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1. BASIC PHRASES
God morgonGood Morning
Hej / God dagHello / Good Day
God kvllGood Evening
God nattGood Night
Hej d / Adj(more formal)Goodbye
SnllaPlease
Tack (s mycket)Thank you (very much)
Ingen orsak / VarsgodDon't mention it / You're welcome
Ja / NejYes / No
Herr / Fru / FrkenMister / Misses / Miss
Hur r det? / Hur har du det?How are you?
Hur mr du?How are you? (How are you feeling?)
BraGood / Fine
Inte s bra.Not so good
Vad heter du?What's your name?
Jag heter...I am called...
Mitt namn r...My name is...
Trevligt att trffas!Pleased to meet you!
Vlkommen!Welcome!
Varifrn kommer du?Where are you from?
Jag kommer frn...I'm from...
Var bor du?Where do you live?
Jag bor i...I live in...
Hur gammal r du?How old are you?
Jag r ___ r (gammal).I am ____ years old.
Talar du svenska?Do you speak Swedish?
Jag talar [inte] engelska.I [don't] speak English.
danska, norska, franska, italienska, spanska, tyska, hollndska, ryska, japanskaDanish, Norwegian, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Russian, Japanese
Ja, lite grann.Yes, a little bit.
Nej, inte alls.No, not at all.
Jag frstr [inte.]
I [don't] understand.
Jag vet [inte.]
I [don't] know.Urskta / FrltExcuse me / Pardon me
Ha det s bra!Take care!
Vi ses senare / snartSee you later / soon
Hej / Hej dHi / Bye
Jag lskar dig.I love you.
Jag saknar dig.I miss you.
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Pratar du svenska?is also a common way to ask Do you speak Swedish?, though it isconsidered more informal.
2. PRONUNCIATION
Swedish letter(s) English sound
ch sh
ck k
g g before a, o, u, , or unstressed e
g j before e, i, y, , and after l or r
g k before t
gj j
k soft ch sound, before e, i, y, ,
q k
sch sh
ti(on) sh
tj soft ch sound
v, w v
x ks
z s
3. ALPHABET
a ah k kaw u ooh
b bay l el v vay
c say m em x eks
d day n en y ew
e ay o oh z say-tah
f ef p pay aw (with lips rounded)
g gay q koo eh (as in bed)
h haw r air er (with lips rounded)
i ee s ess
j yee t tay
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4. NOUNS & CASES
Nouns in Swedish have two genders, common and neuter, which adjectives must agree withwhen modifying nouns. These genders are signified by the indefinite articles: enand ett. Inthe vocabulary lists, a noun followed by (n) means that it is a neuter noun and it takes theindefinite article ett. The majority of nouns in Swedish are common gender, so they take theindefinite article en.
The only case of nouns that is used in Swedish is the genitive (showing possession), and it iseasily formed by adding an -s to the noun. This is comparable to adding -'s in English to showpossession. However, if the noun already ends in -s, then you add nothing (unlike Englishwhere we add -' or -'s). Anders bok= Anders's book
5. ARTICLES & DEMONSTRATIVES
There are two indefinite articles (corresponding to a and an) in Swedish: enand ett. En isused with most of the nouns (words denoting people almost always use en), but you will justhave to learn which article goes with which noun. The definite article (the) is not a separateword like in most other languages. It is simply a form of the indefinite article attached to the
end of the noun. Note that en words ending in a vowel retain that vowel and add an -n insteadof adding -en. And ett words ending in -e just add a -t.
En words (common) Ett words (neuter)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
enbanan
a banana bananenthebanana
ett bord a table bordet the table
en stol a chair stolen the chair ett kkakitchen
kket the kitchen
en gata a street gatan the streetettpple
an apple pplet the apple
This, that, these and thoseare expressed in Swedish by using den, det ordeplus theword hr(here) and dr(there). The noun is always in the definite form after thesedemonstratives. And if any adjectives follow the demonstrative, they must add an -a to theending.
with en words with ett words with plural words
this /these
den hrbiljetten - thisticket
det hrtget - this trainde hrbiljetterna - thesetickets
that /those den drbiljetten - thatticket det drtget - that train de drtgen - those trains
6. SUBJECT & OBJECT PRONOUNS
Subject & Object Pronouns
jag I mig (mej) me
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du you (singular) dig (dej) you
han he honom him
hon she henne her
den it (with en words) den it
det it (with ett words) det it
man one en one
vi we oss us
ni you (plural) er you
de (dom) they dem (dom) them
Mancan be translated as one, we, they or the people in general. When referring to nouns
as it, you use denfor en nouns, and detfor ett nouns. Formerly, duwas the informal youand niwas the formal, but these distinctions are rarely used anymore. The formsin parentheses are the informal ways of spelling these words, which is closer to the actualpronunciation.
