Learning Swedish - Page 1

Lesson 1: Alphabet - Alfabet

Learn the "Alphabet" in Swedish.

Letter	Audio	Letter	Audio	Letter	Audio

Lesson 2: Counting - Räknar

You see after 40 I did not write the 41, 42, etc. The reason is that you just keep the way counting like from 31 - Trettioett, Trettiotvå etc. When you listen to the audio below you might notice that when I pronounce for example Trettionio you do not hear the O from trettio but you pronounce it when you say 30 or 40 in Swedish. It will become silent in 31, etc.

Click on the play button to listen to the "Counting" in Swedish.

Lesson 3: How late is it?- Hur mycket är klockan?

Time to learn the "Time in Swedish" an hour is called "Timme" in Swedish. You can hover over or click on the image to make it bigger as in some browsers you might see the hands of the clock very well.

Tid	Audio	Tid	Audio	Tid	Audio
Klockan är ett		Klockan är två		Klockan är tre
Klockan är fyra		Klockan är fem		Klockan är sex
Klockan är sju		Klockan är åtta		Klockan är nio
Klockan är tio		Klockan är elva		Klockan är tolv
Klockan är fem över tre		Klockan är tio över fyra		Klockan är kvart över fyra
Klockan är tjugo över två		Klockan är fem i halv fyra		Klockan är halv två
Klockan är fem över halv två		Klockan är tjugo i tre		Klockan är kvart i fyra
Klockan är tio i fem		Klockan är fem i sex		Klockan är sex över elva

Lesson 4: days and Months - Dagar och Månader

Names of days and months. A week in called "Veckor" in Swedish. You see that some months are the same in English. This is not a typo, in case you were wondering.

Click on the play button to listen to the "Days" in Swedish.

Click on the play button to listen to the "Months" in Swedish.

Lesson 5: Greetings - Hälsningar

There are many ways to great someone like in other countries, but these are the most common ones

Click on the play button to listen to the "Greetings" in Swedish.

Lesson 6: Small conversation - Liten konversation

Congratulations, You now know how to say "Hi", "Good Bye" and ask how someone is, where are they coming from and ask for their name.

Click on the play button to listen to the "Conversation" in Swedish.

Lesson 7: Obestämd form of Singlular and Plural

Obestämd if a form of a noun where it describes an object or someone. Here above you see and can listen to some samples. You see that some words get "AR", "OR" and by bord, in plural it stays a bord Some words like the plural for "bok" changes a lot. See below. There are 5 rules, which we will discuss later. This is to show you and learn more of the Swedish language.

Single	Plural	Audio	Single	Plural	Audio
en gaffel	flera gafflar		en kniv	flera knivar
en sked	flera skedar		en bok	flera böcker
en bil	flera bilar		en blomma	flera blommor
ett bord	flera bord		en lampa	flera lampor

Lesson 8: Colors - Färger

Color	Audio	Color	Audio	Color	Audio
Gul		Svart		Blå
Rosa		Brun		Grå
Lila		Röd		Vit
Grön		Orange		beige

Quiz Time - Part 1

It is time for a quiz. Go the quiz tab and look up the "Swedish Quiz - Lessons 1 - 8" Forgive me for the simple looking style, this is the 1st quiz I have made with JavaScript following a video that I could actually follow. Once I have learned more hopefully, they will look better. But you can practice what you have learned, and that is the most important. Each quiz will contain 10 questions. Good Luck!

Lesson 9: Subject - Subjekt

How do you say "I", "She", "We", etc in Swedish.

You noticed that when pronouncing "De", it sound like "Dom" Also in Sweden you have letters you see but do need pronounce and letters you do not see, you pronounce. We will come back on this in other lesson.

Lesson 10: Question words - Frågeord

Like any language Sweden has specific words as well to start a question. See below with examples.

You notice that in English you have to 2x "Where" and 1 has to after it. Do difference is that "Vart" is used in question of where someone is going to, on holiday, to the store, work, etc. While "Var" is used of asking where something or someone is.

