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Any person with a condition requiring medical attention should consult a qualified medical practitioner or suitable therapist. Cover image © Shutterstock.com Typeset by Cenveo* Publisher Services. Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Group (UX) Ltd, Croydon, CRO 4YY. John Murray Learning policy is to use papers that are natural, renewable and recyclable products and made from wood grown in sustainable forests. The logging and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental requlations of the country of origin. Carmelite House 50 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DZ wwwhodderco.uk ‘Algo avall in ebookContents About the author Acknowledgements How the book works Learn to learn Swedish Pronunciation guide Useful expressions 1 Hej, vad heter du? Hello, what is your name? greet somebody - use the present tense - use correct word order to ask and answer questions. 2. Harduen stor slakt? Do you havea lorae family? talk about your family «talk bout where and how you live + use nouns in indefinite and definite form «give some basic opinions 3. Vitaren fikat if sake a coffee break! order things in @ café and ask for prices + ask and tell the time + use short answers » talk about some common daily routines 4 Vad gor du pa fritiden? hat do you do in your free time? how to discuss hobbies and interests + how to talk about future plans + how to form plural noun endings «about the concept of Fredagsmys 5 Hurkommer jag dit? Hov do i get there? use the imperative to give directions « understand common road signs - use possessive pronouns to describe to whom things belong + sey dates in Swedish 6 Vad gjorde du férra veckan? What did you do last week? talk about things you or someone did (past tense) - use personal pronouns in object form - talk about the weather + express likes and dislikes of things and activities 7 Vad har du gjort idag? Whar have you done today? use the present perfect to talk about things you or someone has done « use indefinite and intetragative pronouns « understand holiday adverts 14 42 9210 " 12 13 4 15 16 W7 18 Hur kanner du dig? How do you feel? describe ilinesses + use reflexives + express condolences + express future intentions Ett rétt hus med vita knutar 4 red house with white comers describe items in your home and your personal belongings use adjectives and prepositions to give detailed descriptions « use sentence adverbs - describe where things are located Abisko ar mindre an Kiruna Abisko is smaller than Kiruna make comparisons - use verbs within the present tense system + use reflexive possessive pronouns Kan vi bestailla? Can we order? use common phrases in restaurant contexts - talk about and ‘order food - express conditions, intentions and consequences Lagom ar bast Just right’ is best understand the Swedish education system « tella story in the past tense « describe your educational background Skriv ut och skriv pa Print and sign talk to colleagues, ask for help and make suggestions - use some common phrasal verbs « use the definite forms of adjectives « use adverbs for location, direction and origin Trojorna ar lika dyra The jumpers are as expensive talk about clothes + compare things and people + understand sales adverts Regeringen sager att det ar viktigt The government says it's important use transitive and intransitive verbs « paraphrase and use indirect speech + talk about polities and understand the basics of the Swedish political system Den basta laten jag har hért The best sang {have heard talk about music, fl ms and books «express emotions « use the definite superlative form of adjectives Nu ska vi fira! Ler celebrate! talk about festive traditions and use celebratory phrases - use emphatic re-writing - use the present participle Vad skulle du géra om du vann Vasaloppet? //hat would you do ityou won Vasaloppet (the Vasa race)? use the perfect participle form - create conditional statements + recognize some major national sporting events in Sweden 108 126 142 156 170 184 202 216 228 244 25819 En person greps av polisen (Ine person was apprehended by the police use and understand passive voice constructions - use reciprocal and deponent verb forms « use adverbs as linking words - use indefinite pronouns man, en, ens, sin/sitt/sina 20 Jag kande mig bade ridd och modig / felt both scared and brave use relative pronouns, adverbs, and conjunctions to link ideas « use some Swedish slang expressions « use more phrasal verlss in Swedish + use the verb Kanner in different forms and comoinations + use verbs more fluently with tense harmony Answer key Swedish-English glossary English-Swedish