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BASIC PHRASE God morgon Good MorningHej / God dag Hello / Good DayGod kvll Good EveningGod natt Good NightHej d / Adj (more formal) GoodbyeSnlla PleaseTack (s mycket) Thank you (very much)Ingen orsak / Varsgod Don't mention it / You're welcomeJa / Nej Yes / NoHerr / Fru / Frken Mister / Misses / MissHur r det? / Hur har du det? How are you?Hur mr du? How are you? (How are you feeling?)Bra Good / FineInte s bra. Not so goodVad heter du? What's your name? Jag heter... I am called...Mitt namn r... My name is...Trevligt att trffas! Pleased to meet you!Vlkommen! Welcome! Varifrn kommer du? Where are you from? Jag kommer frn... I'm from...Var bor du? Where do you live? Jag bor i... I live in...Hur gammal r du? How old are you? Jag r ___ r (gammal). I am ____ years old. Talar du svenska? Do you speak Swedish?Jag talar [inte] engelska. I [don't] speak English.danska, norska, franska, italienska, spanska, tyska, hollndska, ryska, japanska Danish, Norwegian, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Russian, JapaneseJa, lite grann. Yes, a little bit.Nej, inte alls. No, not at all.Jag frstr [inte.] I [don't] understand.Jag vet [inte.] I [don't] know.Urskta / Frlt Excuse me / Pardon meHa det s bra! Take care!Vi ses senare / snart See you later / soonHej / Hej d Hi / ByeJag lskar dig. I love you.Jag saknar dig. I miss you.

Pratar du svenska? is also a common way to ask Do you speak Swedish?, though it is considered more informal. 2. PRONUNCIATION Swedish letter(s)English soundchshckkgg before a, o, u, , or unstressed egj before e, i, y, , and after l or rgk before tgjjksoft ch sound, before e, i, y, , qkschshti(on)shtjsoft ch soundv, wvxkszs 3. ALPHABET aahkkawuoohbbaylelvvaycsaymemxeksddaynenyeweayoohzsaytahfefppayaw (with lips rounded)ggayqkooeh (as in bed)hhawrairer (with lips rounded)ieesess jyeettay 4. NOUNS & CASES Nouns in Swedish have two genders, common and neuter, which adjectives must agree with when modifying nouns. These genders are signified by the indefinite articles: en and ett. In the vocabulary lists, a noun followed by (n) means that it is a neuter noun and it takes the indefinite article ett. The majority of nouns in Swedish are common gender, so they take the indefinite article en. The only case of nouns that is used in Swedish is the genitive (showing possession), and it is easily formed by adding an -s to the noun. This is comparable to adding -'s in English to show possession. However, if the noun already ends in -s, then you add nothing (unlike English where we add -' or -'s). Anders bok = Anders's book 5. ARTICLES & DEMONSTRATIVES There are two indefinite articles (corresponding to a and an) in Swedish: en and ett. En is used with most of the nouns (words denoting people almost always use en), but you will just have to learn which article goes with which noun. The definite article (the) is not a separate word like in most other languages. It is simply a form of the indefinite article attached to the end of the noun. Note that en words ending in a vowel retain that vowel and add an -n instead of adding -en. And ett words ending in -e just add a -t. En words (common) Ett words (neuter) Indefinite Definite Indefinite

