ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS A ook is seldom accomplished without thea of others, 1 would ke to thank the Swed norman Service and he fact sheets andinformaton, wich they ges edly. They were ost lp wth the Cultural inmatin, especialy te facts abd igures. If aryone rating his rk woul ike a reat souree of information reparang Steen, can ihiy recommend thet website at mink.swecensboad.com/papes/ Sart on ‘acing tem recta: Se oration Serle (ne Dag Harmasld Plaza New York, NY. 10017-2201 Individuas mening special thanks are Suan Brant, Carina Karson, ant “Monica Wiklund wo read trough the manusonpt and gave constant advice CONTENTS Introduction Abbreviations (Grammar ata Glance ‘The Sweatsh Aipatet Vowels CConsonanss Lever Combinations Everyday Speech paling Length and Stress Inxonaan and Word Meody vette Nouns Adjectives Word Order Lesson Diaiogue,Voeabuary and Expresions aivplasen. Ache apr. Voesbry Use Expressions raniar Prone Nouns [Naling Sentence Negative ‘Making Sentence Inteogtve Exess Enmooay Mapww BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Contents Geography Lesson 2 Diaiogue, Vocabulary and Expressions Halsinga och resentation. Greetings and ireductions Voeabuary sel Expressions mnt Verbs Exess Eymalogy A Short History Lesson 3 Diogu, Voabulry nd Expressions Pl resauranga. Ate resturant Vocsbulry Use Expresons Grammar Adjectives Poses Pronouns Possessive Nous Exereses Exymology Politics ané Government Lesson 4 Dialogue, Voabury and Expressions Pasan, On the own, Voesbulary sel Expressions Gremmar ‘Numbers Tine Dap ofthe Week Months of te Year Dats Money xereses many Social Wettare Lesson 5 Daiogue, Voeabuary and Expressions “lta gen. ning your wy. YVoesbuary Use Expressions rmmar ‘Abert Time avers Directional adverts Exes Eyaony ‘usiness and Economics Lesson 6 Dialogue, Voabuary and Expressions “Abani, Shopng Voeabuary Use Expressions crarimar ‘Adjctves I: Compartive and Supeave ‘yola-tinka- 10 Janna vee Kinna Exes Eymoogy ‘Artand Culture ro toa Tot tot io na 13 13 na na 116 18 91 BEGINNERS SWEDISH comers 2 Lesson 7 ut vente ie w3 Di, Vora a xeons Pa “ern te Lesson 10 ws Youiy rr pe, Vera Epeons rs Ue esos ‘a tea, Pein 1 is ‘etary mm Prepotons te Vie Berens mn Serene ‘2 conse ms rec tse ‘Sere Scie bes Ey 156 eae Gi Wore rer 2s wae mn souaay re Emo 3 Lesson 8 2 Genealogy au Dig Vora a Exess ie ‘ie. ses ts Key Brees 23 teamiy re Uae ness ie Swetieh-EnglthVocablay - crn rs apn faves \ Engl Swedih Vocabulary Cotas im Pn tn uta CD Tae List 3 Eay Ye Eaton nd Research v5 Lesson 9 7 log, Vouey an xtesins im ‘gs nace. ewer i ety tee Ui estos tes coma ie telee Ps ‘e Sea te Toe tea tae Pas ie sxe i Eye reINTRODUCTION ‘Sweatsh isthe language spoken in Sweden and in pars of Rand. Lingus aly Snes Wry smbaro ngs, making rave xe ngage to lear, though pronunciation canbe problema. The Used Sits Bat ‘tong cultural connections wit Sweden including Sweatsh immigani © fie Une Sas, imported products suchas crs and wephones, and movie Stes and producers Is my hope tht hs bok wil make lang Sesh su and interesting, ‘Ts bok desged io prove the Eng speaker with the bast grammar of Swe and yeeral vocabulary of common word, Each lesa inclaes ‘ganar puns, a biel comparison of Swedish wih English and some impor ‘ant call Infrwaton. Te grammar rls ae presented fa a progresive ‘rer oth the mos important grammar pins re presente ea a pos ‘She withou oventhelming the student. By the end ofthe bok, he sent ‘ould havea goed understanding oa Swedish grammar. Cultural inforsaton hasbeen Included so that he sttent wil Be abe to undead sian eens Sweden, Sweden ch n history and ca. ‘urea, tere simple orelude everything Cara Been gen, to provide the student with x much information a pose so tat the st, ene wl have some general knowledge when talking to Swedes toute, try, and ese aly an etymlogy section has ben included in which Swed wil be caraptes to Engl nthe hopes of demanstratng tat Swed tough ate gua, peraps nek completely frei hope tat hs econ ‘vl gv stents a ease of amily hat wl suppor ther new command tsi,ABBREVIATIONS Parts of Speech and Other Grammatial Terms an ing, suectve dre fenjuncton omen ender sirctonal, nection inargaive locaton neuter gender plural prepeson pronoun etenve singular verGRAMMAR AT A GLANCE 1. The Swedish Alphabet Ieisexceesogy cult acquire an accrate pronunciation of ny foreign Jangstee Sly tough wltesisrcians. However, the Swedish speling sytem sri pbeneic wh a ew excepdons tt, once learned make spronimate pronunciation relatively easy. The accompanying audio CDs ‘Soule lp aswel. Once oes amilar it tesyatem, mos Swedish texts a be red lay comprebersy. The base alphael cont ofthe 26 lt {ers found i the Englsh iptabet [ough eq, w and ae wed mst fr feegn words) and tre adatnal vowels inthe flowing onder abcdefghijkimnoparstuvway 244s, 2. Vowels ‘The Sais vowels Ike the English, canbe die int two groups ont ‘wel fomes inte teat of our touts and back vowes formed inthe ack of your mouth. The fort vowels ae: ey, and & and the back ‘wel ae: a, 0, a, and &. The pranuneltion ef these ws depends on ‘wheter the vowel long or short owes in Swed tether ongor stort (epening on weer tere ane or two consonants lowing heres eacconsonane hey ar lng Bus brathere ae two they ae shor eg uss 0, eing madre quay. fost Vouns e ‘The ng vowel resembles the English ever, hough ger: slcev wrote ess fo vee tree The short vowel eels the Enlah effect: ‘one/ore ne exempel exp senska SwedishBEGINNER'S SWEDISH ‘The on vowel esembles the Enlsh se Bi be il car we ‘The short vowel resombles Engl Tana efor ta fo wath/Iook This isa sound not found In English, The long vowel resents the German Wot the French eu, Form your "Bout oy wand sy, os ay ee: {ha fous ny new |com|; by tn ‘Te shart wel, as wih the ong, sot found in Engh t {sashor version tthe og Satoh sight runded ps. Tyra fo tert new ne} yg back Lite ete ong vowel resembles the English ever ‘vider weather, i, oa a et ‘Toe sor vowel resembles English ge bist bes gg wat pple pple Tho ong vowel esrb the Engl worker with es ulated atthe end Sn snow 8 and a eye ‘Toe sor vowels the sae as above, but shorter: Tonster window; Ns al, 6ppen open |com) In the pronunclton gue the vowels wile represented