glossary Contents 274 288 304 322 336About the author Dr Anneli Beronius Hacke is a Swedish language teacher, an author and a translator. She is a native Swede and lived and studied in Sweden until her mid-20s, when she moved to Great Britain. She has a PRD in music psychology from Sheffield University and is particularly interested in the musical aspect of language. She also has a teaching degree from Sheffield University and 2 SWEDEX qualification (Swedish language test examiner) from Folkuniversitetet in Sweden. Her passion is to help people across the globe to learn about Sweaish language and culture, through modern technology. ‘Anneli has translated a number of books, academic articles and book chapters for Swecish universities, wrorked for a period as a Swedish subtitler for fms, and as a language tutor at Middlesex University for its BA Interpreting and Translation students. In 2005 she set up Swedish Made Easy, an online Swedish language school where she teaches students from all over the world. Since then, she has taught more than 10,000 hours of Swedish online, and is a specialist in teaching Swedish to English speakers. She helps Swedish language learners to improve their Swedish, revise for Swedish language exams, prepare them for moving to Sweden, and is a keen and enthusiastic promoter of all things relating to the Swedish-speaking world. Acknowledgements | would like to thank all my Swedish students that | have had throughout the years, who have taught me so much about the process of learning Swedish. | would like to pass on my sincere thanks to Eric Zuarino and Emma Green who have helped me along on this journey with their invaluable feedback and commentary. Thanks also to Robert Williams, who first commissioned me to do this book, and everyone else at Hodder & Stoughton who hes helped to make this book a reality, Finally, | would like to thank my husband, family and frends, who have all cheered me along throughout the writing process.How the book works What you will learn ident fies what you should be able to do in Swedish by the end of the unit Culture points present cultural aspects related to the themes in the units, introducing key words and phrases and including follow-up questions. Vocabulary builder introduces key unit vocabulary grouped by theme and conversation, accompanied by audio. By leering the words and listening to them, your progress in leaming contemporary Swedish will be swift New expressions introduces the key expressions you will hear in the conversations, Listen to them on the audio and look at how they are expressed as these will aid your comprehension of the conversations. You will have the opportunity 10 use some of the expressions yourself in exercises and activities. Conversations are recorded dialogues that you can listen to and practise, beginning with a narrative that helps you understand what you are going to hear, with a focusing question and follow up activities. Language discovery draws your attention to key language points in the conversations and to rules of grammar. Read the notes and look at the conversations to see how the language is used in practice. Practice offers a variety of exercises, including speaking opportunities, to give you a chance to see and use words and phrases in their context. Speaking and listening offer practice in speaking and understanding Swedish through exercises that let you use what you have learnt in previous units Reading and writing provide practice in reading everyday items and contain mostly vocabulary from the unit. Try to get the main point of the text before you answer the follow- up questions. Language tip boxes am to give you extra snippets of vocabulary, cultural tips or helpful pointers for remembering specific expressions Test yourself helps you assess what you have learnt. You learn more by doing the tests without consulting the text, and only when you have done thern check if your answers are the correct ones {do not cheat). Self-check lets you see what you can do efter having completed each unit, Verb tables are available to download from library.teachyourself'com or from the Teach Yourself Library app. How the book works vitTo help you through the course, a system of icons indicates the actions to take: wi Listen to audio irr sorericgoe @ueere Check your progress The Answer key helps you check your progress by including answers to the activities in the text units, ‘Once you have completed all 20 units in this book successfully, you may want to proceed with more advanced Swedish. Bilingual dictionaries and Swedish grammar books, such a5 the Teach Yourseif Swedish Tutor Grammar and Vocabulary Workbook, will