{"id":4644,"date":"2011-11-22T03:01:52","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T03:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=4644"},"modified":"2011-11-22T03:01:52","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T03:01:52","slug":"learning-swedish-with-janne-lucas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/learning-swedish-with-janne-lucas\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Swedish with Janne Lucas"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve written a couple of posts about Melodifestivalen here at Transparent, one titled (creatively enough) Melodifestivalen<\/a> and the other (again, my creativity knows no bounds) Swedish Schlager<\/a>. I am a shameless promoter of schlager music, whether it be Swedish, English, or German. I find the performances hilarious and the catchy songs even more so. It took a while to get used to, but by the time I left Sweden, I was hooked.<\/p>\n

Of course, the challenge for me now, while living in the US, is trying to keep my love for schlager alive while also making it halfway useful to learning Swedish.\u00a0 Luckily, old school Swedish schalger can do just that.<\/p>\n

A friend of mine introduced me to this song after I mentioned that I was in search of a song that used the preteritum a lot.\u00a0 \u00a0She did not disappoint.<\/p>\n

What I\u2019ve done below is included the lyrics to the 1980 Melodifestivalen song V\u00e4xeln Hall\u00e5<\/em> by Janne Lucas. You\u2019ll notice though that there are some holes in the text. I\u2019ve removed several verbs in the preteritum (for a review of preteritum see the post Preteritum \u2013 the Swedish Past Tense<\/a>). Watch the YouTube clip below, and try to fill in as many as you can. It\u2019s a quick song at times, so I suggest you watch it a few times. Don\u2019t be frustrated if you don\u2019t nail them all the first time. Once you\u2019ve done as best you can, check your answers below.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i8ClvvHR8pE<\/a><\/p>\n

V\u00e4xeln Hall\u00e5<\/em>\u00a0by Janne Lucas<\/p>\n

Det _______ en kv\u00e4ll jag _______ ingenting f\u00f6r mig
\nJag _______ till stadens hotell
\nJag _______ i baren och d\u00e4r _______ hon framf\u00f6r mig
\nWow, vad hon _______ sensationell<\/p>\n

En liten blick, det _______ jag, sen _______ jag
\nLiksom i trans och _______ henne g\u00e5
\nMitt hj\u00e4rta _______, det ticka och ticka
\nOch d\u00e4r _______ du p\u00e5 rum tjugotv\u00e5<\/p>\n

En telefon och jag _______ sl\u00e5 nummer nio
\nOch n\u00e5gon _______ d\u00e5:<\/p>\n

V\u00e4xeln hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5
\nV\u00e4xeln hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5
\nFr\u00f6ken hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5
\nKoppla mig till tjugotv\u00e5
\nDet blir inget svar d\u00e4r, hon \u00e4r inte kvar d\u00e4r
\nJa, jag \u00e4r ledsen, f\u00f6rs\u00f6k p\u00e5 nytt igen
\nV\u00e4xeln hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5
\nKoppla mig till tjugotv\u00e5<\/p>\n

D\u00e4r _______ jag ensam p\u00e5 mitt rum och fundera
\nT\u00e4nk vad man kan hitta p\u00e5
\nSom ni f\u00f6rst\u00e5r s\u00e5 ville jag veta mera
\nOm henne p\u00e5 tjugotv\u00e5<\/p>\n

Min telefon, den _______ jag, sen _______ jag
\nEn nia till och v\u00e4nta p\u00e5 svar
\n_______ \u00a0det n\u00e5t fel? Det ringde och ringde
\nS\u00e5n tur att hon i v\u00e4xeln _______ kvar<\/p>\n

Det spraka till och jag _______ h\u00f6ra en st\u00e4mma
\nOch sedan _______ jag till svar:<\/p>\n

Refr\u00e4ng<\/p>\n

V\u00e4xeln hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5
\nV\u00e4xeln hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5
\nFr\u00f6ken hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5
\nKoppla mig till tjugotv\u00e5
\nV\u00e4xeln hall\u00e5, hall\u00e5<\/p>\n

Check your answers here at LetsSingIt.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve written a couple of posts about Melodifestivalen here at Transparent, one titled (creatively enough) Melodifestivalen and the other (again, my creativity knows no bounds) Swedish Schlager. I am a shameless promoter of schlager music, whether it be Swedish, English, or German. I find the performances hilarious and the catchy songs even more so. It…<\/p>\n

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