inthe fon long aa sarah longay sare long ee son tong 00| srtoh Grnwuan at 4 Guavce Jong ew short tong stort longo short oh long aeh shorten longer stort at ‘Te ona vowel esembles tat ofthe Engi athe: hg day, ea goo sass ‘Te hart Yowel shore si lower and resembles se Engi cae Fah secre The long vowel resembles he Enis lon: ‘ak Bots hon she sl cha The shar voue esembles the Enlsh hope: amma ower Keka clog ot cheese ‘The ong vowel eembies he English ew: bs cranky du yu sing mu now The short vowel resembles he Engl pat ass bus fil a tne not ‘The long vowel resembles the English hoe ‘le Das skp eine tuo ike ote sort vel ese the English soap ‘mil measurements der age; ia eightBEGINNER'S SWEDISH 3. Consonants “The major of consanans in Swedish ae pronounced sina other Eng lish countrys with afew exceptions. Sounds ike kbefore a, uy ant al consonants Cale caf cancer cancer, och and Sounds ke # before, Ly 4 8. Cia ca cel cel; centimeter centimeter Sounds ike gefore ao, 4 andl consonants ska rather gs to cy 8 to go Sounds key before, iy, and ‘foe st guest pra to do Sounds key fal fami, ayes or earth Sounds kek befor a 0, yan al consonants: ala fo cad ko cov al cabbage Sounds kesh beso ei, 8 388 aka to ook yea cre, kato drive “Though te eamer of Swesh may tease to pronounce ts sound the same a is Exh counerpa, he Swed Iistghertan Engl, an mere a ecapes te: ag os pa le lng fog Roe ike the sound a motreyie makes: rat ral esa fo rave ve frp Is aways unvoiced as inthe English sx and never voiced tke te Elis ‘rk fo scream hava o wnt tf stand Sounds ke , te wi used mast wt foreign words: ‘ad wha ar here ken which com) Ggasas ar 4 Guance ° Sounds tke tk 20 20n zone zeleg zoologtt 434 LETTER COMBINATIONS. ‘Tere area number of leer combinations tht mus be eared, These eter orbits may bk impossible wo pronouns on the sare Bt hey ae rely que spl once the learner kaos he bund the conan ke. ‘aks, Ths ound impose to dese to the eer of the sch language and even more diffu opranounoe tater lea harsh Tere are weds dacs tat pronounce ‘tke the English sh, whic is recammended Sj Seven sku shoo stra star * Scans es rao, ad ‘Hs wi shat ko shoe sp cbt aga seceded to poounce i the Ey ‘sh before e, i, y, 8, and 6: os hor 3 Syed preectn coms stor wa Sound le English se lig ira tar N.d,tiel Sound ike y- ‘ite few; ur anda Is hs ede a "— ‘Avays sounds ike the Engh sing and never Ike the Engi finger: finger ger ng long nex many e Sounds ike ng ea ra gn cag ues oven Sounds ke , though your tongue i pled behind the "geo your mouths ode jor ean, ord murder0 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Sounds ke np a angry org oress Bergan (a name 8 Sounds like tough your tngue is placed behind tbe ge of your mouth Taig dangerous (com) Kat man « Sounds Uke ¢ though your tngue is placed bend the ridge of your owt: ar pao stor big (ne) m Sounds te m, tough your tongue Is placed bebind the rigeof our mou ‘ar ch vam a sma star 5 Sounds ike Engeh sh, tough your tongue Is pecet bend the ig of your mous rs cress pron person; as whose 3.2. EVERYDAY SPEECH Cnten wien a Smede is speaking daly speech the final consonant are tow gay Sounds ike da 1) Sounds ike ya ned (wt Sounds ke me ch (and) ‘Sounds ke 0 rok, never ke Eglsh ach ig ie} ‘Sometimes spelled me sound ike mey fig pou sng) Sametnes sells de sounds ke dey si ae, she, ef Sametime ple se Sounds ke sey gen (somerhing/someone) Sometines speed ni, sounds ke non nis Saunt ike nora staan Samcines spelled sn, sounds ike son Sedan Semtines spall sen, sounds ke sen demdden Semetines spelled dom, ound ke dom Grunt ar 4 Guance u 133, SPELLING Mary sine slbe words n which tbe vowel is sor have any age m in However, te letars mand nar ofen double between No vowel, om came, come! mms to come rm ro rummat the room fan man mannen the man tenet vnnen che en ‘arber a duble m and n Becomes single another conconant sade ume number sant ene.) unre! the number 4, Length and Stress Ses in Swi, he ng, usualy onthe fs sabi finger finger rsa tote! immer number Usual when the stesss ona yale other tan the ft ladle 2 bor: toned wor pals potce gat cgrette 5. Intonation and Word Melody ‘Swedish sa sem teal language, which mans tha here some tones hat ete anguage the sngsong reputation made poplar by te Swedish chet 1 te Muppet Stow, though in tis show i extemeyenepgeats. Con ‘er ow in English an itrogatve sentence ges up aa saterent goes wn n mea. es mach te same tng tough win the Wor oa. A, eganer wil nat very ical wo eat an reproduce the tone, a itis Fecommended that te student not worry aout sine iil he most Fat nit comprehension. Thus tones are ot shown ths bok.2 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH 6. Verbs ‘Acq note abou vert n Swedish, Verbs in Swedish ar very es, even fader than Engle, There ate or pine past the verb the nn: tala speak the present ala speaks hepa aloe spoke the perfect parte lt spoken Unie Engh al present ese forms node Swedish re the same. Thus the vr odes otugtes fagar Zam wire are (4 ar you sn are ide you pt are han/on ir Re/she i” de (damn) hey are Anyone who ast secon language ke Spanish French r Geran wi note now much easer Ses tan thse. There one form not found in ‘Engl cllad spas: alas poten Thi ast form usualy does no pre sent much of problem for Enis speakers. There are no for in Swedish ket spesting ora pea tse are hase with these preset ot past ene, More wil be dscsed about verbs in sucesve chaps. 