be of much use. There are many internet resources for learning Swedish, including sites for popular Swedi journals, magazines and TV and radio stations.Learn to learn The Discovery method This book incorporates the Discovery method of learning, You will be encouraged throughout the course to engage your mind and figure out the meaning for yourself, through identifying patterns and understanding grammatical concepts, noticing words that are similar to English, and more. As a result of your efforts, you will be able to retain what you have learnt, use it with confidence and continue to learn the language on your own after you have finished this book. Everyone can succeed in learning a language - the key is to know haw to lear it, Learning is more than just reading or memorizing grammar and vocabulary. it's bout being an active learner, learning in real contexis and using in different situations what you have leamt. If you figure something out for yourself, you are more likely to understand it, and when you use what you have leamt, you are more likely to remember it. As many of the essential details, such as grammar rules, are introduced through the Discovery method, you will have more fun while learning, The language will soon start to make sense and you will be relying on your awn intuition to canstruct original sentences independently, not just by listening and repeating Happy learning Be successful at learning languages 1 MAKE A HABIT OUT OF LEARNING Study a little every day, between 20 and 30 minutes if possible, rather than two to three hours in one session. Give yourself short-term goals, ¢., work out how long youll spend ona particular unit and work within the time limit. This will help ycu to create a study habit, much in the same way you woulda sport or music. You will need to concentrate, s0 try to create an environment conducive to learning which js calm and quiet and free from distractions, As you study, do not worry about your mistakes or the things you cant remember or understand Languages settle differently in our brains, but gradually the language will become clearer as your brain starts to make new connections. Just give yourself enough time and you will succeed, 2 EXPAND YOUR LANGUAGE CONTACT As part of your study habit try to take other opportunities to expose yourself to the language As well as using this book, you could try listening to radio and television or reading articles and blogs. Perhaps you could find information in Swedish about a personal passion or hobby Leamtolean ixor even a news story that interests you. In time youlll find that your vocabulary and language recognition deepen and youll becomne used to a range of writing and speaking styles 3 VOCABULARY To organize your study of vocabulary, group new words under: a generic categories, eg. food, furniture. b situations in which they occur, e.g. under restaurant you can write waiter, table, menu, bill © functions, eg. greetings parting, thanks, apologizing. Say the words out loud as you read them. > Write the words over and over again. Remember that if you want to keep lists on your smartphone or tablet you can usually switch the keyboard language to make sure you are able to include all accents and special characters. » Listen to the audio several times. > Cover up the English side of the vocabulary list and see if you remember the meaning of the word. » Associate the words with similar sounding words in English, e.g. studera (to study) with student, a person who studies > Create flash cards, drawings and mind maps, > Write words for objects around your house and stick them to these objects. » Pay attention to patterns in words, eg. adcling 0 to the start of a word usually indicates an opposite, trevlig - otrevlig, intressant - ointressant. Experiment with words, Use the words that you leain in new contexts ang find out if they are correct. For example, you learn in Unit 4 that gar p& means go to in the context of attending an activity, eg. Jag gr pa bio () go 10 the cinema). Experiment with gar pa in new contex's, ¢.g. Jag gar pa ett museum (a museum), Jag gar p& en kurs (a course). Check the new phrases either in this book, in 2 dictionary or with Swedish speakers. 