{"id":6387,"date":"2013-07-31T13:33:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T13:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=6387"},"modified":"2016-08-18T20:48:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T20:48:47","slug":"meeting-someone-new-in-swedish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/meeting-someone-new-in-swedish\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting Someone New – in Swedish"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week we learned about animals<\/a>. It\u2019s fun, it helps the vocabulary, but the word for hippo might not be all that useful (it\u2019s flodh\u00e4st<\/em>, in case you\u2019re wondering). But one thing that will be useful is how to start a conversation with someone you just met. That\u2019s one of the beauties of traveling. New places, new people, new food, new experiences. But if you\u2019re going to be meeting all of these new people, you might as well have something to say to them.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s start with the very basics: Hello.<\/p>\n

In Swedish? It\u2019s hej<\/em>. Pronounced, for the most part, like hey. See? You\u2019re basically fluent already.<\/p>\n

My name is Marcus. What is your name?<\/p>\n

Jag heter Marcus. Vad heter du?<\/em><\/p>\n

Or maybe you want to get a little personal. Keep in mind that most Swedes find it strange, if not downright ridiculous, that Americans ask \u201chow are you\u201d so often. That being said, it\u2019s still a useful phrase.<\/p>\n

Hur g\u00e5r det<\/em>? is a good way of asking how things are going. Hur m\u00e5r du<\/em>? can also be used, although it usually suggests you\u2019re concerned about their physical well-being. You can even ask Hur \u00e4r det<\/em>? or Hur \u00e4r l\u00e4get<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Maybe you\u2019re trying to make a deep connection with someone. Clearly you need to know where they are from. So, Var kommer du ifr\u00e5n<\/em>? means \u201cwhere are you from?\u201d<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, that deeper connection didn\u2019t work out. Oh well. Maybe next time. You can still be polite. To say \u201cgood bye, nice to meet\u201d you simply say Hej d\u00e5, det var trevligt att tr\u00e4ffas<\/em>.<\/p>\n

As you meet more and more people, you\u2019ll notice different variations of how all of this works. Sometimes, upon meeting someone, a person will say their own name as way of introduction followed by the phrase, nice to meet you. Hej, Marcus, trevligt att tr\u00e4ffas<\/em>. Sometimes they won\u2019t even add the tr\u00e4ffas<\/em> part. Hej, Marcus, trevligt<\/em>. You\u2019ll get the hang of it. Promise.<\/p>\n

If you already know someone, you can be a bit more informal. Tjena, l\u00e4get<\/em>? Is essentially, \u201cHey, how\u2019s it going?\u201d Imagine that much more slangy though. Maybe without the \u2013g on going. \u201cHow\u2019s it goin\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s work our way through a short conversation. Marcus is just about to meet Alexandra.<\/p>\n

-Hej, jag heter Marcus. Vad heter du?<\/em>
\n -Hej, mitt namn \u00e4r Alexandra.<\/em>
\n -Var kommer du ifr\u00e5n, Alexandra?<\/em>
\n -Jag kommer fr\u00e5n Sverige. Var kommer du ifr\u00e5n?<\/em>
\n -Jag kommer fr\u00e5n USA.<\/em>
\n -Oj, jag hatar USA. Jag vill inte prata med dig l\u00e4ngre.<\/em>
\n -Det var synd, men det var trevligt att tr\u00e4ffas. Hej d\u00e5, Alexandra!<\/em>
\n -Hej d\u00e5, Marcus! Jag hoppas vi aldrig ses igen.<\/em><\/p>\n

So, in English:
\n-Hi, my name is Marcus. What is your name?
\n-Hi, my name is Alexandra.
\n-Where are you from, Alexandra?
\n-I\u2019m from Sweden. Where are you from?
\n-I\u2019m from the USA.
\n-Oh, I hate the USA. I don\u2019t want to talk to you anymore.
\n-That\u2019s too bad, but it was nice to meet you. Bye, Alexandra.
\n-Bye, Marcus. I hope we never meet again.<\/p>\n

Turns out Alexandra wasn\u2019t very nice, but hopefully you\u2019ve learned yourself some Swedish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week we learned about animals. It\u2019s fun, it helps the vocabulary, but the word for hippo might not be all that useful (it\u2019s flodh\u00e4st, in case you\u2019re wondering). But one thing that will be useful is how to start a conversation with someone you just met. That\u2019s one of the beauties of traveling. New…<\/p>\n

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