7. Nouns ‘That ae two pends in Swed: common en wars) and neuter wuts: entiag att estar ach Historical tere were three genders However, the masculine and fannie forms were merged into whats now the cmuon gender. Thee sno wel way oftellg wheter a word cormon o newer, Though many more ae fermaon than neater, they wl imp have to be led with the wor, Though nota, teres one ot wit nouns rom an English peers int few: the ares ae sued onto te noun ater Hana separate word as ln English. Further, cere are fv common forms tothe pla, ‘epensingon whether the word common o neue. have incded award Casas ar 4 Guanes 3 as an example foreach roup as wel aan approximate percentage of nouns Sich group (Bsa on the 1000 mos common Swedish words fom Al: eos Wineinsen's “Bsc Word Ls) enflea aati ean the gt fier avis ‘ekorna oh gs 1% cenpae 2007 en the boy polar bos karma the boys 3% enter a carte gureten the cgarete Cleaner clgretes cigar the cgeretes 20% setappe an apple ——_plet she apple Sgplen enes applena the apples % cetbam achilt baret the cht bam chen Tumen te chlaren 26% ‘Though tes pla enting may ati seem srange, Eg has sla en ‘ag hough weno loner have gender. The Engh sis salt the Swedish ural ending for common nouns Further, he neuter nous ar very sit larto English: onedeerswo det one sheep Wo sheep and ane a on, one csewe ele, ‘There ae 3 fw words tat donot flow the above pardins, bu hey ane very few and they willbe cused in Lsson 1 8. Adjectives oie, etves are deine in much the same way the nouns ae, Le. here an fering fos depending on whether the nouns common, nedtr plz or dente este Beka 20 git en stra fickan the bgt Ivdstorafickr two gals de ora fickera he Balu BEGINNER'S SWEDISH cttstortbam a big hil estore bame he 2 ci ‘wAstora am S00 8g chidren Getraharmen the Big chien Noe thats nt he indie forms tat een, eon stor kat ‘ort ir, Thi ll Be cscuse in fer detain Lesion 3, 9. Word Order ‘Swe is what iknow as a verbsecond lange This eas the vrs alwys inthe second postion naman ase. This very ilar to English ‘sce when an adverb or other part of the setence in the inal poston Johan ate bi late dag. otan coe a cart the store tad bat: ag te Johan i aften, To onan aro acetate stare "Nove tat Jan has ben moved past he yer inthe cond serene. At fst this may seem og, But ence agin English has remnants ois verb cond root, Conifer a sentence es “What nice day," e man Te end of this pase, sald te man, slo in verbsecond ord onder, Oral it English one would sa the man said This word order change in English s ue tothe act that Engin once was, ut no longer, a versed language ke Sees In shor, anytime arf sentence in ont ofthe subject and vet, the sbject st oo he verb n main case. Tawi be suse fre in Lesn 1 LESSON la BEGINNER'S SWEDISH van PA fygplatsen. ‘Lindt, en asian som bor | Mlanespls, kommer Arends ‘Praplts Stockholm for at if sn sensi apfstantat: au Lxoaust ‘Urs, var kan agit mina visor? SAS reso: Fil de dir mnnskorma, Du mst genom ‘ule. Ha past red, Fru Lxoatr Tock, “len vara ind passe. fr Lincs ar ngeting afr och “gle nab inom. Panda tan gfe Lindau formation och ‘gar bana som std dir var hor kn agen at Fw Lnoouse Go moron, vr kan agape ta? Iomanore Precis waite ren ord det fis en ath Fav Loox Teck, ‘ru Lindquist hitaren tax tan problem: Fru Laur: Ursa mig hur mycket star det atk Soca? “Toocaurone Varta du Fav Lamour: “Tu Hoel Kung Ka. “Tencuronme: Det ger | cencum. Det kosar unger ex nara eo. Lesion 1 ea “Atthe alrport. Mi, Lindquist a asnesswoman who esi Minneapolis Stock Ioln’ Arend port meet with her Swedish basness panne. (Ms. Looms: Exc me, where do goto cain mbes? ‘Sousomawus Amunes sat: Follow tose people. You wil ao have tcleat cstoms. Have your pusir rat Ms. Lous: ‘Thank ou. Arima Ms Lingus shows he paso Ms Lindquist has nothing toaeclreandpases qc trough. On he other side Ms Linda goes 0 ‘norman and ats he woman sanding there where she can find aa Ms. Lxoaus (Good meri, where can ge ai? Iwomsanon Just ouside he door here should eat Ms. Lous Thankyou -Ms. Lindquist nds tat wit no problem Ms. Louse Exease me, Row much wil costo go t0 Ssockoln? Tex ower Where are you ping? (Ms. Lnoaus: Hotel Kung Kar Ts per “Tat inthe center of town cont about 00 croans.Lesson 1 w 8 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH ro Lous: Bra, bur ing tar det? Ms. Lxoous: (0, ow long wi take? “Tecrone Det tar unger foto minute, —_ Its aout 5 minutes. fs about femto Mme Soilometes, mand gest Pr Lindquist tactaroch seri “Ms Linde ha.20 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Sayan Detar Vices sa reset Sverige, Han hr pres kommt! Lander Brel Cateborg, och iar en utbytesstadent sam bode hes honom fora ret Vince i mia ps Pasuowrnous Du alar sven! Hurling tnnar du Sverige? Vines: ‘Unger re vecor Passwort; Orsak best? Vince Jagr ir a semeser. Passtoaott; Versa du bo? Vows: Fos en emp Passrraoun: Bra, ha irdu past. Valkomen tl Serie Voce: ‘Teak var ge nemaste vixen? Passrowmsou: Prec panda sidan ay ren Voce Taek ar Vine hart genom tllen gt han elhontoe Vc Jag stale vila vlna tre bund dol tack, fag at revecheckr Vosnsesonst; Du ir tetusnetnundasstoen kono. Lisson 1 2 ‘ris Vinc's isp 0 Sweden, He ass ante at Gothenburg’ Land Tear apt and © meeting an exchange siden that sed with him) bayer nee Heres my passport asronr conan: You speak Swedish! How tong are you saying in Snesen? Voce About thee wees. Pasoxr contol: Reason rte ws? Vos: 1m hereon vacation. Paseo contot: Where wll you be sang? Vor ta ens Pasorr cowraot: Ok, hee is your passport, Welcome to Sweden Vie: Thanks, wheres the nears exchange oles? Paso como: Jist onthe oer seo the doe. Vier: ‘Tanks After Vince has gone trough customs he goes othe exchange ofce: Vos "would ke exchange 300 dolar plese, ave tar cee ced, Browne ores: You gt 3171 crowns.2 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Lesson 1 23 Vos ‘Tack, Hur kommer etl enum? oe “Thanks. How ean gt downtown? Vinsirasona: Dal att men det srmchett Det asset rauver oma: You cn tke 3 tat, but tis very expensive. There are som ar unger ug inter oe era emt krone, use that ake about 20 mies and erst 50 crowns. 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Wekohmmehn Weare fe sehis so vila fa. com ‘enstan suitcase tag Sida com seecah sie ‘centr com. vehiseikohnioor exchange ofce sigpra sy umsal/neseit repesonal n com vehiselpersboanahl exchange personnel sin pr. com. sen nis own er own vinaly, ‘ehilan exchange sa saa val balby. soiah (by vedic} stale» sted rol Sn new ob year Sabor a, soanbt uicky ite en mv/iv/ae tom om ‘ohm oa Wich /that Sad 3. com Saad cy san saan theety sana ahnnah say sgn V bet Steen en alll sea Sand svenska vehi Swe Dangage) Steg n com seveejeh Sweden taV fartogag) tan take tack ‘ai tanks tap 1. neu mg aol tala aaah speak tae (pan com. take taa BEGINNERS SWEDISH Lasson 1 29 Caan ice mat pase. Jag bate, [ag hip semester. Jagstanat en vel Jagharingentng at ta Tab du engesia? ‘COUNTRIES Austen Belgien Danmark land Franke Greend Ina sand see allen Japan anata ine Mexico Neserandera Norge Polen Poul Bystand seaviels Spanien