{"id":5715,"date":"2012-08-04T05:13:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-04T05:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=5715"},"modified":"2018-02-08T09:55:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T09:55:20","slug":"saying-hello-in-swedish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/saying-hello-in-swedish\/","title":{"rendered":"Saying \u201chello\u201d in Swedish"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are tons of ways of saying \u201chi\u201d in Swedish. Some are for more formal situations but in general most of them are used just for friends or acquaintances. This blog post will gather as many ways of saying hello to somebody as possible into one place for you and try to give you an idea of when to use them. Most of these words however just mean the same thing meaning that it is up to you to choose and use the ones you like.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Svenska<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\nExample sentence<\/td>\nEnglish translation of example<\/td>\nComments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tja<\/td>\nyo<\/td>\nTja, l\u00e4get?<\/td>\nYo, what\u2019s up?<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tjena<\/td>\nhey \/ hi<\/td>\nTjena, vad g\u00f6rs?<\/td>\nHey, what\u2019cha do\u2019in?<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tjaba<\/td>\nhey \/ hi<\/td>\nTjaba, allt bra?<\/td>\nHey, how \u2018ya do\u2019in?<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tjenam\u00e5rs<\/td>\nhey \/ hi<\/td>\nTjenam\u00e5rs tjenam\u00e5rs!<\/td>\nHiya<\/td>\ninformal, sort of a happy greating<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tjenare<\/td>\nhey \/ hi<\/td>\nTjenare snygging!<\/td>\nHiya handsome!<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tjohej<\/td>\nhey \/ hi<\/td>\nTjohej nu drar vi ig\u00e5ng.<\/td>\nAlright, let\u2019s get started!<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
tjoho<\/td>\nhey \/ hi<\/td>\nTjoho, \u00e4r det n\u00e5gon hemma?<\/td>\nHello, anybody at home?<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hej<\/td>\nhello<\/td>\nHej!<\/td>\nHello!<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hejhej<\/td>\nhello<\/td>\nHejhej, l\u00e4nge sedan sist!<\/td>\nHi, long time no see!<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hejsvejs<\/td>\nhiya<\/td>\nHejsvejs!<\/td>\nHiya!<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hejsan<\/td>\nhello<\/td>\nHejsan, mitt namn \u00e4r Lasse.<\/td>\nHello, my name is Lasse.<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hall\u00e5<\/td>\nhello<\/td>\nHall\u00e5? \u00c4r det n\u00e5gon h\u00e4r?<\/td>\nHello? Anybody there?<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
halloj<\/td>\nhello<\/td>\nHalloj halloj! Roligt att ses!<\/td>\nHey there, nice meeting you.<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
morsning<\/td>\nhey there<\/td>\nMorsning!<\/td>\nHey there.<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
godmorgon<\/td>\ngood morning<\/td>\nGodmorgon.<\/td>\nGoodmorning<\/td>\nformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
goddag<\/td>\ngood day<\/td>\nGoddag i stugan.<\/td>\nHello (to people sitting in a cottage)<\/td>\nformal, but was used as informal a long time ago. When people still lived in cottages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
goddagens<\/td>\ngood afternoon<\/td>\nGoddagens!<\/td>\nGood day to you.<\/td>\nformal, but sounds a little more happy or friendly that goddag.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
godkv\u00e4ll<\/td>\ngood evening<\/td>\nGodkv\u00e4ll gott folk.<\/td>\nGood evening ladies and gentlemen.<\/td>\nformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
godafton<\/td>\ngood evening<\/td>\nGodafton! Vilken fin kv\u00e4ll.<\/td>\nGood evening, what a nice evening tonight.<\/td>\nformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
godnatt<\/td>\ngood night<\/td>\nGodnatt, sov gott!<\/td>\nGood night, sleep tight.<\/td>\nboth informal and formal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
hej du<\/td>\nhey there<\/td>\nHej du! Vilken fin tr\u00f6ja du har p\u00e5 dig i idag.<\/td>\nHi there, what a nice shirt you\u2019re wearing today.<\/td>\ninformal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

In Swedish if you say something twice then you sound happier. So there is actually no difference between \u201chej\u201d and \u201chejhej\u201d apart from \u201chejhej\u201d sounding happier. The same thing for \u201ctjenamosh\u201d.<\/p>\n

Now go out the and bombard people with you \u201ctjenare\u201d and \u201chej du\u201ds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are tons of ways of saying \u201chi\u201d in Swedish. Some are for more formal situations but in general most of them are used just for friends or acquaintances. This blog post will gather as many ways of saying hello to somebody as possible into one place for you and try to give you an…<\/p>\n

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