"När" is more related to a time when something will find place.

Lesson 11: På eller I (part 1)

På eller I. Eller means Or in English. I am not sure how much you know already about the Swedish language, if some you might have noticed these words a lot in different types of sentences. Even if you look in lesson 3 about time. See for example: Klockan är kvart i fyra. Meaning it is 15 minutes before 4 o'Clock. And an example of på you see in lesson: Vi går på bio. There is some logic but is most languages there are always some exceptions. See below several common examples and learning new words in the process. When you listen to the audio for at the station, you will hear I pronounce it differently. I will explain why this later in other lesson.

As you see above there are different ways to us it. Below you see the usage for future and past time På eller i.

And? Did you find the logic? På can be used as be as at, in, for, with while i can be used as in, about, past tense, present, future

In the 1st part of this lesson you might have spotted that when you are in a building or in a room, you mostly use i but toilet is using på. While it is in a room you still use på. In lesson 12 you will see some more samples

Lesson 12: På eller I (part 2)

You might have notices if you know some words already that the end is different. For example. A lamp is in Swedish Lampan, I will come back on this in a later lesson.

Lesson 13: Verbs, Present and Past

The 1st word is the Verb or you can say the basic word, for example: Tala. The 2nd word is the present, for example: Talar. And the 3rd word is the past, for example: Talade. Here below you see more samples. So now and then you see that I have added 2 different words you can use depending the situation or sentence.

Img	Eng	Swe	Audio	Img	Eng	Swe	Audio
	Speak, Speaking, Spoke Talk, Talking, Talked	Tala, Talar, Talade Prata, Pratar, Pratade			Scream, Screaming, Screamed	Skrika, Skriker, Skrek
	Sleep, Sleeping, Slept	Sova, Sover, Sov			Send, Sending, Sent	Skicka, Skickar, Skickade
	Fly, Flying, Flew	Flyga, Flyger, Flög			Wake, Wake Up, Woke	Vakna, Vaknar, Vaknade
	Dream, Dreaming, Dreamed	Drömma, Drömmer, Drömde			Shop, Shopping, Shopped Buy, Buys, Bougth	Handla, Handlar, Handlade Köpa, Köper, Köpte
	Cry, Crying, Cried	Gråta, Gråter, Grät			Clean, Cleans, Cleaned	Städa, Städar, Städade
	Marry, Marrying, Married	Gifta, Gifter, Gifte			Read, Reading, Read	Läsa, Läser, Läste
	Smile, Smiling, Smiled	Le, Ler, Log			Paint, Painting, Painted Draw, Drawing, Drew	Måla, Målar, Målade Rita, Ritar, Ritade
	Call, Calling, Called	Ringa, Ringer, Ringde			Blow, Blows, Blew	Blåsa, Blåser, Blåste
	Laugh, Laughing, Laughed	Skratta, Skrattar, Skrattade			Show, Shows, Showed Point, Pointing, Pointed	Visa, Visar, Visade Peka, Pekar, Pekade
	Fall, Falling, Fell	Ramla, Ramlar, Ramlade			Travel, Traveling, Traveled	Resa, Reser, Reste
	Drink, Drinking, Drank	Dricka, Dricker, Drack			Eat, Eating, Ate	Äta, Äter, Åt
	Go, Going, Went	Gå, Går, Gick			Wash, Washing, Washed	Diska, Diskar, Diskade
	Go, Going, Went	Åka (skidor), Åker, Åkte			Work, Working, Worked Work, Working, Worked	Arbeta, Arbetar, Arbetade Jobba, Jobbar, Jobbade
	Ride, Riding, Rode	Rida, Rider, Red			Move, Moving, Moved	Flytta, Flyttar, Flyttade

These are just some examples. As you see like any language some words change strongly in past tense. While most verbs end in A, you see by Laugh Le it does not end in A, this is one of the exceptions. It is like any other language, you just have to learn and get comfortable with.

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