NSYNC made \u201cBye Bye Bye\u201d popular back in 2000 with a little help from some Swedish writers and producers. But Justin Timberlake has yet to master the Swedish language, so \u201cBye Bye Bye\u201d stayed English. But what if you wanted to say bye, bye, bye, in Swedish? Or at least goodbye? There are plenty of ways to say goodbye to someone in Swedish. Some nice and polite, others less so. We\u2019ll stick to the more polite ones in this post.<\/p>\n
One of the most common ways to say goodbye in Swedish is hej d\u00e5<\/em>. Sometimes spelled hejd\u00e5<\/em>. Simple, right?<\/p>\n But maybe you\u2019re feeling kind of proper. Classy even. Tell someone goodbye with one of these: Want to be a bit more casual? Swedes can do casual. Here are just a few ways of casually saying goodbye to someone: Of course, sometimes you want to draw that goodbye out. There are a few different ways of telling someone goodbye with a longer phrase: A quick note, when you\u2019ve just met someone, it\u2019s always good to immediately tell them it was nice to meet them: It can also be nice, as you\u2019re leaving that first introduction, to repeat yourself. Maybe switch it up and say: Sometimes you\u2019ll hear variations of these phrases, like adj\u00f6 s\u00e5 l\u00e4nge<\/em> instead of hej s\u00e5 l\u00e4nge<\/em>, for example. It\u2019s yet another way of telling someone goodbye. Use these different terms and words as you feel comfortable. While it may seem silly to learn so many different ways to say goodbye, it will make your vocabulary and conversational skills more fluid and fluent.<\/p>\n So what do you think? How would you translate NSYNC\u2019s \u201cBye Bye Bye?\u201d Let us know in the comments and feel free to add any other ways you might say goodbye. In the meantime, enjoy a\u00a0#TBT video. You can blame a Swede for this:<\/p>\n
\nAdj\u00f6<\/em> = Adieu. (Or just plain old goodbye.)
\nFarv\u00e4l<\/em>. = Farewell.<\/p>\n
\nHej!<\/em> = Goodbye. (Yup. It means hello also.)
\nVi ses.<\/em> = See you later.
\nVi syns<\/em>. = See you later.
\nSes imorgon<\/em>. = See you tomorrow.
\nTrevlig helg.<\/em> = Have a good weekend.<\/p>\n
\nHa en trevlig kv\u00e4ll<\/em>. = Have a good night. (You\u2019ll notice that this one looks pretty similar to trevlig helg<\/em> above. It shouldn\u2019t be a surprise then that you can do the exact same thing to both phrases: Ha en trevlig helg<\/em> = Have a good weekend or Trevlig kv\u00e4ll<\/em> = Have a good night.)
\nHa det s\u00e5 bra<\/em>. = Have a good one. Or Take care.
\nHej s\u00e5 l\u00e4nge<\/em>. = So long. Or See you later. Or even Goodbye for now.<\/p>\n
\nTrevligt att tr\u00e4ffas<\/em>. = Nice to meet you.<\/p>\n
\nDet var trevligt att tr\u00e4ffas<\/em>. = It was nice to meet you.<\/p>\n