gender of the words)
Ni = you (refering to a group)
Vi = we (everyone, including the speaker)
De = them/they (indirect)
EN minut = minute
EN timme = hour
EN dag = day
EN vecka = week
EN månad = month
ETT år = year
Lyssna = listen
Höra = hear
Prata = speak
Tala = talk
Läsa = read
Skriva = write
Träna = train (practice)
Fråga = question
Förstå = understand
ETT ord = word
EN ordbok = dictionary
EN sida = page
EN läxa = homework
EN rast = break/rest
Brand = fire
Mobil = mobile phone
Dator = computer
Kaffeautomat = coffee machine/vending machine
Och = and
Men = but
Inte = not
Samma = same
Hemma = at home
Hej då = good bye
Vi ses = we meet again/"see you soon"
Pronounciation:
When a word starts with "g", "k" and "sk" and thereafter followed by "a", "o", "u" or "å", these sounds should be pronounced hard.
However, if the same first letter is followed by "e", "i", "y", "ä" and "ö", these sounds should be pronounced softly.
Bra = good
Dålig = bad
Rätt = correct/right
Fel = mistake/wrong
Ja = yes
Nej = no
Lätt = easy
Svår = difficult
Viktig = important
Bara = only
Eller = or
Gillar = like to/enjoy
Motsatsen = opposites
Bor = live
Börja = start/begin
Sluta = end/finish
Pluggar = student
Läkare = doctor
Meningar = sentence
Prov = test
Jag heter....
Vad heter du?
i förnamn
i efternamn
Hello
My name is....
What is your name?
First name
Last name/Surname
Jag = I
Du = you (refering to one person)
Han = he (Killar/Pojkar = boys)
Hon = she (Tjejer/Flikor = girls)
Den/Det = it (en/ett depending on the gender of the words)
Ni = you (refering to a group)
Vi = we (everyone, including the speaker)
De = them/they (indirect)
EN minut = minute
EN timme = hour
EN dag = day
EN vecka = week
EN månad = month
ETT år = year
Lyssna = listen
Höra = hear
Prata = speak
Tala = talk
Läsa = read
Skriva = write
Träna = train (practice)
Fråga = question
Förstå = understand
ETT ord = word
EN ordbok = dictionary
EN sida = page
EN läxa = homework
EN rast = break/rest
Brand = fire
Mobil = mobile phone
Dator = computer
Kaffeautomat = coffee machine/vending machine
Och = and
Men = but
Inte = not
Samma = same
Hemma = at home
Hej då = good bye
Vi ses = we meet again/"see you soon"
Pronounciation:
When a word starts with "g", "k" and "sk" and thereafter followed by "a", "o", "u" or "å", these sounds should be pronounced hard.
However, if the same first letter is followed by "e", "i", "y", "ä" and "ö", these sounds should be pronounced softly.
Bra = good
Dålig = bad
Rätt = correct/right
Fel = mistake/wrong
Ja = yes
Nej = no
Lätt = easy
Svår = difficult
Viktig = important
Bara = only
Eller = or
Gillar = like to/enjoy
Motsatsen = opposites
Bor = live
Börja = start/begin
Sluta = end/finish
Pluggar = student
Läkare = doctor
Meningar = sentence
Prov = test
Swedish for beginners course
So this week I started my Swedish for Beginners course at the Folksuniversitet.
The goal of the course is be albe to understand and use simple words and phrases used in everyday life.
Areas that will be covered are:
Greetings and Introducing yourself
Simple questions about who you are and where you are from
Time, days and months and numbers
Colours, weather, cloths, asking for and giving directions, daily lifestyles, general conversations, describing things, emotions
Word order, nouns, verbs, pronouns and general language structure
A classroom is obviously the best option for learning and even if I share some of my notes from the classes it will never be able to substitute colleague interaction.
The goal of the course is be albe to understand and use simple words and phrases used in everyday life.
Areas that will be covered are:
Greetings and Introducing yourself
Simple questions about who you are and where you are from
Time, days and months and numbers
Colours, weather, cloths, asking for and giving directions, daily lifestyles, general conversations, describing things, emotions
Word order, nouns, verbs, pronouns and general language structure
A classroom is obviously the best option for learning and even if I share some of my notes from the classes it will never be able to substitute colleague interaction.
A little bit of humour to brighten your day!
The following is a very funny guy trying to copy Swedish phrases! Totally useless phrases, but worth watching!
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66fULfwb2X4
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66fULfwb2X4
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