Swedish Tutorial Basic Phrases, Vocabulary and Grammar

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1. Basic Phrases God morgon Good Morning God " )ll Good Evening &e' d* ( +d', !ore "or!al# Goodbye Tac" -s* myc"et. Than$ yo% very !%ch# /a ( Ne' 'es / No &ur )r det0 ( &ur har du det0 How are yo%( Bra Good / Fine Vad heter du0 )hat&s yo%r na!e( /ag heter%%% * a! called... Tre ligt att tr)ffas2 Pleased to !eet yo%+ Varifr*n "ommer du0 &e' ( Goddag Hello / Good Day God natt Good Night Sn)lla Please Ingen orsa" ( Vars*god Don&t !ention it / 'o%&re welco!e &err ( $ru ( $r,"en Mister / Misses / Miss &ur m*r du0 How are yo%( How are yo% "eeling(# Inte s* bra% Not so good Vad )r ditt namn0 )hat&s yo%r na!e( 1itt namn )r%%% My na!e is... V)l"ommen2 )elco!e+ /ag "ommer fr*n%%%

)here are yo% "ro!( Var bor du0 )here do yo% live( &ur gammal )r du0 How old are yo%( Talar du s ens"a0 Do yo% s-ea$ .wedish(

*&! "ro!... /ag bor i%%% * live in... /ag )r 333 *r -gammal.. * a! ,,,, years old. /ag talar engels"a% * s-ea$ English.

dans"a, nors"a, frans"a, italiens"a, spans"a, tys"a, holl)nds"a, rys"a, 'apans"a Danish/ Norwegian/ French/ *talian/ .-anish/ Ger!an/ D%tch/ 0%ssian/ 1a-anese /a, lite grann% 'es/ a little bit. /ag f,rst*r 4inte%5 * 2don&t3 %nderstand. 6rs)"ta ( $,rl*t E4c%se !e / Pardon !e Vi ses senare ( snart .ee yo% later / soon /ag )ls"ar dig% * love yo%. 5. Pron%nciation Swedish letter-s. ch c$ g g g g7 $ : sch ti on# t7 v/ w 7nglish sound sh $ g be"ore a/ o/ %/ 6/ or %nstressed e 7 be"ore e/ i/ y/ 8/ 9 and a"ter l or r $ be"ore t 7 so"t ch so%nd/ be"ore e/ i/ y/ 8/ 9 $ sh sh so"t ch so%nd v Ne', inte alls% No/ not at all. /ag et 4inte%5 * 2don&t3 $now. &a det s* bra2 Ta$e care+ &e' ( &e' d* Hi / Bye /ag sa"nar dig% * !iss yo%.

4 ; <. =l-habet a b c d e f g h i ' ?. No%ns @ Aases ah bay say day ay e" gay haw ee yee " l m n o p ! r s t

$s s

$aw el e! en oh -ay $oo air ess tay

u 8 y 9 * ) ,

ooh vay e$s ew say>tah aw with li-s ro%nded# eh as in bed# er with li-s ro%nded#

No%ns in .wedish have two genders/ co!!on and ne%ter/ which ad7ectives !%st agree with when !odi"ying no%ns. These genders are signi"ied by the inde"inite articlesB en and ett. *n the vocab%lary lists/ a no%n "ollowed by n# !eans that it is a ne%ter no%n and it ta$es the inde"inite article ett. The !a7ority o" no%ns in .wedish are co!!on gender/ so they ta$e the inde"inite article en. The only case o" no%ns that is %sed in .wedish is the genitive showing -ossession#/ and it is easily "or!ed by adding an >s to the no%n. This is co!-arable to adding >&s in English to show -ossession. However/ i" the no%n already ends in >s/ then yo% add nothing %nli$e English where we add >& or >&s#. +nders bo" C =nders&s boo$

D. =rticles @ De!onstratives There are two inde"inite articles corres-onding to a and an# in .wedishB en and ett. En is %sed with !ost o" the no%ns words denoting -eo-le al!ost always %se en#/ b%t yo% will 7%st have to learn which article goes with which no%n. The de"inite article the# is not a se-arate word li$e in !ost other lang%ages. *t is si!-ly a "or! o" the inde"inite article attached to the end o" the no%n. Note that en words ending in a vowel retain that vowel and add an >n instead o" adding >en. =nd ett words ending in >e 7%st add a >t. 7n words -common. 7tt words -neuter.