7. TO BE & TO HAVE
The present and past tenses of verbs in Swedish are very simple to conjugate. All the formsare the same for each personal pronoun. The infinitive of the verb to bein Swedish is vara,and the conjugated present tense form is rand the past tense is var. The infinitive of theverbto haveis ha, and the conjugated present tense form is harand the past tense is hade.
att vara - to be att ha - to haveI am jag r I was jag var I have jag har I had jag hade
you are du r you were du var you have du har you had du hade
he is han r he was han var he has han har he had han hade
she is hon r she was hon var she has hon har she had hon hade
it is den r it was den var it has den har it had den hade
it is det r it was det var it has det har it had det hade
one is man r one was man var one has man har one had man hade
we are vi r we were vi var we have vi har we had vi hade
you are ni r you were ni var you have ni har you had ni hade
they are de r they were de var they have de har they had de hade
To form the future tense of verbs, just add skabefore the infinitive. Jag ska vara= I willbe; hon ska ha= she will have; etc.
8. USEFUL WORDS
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sometimes ibland already redan
always alltid perhaps kanske
never aldrig both bda
often ofta some ngon, ngot, ngra
usually oftast again igen, ter
now nu between mellan
and och a lot, many mnga
but men of course naturligtvis
or eller a little lite grann
very mycket / vldigt not at all inte alls
here hr almost nstan
there dr really? verkligen
with med it is det r
each other varandra there is/are det finns
9. QUESTION WORDS
Who vem Whose vems
What vad Which vilken, vilket, vilka
Why varfr Where to vart
When nr Where from varifrn
Where var How hur
Whichhas three different forms depending on the gender and number of the noun that follows
it.Vilken is used with en words, vilket is used with ett words and vilka is used with plural words.
10. CARDINAL & ORDINAL NUMBERS
0 noll
1 en, ett 1st frsta
2 tv 2nd andra
3 tre 3rd tredje
4 fyra 4th fjrde
5 fem 5th femte
6 sex 6th sjtte
7 sju 7th sjunde
8 tta 8th ttonde
9 nio 9th nionde
10 tio 10th tionde
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11 elva 11th elfte
12 tolv 12th tolfte
13 tretton 13th trettonde
14 fjorton 14th fjortonde
15 femton 15th femtonde16 sexton 16th sextonde
17 sjutton 17th sjuttonde
18 arton 18th artonde
19 nitton 19th nittonde
20 tjugo 20th tjugonde
21 tjugoen, tjugoett 21st tjugofrsta
22 tjugotv 22nd tjugoandra
30 trettio 30th trettionde
40 fyrtio 40th fyrtionde50 femtio 50th femtionde
60 sextio 60th sextionde
70 sjuttio 70th sjuttionde
80 ttio 80th ttionde
90 nittio 90th nittionde
100 hundra 100th hundrade
1,000 tusen 1,000th tusende
million en miljon
billion en miljardtrillion en biljon
11. DAYS OF THE WEEK / VECKANS DAGAR
Monday mndag
Tuesday tisdag
Wednesday onsdag
Thursday torsdag
Friday fredag
Saturday lrdag
Sunday sndag
day dag
morning morgon
afternoon eftermiddag
evening afton (before 6 pm) / kvll
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night natt
today idag
tomorrow imorgon
day after tomorrow i vermorgon
tonight ikvllyesterday igr
day before yesterday i frrgr
last night igr natt
week vecka
weekend helg
daily daglig
weekly veckolig
To say "on" a certain day, usepbefore the day.