Strbannien Sverige ‘lcs epuken Tes Heres my passport Tam bere on ses, [am bere on vacation, am sayinga week Tiave nothing to deci Do youspesk Engi Astle Belgium Denar land France Greece Ireland Teen sae, Ily Japan Canada China Mexico Nethertands Neeway Pons Portugal usa Serzeand Spain Great Bean Seder Cech Republic Turkey sysind uA Oaterike LANGUAGES asta nesta fc fanbase farsa pees eaten alias ta ‘nds tensa psa nes sa ea poragsska ta asa esa tia tla Ccersany use Asta Dani Engst nish emi French Greek Hebrew buses Iss Ieee aaa Japanese (Chinese Nonwegan Poles Portuguese san Spanish seeish Cech Turns Germanx BEGINNER'S SWEDISH eee 1. Pronouns 1.1 SUBJECT PRONOUNS In Sesh the pronouns that are ud a the bec fetes ae fl: hae 1 au you ig hon she han he en feo a you pe (hm) they 1.2 OBJECT PRONOUNS Swed, the pronouns tht reuse ashe cfc of setences re as lows nig (ney) ne dig iy) you sing ence her enor him Gen team Get ierew e you pt em (dob) ther Pease noe tat Swedish basa sco peon plural. However, ke oe languges ke French and German, sn longer wea fra fo ke Lesson 1 31 ‘te Geman Si, te French yous o he Spanish ysow ls not tat de em, ig algae no pronounced 5 hey are speled. The promuncaton ‘Sn in prenieses, 2, Nouns 21 GENDER ‘The Sesh anguage has two genders common (en words) and neuter (tt ‘words, Common is made up of historical mace and feminine genders That ealaped into a single gender. Roughly two tds of the words ae femme, sb the remaining tres neuer. Swedish gender i not a gl ‘teary ands ot determined y the word endings in other languages and tere, ust be learned th the word, Words with almost ental seni an fave ferent genders enya #Aouse thus a house/butng nb a boar certs aso 22. PLURALS ‘hae are ve base endings or slur in Swedish, two for neuter (et nouns sd the for eormen (en nous. The ues fore oun are reais Ite noun ends in a consonant ther so ening it ends a Yow the ‘nag. Plu fr common nouns ae sgh more compete the noun ends in an athe pals or. Thre are we mare pra enaings for ons, the rues or which a too complicated tobe a an value, Deere Ils best to memorize them Lenbicka ag nickor gs 2eenpofe boy polar boys Senagane acyarete career cgorees ‘expe an apne plenepptes S.eubam a chile ‘am children ‘There ae few sigh moans to these plural ues. The oe inveve ‘belqugs rans nd the msl2 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Nouns endingin 2, n,and erdop the final ebeerethe plural ending, en tof aateper ‘tar ao stppers enya akey ‘npc 9 kes nse aster fd star ovo ste en sigen 3 legend tk denen ovo legends en rege le ‘edgar 40 rules Nouns ending non and -ardrop the nal vowel Blore the pal endig natn an evening en morgon a momnng tekatoar 90 evenings ‘mans to mons ‘Theresa smal goupofouns tat end na vowel anon ake an ending inthe pura, nko acow shor two come eso a shoe ‘riskr mo shoes ‘There 2 sal! goup of words that chang the str vowel nthe pa \Whattolows isnot an exhaustive, but conta the mos comson Wort, Engish has this plural fr wo, though tsa aller grou, ea one eo, two teeth, one ot, two fet enand a dick twdinder v0 ducks enboltay alter aphabey Wi toktiver to fetes enbrand are Iv beanter a9 res enhand a hand twihander avo hands ela a county Ivklinder evo countries enna angnt ted mtr wo nights enrand 2s (ek inder ovo snipe fens acy ‘whnder to ties fentand oth svbande ro teth ensting a pole wa tanger to poles ening tong ‘vd nger ovo tongs Lassow 1 3 niedanet a member Slater two members ensopason (rb sines evo sone ental aboot (wacker 0 books exlat afoot, wdfn ao fer exrot 2000 (vk vo oo Neue hatte abo rou contains bok neuter and common nous, Tete pea afew word that are regu. ean aman tedmn ovo men etom ane tego ovo ees eter anear tekon avo ears ‘Theres alo very activ group ending ary, euvalent to Engh tat isthe sme in he indefinite singular ad pra enarbeae one worker fxtetren te worker twbatheare to workers sabetama the workers ‘uma is important forte kame of Seis o memorize the plural fora wih the word 23. DEFINITENESS Unk Engh, te Swish definite arte snot eprete word bt ut. fckam the at ‘tetoma teas pojeen oh boy pokama te Boys figzreten the cgeree guerra cigarettes pplet the apple ‘plena the apples et the hilt amen te hiren Note hate ein enor ets eopped when the noun eds a vowelu BEGINNER'S SWEDISH 3. Making a Sentence Negative ‘Te word intenegatesa sentence [follows the verb na normal main ase, Uniee Engen thee ie no addtional modal, le the Engsh 6, in the lag ker. Jag sicker ne, Tehnk/an aint, dono rink Tam not drinking Jagat. Jager inte Teat/am ening, dono eat am rs eating Jag ar svesta Tage inte srensta, [speak Swedish dono speek Swedish 4, Making a Sentence a Question ‘wes doesnot sea English dos, an emghate wit the verb dot fo, ‘is questions. Rather, Swed merely Inverts the word ore, pacing the eb fst Du dike Dike dur Yow aint Boye arnt? Duster, er eu? You et Doyou en? Du aa vena, Tard venta? You speak Swed ‘oye speak Swedish Lasix 1 3 ‘strane pl svenska (Wie the flowing in Swedish ul 5.she Ome 2m Ghee 10. they Sve Teyou oi sng. Uhm as 8. you sub pL he ‘vet genus i de fjandesutstamven [Which gender are the fo lowing nous)? {afin 6 hotel 2 bese 7-komps 3 sire 8 yeplats ‘tu veka 5 inne 10 mint Se de flande subsandve | plurals (We the flowing nouns nto plurals, Iominnisa 6, morgan 2pas 7 kompis S.etautor 8 problem he 9. yeeke Scutyesuent 10,60 Sia de jndesubsanven | bestind frm (Write the fairing ous inthe definite form), Levi 6.hatel Zeage 7 kempiar Shang Bar om 9 yecka Spas 10 krone36 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Sti de fade mesg i nea for (Wie the foiowing se. tence na nese fr). 1. Jeg talent 2. Han at psset 3 Jaga arp semester. 