Definiteen banana bananabananenthe bananaett borda tablebordetthe tableen stola chairstolenthe chairett kka kitchenkketthe kitchenen gataa streetgatanthe streetett pplean appleppletthe apple This, that, these and those are expressed in Swedish by using den, det or de plus the word hr (here) and dr (there). The noun is always in the definite form after these demonstratives. And if any adjectives follow the demonstrative, they must add an -a to the ending. with en wordswith ett wordswith plural wordsthis / theseden hr biljetten - this ticketdet hr tget - this trainde hr biljetterna - these ticketsthat / thoseden dr biljetten - that ticketdet dr tget - that trainde dr tgen - those trains 6. SUBJECT & OBJECT PRONOUNS Subject & Object Pronouns jagImig (mej)meduyou (singular)dig (dej)youhanhehonomhimhonshehenneherdenit (with en words)denitdetit (with ett words)detitmanoneenoneviweossusniyou (plural)eryoude (dom)theydem (dom)them Man can be translated as one, we, they or the people in general. When referring to nouns as it, you use den for en nouns, and det for ett nouns. Formerly, du was the informal you and ni was the formal, but these distinctions are rarely used anymore. The forms in parentheses are the informal ways of spelling these words, which is closer to the actual pronunciation. 7. TO BE & TO HAVE The present and past tenses of verbs in Swedish are very simple to conjugate. All the forms are the same for each personal pronoun. The infinitive of the verb to be in Swedish is vara, and the conjugated present tense form is r and the past tense is var. The infinitive of the verb to have is ha, and the conjugated present tense form is har and the past tense is hade. att vara - to be att ha - to haveI amjag rI wasjag varI havejag harI hadjag hadeyou aredu ryou weredu varyou havedu haryou haddu hadehe ishan rhe washan varhe hashan harhe hadhan hadeshe ishon rshe washon varshe hashon harshe hadhon hadeit isden rit wasden varit hasden harit hadden hadeit isdet rit wasdet varit hasdet harit haddet hadeone isman rone wasman varone hasman harone hadman hadewe arevi rwe werevi varwe havevi harwe hadvi hadeyou areni ryou wereni varyou haveni haryou hadni hadethey arede rthey werede varthey havede harthey hadde hade

To form the future tense of verbs, just add ska before the infinitive. Jag ska vara = I will be; hon ska ha = she will have; etc. 8. USEFUL WORDS sometimesiblandalreadyredanalwaysalltidperhapskanskeneveraldrig bothbdaoftenoftasomengon, ngot, ngrausuallyoftastagainigen, ternownubetweenmellanandocha lot, manymngabutmenof coursenaturligtvisorellera littlelite grannverymycket / vldigtnot at allinte allsherehralmostnstantheredrreally?verkligenwithmedit isdet reach othervarandrathere is/aredet finns 9. QUESTION WORDS WhovemWhosevemsWhatvadWhichvilken, vilket, vilkaWhyvarfrWhere tovartWhennrWhere fromvarifrnWherevarHowhur Which has three different forms depending on the gender and number of the noun that follows it. Vilken is used with en words, vilket is used with ett words and vilka is used with plural words. 10. CARDINAL & ORDINAL NUMBERS 0noll 1en, ett1stfrsta2tv2ndandra3tre3rdtredje4fyra4thfjrde5fem5thfemte6s ex6thsjtte7sju7thsjunde8tta8thttonde9nio9thnionde10tio10thtio nde11elva11thelfte12tolv12thtolfte13tretton13thtrettonde14fjorton1 4thfjortonde15femton15thfemtonde16sexton16thsextonde17sjutton 17thsjuttonde18arton18thartonde19nitton19thnittonde20tjugo20thtj ugonde21tjugoen, tjugoett21sttjugofrsta22tjugotv22ndtjugoandra30trettio30thtretti onde40fyrtio40thfyrtionde50femtio50thfemtionde60sextio60thsexti onde70sjuttio70thsjuttionde80ttio80thttionde90nittio90thnittiond e100hundra100thhundrade1,000tusen1,000thtusendemillionen miljon billionen miljard trillionen biljon 11. DAYS OF THE WEEK / VECKANS DAGAR MondaymndagTuesdaytisdagWednesdayonsdagThursdaytorsdagFr idayfredagSaturdaylrdagSundaysndagdaydagmorningmorgonafter nooneftermiddageveningafton (before 6 pm) / kvllnightnatttodayidagtomorrowimorgonday after tomorrowi vermorgontonightikvllyesterdayigrday before yesterdayi frrgrlast nightigr nattweekveckaweekendhelgdailydagligweeklyveckolig To say "on" a certain day, use p before the day.