12. MONTHS OF THE YEAR / RETS MANADER
January januari
February februari
March mars
April april
May maj
June juniJuly juli
August augusti
September september
October oktober
November november
December december
month mnad
year r
monthly mnatlig / varje mnadyearly rlig
To say "in" a certain month, useibefore the month.
13. SEASONS
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Winter vinter in (the) winter p vintern
Spring vr in (the) spring p vren
Summer sommar in (the) summer p sommaren
Fall hst in (the) fall p hsten
You can also use i before the names of the months to express this: i vinter= this winter
14. DIRECTIONS
North norr Northeast nordost
South sder Northwest nordvst
East ster Southeast sydost
West vster Southwest sydvst
left till vnster
right till hger
straight ahead rakt fram
15. COLORS
orange orange, orangea
pink rosa / skr, skrt, skra
purple lila
blue bl, bltt, bla
yellow gul, gult, gulared rd, rtt, rda
black svart, svart, svarta
brown brun, brunt, bruna
gray gr, grtt, gra
white vit, vitt, vita
green grn, grnt, grna
Since colors are adjectives, most of them agree with the noun they describe. The first word is
used with en words, the second with ett words and the third with plural words. Some wordsremain the same for all three (such as lila.)
16. TIME / TID
What time is it? Vad r klockan?
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It is 2 AM Klockan r tv p natten
6:20 tjugo ver sex
half past 3 halv fyra
quarter past 4 kvart ver fyra
quarter to 5 kvart i fem10 past 11 tio ver elva
20 to 7 tjugo i sju
noon mitt p dagen
midnight midnatt
in the morning p morgonen
in the evening p kvllen
It's exactly... den r precis
About/around 8. omkring tta
At 8. klockan ttaearly tidigt
late(r) sent (senare)
Sweden uses the 24 hour clock for official times such as train schedules.
17. WEATHER / VADER
How's the weather today? Vad r det fr vder idag?
It's cold det r kallt
beautiful vackert / fint
hot jttevarmt
clear klart
icy isigt
warm varmt
windy blsigt
cloudy molnigt
hazy disigt
muggy rtt
humid fuktigtfoggy dimmigt
It's snowing det snar
It's raining det regnar
It's freezing det r kallt/kyligt
18. FAMILY / FAMILJ
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Parents frldrar
Mother mamma / mor / moder
Father pappa / far / fader
Son son
Daughter dotterBrother bror
Sister syster
Grandfather farfar (father's father) / morfar (mother's father)
Grandmother farmor (father's mother) / mormor (mother's mother)
Grandson sonson (son's son) / dotterson (daughter's son)
Granddaughtersondotter (son's daughter) / dotterdotter (daughter'sdaughter)
Niecebrorsdotter (brother's daughter) / systerdotter (sister'sdaughter)
Nephew brorson (brother's son) / systerson (sister's son)
Cousin kusin
Uncle farbror (father's brother) / morbror (mother's brother)
Aunt faster (father's sister) / moster (mother's sister)
Boy pojke
Girl flicka
Child / Baby barn / baby / bebis / spdbarn
Adult vuxen (n)
Man man
Woman kvinna
Friend (m) vn
Friend (f) vninna
19. TO KNOW PEOPLE & FACTS
knna - to know people veta - to know facts
present (know, knows) knner vetpast (knew) knde visste
future (will know) ska knna ska veta
20. FORMATION OF PLURAL NOUNS
An enword takes one of the following endings when it is pluralized: or, ar, er. An ettwordtakes an nor no ending at all.
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Indefinite Plural
En words that end in -adrop -aand add -or
en klocka - klockora watch - (some)watches
En words that end in -edrop -eand add -ar
en pojke - pojkar a boy - (some) boys
En words with stress on lastvowel
add -er en kamrat -kamrater
a friend - (some)friends
Ett words that end in a vowel add -n ett stlle - stllena place - (some)places
Ett words that end in aconsonant
no ending ett rum - rum a room - (some) rooms
To form the definite plural, you must first form the indefinite plural and then add these endingsto that word.