*nde"inite De"inite *nde"inite De"inite en ett a banana bananen the banana a table bordet the table banan bord a en stol a chair stolen the chair ett "," ","et the $itchen $itchen ett en gata a street gatan the street an a--le )pplet the a--le )pple This, that, these and those are e4-ressed in .wedish by %sing den, det or de -l%s the word h)r here# and d)r there#. The no%n is always in the de"inite "or! a"ter these de!onstratives. =nd i" any ad7ectives "ollow the de!onstrative/ they !%st add an >a to the ending. with en words den h)r bil7etten > this tic$et den d)r bil7etten > that tic$et with ett words det h)r t6get > this train det d)r t6get > that train with plural words de h)r bil7etterna > these tic$ets de d)r t6gen > those trains

this / these that / those

E. .%b7ect @ Fb7ect Prono%ns Sub'ect : ;b'ect Pronouns 'ag du han hon den det man i ni de -dom. yah doo hahn hohn den deh mahn vee nee dahm * yo% sing%lar# he she it with en words# it with ett words# one we yo% -l%ral# they mig -me'. dig -de'. honom henne den det en oss er dem -dom. meh deh ho-nohm heh-neh den deh en ohss ehr dahm !e yo% hi! her it it one %s yo% the!

1an can be translated as one/ we/ they or the -eo-le in general. )hen re"erring to no%ns as it/ yo% %se den "or en no%ns/ and det "or ett no%ns. For!erly/ du was the in"or!al yo% and ni was the "or!al/ b%t these distinctions are rarely %sed any!ore. The "or!s in -arentheses are the in"or!al ways o" s-elling these words/ which is closer to the act%al -ron%nciation.

G. To Be @ to Have The -resent and -ast tenses o" verbs in .wedish are very si!-le to con7%gate. =ll the "or!s are the sa!e "or each -ersonal -rono%n. The in"initive o" the verb to be in .wedish is ara/ and the con7%gated -resent tense "or! is )r and the -ast tense is ar. The in"initive o" the verb to have is ha/ and the con7%gated -resent tense "or! is har and the -ast tense is hade. ara < to be * a! 'ag )r * was yo% are du )r yo% were he is han )r he was she is hon )r she was it is den )r it was it is det )r it was ha < to ha e * have 'ag har * had 'ag hade yo% have du har yo% had du hade he has han har he had han hade she has hon har she had hon hade it has den har it had den hade it has det har it had det hade man one has one had man hade har we have i har we had i hade yo% have ni har yo% had ni hade they they de har de hade have had

'ag ar du ar han ar hon ar den ar det ar man one is man )r one was ar we are i )r we were i ar yo% are ni )r yo% were ni ar they are de )r they were de ar

To "or! the "%t%re tense o" verbs/ 7%st add s"a be"ore the in"initive. /ag s"a ara C * will beH hon s"a ha C she will haveH etc.

I. Jse"%l )ords so!eti!es ibland always alltid never aldrig o"ten %s%ally now and ofta oftast nu och already -erha-s both redan "ans"e b*da n*gon, n*got, so!e n*gra again igen, *ter between mellan a lot/ m*nga !any

b%t or very here there with each other K. L%estion )ords )ho )hat )hy )hen )here em ad arf,r n)r ar

men eller myc"et ( )ldigt h)r d)r med

o" co%rse naturligt is a little litegrann not at all inte alls n)stan er"ligen det )r det finns

al!ost really( it is there arandra is/are

)hose )hich )here to )here "ro! How

ems il"en, il"et, il"a art arifr*n hur

Which has three di""erent "or!s de-ending on the gender and n%!ber o" the no%n that "ollows it. Mil$en is %sed with en words/ vil$et is %sed with ett words and vil$a is %sed with -l%ral words.