4D an tg pen tt a. 5: Hon en askin VIL Sti e foande so go (Wie the flowing as quests) 1. Da tar svenska, 2 Han hat pase. 3. Han a har pa semester. Jag fan tgp en tat Soon tren arn, Lesson x “ecish and English are bot Germanic ngage, tou distant cousins Ths meats hatter ae mary words tht are elated in bath guages The nord esrelogy comes rom the Grek words eons tue ot el ad ges {wed ot account). Eymology races te deation of words an shows tet ening 2nd rladonship with words tn oterlanguaps, es smetes fl to understand he reltonship a Swedish word has wit an Egish one especial en tying o remember the Seth meaning. The ceaer ‘yuo several words tht are vey smart thet Engl countrais n theleson bore vets ene a thane at aoe mt ner fonne cones ag ay However, Revaze the false copa, ewer that appear these at have le ferent meanings. The Swedish vl ay look ike the Engh bt it The words above stated asthe same over thousand years ago, but canged uring tate. None hatin Swed, the leternlsaypeared wen belre the ksound, so the Swedish dicta and vac are he Engi drink and thar In Bais, ine Gl Sound became ay so thee ow Swedish dag and ogsh dy Seis plural eaings may seem strange othe Engh pecker, but both teashave «common ancestor, and remnants of se endings can De ound ‘Engi, The orginal plural ening inthe German anuages became an sin ngs and an rin Swedish. The change in stem vowels ao found it Engst one ot, two et, one eth, ew teeth, Een the pal inthe ‘Smedsh neter fund in English: neo, ho on,Kiruna Geography Soren, wit poptton of bout nine milion, ba reltivey sal pop ‘indon in ale area, The majo he poplaton Ives nthe sours thd ofthe county. Sweden one of he cours furthest om the equator ands ound at oughly the same nite as lsh. for this eaton {tet Sweden is sometimes known a the land of he mlnight sun In the sme he Sun ony set for afew hours in Stcolm ang nota lin the tty of Kiana, However, ate winter he sun comes up fro a ew hous fSiockle af not ata in Kiruna tye, Sweden ite arr tan Castor ‘Te ndicape of Sweden varied ith mounts fn the north and pins ancy eas inthe south. The southesoest prof Swede, cal Ske ‘wih Malm as ts opal rte pas, To the nr i ealy wooded ghana region called Norns. Between the eles of Stcktolm and GGatnenbrg the landscape spar rock with 2 vai terran offs, hil, ad Ines. The none regon comprising the nother tei of ‘Sweden i cle Norn Kina skaown o Beane of the esc i (te wold n square mies, though very sparsely populated with oni about 200 inabiants. The terrain ofthis region cans of roling andcape en hil an mountains, foes, na lage nvr vas. To the wet Bes Norway. Along the border runs @mounin range vith pais rng fm $3000 t 7,000 fet bore salve. Te over pars of the moun range -weheaiy forested, Dest Sweden's norte locaton eno a rebtively mi climate det ‘ts proximity othe Aan, wih ts war Gul team, The wether art ble with rin folowee by beaut sunshine in nly 2 few hour. Fall ané ‘wer ave ear, but re nots harsh asin laces inthe United States Sch ' Minnesota or the Dakotas. Norland, undertandely, as colder ané longer winters han Stockholm or Gothena BEGINNER'S SWEDISH The tol aes of Swen s 173,731 sql. The distance not to sous, 16977 mis and fom esto West 5310 mbes. It 301 mes om Stack him te Gothenburg, 276 ome Gotbenbug to Malmé and 385 fom Mand to Stckickm. The population of Stockhaim Is approximately 1.6 rag, and about 790,000 ie In Gotkenburg, wheres nly a hal milion Ie fn ams, LESSON 2BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Ave Halsningar och presentationer. Fra indus ceca np hotel Fru Lawause: God morgon. Jag har bokat et rum. Mitt namn Se nga Recernon; ‘Ja vet fru indus. Du har ram nummer 207. Vila a ilp med dna vstor? Fru Lroous: 2 ck [Niro har checkin sar en man Renn vid receptiner Hess Avownson: Hel fu Lingus Fru Laoouse: Jager fu Lindquist. Hem Avoerson: Jagheter Anderson. Trevgtatt fis. Jeg vil ttl Pe Bypiten, men agar rena. Fwy Lwooust: Det ria, jaging al hit. Min dyesrin rite rt, Jig ne gs sova ida. eas Avpexson: Br Sov mlog, Om du ll kan jg Koma iba toch ka ut etaurang och sta misag Fu Lawousr: Delite wei. Gar Kockan x brat Hw Avoenson: Klock Sex it, ses Lisson 2 4 Greetings and introductions. Mrs Lindquist checks othe ote Ms Laooust: Goof moring [have resered room. My name i Ms Lndeus Reco Of course, Ms. Lndoust. You aren oom 207, Would You ke help wth your bags? Ms Laoousr: Yes, thankyou Ate checking ina man pets ert he reception: Mx Avourson: Helo, ar you Ms, Lindi? Ms Lnoouis: Yes myname is Ms. Lingus Mx Avoason: an Mr. Anderson, Pleseé to meet you | waned © ‘meet you atthe pos, but was dened Ms Lapa; Tat’ ot, | tok atari here am ate ecaeed. 1 ought woud ake a ap. Ms, Axoessox: Goo. You take a np af youl can comeback teningand we can got aresaurantand have dinner ‘Ms Lnoouisr: Tht sounds very nee, How aout six tock? ‘Ms. Avoensson: Six o'dock fe, ll se You thena BEGINNER'S SWEDISH AMTAL II Vine komumer tt Gteorgs centrm eet ste som heer Norden, en sli Hangar efter en lo iver: Uns mig var ns det en telefon? ‘Mase: Dart, bene. Vict: Tack Vince gti elefonen och ingen Kompls som eter va Vows: Hall an agi ula me Bra? va; Det Eva, Ar det du Vince? ‘incr; Ja fg Goteborg, ett ile som heter Nodstan, Ev: Kl. Sanna i, jag kommer och hamtar dg, Te en kopp Yall alt de Vee: Oe, ise star. He 4 ‘nce arvsindowntown Gotenburg st lace called Nordtn shopping pal He ass to find a tepone ied ‘nce: Excuse me, where can And telephone? Me Over here, in te comer, nce: Thanks ‘ce oes tothe telephone and als is end, whose name B Vince: Helo, may speak with Eva? Bo: This Bra that you, Vine? ne: Yes, am heen Gothenburg, ata pice clle Norn, Coot, Say thee and wl ome and pet you Geta cup of cole at ‘he cae shop there. (Ot, Iwi se you soon. Byeecient sweDis i tesa : CN peep 3.com — wtbphoon rein aeicon tune cae veo veat/re faa ah ‘Seog boris adv. bohriat: away umn 5 ne. ae ‘room n. ‘checks in ¥. ‘shehikkah in ‘check in i ae ‘see each other or Ge te ot tenn oo ‘wine dypnsrytm 3 1. com. ingnsritm ‘et lag, nat adv. = ‘soon apes on vores = orpagal es a Sa soe = ‘alld if ‘hahilion hello eee ‘sehen ‘place gat ra oon avon Bien (phone gah co vo toon tins Saat a bee ere a ttt pia ‘jp 4 n. new. yehlp help. “i on ‘meet each other or a van ‘ ‘ae vosnew he — sa tel oun ina in ‘rate we ad = * ja ing. a yes il = out ‘kafle n, new. kahffeh coffee, ssl ‘course/certain ‘Klocka Ln. com. ‘dlohikkah ‘clock ev ‘aehtah eat et = STekcease, be ouvin oad waned, at veins ie ech Tae Mgt nom nih Foy ne me ery nae Pari scot mt om con. om "48 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Cee od morgan. God dee God atten Gos nat He, Hej ie Na, Tack vi Furst det we ur ae? angioma) Vas heter du? Jaghetr Treg atts, Jaghar best run Jaginade hi Type. Jag sabe ij hae rum, Va ret er vider a? Det bra vise. Det var, Det tall Detregna. Senses, Der