Indef. Plural En words add-naklockor -klockorna
(some) watches - thewatches
Indef. Plural Ett words that end in avowel
add -a stllen -stllena
(some) places - the places
Indef. Plural Ett words that end in aconsonant
add -en rum - rummen (some) rooms - the rooms
There are some nouns that change their vowel in the plural. These nouns usually take the -erending when forming the indefinite plural.
en natt - ntter a night - nights en bonde - bnder a farmer - farmers
en stad - stder a town - towns en ledamot - ledamter a member - members
en hand - hnder a hand - hands en fot - ftter a foot - feet
en tand - tnder a tooth - teeth en rot - rtter a root - rootsen strand -strnder
a beach - beaches en bok - bcker a book - books
en rand - rnder a stripe - stripes en man - mn a man - men
ett land - lnder a country - countries mannen - mnnen the man - the men
21. POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES & PRONOUNS
with en words with ett words with plural words
my / mine min mitt mina
your / yours din ditt dina
his / her / its / their sin sitt sina
his / his hans hans hans
her / hers hennes hennes hennes
its / its dess dess dess
our / ours vr vrt vra
your / yours er ert era
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their / theirs deras deras deras
The same forms are used for possessive adjectives that are used directly before nouns andfor possessive pronouns that replace a noun. For example, this is my carand this isminewould be translated as det hr r min biland det hr r min.
Sin, sitt andsinacan only be used when the third person possessive adjective refers to thesubject of the same clause. These words can be translated as his, her, its or their.Generally,if you cannot insert "own" after the possessive adjective in English, you cannot usesin/sitt/sina.
Per besker sinmamma. = Per visits his (own) mother. (Sin refers back to Per.)Eva ringer hans mamma. = Eva calls his mother. (Hans refers to Per, not Eva.)
22. TO DO/MAKE & TO BECOME
gra - to do/make bli - to become
present gr blir
past gjorde blevfuture ska gra ska bli
23. WORK
actor skdespelare judge domare
actress skdespelerska lawyer advokat
author frfattare mechanic mekaniker, montr
baker bagare musician musiker
baker's shop bageri nurse sjukskterska
bookseller bokhandlare official mbetsmanbookshop bokaffr optician (eye doctor) optiker
businessman affrsman painter mlare
butcher slaktare photographer fotograf
pharmacist farmaceut policeman polis
pharmacy apotek (n) postman brevbrare
cook kock, kokerska priest prst
customer kund publisher frlggare
dentist tandlkare scientist vetenskapsman
doctor lkare, doktor shoemaker skomakareemployee anstlld, arbetstagare shop, store butik
engineer ingenjr singer sngare, sngerska
fisherman fiskare student student
gardener trdgrdsmstare surgeon kirurg
hairdresser hrfrisr tailor skrddare
jeweler juvelerare teacher lrare
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journalist journalist workman arbetare
24. PREPOSITIONS
vid by, at, next to av of, by, with
i in bakom behindp on, in, at bland among
hos at the house of bredvid beside
till to efter after, for
frn from enligt according to
genom through, by framfr in front of
lngs along fr for, by, with
ver across, over omkring around
mot towards, to med with, by
mellan between under under, below
om around, about, in utan withoutsedan since utom except for
trots in spite of t towards, for
Vidis used to express a position next to something, but with no contact. Iis used to express aposition in something that is seen to have volume (room, containers, etc.); and it is also usedwith countries, cities, villages, etc. Pis used to express a position on something that is seenas a line or surface with contact; and it is also used with islands, addresses, and particularplaces, such as bank, post office, cinema, hospital, library, etc. Three exceptions to using pwith particular places include school, the shop and church: i skolan, i affren, i kyrkan.