1N. Aardinal @ Frdinal N%!bers N 1 5 < ? D E G I K 1N 11 15 1<

noll en, ett t * tre fyra fem se8 s'u *tta nio tio el a tol tretton

1st 5nd <rd ?th Dth Eth Gth Ith Kth 1Nth 11th 15th 1<th

f,rsta andra tred'e f')rde femte s')tte s'unde *ttonde nionde tionde elfte tolfte trettonde

1? 1D 1E 1G 1I 1K 5N

f'orton femton se8ton s'utton arton nitton t'ugo t'ugoen, 51 t'ugoett 55 t'ugot * <N trettio ?N fyrtio DN femtio EN se8tio GN s'uttio IN *ttio KN nittio 1NN hundra 1/NNN tusen !illion en mil'on billion en mil'ard trillion en bil'on 11. Days o" the )ee$ / Mec$ans dagar Monday T%esday )ednesday Th%rsday Friday .at%rday .%nday day !orning a"ternoon evening night today to!orrow

1?th 1Dth 1Eth 1Gth 1Ith 1Kth 5Nth 51st 55nd <Nth ?Nth DNth ENth GNth INth KNth 1NNth 1/NNNth

f'ortonde femtonde se8tonde s'uttonde artonde nittonde t'ugonde t'ugof,rsta t'ugoandra trettionde fyrtionde femtionde se8tionde s'uttionde *ttionde nittionde hundrade tusende

m*ndag tisdag onsdag torsdag fredag l,rdag s,ndag dag morgon eftermiddag afton -before = pm. ( " )ll natt idag imorgon

day a"ter to!orrow tonight yesterday day be"ore yesterday last night wee$ wee$end daily wee$ly

i , ermorgon i" )ll ig*r i f,rrg*r ig*r natt ec"a helg daglig ec"olig

To say OonO a certain day/ %se p* be"ore the day. 15. Months o" the 'ear / Prets !=nader 1an%ary Febr%ary March =-ril May 1%ne 1%ly =%g%st .e-te!ber Fctober Nove!ber Dece!ber !onth year !onthly yearly 'anuari februari mars april ma' 'uni 'uli augusti september o"tober no ember december m*nad *r m*natlig or ar( ar'e m*nad *rlig

To say OinO a certain !onth/ %se i be"ore the !onth. 1<. .easons )inter .-ring .%!!er Fall inter *r sommar h,st in in in in the# winter the# s-ring the# s%!!er the# "all p* intern p* *ren p* sommaren p* h,sten

'o% can also %se i be"ore the na!es o" the !onths to e4-ress thisB i inter C this winter

1?. Directions North .o%th East )est 1D. Aolors orange -in$ -%r-le bl%e yellow red blac$ brown gray white green orange, orangea rosa ( s")r, s")rt, s")ra lila bl*, bl*tt, bl*a gul, gult, gula r,d, r,tt, r,da s art, s art, s arta brun, brunt, bruna gr*, gr*tt, gr*a it, itt, ita gr,n, gr,nt, gr,na norr s,der ,ster )ster Northeast Northwest .o%theast .o%thwest nordost nord )st sydost syd )st

.ince colors are ad7ectives/ !ost o" the! decline according to which no%n they describe. The "irst word is %sed with en words/ the second with ett words and the third with -l%ral words. .o!e words re!ain the sa!e "or all three.