4 GRAMMAR To organize the study of grammar write your own grammar glossary and add new information and examples as you go alona Experiment with grammar rules. » Sit back and reflect on the rules you learn. See how they compare with your own language or other languages you may already speak. Ity to find out some rules on your ‘own and be ready to spot the exceptions. By doing this you'll remember the rules better and get a feel for the language. > Try to find examples of grammar in conversations or other articles. » Keep a’pattern bank’ that organizes examples that can be listed under the structures you've learnt » Use old vocaoulary to practise new grammar structures > When you learn a new verb form, write the conjugation of several different verbs you know that follow the same form5 PRONUNCIATION When organizing the study of pronunciation keep a section of your notebook for pronunciation rules and practise those that trouble you. > Regeat all of the conversations, line by line. Listen to yourself and try to mimic what you hear > Record yourself and compare yourself to a native speaker. > Make a list of words that give you trouble and practise them. > Study individual sounds, then full words. Don't forget, it’s not just about pronouncing letters and words correctly, but using the right intonation. So, when practising words and sentences, mimic the rising and falling intonation of native speakers. 6 LISTENING AND READING The conversations in this book include questions to help guide you in your understanding, But you can go further by following some of these tips, Imagine the situation, Wher listening to or reaciing the conversations, try to imagine where the scene is taking place and who the main characters are. Let your experience of the world help you guess the meaning of the conversation, eg. ifa conversation takes place in a snack bar you can predict the kind of vocabulary that is being used Concentrate on the main part. When watching a foreign film you usually get the meaning of the whole story from a few individual shots, Understanding a foreign conversation or article is similar, Concentrate on the main parts to get the message and don't worry about individual words. Guess the key words; if you cannot, ask or look them up. When there are key words you don't understand, try to guess what they mean fiom the context. If yaute listening to a Swedish speaker and cannot get the gist of a whole passage because of one ward ar phase, try to repeat that word with a questioning tone; the speaker will probably paraphrase it, giving you the chance to understand it If for example you wanted to find out the meaning of the ward ka (to travel), you would ask Vad betyder aka? 7 SPEAKING Reheerse in the foreign language. As all language teachers will assure you, the successful learners are those students who overcome their inhibitions and get into situations where they must speak, write and listen to the foreign language. Here are some useful tips to help you practise speaking Swedish: > Hold a canversation with yourself, using the conversations of the units as models and the structures you have learnt previously. > After you have conducted a transaction with a sales assistant or waiter in your own language, pretend that you have to do itin Swedish. Learn toleam = xiLook at objects around you and try to name them in Swedish Look at people around you and try to describe them in detail Try to answer all of the questions in the book out loud Say the dialogues out loud then try to replace sentences with ones that are true for you. Try to role play different situations in the book 8 LEARN FROM YOUR ERRORS Don't let errors interfere with getting your message across. Making errors is part of any normal learning process, but same people get so worried that they won't say anything unless they are sure itis correct. This leads to a vicious circle as the less they say, the less practice they get and the more mistakes they make. Note the seriousness of errors. Many errors are not serious, as they do not affect the meaning; for example if you use the wrong article (en for ett), wrong pronouns jag képer den for jag képer dem), or wrong adjective ending (grén tor grént), So concentrate on getting your message across and lear from your mistakes. 9 LEARN TO COPE WITH UNCERTAINTY Dont over-use your dictionary. When reading a text in the foreign language, don't be tempted 10 look up every word you don't know. Underline the wards you do not understand and read the passage several times, concentrating on trying to get the gist of the passage. If after the third time there are still words which prevent you from getting the general meaning of the passage, look them up in the dictionary. Don't panic if you don’t understand. if at some point you feel you don't understand what you are told, don't panic or give up listening. Either try to guess what is being said and keep following the conversation or, iF you cannot, isolate the exoression or words you haven't understood and have them explained to you. The speaker might paraphrase them and the conversation will carry on. Keep talking. The best