25. COUNTRIES & NATIONALITIES
Country Noun Adjective
Africa / African Afrika afrikan afrikansk
America / American Amerika amerikan amerikansk
Argentina /Argentinan
Argentina argentinare argentinsk
Asia / Asian Asien asiat asiatisk
Australia / Australian Australien australiensare australiensk
Austria / Austrian sterrike sterrikare sterrikisk
Belgium / Belgian Belgien belgare belgisk
Brazil / Brazilian Brasilien brasilianare brasiliansk
Canada / Canadian Kanada kanadensare kanadensisk
China / Chinese Kina kines kinesisk
Denmark / Dane Danmark dansk dansk
Egypt / Egyptian Egypten egyptier egyptisk
England / English England engelsman engelsk
Europe / European Europa europ europeisk
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Finland / Finnish Finland finlndare / finne finsk
France / French Frankrike fransman fransk
Germany / German Tyskland tysk tysk
Great Britain / British Storbritannien britt brittisk
Greece / Greek Grekland grek grekisk
Netherlands / Dutch Holland hollndare hollndsk
Hungary / Hungarian Ungern ungrare ungersk
Ireland / Irish Irland irlndare irlndsk
Italy / Italian Italien italienare italiensk
Japan / Japanese Japan japan japansk
Norway / Norwegian Norge norrman norsk
Poland / Polish Polen polack polsk
Portugal /Portuguese
Portugal portugis portugisisk
Russia / Russian Ryssland ryss rysk
Scotland / Scottish Skottland skotte skotsk
Spain / Spanish Spanien spanjor spansk
Sweden / Swedish Sverige svensk svensk
Switzerland / Swiss Schweiz schweizare schweizisk
Turkey / Turkish Turkiet turk turkisk
United States U.S.A. amerikan amerikansk
For languages, you generally add -a to the adjective: svenska is Swedish and engelska isEnglish, etc.
26. NEGATIVE SENTENCES
To make a sentence negative in Swedish, simply add inteafter the verb. If there is anauxiliary verb and a main verb,integoes between the two.In addition, if you answer "yes" to a negative question, you must usejoinstead ofja.
27. SHORT ANSWERS
A yes/no question can be answered with a short phrase, just as in English. The verb gra(todo/make) is used with the pronoun detand the subject of the question. Some verbs are notreplaced by graand are repeated in the short answer, such as varaand ha. This is verysimilar to English, except for the word order.
Positive Short Answer: Ja+ det+ Verb+ SubjectNegative Short Answer:Nej + det + Verb + Subject + inte
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Arbetar hon hr?Does she work here?Ja, det gr hon. Yes, she does.Nej, det gr hon inte.No, she doesn't.
r de glada?Are they happy?Ja, det r de.Yes, they are.Nej, det r de inte. No, they are not.
28. TO COME & TO GO
komma - to come g - to go
present kommer gr
past kom gick
future ska komma ska g
29. COMMON AUXILIARY VERBS
kunna - to be able to,can
vilja - to want to f - to be allowedto
--- have to, must
present kan vill fr mste
past kunde ville fick ---
Just as in English, there is no past form of must / mste. You can either use vartvungenor behvdeinstead, as injag var tvungen att... = I had to...
skola -supposed to,will, should
bra- should, ought tobruka - usually, used
tobehva - need to
present ska br brukar behver
past skulle borde brukade behvde
Vi kan tala engelska. We can speak English.Han kunde inte spela.He could not play.Sven vill sova.Sven wants to sleep.Hon vill ha kaffe.She wants coffee. (When viljais followed by a noun, hais added beforethe noun.)Du fr rka.You may smoke.De mste g hem nu. They must go home now.Du fr inte rka. You must not smoke. (Must notis translated with fr interather than mste
inte, which means don't have to.)Jag brukar dricka kaffe efter lunch.I usually drink coffee after lunch. (Brukarin the presenttense means usually + main verb.)
30. CONJUGATING REGULAR VERBS (PRESENT AND PAST TENSES)
Infinitives in Swedish end in -a. When conjugating verbs, the same form is used for all subjectpronouns, whether singular or plural. To form the present tense of verbs, either add -rto theinfinitive or remove the -aand add -er.
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tala - to speak (-ar verb) & stnga - to close (-er verb)
Present Tense Past Tense Present Tense Past Tense
jag talar I speak jag talade I spokejagstnger
I closejagstngde
I closed
du talar you speak du taladeyouspoke
dustnger you close
dustngde you closed
hantalar
he speakshantalade
he spokehanstnger
he closeshanstngde
he closed
hontalar
shespeaks
hontalade
shespoke
honstnger
shecloses
honstngde
she closed
vi talar we speak vi talade we spoke vi stnger we closevistngde
we closed
ni talar you speak ni taladeyouspoke
ni stnger you closenistngde
you closed
de talar they speak de taladethey
spoke
de
stngerthey
close
de
stngdethey
closed
Please note the three present tenses in English (simple, progressive and emphatic) are alltranslated by one verb form in Swedish. Jag talarcan mean I speak, I am speakingorI dospeak.