1E. Ti!e / Tid )hat ti!e is it( *t is# 5 =M 5 PM EB5N hal" -ast < :%arter -ast ? :%arter to D 1N -ast 11 5N to G Vad )r "loc"an0 >loc"an )r t * p* natten ?@%AA -but said as t *. t'ugo , er se8 hal fyra " art , er fyra " art i fem tio , er el a t'ugo i s'u

noon !idnight in the !orning in the evening *t&s e4actly... =bo%t/aro%nd I. =t I. early late r# 1G. )eather / M=der How&s the weather today( *t&s cold bea%ti"%l hot clear icy war! windy clo%dy ha;y !%ggy h%!id "oggy *t&s snowing *t&s raining *t&s "ree;ing 1I. Fa!ily / Fa!il7 Parents Mother Father .on Da%ghter Brother .ister Grand"ather

mitt p* dagen midnatt p* morgonen p* " )llen den )r precis om"ring *tta "loc"an *tta tidigt sent -senare.

Vad )r det f,r )der idag0 det )r "allt ac"ert ( fint ')tte armt "lart isigt armt bl*sigt molnigt disigt r*tt fu"tigt dimmigt det sn,ar det regnar det )r "allt("yligt

f,r)ldrar mamma ( mor ( moder pappa ( far ( fader son dotter bror syster farfar -fatherBs father. ( morfar -motherBs father.

Grand!other Grandson Grandda%ghter Niece Ne-hew Ao%sin Jncle =%nt Boy Girl Ahild / Baby =d%lt Man )o!an Friend !# Friend "#

farmor -fatherBs mother. ( mormor -motherBs mother. sonson -sonBs son. ( dotterson -daughterBs son. sondotter -sonBs daughter. ( dotterdotter -daughterBs daughter. brorsdotter -brotherBs daughter. ( systerdotter -sisterBs daughter. brorson -brotherBs son. ( systerson -sisterBs son. "usin farbror -fatherBs brother. ( morbror -motherBs brother. faster -fatherBs sister. ( moster -motherBs sister. po'"e flic"a barn ( baby ( bebis ( sp)dbarn u8en -n. man " inna )n )ninna

1K. To Qnow Peo-le @ Facts ")nna < to "now eta < to people "now facts present $8nner vet past $8nde visste future s$a $8nna s$a veta 5N. For!ation o" Pl%ral No%ns =n en word ta$es one o" the "ollowing endings when it is -l%rali;edB or, ar, er. =n ett word ta$es an n or no ending at all. *nde"inite Pl%ral dro- <a and add a watch > so!e# en "loc"a < "loc"or <or watches dro- <e and add En words that end in <e en po'"e < po'"ar a boy > so!e# boys <ar En words with stress on last en "amrat < a "riend > so!e# add <er vowel "amrater "riends a -lace > so!e# Ett words that end in a vowel add <n ett st)lle < st)llen -laces Ett words that end in a a roo! > so!e# no ending ett rum < rum consonant roo!s En words that end in <a

To "or! the de"inite -l%ral/ yo% !%st "irst "or! the inde"inite -l%ral and then add these endings to that word. *nde". Pl%ral En words add <na "loc"or < "loc"orna st)llen < st)llena so!e# watches > the watches so!e# -laces > the -laces

*nde". Pl%ral Ett words that end in a add <a vowel *nde". Pl%ral Ett words that end in a add <en consonant

rum < rummen so!e# roo!s > the roo!s

There are so!e no%ns that change their vowel in the -l%ral. These no%ns %s%ally ta$e the >er ending when "or!ing the inde"inite -l%ral. en natt < n)tter a night > nights en stad < st)der a town > towns en hand < h)nder a hand > hands en tand < t)nder en strand < str)nder en rand < r)nder ett land < l)nder a tooth > teeth a beach > beaches en bonde < b,nder a "ar!er > "ar!ers en ledamot < ledam,ter a !e!ber > !e!bers en fot < f,tter a "oot > "eet en rot < r,tter en bo" < b,c"er a root > roots a boo$ > boo$s a !an > !en the !an > the !en

a stri-e > stri-es en man < m)n a co%ntry > co%ntries mannen < m)nnen