So, after looking at the feedback some of you guys sent in many of you were interested in becoming more able to have everyday conversations. I thought, since I don\u2019t really have a good idea of what level you all are at, I start somewhere in the really basic area and work towards more complex things as we go along.<\/p>\n
The most important phrase ever probably is \u201cWhat is this in Swedish?\u201d<\/p>\n
Vad \u00e4r det h\u00e4r p\u00e5 svenska?<\/p>\n
This phrase is used when for example pointing at something close to you. Det h\u00e4r means this. You can of course substitute \u201cdet h\u00e4r\u201d for \u201cdet d\u00e4r\u201d (that) or \u201cdet d\u00e4rborta\u201d (that over there).<\/p>\n
| Swedish<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | English equivalent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||||||||
| det h\u00e4r<\/p>\n det d\u00e4r<\/p>\n det d\u00e4r d\u00e4rborta<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n | \u00a0this<\/p>\n that<\/p>\n that over there<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Vad \u00e4r ______ p\u00e5 svenska?<\/p>\n In the blank you just put in the English word you don\u2019t know in Swedish.<\/p>\n Vad heter _____ p\u00e5 svenska?<\/p>\n Vad kallas ________ p\u00e5 svenska?<\/p>\n The same thing applies for heter<\/em> and kallas<\/em>. Heter<\/strong> literally means \u201cnamed\u201d and kallas<\/strong> is not too far off from the English \u201cis called\u201d.<\/p>\n If you know how to ask about the translation one way you should be able to ask what a unknown word\u2019s meaning is the other way around.<\/p>\n Vad betyder _______ p\u00e5 engelska?<\/p>\n What does ________ (the word you didn\u2019t understand) mean in English?<\/p>\n Vad heter _____ p\u00e5 engelska? Yet again, the same thing.<\/p>\n Vad kallas ______ p\u00e5 engelska? What is ______ called in English?<\/p>\n Vad \u00e4r _______ p\u00e5 engelska? What is ________ in English?<\/p>\n If you want to know what the word means in a language other than English here are the names for some of the languages most commonly spoken in Sweden.<\/p>\n Note:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0in English we say “in” English and use a capital letter for the language. In Swedish they do not use capitals for languages and they say “p\u00e5<\/strong> engelska<\/strong>“. Literally translated as “on English”.<\/p>\n tyska<\/p>\n spanska<\/p>\n arabiska<\/p>\n finska<\/p>\n danska<\/p>\n norska<\/p>\n kinesiska<\/p>\n ryska<\/p>\n japanska<\/p>\n engelska<\/p>\n svenska<\/td>\n German<\/p>\n Spanish<\/p>\n Arabic<\/p>\n Finish<\/p>\n Danish<\/p>\n Norwegian<\/p>\n Chinese<\/p>\n Russian<\/p>\n Japanese<\/p>\n English<\/p>\n Swedish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n The words you put in the blanks can be very advanced or extremely simple.<\/p>\n Heres and example of a very simple word put into a conversation. Person A first asks what the word is in Swedish and then checks that they pronounced it correctly.<\/p>\n Person A) “Vad heter apple<\/span>\u00a0p\u00e5 svenska?”<\/p>\n Person B) “Det heter \u00e4pple”.<\/p>\n Person A) “\u00c4ppel?”<\/p>\n Person B) “Nej, \u00e4pp-le.”<\/p>\n Person A) “\u00c4pple?”<\/p>\n Person B) “Ja, precis s\u00e5”<\/p>\n Person A) “Tack”<\/p>\n <\/td>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, after looking at the feedback some of you guys sent in many of you were interested in becoming more able to have everyday conversations. I thought, since I don\u2019t really have a good idea of what level you all are at, I start somewhere in the really basic area and work towards more complex…<\/p>\n |