Four Past Tense Conjugations
To form the past tense, most verbs add -de to the present tense form of -ar verbs and to thestem of -er verbs (infinitive minus -a). But if the stem ends in a voiceless consonant (k, p, t, ors), then add -te instead. Another group of verbs, short verbs ending in a vowel, add -dde toform the past tense. (See34. Irregular Verbsbelow for a longer list as many of these verbshave irregular forms in other tenses.)
Infinitive Present Past
Infinitive of -ar verbs; add-de
arbeta to work arbetar arbetade
frga to ask frgar frgade
ppna to open ppnar ppnade
tala to speak talar talade
Stem of -er verbs; add -de
ringa to ring ringer ringde
stnga to close stnger stngde
flja to follow fljer fljde
bygga to build bygger byggde
Stem ends in k, p, t, or s;add -te
tnka to think tnker tnkte
rka to smoke rker rkte
lsa to read lser lste
kpa to buy kper kpte
Infinitive ends in longvowel; add -dde
tro to believe tror trodde
bo to live, dwell bor bodde
31. REFLEXIVE VERBS
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Some verbs in Swedish are reflexive verbs, in that the action by the subject is performed byitself. This is comparable to the -self or -selves pronouns used in English with some verbs,such as he behaves himself. Most of the time, verbs that are reflexive in Swedish are notreflexive in English. To conjugate these verbs, simply add these pronouns after the verb:
mig (mej) myself oss ourselves
dig (dej) yourself er yourselvessig (sej) himself/herself/itself sig (sej) theirselves
The forms in parentheses are used in colloquial (spoken and written) Swedish. In fact, mig,dig and sigare pronounced as if they were written mej, dej and sej.
32. COMMANDS
Verbs that end in -ar in the present tense simply remove the -r to form the command(imperative). Verbs that end in -er in the present tense remove the -er to form the command.You cannot form the imperative if you only know the infinitive and not if the verb takes -ar or -er in the present tense. But if you do know that an infinitive is an -ar verb, you leave the -a in
the imperative, and if the infinitive is an -er verb, you remove the -a.
Present Tense Imperative Translation
ppnar ppna! open!
vntar vnta! wait!
skriver skriv! write!
lser ls! read!
33. PRESENT & PAST PERFECT
The present and past perfect tenses consist of two parts: har / hadeand the supine formof
the main verb. This is a compound tense that corresponds to has/have / hadand a pastparticiplein English. The main difference between Swedish and English in this tense,however, is that Swedish uses the supine form of the verb instead of the past participle.
To form the supine, -ar verbs add -t to the infinitive; while -er verbs replace -a with -t in theinfinitive. Infinitives ending in long vowels add -tt to form the supine.
Infinitive Present Past Supine
arbeta to work arbetar arbetade arbetat
frga to ask frgar frgade frgat
ppna to open ppnar ppnade ppnat
tala to speak talar talade talat
ringa to ring ringer ringde ringtstnga to close stnger stngde stngt
flja to follow fljer fljde fljt
bygga to build bygger byggde byggt
tnka to think tnker tnkte tnkt
rka to smoke rker rkte rkt
lsa to read lser lste lst
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kpa to buy kper kpte kpt
tro to believe tror trodde trott
bo to live, dwell bor bodde bott
Jag har lst boken.I have read the book.Hon hade ppnat drren.She had opened the door.
34. IRREGULAR VERBS
Several verbs in Swedish are considered irregular because they do not follow the rules for thedifferent conjugations. These forms need to be memorized since these verbs are verycommon.
