Hello everyone! Today, in addition to my Duolingo learning, I will be showing you what some of the most useful Swedish phrases and words are.
First, here are the letters from the Swedish alphabet (29 letters) and their pronunciations from this website:
a (ah) | k (kor) | u (uuw) |
b (be-yah) | l (elle) | v (ve-yah) |
c (se-yah) | m (em) | w (dob-bel-ve-yah) |
d (deh-yah) | n (en) | x (ex) |
e (ee-yah) | o (oo) | y (ee) |
f (eff) | p (pe-yah) | z (se-tah) |
g (ge-yah) | q (koo) | å (oh-wah) |
h (hor) | r (ar rolling) | ä (aair) |
i (ee-yah) | s (es) | ö (urr) |
j (yee) | t (tee-yah) |
The following is a table from the same website that shows a useful phrase in English, followed by it in Swedish, and finally it shows how to pronounce it.
English | Swedish | Pronunciation |
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Greetings |
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Hello | Hej | hey |
Good morning | God morgen | good mor-gohn |
Good afternoon | God kväll | good kvel |
Good night | God natt | good naht |
Goodbye | Hej då | hey door |
How are you? | Hur mår du? | who mor doo |
I’m well, and you? | Jag mår bra, hur mår du? | yah mar braw, who mor doo |
Good, thanks | Bra, tack | bra tak |
Essentials |
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Please | Snälla | snel-lah |
Thank you | Tack så mycket | tak so mik-ket |
You’re welcome | Varsegod | va-sha-good |
Yes | Ja | yah |
No | Nej | ney |
Excuse me (getting attention)Excuse me (when you didn’t hear or understand the person) | Ursäkta mig Förlåt mig? |
oo-shet-tah may / for-lort may |
I’m sorry | Jag är ledsen | yah er les-son |
I don’t understand | Jag förstår inte | yah for-shtor in-teh |
Do you speak English? | Pratar du engelska | pra-tah doo en-gels-ka |
Questions |
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How much is…? | Hur mycket kostar…? | who mee-ket kos-tar |
Where is…? | Vart ligger…? | vart lee-ger |
When? | Når…? | nar |
May I please have…? | Skulle jag kunna få…? | skool-leh yah koo-nah for |
Eating Out |
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Beer | Öl | url |
Red wine / white wine) | Rött vin / Vitt vin | root vin / veet vin |
Water | Vatten | vaht-ten |
I don’t eat… | Jag äter inte | ye ah-teh in-teh |
I’m a vegetarian | Jag är vegetarian | ye er ve-geh-ta-ree-on |
The bill, please | Notan tack | noo-ten taak |
Getting Around |
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Left | Vänster | ven-ster |
Right | Höger | hur-gerh |
Straight ahead | Rakt fram | rakt fraam |
Turn left | Sväng vänster | sveng ven-ster |
Turn right | Sväng höger | sveng hur-gerh |
Bus stop | Buss station | boos stah-horn |
Train station | Tåg station | toh stah-horn |
Airport | Flygplats | fleeg-plahts |
Entrance | Ingång | in-gong |
Exit | Utgång | oot-gong |
Numbers |
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1 | Ett | et |
2 | Två | tvorh |
3 | Tre | tre |
4 | Fyra | fee-rah |
5 | Fem | fem |
6 | Sex | sex |
7 | Sju | hew |
8 | Åtta | ot-tah |
9 | Nio | nee-yo |
10 | Tio | tee-yo |
20 | Tjugo | shoo-goh |
30 | Trettio | tret-tee |
40 | Fyrtio | foot-yo |
50 | Femtio | fem-tyo |
60 | Sextio | sex-tyo |
70 | Sjuttio | whew-tyo |
80 | Åttio | oht-tyo |
90 | Nittio | neet-tyo |
100 | Hundra | hoon-dra |
Days |
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Monday | Måndag | mon-dahg |
Tuesday | Tisdag | tees-dahg |
Wednesday | Onsdag | ons-dahg |
Thursday | Torsdag | toosh-dahg |
Friday | Fredag | freya-dahg |
Saturday | Lördag | lar-dahg |
Sunday | Söndag | sun-dahg |
Emergencies |
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Help! | Hjälp | yelp |
I need a doctor | Jag behöver en läkare | yah be-her-ver en la-ka-reh |
I don’t feel well | Jag mår inte så bra | yah mar in-teh sa bra |
Call the police! | Ring polisen! | ring poh-lee-sen |
Fire! | Det brinner! | deh breen-neh |
My ever-growing list of Swedish words/phrases that I have learned on Duolingo:
- A boy = En pojke
- A girl = En flicka
- A woman = En Kvinna
- I am a woman = Jag är en kvinna
- A man = En man/ Mannen
- Drinking = Dricker
- Water = Vatten
- Eating = äter
- And = Och
- A = Ett
- Bread = Bröd
- One book, several books = En bok, flera böcker
- A menu = En meny
- You = Du
- Have = Har
- A/one/an = En and Ett
- Newspaper(s) = Tidning(ar)
- A letter = Ett brev
- The child = Barnet
- Milk = Mjolk
- It = Det
- Read = Läser
- She = Hon
- He = Han
- Are/Is = är
- We = Vi
- You = Du
- Sandwich = smörgås
- They = De
- Rice = Ris
- Good morning = God morgon!
- Yes = Ja
- Please = Snälla
- So = så
- Then = då
- You are welcome = Varsågod
- Hello = Hej or Hållo
- Everyone = Alla
- Welcome = Välkommen
- I am sorry = Ursäkta
- Food = mat
- Pasta = Pasta
- Breakfast = Frukost
- Fruit = Frukt
- Sugar = Socker
- Cheese = Ost
- Coffee = Kaffe
- Lunch = lunch
- Good bye = Hej då
- Dog(s) = hund(ar)
- Moose = älg
- Cat(s) = Katt(er)
- Meat = Kott
- Horse(s) = Häst(er)
- It = det
- several = flera
- does not = inte (for example, hon läser inte brev = she does not read letters)
- has = har
- apple(s) = äpple(n)
- Our tomato = Vår tomat
- Lemon = citron
- Her (possessive) = hennes
- Their = deras
- soup = soppa
- my = min
- your = din
- his = hans
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