Colloquial Swedish Flashcards
Short answers structure
Yes it is
No, it is not.
Ja/Nej, det + verb +subject pronoun(+inte)
Talar du svenska?
Ja, det gör jag.
Ja, det är det.
Nej, det är det inte.
Är du svensk?
Ja, det är jag.
Nej, det är jag inte.
Har han en syster?
Ja, det har han.
Nej, det har han inte.
Tack variations
Can I have a cup of coffee, please?
Thank you
Thank you very much
thank you so much
Yes, please. no, thank you.
Tack variations
Can I have a cup of coffee, please?
Kan jag få en kopp kaffe, tack?
Thank you
Tack, tack!
Thank you very much
Tack så mycket
thank you so much
Tack ska du ha!
Yes, please. no, thank you.
Ja, tack. Nej, tack.
Here is a coffee. please help yourself!
Do Please come in!
Please take a seat
Here is a coffee. please help yourself!
Här har du kaffe. varsågod!
Do Please come in!
Varsågod och Stig in!
Please take a seat
Varsågod och sitt!
A bottle of beer
A cup of coffee
A glass of wine
A kilo of cheese
A liter of yogurt
No genitive “of “ which quantities.
A Bottle of beer
En flaska öl
A cup of coffee
En kopp kaffe.
A glass of wine
Ett glas vin.
A kilo of cheese
Ett kilo ost
A liter of yogurt
En liter fil
How to ask for things
Have you got …?
I want …
I would like …
I will have literally …
How to ask for things
Har ni (du )…?
Have you got …?
Kan jag få … tack?
I want …
Jag vill ha …
I would like …
Jag skulle vilja ha …
I will have literally …
Jag tar …
Using the infinitive
In to verb construction with our auxiliary verb, the second verb is always an infinitive :
He wants to drink a coffee
Where are you going to live?
I have to go now
She usually cycles
You can take a beer
He wants to drink a coffee
Han vill dricka kaffe
Where are you going to live?
Var ska du bo?
I have to go now
Jag måste gå nu
She usually cycles
Hon brukar cykla
You can take a beer
Du kan ta in öl.
How to create the definite noun Like “the flat” , “the year” in Swedish?
Add the definite article -en or -et
(note: only one t) to the end of the noun.
En lägenhet Lägenheten
Ett år året
Notice that if the noun ends in vowel, the end article is -n or -t
En tunnelbana Tunnelbanan
Ett Schema Schemat
Unlike English no indefinite article is used before noun denoting, a person, nationality, occupation, religious or political affiliation:
Nils är lärare
Olof är svensk
Anders är katolik
Eva är socialdemokrat
Fill in the missing forms of the nouns.
Indefinite form with end article
En uppsats
En lägenhet
Ett land
En dag
En bio
En flaska
En Kanelbulle
ett kilo
Kaffe
Using the infinitive
In two verb constructions with an auxiliary verb, the second verb is always an infinitive:
Han vill dricka kaffe
Var ska du bo ?
Jo jag måste gå nu
Hon brukar cykla
Du kan ta en öl
Time expressions
På morgonen (pron.morronnen)
På eftermiddagen (pron. eftermiddann)
På kvällen
På natten
Klockan åtta
(No preposition is used in Swedish before clock time.)
Word, order straight, and inverted
Front. verb subject etc.
(a) Hon bor - i Minnesota
(b) just nu bor hon i Stockholm
(c) på morgonen cyklar hon till universitetet.
(d) ofta börjar hon klockan åtta.
If the sentence begins with a subject as in a , It has straight word order I.e. Subject – verb.
It begins with non subject as in b,c and d, the subject is placed immediately after the verb and this is called inverted word order.
The most common non-subjects beginning the sentence are expressions of time and place as in b c and d.