Infinitive Imperative Present Past Supine Translation
vara var r var varit be
ha ha har hade haft have
komma kom kommer kom kommit comegra gr gr gjorde gjort do, make
ta ta, tag tar tog tagit take
sga sg sger sa, sade sagt say
veta vet vet visste vetat know
lta lt lter lt ltit let
hlla hll hller hll hllit hold
heta het heter hette hetat be called
ka k ker kte kt go
resa res reser reste rest travel
bra br br bar burit carry
dra dra, drag drar drog dragit pull, drag
ligga ligg ligger lg legat lie (down)
lgga lgg lgger la, lade lagt put
stta stt stter satte satt put
sl sl slr slog slagit hit
falla fall faller fll fallit fall
ta t ter t tit eat
sova sov sover sov sovit sleep
stjla stjl stjler stal stulit stealgrta grt grter grt grtit cry
slja slj sljer slde slt sell
vlja vlj vljer valde valt choose
vnja vnj vnjer vande vant accustom
svlja svlj svljer svalde svalt swallow
skilja skilj skiljer skilde skilt separate
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Some -er verbs (and never -ar verbs) have irregular simple past and supine forms.
Sometimes these involve a vowel change and lack of ending.
Infinitive Past Supine Translations
binda band bundit to bind / bound / bound
brinna brann brunnit to burn / burned / burned
dricka drack druckit to drink / drank / drunk
finna fann funnit to find / found / found
frsvinna frsvann frsvunnit to disappear / disappeared / disappeared
hinna hann hunnit to manage / managed / managed
rinna rann runnit to run, flow / ran, flowed / run, flowed
sitta satt suttit to sit / sat / sat
slippa slapp sluppit to get out of / got out of / gotten out of
spricka sprack spruckit to split / split / split
springa sprang sprungit to run / ran / run
sticka stack stuckit to stick / stuck / stuck
vinna vann vunnit to win / won / won
bita bet bitit to bite / bit / bitten
gripa grep gripit to grip / gripped / gripped
lida led lidit to suffer / suffered / suffered
rida red ridit to ride / rode / ridden
skina sken skinit to shine / shone / shone
skriva skrev skrivit to write / wrote / written
slita slet slitit to wear out / wore out / worn out
stiga steg stigit to rise / rose / risentiga teg tigit to be silent / was silent / been silent
vrida vred vridit to turn / turned / turned
bjuda bjd bjudit to invite / invited / invited
ljuga ljg ljugit to lie / lied / lied (to tell a lie)
sjunga sjng sjungit to sing / sang / sung
skjuta skt skjutit to shoot / shot / shot
bryta brt brutit to break / broke / broken
flyga flg flugit to fly / flew / flown
flyta flt flutit to float / floated / floated
frysa frs frusit to freeze / froze / frozen
knyta knt knutit to tie up / tied up / tied up
krypa krp krupit to crawl / crawled / crawled
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formed by adding -tt to the infinitive. However, a few of the short verbs have an irregular form
in the past.
Infinitive /Imperative
PresentTense
Past TenseSupine Translation
Short verbs with a regular past:
tro tror trodde trott believe, think
ske sker skedde skett happen
n nr ndde ntt reach
bo bor bodde bott live (dwell)
m mr mdde mtt feel (of health)
kl klr kldde kltt dress
Short verbs with an irregular past:
f fr fick ftt get, receive
g gr gick gtt go, walkge ger gav gett give
se ser sg sett see
d dr dog dtt die
st str stod sttt stand
be ber bad bett ask, pray
35. FOOD & MEALS
bacon bacon / flsk (n) salt salt (n)
beef ntktt (n) sandwich smrgsbeer l (n) sauce ss
beverage dryck sausage korv
biscuit kaka soup soppa
bread brd (n) stew gryta
breakfast frukost sugar socker (n)
butter smr (n) supper middag
cake kaka / trta tea te (n)
cheese ost veal kalvktt (n)
chicken kyckling vegetables grnsakercoffee kaffe vinegar ttika / vinger
cream grdde wine vin (n)
dessert dessert basin skl
dinner middag bottle flaska
egg gg (n) can opener konservppnare
fried egg stekta gg coffee pot kaffekanna
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soft-boiled egg kokta gg colander durkslag
fat fett (n) corkscrew korkskruv
flour mjl (n) cup kopp
ham skinka dish fat (n)
honey honung fork gaffeljam sylt frying pan stekpanna
lunch lunch glass glas (n)
meal mltid jug kruka
meat ktt (n) kettle kittel
milk mjlk knife kniv
mustard senap lid lock (n)
mutton frktt (n) napkin servett
oil olja plate tallrik
omelet omelett saucer tefat (n)pepper peppar saucepan kastrull
pork flsk (n) spoon sked
roll bulle tablecloth duk
salad sallad teapot tekanna
If you are referring to a brand of beer, l is a neutral noun instead of common.
