{"id":7624,"date":"2017-01-25T22:32:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T22:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=7624"},"modified":"2017-01-31T20:46:10","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T20:46:10","slug":"saying-thank-you-in-swedish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/saying-thank-you-in-swedish\/","title":{"rendered":"Saying Thank You in Swedish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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That’s a tack holding up a tack. Our readers from G\u00f6teborg will surely appreciate this. Photo credit: Marcus Cederstr\u00f6m<\/p><\/div>\n

As you learn a new language, it\u2019s handy to have a few words in your vocabulary pretty early on. Learning a couple of variations on \u201cthank you\u201d is a good start. There are a lot of different ways to say \u201cthank you\u201d in Swedish so let\u2019s take a look at a few examples.<\/p>\n

The first is the easy one, the simple one, the common one: tack<\/em>. It means \u201cthanks\u201d or \u201cthank you.\u201d Make sure you get that \u201cc\u201d in there otherwise you spell the Swedish word for roof. And that\u2019s not quite as helpful. Use this word liberally.<\/p>\n

Next is tack s\u00e5 mycket<\/em>. It means, literally, \u201cthanks so much.\u201d But basically, \u201cthank you very much.\u201d It\u2019s a little more thankful and a little more intense.<\/p>\n

Relatedly, there\u2019s tusen tack<\/em>, \u201ca thousand thanks\u201d and stort tack<\/em>, \u201cbig thanks.\u201d Both are used to express a solid chunk of gratitude. Your friend just helped you move into a third story apartment on a hot and humid day in August? That friend deserves a stort tack<\/em>. And some pizza.<\/p>\n

Then you\u2019ve got a way to say \u201cthank you\u201d that really emphasizes the person you\u2019re thanking. Tack ska du ha<\/em>, for example, translates literally as \u201cthanks shall you have,\u201d which is not a great translation, but makes it clear what you\u2019re doing. This is another phrase that is a little more grateful than just tack, you\u2019re saying thank you very much, emphasizing that you. When you call the bank because you messed up and paid your credit card bill two days late, and the person you speak with waives your fees and says no worries, they deserve a tack ska du ha<\/em>. You\u2019re grateful and you\u2019re especially grateful to that particular person.<\/p>\n

You can also say tackar<\/em>. When you say (or hear this), you\u2019ll often hear it alone. Just tackar<\/em>. But you may occasionally hear jag tackar<\/em> or man tackar<\/em>, \u201cI thank you\u201d or \u201cone thanks you.\u201d It can sound pretty formal if you don\u2019t drop the pronoun, but it\u2019s another great way of thanking someone and you\u2019ll see it used pretty regularly.<\/p>\n

Finally, just repeat yourself! Tack tack<\/em> is a perfectly acceptable way of saying \u201cthank you.\u201d Plus, it kind of rolls off the tongue, tack tack<\/em>. Tack tack<\/em>. Tack tack<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Know a few other ways? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

As you learn a new language, it\u2019s handy to have a few words in your vocabulary pretty early on. Learning a couple of variations on \u201cthank you\u201d is a good start. There are a lot of different ways to say \u201cthank you\u201d in Swedish so let\u2019s take a look at a few examples. The first…<\/p>\n

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