way to imorove your fluency in the foreign language is ta talk every time you have the opportunity to do so: keep the conversations flowing and dor't worry about the mistakes, Ifyou get stuck for a particular word, don't let the conversation stop: paraphrase or replace the unknown word with one you do know, even if you have te simplity what you want to say. As a last resort, use the word from your own language and pronounce itin the foreign accent. xtSwedish ‘The Swedish language is a North Germanic language and the official language of Sweden. A descendant of Old Norse and close relative to Norwegian and Danish, it currently has the largest nurnber of speakers among the North Germanic languages. Some typical features of Swedish include a standard word order where verb comes second as in most Germanic languages), two grammatical genders (common and neuter, using the articles en and ett), no changes in verb form according to pronouns, adjectives inflected dependent on gender, number and definiteness, and what some might perceive as a distinct ‘sing-songy’ tone. Swedish is also notable for its distinct sj-sound. As in most other languages, Swedish words belong to one of nine word categories: nouns, counting words, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions and interjections. Swedish is not only spoken in Sweden. Finland has a Swedish-speaking populetion of just under 300,000 people. This group has Swedish as its native tongue. Following an educational reform in the 1970s, both Swedish and Finnish became compulsory schoo! subjects in Finland, which means that Finns who have Finnish as their mother tongue are still quired to study Swedish at school. There are also many Americans with Swedish heritage. Mary of their ancestors went to the United States during the Swedish emigration in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when a00ut 1,3 million Swedes left Sweden (at that time around 20% of the Swedish population) due to population growth, shortages of good farrn lands, crop failure and famine. The region of Smaland, where conditions at the time were particuiarly bleak, became the heartland of the emigration wave Many of the emigrants settled in Minnesota, linois, wa and Wisconsin, with Minnesota now being the state with most inhabitants of Swedish descent (9.6% of the population as of the 2005 US Census). This Swedish mass emigration has been porttayed in the four-novel suite Utvandrama The Emigrants by Vilhelm Moberg, considered to be one of the best pieces of Swedish literature. Two films based on the series were released in the 70s and the books were also the oasis of Kristina fran Duvemala — a 1995 musical by former ABBA. members Benry Andersson and Bjém Ulvaeus. Today, more than halfa million native Swedes live abroad’. Since Sweden joined the European Union in 1995, free movement has mace it easy for Swedes to settie in other European countries. in numbers, most foreign-based Swedes live in the United States, followed by the United Kingdom, Norway and Spain’, Although it is difficult to pinpoint exact figures, more than 100,000 Swedes are thought to reside in London’, IF correct, this would possibly make London ‘Sweden's 8th biggest city’ at the moment. Swedish, while uniform and standardized in spoken and written form, has many regional dialects. It has its own melodies and quite often some regionally specific words. The region of Skane, in particular, has a distinct dialect that some historical linguists consider to originally be an eastern Danish dialect’, However, due to modern influence from standard Swedish, itis now considered a southern Swedish dialect. Swedish xiilMap of Sweden 1 http://www sviv.se/blog/2015/09/kartlaganingen-ay-utiandssvenskarna-ar-sammanstalld/ 2 httos://issuu.com/swedesabroad/docs/kartlaggningen_2015_andraupplagan 3 https?/Awwwivase/nyheter/2014/08/29/darfor-ar-london-svenskarnas-andra-stad/ 4 Perridon, Harry (2003). "Dialects and written language in Old Nordic II: Old Danish and Old Swedish’. p. 1018, Old Nordic Ii The ecology of language, in The Nordic Languages: An Intemational Handbook of the History of the North Germanic Languages. Volume 1. Eds. Oskar Bandle, Kurt Braunmuller, Ernst Hakon Jahr, Allan Karker, Hans-Peter Naumann and Ulf Teleman. Walter De Gruyter: 2003. ISBN 3-1 1-014876-5, See also: Ingers, Ingemar (1939), Studier dver det sydvaistskdnska dialektomrddet. Lund: Gleerupska Univ. bokhandeln. (In Swedish) and Nordisk Familjebok: “Scanian is one of the three main dialects into which the Danish branch of Old Norse was split” (In Swedish).Pronunciation guide Here is a simple guide to the letters of the alphabet, their Swedish names, in