12. MONTHS OF THE YEAR / RETS MANADER JanuaryjanuariFebruaryfebruariMarchmarsAprilaprilMaymajJunejuni JulyjuliAugustaugustiSeptemberseptemberOctoberoktoberNo vembernovemberDecemberdecembermonthmnadyearrmon thlymnatlig / varje mnadyearlyrlig To say "in" a certain month, use i before the month. 13. SEASONS Wintervinterin (the) winterp vinternSpringvrin (the) springp vrenSummersommarin (the) summerp sommarenFallhstin (the) fallp hsten You can also use i before the names of the months to express this: i vinter = this winter 14. DIRECTIONS NorthnorrNortheastnordostSouthsderNorthwestnordvstEaststerS outheastsydostWestvsterSouthwestsydvst righttill vnster lefttill hger straight ahead rakt fram 15. COLORS orangeorange, orangeapinkrosa / skr, skrt, skrapurplelilabluebl, bltt, blayellowgul, gult, gularedrd, rtt, rdablacksvart, svart, svartabrownbrun, brunt, brunagraygr, grtt, grawhitevit, vitt, vitagreengrn, grnt, grna Since colors are adjectives, most of them agree with the noun they describe. The first word is used with en words, the second with ett words and the third with plural words. Some words remain the same for all three (such as lila.) 16. TIME / TID What time is it?Vad r klockan?It is 2 AMKlockan r tv p natten6:20tjugo ver sexhalf past 3halv fyraquarter past 4kvart ver fyraquarter to 5kvart i fem10 past 11tio ver elva20 to 7tjugo i sjunoonmitt p dagenmidnightmidnattin the morningp morgonenin the eveningp kvllenIt's exactly...den r precisAbout/around 8.omkring ttaAt 8.klockan ttaearlytidigtlate(r)sent (senare) Sweden uses the 24 hour clock for official times such as train schedules.

17. WEATHER / VADER How's the weather today?Vad r det fr vder idag?It's colddet r kalltbeautifulvackert / finthotjttevarmtclearklarticyisigtwarmvarmtwindyblsigtclou dymolnigthazydisigtmuggyrtthumidfuktigtfoggydimmigtIt's snowingdet snarIt's rainingdet regnarIt's freezingdet r kallt/kyligt 18. FAMILY / FAMILJ ParentsfrldrarMothermamma / mor / moderFatherpappa / far / faderSonsonDaughterdotterBrotherbrorSistersysterGrandfath erfarfar (father's father) / morfar (mother's father)Grandmotherfarmor (father's mother) / mormor (mother's mother)Grandsonsonson (son's son) / dotterson (daughter's son)Granddaughter sondotter (son's daughter) / dotterdotter (daughter's daughter)Niecebrorsdotter (brother's daughter) / systerdotter (sister's daughter) Nephewbrorson (brother's son) / systerson (sister's son)CousinkusinUnclefarbror (father's brother) / morbror (mother's brother)Auntfaster (father's sister) / moster (mother's sister)BoypojkeGirlflickaChild / Babybarn / baby / bebis / spdbarnAdultvuxen (n)ManmanWomankvinnaFriend (m)vnFriend (f)vninna 19. TO KNOW PEOPLE & FACTS knna - to know people veta - to know factspresent (know, knows) knner vetpast (knew) knde visstefuture (will know) ska knna ska veta 20. FORMATION OF PLURAL NOUNS An en word takes one of the following endings when it is pluralized: or, ar, er. An ett word takes an n or no ending at all. Indefinite Plural En words that end in -a drop -a and add -or en klocka - klockor a watch - (some) watches

En words that end in -e drop -e and add -ar en pojke - pojkar a boy - (some) boys En words with stress on last vowel add -er en kamrat - kamrater a friend - (some) friends Ett words that end in a vowel add -n ett stlle - stllen a place - (some) places Ett words that end in a consonant no ending ett rum - rum a room - (some) rooms To form the definite plural, you must first form the indefinite plural and then add these endings to that word. Indef. Plural En wordsadd -naklockor - klockorna(some) watches - the watchesIndef. Plural Ett words that end in a voweladd -astllen - stllena(some) places - the placesIndef. Plural Ett words that end in a consonantadd -enrum - rummen(some) rooms - the rooms There are some nouns that change their vowel in the plural. These nouns usually take the -er ending when forming the indefinite plural. en natt - nttera night - nightsen bonde - bndera farmer - farmersen stad - stdera town - townsen ledamot - ledamtera member membersen hand - hndera hand - handsen fot - fttera foot feeten tand - tndera tooth - teethen rot - rttera root rootsen strand - strndera beach - beachesen bok - bckera book - booksen rand - rndera stripe - stripesen man - mna man - menett land - lndera country - countriesmannen mnnenthe man - the men