itse, Detsnt. Good mernng (ood sy (Good ening Good ngs. Hi Goode Yen No, Thank you You are weleome/Here you ae. How are you My name [Nice w meet you Ihave reserved a on [eae tom the por, [woul Uke arom What ind of wentbe i toy? Tes ice weather Kes warm isco Ieisraning, ‘Tre sun e shin Tes windy. Wis snowing, Lesson 2 4 Verbs Lt WEAK VERBS ‘ere nl fpr pars to the ven Sets, aot inching ro pape that wil be dscused in Lesson 9. Vers ae found pimaly Sov cases: weak vers and strong vets. For weak verbs the tenses are [boned by sang the fooing to te imperative or command frm the fntrive “the presen tense he past tense andthe pres eset ‘Thre te noe tps of Weak Vrs that wl be beled I, I in hie teat 1 taba fo wort axbetar wort/woks sabe worked (harder have/hac worked Nog tat he snot doubled for te ini frm Group Ian be roken nto two group, those ta end na volo eoasonant snd those ending in a voces consonant I Det nee! atcbehva to need behover need/needs beh needed (bar/nae| bebo tave ad) needed i ist eat sitio ead ser ead/reads lise ead Ina ade) (havea ead0 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Lion 2 51 hss marke by the abeence ofan nthe nflve om, the dub Stes pst dad pact and they end avowel nthe oman fom, {$a ell smal goup ih only bout a zen vers: fal have! aitha have ha has/ave fade had Ibae/hae) ate havea hac uw trol bee? y at go telive srr belo belles pate! trode Betieved thao to havea) tele cewae ae aoe wane Tarn et fave had) hen “Te fount class of verbs are ston vers ard they vary widely. Here are rks forthe formation of song vers bt the rules ae often more du femember than rhetorizing the ver forms. Te leterchangs vl e {nclued inthe vocabulary and Stary ers atthe back ofthe book Bow area few examples tat wep the tent uncetstund the parade 14 FUTURE, CONDITIONAL AND VERBAL COMBINATIONS ‘Teen se se. Ala Eg he reseed wh apart ‘word, ska will, and the infinitive without its marker: a Jag sta abet ait wort bska betta young laced Mie Stsblie male! shout write ‘hon ska tro she wil! believe wie se tc ee te Siw Pt had wt teu wiew view sexist orca we ete he wg ‘amtbinda to bind binder tind/tinds ‘kommer att going tc: — et rh bn fag omer at ata am going o ork Shamma at behdva you ig ate gn need ban Kammer at isa Me going oma ee komme ato she gop fo eve komme at sta yout are gong to wre de kommer att binds they are going obi Note tha the examples gen rein English strong verbs thers, 1.3 IRREGULAR VERBS Lik every other language, Seti asa numberof regula ets, The a ‘lb af the most common vets, Below are afew ofthe more comme | Ate ayo exes he ure to we te present wth an adverb regu vers : Jeg abet morgan work tomorow att bet dubehtverimorgon yu sng) need tomorow biter (be a am/are/s tan ser imorgen he reds tomorrow” var was/were nate) var havea) een >on tor imorgon ste Believes tmarow52 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH tn skrver morgen yout write tomorow Gebindermorgn they ind romarow ‘Cantor te formed much he same way future, wi the pasts, namely sale: Lasson 2 33 Fy or som ts med au och Bers il engelsta (i inthe ‘sing word wth he present ene and translate into Engh, Jaa shle ater f woul werk ‘4 ale beh yous would need an —___ ber poms) tun skulle is he would ead Hon inte med hen. aa) ton letra she woul beeve ag he ate stl sea yo pl) would write otc ee) (desl inks ey wo bind NI ius a (20) aoe ee ‘Side fijande p svenska (Wie the follwing in Swed, Jags arbetat would have worked <4 seule ha bet you (ing would have needed dan skulle Ba st he would have read on sll ot she woul hae eid ish ha skit you pt) would have wnten skulle Ha bunt hey would have ound 1. Thave booked arom. 2. Azeyou Me. Anderson? 5. Nlc to meet you 1 Paxon me, where the hotel? 5. Wald you ike cup of lie? Foden som fats med ti ie de svagaveben och ert agli [Flin the mising woes with he pas ese fortes wen. ‘ers and waste nto Engl). 1.5. PASSIVE VERBS This ial ese the psi tens, whl foe wih an: 1h ‘at. (aber) 2.08 rit rune, bene} 3. Han__— ttm. ba) 4. Yat Fa thea) Sa du henne? (it 6 aaa no? a et behave a gt is need by me den ak eras lg wl ert by you den tes av nonom 0 eadby im ‘den bar tts a ala as been Beloved by all ‘Side fjandep svensta [ite the elewing in Swed, 1. not be sing 2st te her 5.You will aed tat tomorow.ss BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Lesson 2 55 4 He woud read, bute cannot Slt was needed by me, \V. Fil nden som fatas med dd fede sara verben och ove gl Fil in the msg word with te pie tne or thee ong ‘ue vette In Sesh smart, btn ac eae than Engh Like nas casas tan thee Engl, Swedsh ses dal vers to forms tense: harks in Eng Haha come and sts kormas Engish wl come. Te ean tc be seek 1 brat (or) esr thn English becase Sed doesnot havea he pervs 2 ibn ‘ne, oma) feastrctons. Whereas English repay uses contraction ike & gong 3 Hon evens. (kta) Sess doesnot. In Swedish one can oly saya, terally aoe Fret, an ena) Sect does nt havea frm tke does o, Thus, Eglin oss questions Sig inte den faa] inthe flowteg, ways Are yeu going? or Did you go, atin Seis one spi ays: Clr da? and Glo du? Therefore al the flowing sentences VL. yl onden som fats med perf fr de verben och erst ay fa nh JF do an Jam gong, ante ie Seeks a simply engl (Fim the ising word wat the pret for hese vertsng J: tensa nto Engi), xg for mos vers is two forms forthe present ese: we, ou they et med bono, (aa) (93 Dut fe, she, goes Sesh ei hs one pte forthe present ese 200 hem. kor) fed with ltresngy, the resent tense is in ct eld tthe Ens era ti penne ita kh Even te convlutes Englsh ver tobe wlth Its 1 am, you ee, tn Taleo} fo /ne/tisconsteton sn Swedish only which elated tothe Eng 5 Hoa en. ‘i ors are 6-H Gees) ce “The word st, alo speleé stl is reated to the English word shal The VIL. By ojende mening tis pas och der tl nga (Change te sett speaker of English wil notice that wars in Swedish with state felowngsemences tothe pase tense and wane ito English |. Jager boken, 2: Duster de, 5.ala arte de. 4 Hon ier det fen shin English. Tats becase Engi at a rather en time underwent sound change apd all st sounds became at. Modern English words with sk te al ian words, Dorowed afer sea i, Sometimes when English onomed words fom Oid Scandinavian the word rowed were cons, ara