square brackets, and how to pronounce them The Swedish alphabet is the same as the Roman one used in English and other Latin based languages, with the addition of three extra vowels; &, &, and 6 (y Is also considered a vowel). Listen to the whole alphabet on the audio a few times, then try to join in. There are also several videos to be found online where you can see the positioning of the lips when pronouncing the letters. | __tren) Sounds in Swedish THE SJ-SOUND [fi] This sound can de pronounced as a sh’ as when telling someone to be quiet), but the majority of Swedes pronounce it much further back in their mouths. A good way to practise finding this sound is to do the following » Shape your mouth as when you say the letter O (or when you whistle) and blow air through your mouth and lips. > Try to first blow and then pronounce a vowel afterwards: blow +A, blow + £, blow +/,etc > When you have mastered this, ry to blow and at the same time press the back of your tongue upwards. » Try and apply this kind of blowing with the back of your tongue pressed upward and add the vowels HARD AND SOFT VOWELS In Swedish, certain vowels will dictate how to pronaunce SK, G-, and K- They will be pronounced either hard or softly, depending on whether they are followed by a hard or 2 soft vowel. This is usually applicable In the beginning of words. Hard vowels are A, O, U and A, Soft vowels are E,1, ¥, A and 0, Hard pronunciations (the ones to the left below) are pronounced as they are read, Pronunciation guide xvska skepp gata ge skola skina godis gilla skuld skylla gul gymnasium skip skéra 98 gamma skéta géra (Exception: manniska [ménni-sjal) katt kemi komma kilo kunna kyckling kal kanna kepa (Exceptions: en kille, en kér) OTHER SPECIAL LETTER COMBINATIONS, Ts ='3h’(tjugo, tiena) DJ, LI, HJ, GJ =(djur, lus, hjarta, gjorde) RS ='sh' (mars, Anders) CH ='5/ (champagne, champinjon) SCH ='sh (duscha, affisch) TW SKJ ='5) (skjorta, skjuta) $1 ='5)'(explosion, invasion) ST) ='5j(stjama, stjala) (station, konversation) xviSTRESS 1 Ina sentence, words that are important are stressed. Hej, hur mar du? Vad heter du? 2 In phrases, the last word is often stressed first name + surname Karin Nilsson. vero + object Jag studerar svenska. time Klockan tva. helo verbs + main verb Vill du komma? vero + particle Jag tycker om dig. Other words that are often stressed. nouns en kopp, bilen, hundar, béckerna demonstrative pronouns den har, det dar, de har adjectives bra, stor, bla, rolig adverbs of manner, place, time _—_snabbt, hemma, sedan Den har bilen ar bra och kan kéra snabbt. 3 Words with along vowel sound or a lang consoriant are stressed. Long vowel sounds are mainly vowels followed by single consonants Vowels followed by several consonants have a shorter sound: glas [glaaas], glass [glass] Swedish words often have a long vowel and are stressed on the first sylable (Karare, [akare). Intemational loan words are often stressed an the last sylable (Familj, journalist) Words beginning with be- or fr- are often stressed on the second syllable (betala, forklara}. 4 The melody goes up or down on a long vowel. Itis different for different words (and sometimes depends an regional dialect). Melady goes down at the end of a statement Gometimes also in questions). 5. Here are some Instances where the first syllable is always stressed: Ve that end in Nouns ending in -is or -iker: kompis, dagis, musiker, tekniker Two-syllable adjectives ending in -isk: komisk, cynisk 6 The second syllable is always stressed in three-syllable adjectives ending in ~isk fantastisk politisk 7 Two-syllable verbs ending in -ar in the present tense, and two-sy lable nouns ending Jn-aiin the indefinite singular form have equal stress on both syllables; talar [ta-ler), jobbar {jo-bbar), klocka [klo-cka], flaska [fla-ska] 8 Never stress noun endings (definite singuler, indefinite plural, definite plural). Other words that are often unstressed are: ‘nthe present tense: ser, képer, springer nelp verbs vill, kan, maste sentence adverbs inte, kanske, bara conjunctions och, eller, eftersom, nar, att prepositions i, pa, med, éver most pronouns jag, hon, den, mig, din Pronunciation guideHowever, every word category can be stressed if you want to highlight something in particular: Jag vill inte félja med, men du kan g8 om du vill. SILENT LETTERS IN SPEAKING ca Swedes often drop letters when they speak. Here are some general guidelines on what letters can be silent. Notice the letters which are crossed out below alltid idag nagon/nigot/nagra var Indn/nsv/naral aldrig med och [5] vid jag morgon sedan [snr] vitken/vitket/vitka Ivicken/vicketWvickal det mycket vad rie} 1. His pronounced in stressed words and in the beginning of sentences Hon heter Hanna. Hon har en hund. 2. Rat the end of words is usually silent, unless it comes before a word beginning on a vowel Jag jobbar pi Ericsson, Jag jobbar i Malmé. 