36. FRUITS & VEGETABLES
almond mandel strawberry jordgubbe
apple pple (n) tree trd (n)
apple tree ppeltrd (n) tree trunk stam
apricot aprikos vine vinstock
ash ask walnut valnt
bark bark willow pil
beech bok artichoke kronrtskocka
berry br (n) asparagus sparris
birch bjrk barley korn (n)
blackberry bjrnbr (n) bean (broad) bnabranch gren bean (kidney) kidneybna
cherry krsbr (n) brussel sprouts brysselkl
cherry tree krsbrstrd (n) cabbage kl
chestnut kastanj carrot morot
chestnut tree kastanjetrd (n) cauliflower blomkl
currant vinbr (n) celery selleri
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cypress cypress corn majs
date dadel cucumber gurka
elm alm eggplant aubergine
fig fikon (n) garlic vitlk
fir gran herb rtfruit frukt horse-radish pepparrot
grapes vindruvor lentil lins
hazelnut hasselnt lettuce sallad
kernel krna maize majs
laurel lagertrd (n) mint mynta
leaf blad (n) mushroom svamp
lemon citron oats havre
lime tree lind onion lk
melon melon parsley persiljaoak ek pea rta
olive oliv potato potatis
olive tree olivtrd (n) pumpkin pumpa
orange apelsin radish rdisa
orange tree apelsintrd (n) rice ris (n)
peach persika rye rg
pear pron (pl) sage salvia
pear tree prontrd seed fr (n)
pine tall spinach spenatpineapple ananas stalk stjlk
plum plommon (n) tomato tomat
poplar poppel turnip rova
raspberry hallon (n) wheat vete (n)
root rot
37. CONJUNCTIONS
Coordinating Conjunctions
och and
eller or
men but
fr because, for
s so
som as
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antingen...eller either...or
varken...eller neither...nor
Subordinating Conjunctions
att that
d when
eftersom because, as
fr att in order to, so that
drfr att because
innan / frrn before
medan while
nr when
om if, whether (interrogation)
fast even if, although
sedan since, as
nu d now that
38. WORD ORDER
In general, the word order of Swedish is the same as English: Subject + Verb + Object.However, the word order is slightly different from English when something other than the
subject of the verb begins the sentence. In declarative sentences, the main verb is always inthe second position(but not necessarily the second word!). For example, if a sentence beginswith an adverb or an object, the verb will be the second element in the sentence, and thesubject will come afterthe verb. Then any other forms of verbs (such as participles orinfinitives) will come after the subject.
Adverb orObject
Main Verb Subject (Participle / Infinitive) Translation
I morgon ker jag till Sverige.I'm going to Swedentomorrow.
I affren kper jag brd. I buy bread in the store.
In sentences that begin with a subordinate clause, the second (independent) clause will haveinversion of the verb and subject. The subordinate clause is the first element in the sentence,so the verb must be second, and the subject is third.
SubordinateClause
Main Verb Subject Rest of Sentence Translation
Nr jag var ung, bodde jag i Sverige.When I was young, I lived inSweden.
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Nu d hon harkommit
kan vi brja.Now that she's arrived wecan begin.
Furthermore, adverbs that modify the entire sentence come before the verb in subordinateclauses, whereas they normally occur after the verb in regular sentences. Besides inte(not),these adverbs include: aldrig (never),alltid(always), allts (so,
then),mjligtvis(maybe),grna (gladly, with pleasure), bara(only) and skert(surely).Han sger att han inte kan ka bil till Stockholm. He said that he cannot come toStockholm by car.
39. ASKING QUESTIONS
Yes/No questions:Invert the subject and verb so that the verb begins the question.
Arbetar han?Does he work?Regnar det?Is it raining?
Question Words:The question word begins the question, and the verb comes next, followedby the subject.
Var bor Sten?Where does Sten live?Vad gr Elsa?What does Elsa do?
40. HOLIDAY PHRASES
God Jul! Merry Christmas!Gott Nytt r! Happy New Year!
Glad Psk! Happy Easter!
Grattis p fdelsedagen! Happy Birthday!
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