he sme meaning. Though te these wor tat orignal had the ‘ane meaning ste to to eleren meanings. This is why we hve the ‘rors Ol Enlsh meaning te top of arent and ee om Od Seancnaian meaning the bottom ofthe arentA Short History Gee eg ey, Te Vig a se B Seether an Naver nan wet agin teng e Fi sino at Nowland ey 500 yea fore Chior cer meen ae ea Beer tor astern ae Be cie ten caer hae Bere ee ene oe Be etemae ices ‘he Ving perio ended during the welt century. During ns peiog Chis apy wo Sveden- Sant rik, she paon sit of Sveden, was mares ipatastens conver te county Several Swede ings were ied by the fptesand the populace dura he conversion peo. They dd not want 0 feu te od cs, but eventually they at were fly Chstaized ye trent century, though many fk bese remalned fom the pre (hte pero he Sent century was a tine of unlon. The Danish Cusen, Marae I, ecu the rer oral thee Scandinavian counts, Norway, Dent and } Sven in 1387 11389 she decaed he irs pandsm, Er the king tetany wile she remained reget By 1396 he ad become et apparent bf Dennar and Sweden aswel, an in 1397, on Try Sunday, ne 1? Inte Swedish cy of Kamar Ese was cowed the ng ofa tree cou es Ts union was called he Kalmar nin, an it was sunt 1523. ‘igh Nooweyané Denmark remained under the same monarch unt te | B@eenth century, the Kamar union was atrbalent oe wth ears to Sesen and Denmark. in he eaiy stent century Young noble,58 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH A Soar Hiram 30 Gust Erikson, fouaht against the Danes in Sten Sue's ary, He was, tuted and sent fo prison in Labeck whats today Geman. Dag foptvay he made fens with German merchants and eae ofa pig faaed Marin bathe, an event that WoW prove important ae ins je Jn 1519 Gus fe i npbiy and retuned wo Sweden. After Sten Ste (death, Crsian I of Denmark rl al Steen exept locoln. Gi Ensen plates wit the men of Dalat a in hi case, but on Gusta fed to Noray on si, but during tis ight the men of Daag earned that Cian Il i fle hs opponent Stockbami-Wha ad [sealed the "Stoekoim boedtath” Tey ed afer Gusta ftom Mara the Norvelan border In what to ths day commemorated In a Caled Vasloppet” Gusta as jes by mercenaries sent the mera Se had betended in Libeck wha feared Denna’ owing powet. Aer Be Suceeded in deleting Chistian, Cosa gave hse the name Visa cared himself ing. However, he sil had sever problems. Gusta Vag edd ob approved by se Pope in Rome, thre was dou ta hs wud appe, a he resented Rome’ Inloece. He needed to pay the mee anes He ao nocd thatthe church ands were about 36% othe mate igs, whereas iowa wee ony abou 5. Remembering his encoun ‘th ees of Marin Ler, e declares Misa the hea ofthe char ‘onfeated much of the care lands pal is mercenaries and bee fet monarch of Protsant county ay, she convened tole ad as eee, ce ob sep ending te Vasa Roa in. ‘he wa of th seventeenth century tok remendons ol onthe resources sweden. Nonetheless, Sweden made grat sides In sience an cate ne te elghsent century. Anders Celis trout us the temperate Sa at bets ls name and the botanist Car Linne created te atin ‘atonsetem that the foundston ofthe one wie teeny. Gust I is freed nat ad culture ard wanted Sweden onal Rance in the oth, {Tims XIV ws tobe knoe as “The Sun King” then he would be knows ssoe Nort Sar King" Ate all the sun went oa every night whereas the north ar Was alas up. In 1766 he founded the Swedish Academy, rich woud one oy acmniter the Nobel pzes In 1791 Gusta led fp he European monarchs apist the French Revlon He wished 2 ast the absolute monarchy of the as. A conspiacy to asasiate the Rng suceeded when he was shot atthe Stacln opera ote on Naren 16,1792. Te ceth of Gusta Il wo weet ter ended the Hosttn ‘Goto ie nd Swedes oe asa malor European power Te poverty and loss of le that had concluded the Swedish impr era apd the ttonl yee ina way tatlsto is dy sin pat he expla rato of Swedish nual curing the Fis ti Second Word Wars. A the Iegeing fhe nnetents century Sweden ought Sal wa wih Rusa ing the Napoleonic wars. As a result om ts nal colony, Finland ‘ase Sweden sed agains Napoleon, however, and snce Denmark had fog wits race, Sweden was avarded Norway as compensa, Nonray sd Sweden wer unite underasinge king ws 1905, Te nineteenth cen tury was ao high time fr Swedsh Iterative ang at In 1896, Aled Nate) te inventor of dynamite, lft the lof ls wealth toa trust and Began he Nobel resto be gan in Physi, Medicine, Chemistry, Liter Ar intone rue cmon nc sd ete ‘the Swedish rksbank : “The scteeth and seventeenth centuries saw thereof Seden a ane ‘al power tale only by Rance. War was 6 to Bot he expnsion ofthe Empire stared by Gusar Vas, coupled with a Catol/Lutheren conti ‘This was prod of great enor ln, cla phnder, and wo cent cfwarre. The age of Eien he seventeenth century was heralded iy cast Aol, no succeded is fer asking in 1611 at he ae of 18 He began a sere of aml tat bought Sweden into the foe a mat European ei, He rested internal and extemal problems to Swede Advantage by defeating Denmark andthe Northen German sats a wel a dentng nbity wihin Sweden, Gusta TC Adolf began expanding {emp byembrollngSveden nwa ts he Geman tates, Rusa, 28 alc stats Swen cence wen East nto what tofay moder Ras tnd Prague, ang South to Mure. n 1630, Gast Ado became ina inthe Tuy Years War and wa called “The Ln ofthe North.” Ti Rew Of the Lheran case set his daughter to become Queen after his deat The wentets conury has een the nse of the Sweden welie sat, whieh ‘ibe discusses in sutsequnt chapters. Today Sweden isa meer county Datenjoysa standard of ving amongst ihe les nthe wos2 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH BIER 3 } 83| se Pa restaurangen. ston 3 3 ‘atthe restaurant. rulings ifr er Andersons eceptonen sama ak de Lindquist mets Mr. Anderson athe reception ithe Rte. Togerher resurargen, iy wal tothe estrone ‘erg Avowsson os vl, Var etlbra pl namnetAndeson, ‘Me Avoenson: Good evening, We have a reservation in te name of Anerson, Semone: Jas. Gir et ra med det hr bordet? foc (fuse Wal tbe be okt Ha Avorn Vist Sel fu Lingus aha en dink et? Mx Aronson: Yes ofcourse. Wout You ke drinks MS, Linguist? Fu Lawousr: J ack, Jog tor ag le vila hee sit vr, Hane Ms Laoousr: Yes, hankyou tink would ike to havea gas of white