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Go Fish in Swedish Posted by on Mar 14, 2012 in Culture, Swedish Language, Vocabulary

One of the most popular card games (at least in the United States) is Go Fish. (For those of you who don’t know what it is or how to play it, read all about it on Wikipedia.) In Swedish, Go Fish is called Finns i sjön. Here’s how you play, in Swedish with color-coded English translations.

Ta ut jokrarna, och dela ut fyra kort till varje spelare.
Remove the jokers, and deal four cards to each player.

Håll dina kort hemliga.
Keep your cards secret.

Lägg resten av korten åt sidan, med baksidan upp.
Put the rest of the cards to the side, back-side up.

Vilken spelare som helst får börja.
Any player may begin.

Spelaren vars tur det är väljer en av valörerna han/hon har på sin hand,
The player whose turn it is chooses one of the denominations he/she has in his/her hand,

och ber en annan spelare att skicka över alla hans/hennes kort av den valören,
and asks another player to pass him/her all his/her cards of that denomination,

genom att säga “Alla dina ___!” till den spelaren.
by saying “Do you have any ___?” (lit. “All your ___!”) to that player.

Om den tillfrågade spelaren har några kort av den valören, måste han skicka dem till spelaren vars tur det är.
If the player [who has been] asked has any cards of that denomination, he must pass them over to the player whose turn it is.

Om den tillfrågade spelaren inte har några kort av den valören, säger han/hon “Finns i sjön!”,
If the player [who has been] asked doesn’t have any cards of that denomination, he/she says “Go fish!” (lit. “It’s in the lake!).

och den som begärde kort tar ett kort från korten åt sidan.
and he/she who asked for cards takes a card from the cards at the side.

Om han/hon råkar plocka upp ett kort med den valör han/hon begärde, får han/hon begära kort igen.
If he/she happens to pick up a card with the denomination he/she requested, he/she may request cards again.

Och fortsätter spelet till nästa spelare.
And so the game continues to the next player.

När man har fyra kort av samma valör på sin hand, lägger man dem åt sidan i en hög som kallas “par”.
When you (lit. “one”) have four cards of the same denomination in your hand, you put them to the side in a pile called a “pair”.

När man inte har några kort kvar, plockar man upp ett kort från korthögen som gjordes av de resterande korten i början.
When you don’t have any cards left, you pick up a card from the card pile that was made with the extra cards in the beginning.

Spelet fortsätter tills det inte finns några kort kvar.
The game continues until there aren’t any cards left.

Den som har flest kort i slutet vinner spelet!
He/she who has the most cards in the end wins the game!

The different denominations in Swedish are:
– a two, twos – en tvåa, tvåor
– a three, threes – en trea, treor
– a four, fours – en fyra, fyror
– a five, fives – en femma, femmor
– a six, sixes – en sexa, sexor
– a seven, sevens – en sjua, sjuor
– a eight, eights – en åtta, åttor
– a nine, nines – en nia, nior
– a ten, tens – en tia, tior
– a jack, jacks – en knekt, knektar
– a queen, queens – en drottning, drottningar
– a king, kings – en kung, kungar

Now go play Go Fish and practice! 😉

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About the Author: Stephen Maconi

Stephen Maconi has been writing for the Transparent Swedish Blog since 2010. Wielding a Bachelor's Degree in Swedish and Nordic Linguistics from Uppsala University in Sweden, Stephen is an expert on Swedish language and culture.


Comments:

  1. Luke:

    hmmm, this is a fun way to learn swedish 😉

  2. janerowena:

    If only all translations were set out like this!