Crasonnsy. wine, pekaps a Chardonnay. He Avossson: Bra. Damen vil ha et as Chardonnay och ag Wilh ‘Mx Avousson: Fine. Then the lady wl hae a glass of Cerdanay and 1, Papp i Tack, ‘wil harea ign ber Peppa Tans, (De iser ba genom ery ‘Thy both ead eeough the mena: Hens Avoenson: Vad wo sal via Kt ele sk? ‘Ma, Avoeson: What you thnk you woul ike to ave? Met o st? Fu Laoousr: NG, alse got ut Jag tor at jag skulle vile ha fst“ ] Ms Lacs: Wellitlloks god, think would ike to have fs. Pe Kansie on, 4 haps the ex Senvonen: Harn bestmt er? Ware ave you dete tent eas Avorason; Damen il tak och ag Wl afte tack ‘Ma Asoeson: The lay wihave he coda wil hae te sak pease, Sowromne: ——-Mycket br. Wane Very god Nir de hart tig sa varvater&erammer sre: ‘Aer they have shed thet main courses the water rts. Sewromne: Skull jaa ert le ater Ware ‘Wout you tke wo have desert or cae?4 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Laon 3 6 eas Avossson: Jag Sule aha en kop al, ack ye owen ould ke a cup of cole, pee, Fay Lasousr: Jag iin ba ndgotng, ck peetowouss: Nobing forme pease, Herr Anderson ber om notan ‘he Anderson at othe i Hes Avossson; Ursa mig men hulle fog un ff notan tack ws aroexso EXCISE me, Bu could nae the il plese? Suwromne: Jays. Vargo 3 couse. Here itis.“ BEGINNER'S SWEDISH. Sra ve trfr Vince tft. De dl te hurgrieoch de bestinersy JO a ta te tan de gt em: Servo He, Vad kan gt lst es cere Bo: Jay still a nlgonting at, Jag tren rsa ch mig ra opis aren pz. Ser: Fn Nig dria? En eller Ramla? Ware Bux Jagan Ramin. [TtVnc| Det a mierlaten, Vinca wilde Vince: Jag tren Coce Col ace Eve Vistar ameranen Coca Cola ve Nr ft inter senare Serra Varsgods, En raksmbrals och en paz, en Rae ach Wares (Coca Cola Nigot mere Buc Nejtack, Hur neko ble det? Suwvrroaus De bi tthundrfemto kronor Ware vc ‘lr evabundeatronor Serra Och fmt aka Ware Buc Tack Serva Tack Ware Lasson 3 o pa mets Vince the cf. They ar ath le hana and deci t sty get something snl eat eer gota home: Hel, What can help you with? Yes, we woul ke something tea, wil ake ashing sand ‘wich and pzcafor my ina (Great. Something to dink? Abeer ra gl of Ramla? 1 nave a Rams. (To Vice That's mineral wate. Vince, what do you wan? woul ike a Coen Cla. ‘Ofcourse the American would have a Cac. Coa A few mats tater: ere youare.A trim sandwich and iz one Ramla an Coc Col Anything ese? No thank you. 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Slag una ntan 62" Lescn 3 n EFUL EXPRESSIONS woul ike to reserve able Maye the menu? ‘Wnt do you recammpend? [woul ket bare ee! bret et, veal Mle pk in perk chop am lamb sausages/bot dogs thicken ‘Sinan ounder ce heing pile Sing lobster cn breia fruit hese ese cafe Ion have ale fo spo pin Cold have te check lee? ‘eras the steam!2 BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Lasion 3 a es ues ending in -dtha are preceded by 2 vowel dup the and ast: ential a red car 1. Adjectives gett # ed house bien vars the caras rea Adjctves ke nouns dein or have ferent forms depending on whet seta he house was rd ‘hey are neuter er), commaa (en, slur, define or neta. The news Is atte dette and purl as ae the same, so the Suse ea ses | and 2 ae not 0 Suangesne the sounds and te made a needs wary tout the indefinite sigue as ley fl Wises ec easy aoe tan eee ‘Ene lice nthe mouth and therelore te pling merely ree te fact ou camo y cand ogee enstorficks aati store ler evo bigs apes lated an en storafctan the ig gibt de stor ickma the Ds 4 Afetves ening in ursesed en dtp the before taking he fetstortbam a big child ed storabam avo bp children en nogen pike «mate bo Set stora ret the Oe cid de stor uen he chien an a fetmnget tam amature cil poken var moge the oy was ature ure ar ogee cil wos mature ‘gan, nce hatte nly wey forms te nde saga en tor fi an et tor dan, When sed withthe vetb fo the atte conde | toteindette Afvectves ending a sresed vowel taker thereby shortening the ‘ae: en ficks ator ai big Ie lickor stra vo gts are bam trates child fg Iwi brn tora ve chien ar ig nny bl anew car ‘ecayithas anew howe Den vary the car was new 3 ust var mt te house was ew There ae afew active that asd comment since they do ums ute dlcaie tings jects ending in «rca by aot cesorantcdo ot oe 1. Adjecoves ending int are preceded by 2 consonant drop he entrant bake asteep hil before the Fendagin the neuter tent sup ost precace — Sse var rn ha ep en bhi ga Spe ara te pec wt te ‘ett hare apple a hard apple ut . lane : agen va te ys ard gp tite eg Soper he ap ond entharewnte fe1m BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Lison 3 15 6. Adjectives aeady ending in -do not at anor esi eit cat eas lar thet cars eashus teirhowse eras hus heroes en et poe athe boy ‘ft tot barn ated eid olen var the boy was cred Daret vat tthe owas tect Enon ncuding other acjectves with these phrases the adjectives are definite We esa, you Know whose it. Howere, the adjective follows the ed is inet Somes ‘ nba flicks a good gel Possessive Pronouns Posesive pronouns ar acts. Fist an second pion posete py 4. Posessve Nouns ase Coats ges ‘virt hus our house ‘vira hus our houses eee nee Fi yam pra vet hn ses wh am tot cmon Sabi fare weche Honierudpoeetioervennet Biasrotab Bas red car ut hi person poses porouns donot deine for gender nd ub eee e Ackoras fina sche "fe house an his car ans lar scars paler athe y's we car ans hus As Rowse as bus Rouse us rash 10 B's carts rec bese a her car bene lather cars floras hus Ent tea house ne hennes hus her Rouse ‘Rennes hs Re ouses kes bl ar it oe oy car wheTera t N BEGINNER'S SWEDISH Lesion 3 n 4 Hardustanat pé det__ ote expense S.vlarack det" — net go Flt orden som ftas med de ta poses aleve (Fa inte af Ova eget ans Engh. sing word ih te correct ose aces ’ eer 2. Harn besmt er 1g) _ bt. 2. Ndgt a dik? 2 (yout) bus 24 Seale nang mer? 3 (is) tie 5 Mile alta king? ‘(he poe. 5: (her) op. 6 (eur) toe form ofthe inet ject) 1 Hoset ae (bi. 2. Bane [sed 5. len (nen). 2 Hae (expense. 5.Vine sr ro Overs el svenska (rasa into Swett, | Lwoul keto havea gas of wine 2. Webave reserve abe 5. woul ike to have he Bs 4 would ike 2 ep of oe, 5. ease m, but cud Ihave the beck? 6 Bem tt? Flat form ade bests ajeven (We te comet orn efit jc 1. Dee__ set i 2de Darel sta sora te), 3. ‘len 36 new