3. Gat the end of words ending on -ig is often silent. trevlig, rolig 4 Karthe end of words ending on -sktis often silent fantastiskt, hemskt 5 Words that include dag often drop the -g, méndag, eftermiddag ‘THICK’ T, D AND N The letter combinations RT, RD and RN are pronounced as followed: 1 RT = like aT but with the tongue in the R-pesition of the palate svart, h&rt, sport 2. RD = like a D but with the tongue in the R-position af the palate: ord, hdd, nord 3. RN = like an N but with the tongue in the R-position of the pelate: barn, horn, jaen A few tips to help you acquire an authentic accent It isnot absolutely vital to acquire a perfect accent, The aim Is to be understood, Here are a number of techniques for working on your pronunciation 1 Listen carefully to the audio, a native speaker or a teacher. Whenever possible repeat out loud imagining you are @ native Swedish speaker. 2. Record yourself and comaare your pronunciation with that of a native speaker. 3. Ask native speekers to listen to your pronunciation and tell you how to improve it 4 Ask native speakers how a specific sound is formed. Watch them and practise at home in front of a mirror 5. Make a list of words that give you pronunciation trouble and practise them regularlyUseful expressions NUMBERS @ 0 noll 1 en/ett tva tre fyra fem sex siu atta nio 10. tio zoauauasun DAYS OF THE WEEK @ Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Fridoy Saturday Sunday EVERYDAY EXPRESSIONS w What does it met Hourdo you say... in Swedish? Whats ... called in Swedish? Excuse me/Sorn? Can you say it once more? Howdo you pronounce ... ? Hovrdo you spell... ? How do you wiite...? {don't understand. Now understand. {speak alittle Swedish, Vad betyder det? Hur siger man ... pa svenska? Vad heter ... pa svenska? Ursakta? Kan du saga det en gang till? Hur uttalar man ...? Hur stavar man Hur skriver man .. Jag férstar inte. Nu forstar jag. Jag pratar lite svenska. Useful expressionsHej, vad heter du? Hello, what is your name? In this unit, you will learn how to: » greet somebody. » use the present tense. » use correct word order to ask and answer questions. CEFR: (A1) Can introduce themselves and others and can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they live and things they have. Can ask someone how they are. Can greet and soy goodbye using simple phrases. Oo Svenska spraket 7he Swedish language Svenska Swedish is a North Germanic language. More than 10 million people speak it, mainly in Sverige Sweden and parts of Finland, but there are also many people leaming Swedish outside of Sweden, so you are not alone! Itis quite similar to norska Norwegian and a little bit less so to danska Danish, Along with the other North Germanic languages, Swedish 5a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic people who lived 'n Scandinavie during the Viking era. Today, Swedish has many loanwords from different, languages. There are many tyska German words in Swedish, and also quite a few franska French words, Today, many engelska English words can also be found in maden svenska, for example film, potatis, turist, hamburgare and jeans. Like in many other European languages, Swedish has two grammatical genders, in Swedish, they are called common and neuter. Some nouns will have en (en katt) in front of them [common gender}, and some will have ett (ett hotell) (ncuter gender). Swedish, along with, for example, Dutch, French, Italian and Spanish, Is one of the easier languages to leatn for a native English speaker, according to the Foreign Service institute of the US Department of State, [ookat the words potatis, turist, hamburgare, jeans, katt and hotell in the text What do you think they mean? Use a dictionary if you need to and note down the words and their meanings.Vocabulary builder 1 @ Look at the words and phrases and complete the missing English words and expressions. Then listen and try to imitate pronunciation of the speakers. HALSNINGAR OCH SMAPRAT 1/45'C G 2 CHIT-CHAT Hej! Tjenal Hl (informal) Hur mar du? How are you? Hur ar det? sit? Hur ar liget? How it going? (informat) Och du2/Du da? And you"You then? tack thank you (or please, ifit comes at the end of a sentence). Ja, tack Yes, please Nej, tack No, thank you Javisst Yes, certainly: of course Jaha isee Vises! Seeyou (later! Hejda! Positive responses Det ar bra/fint, tack. It’s good, thanks. Det ar lugnt. oot. (lit. calm) Less positive responses sadar. So-sa Inte sa bra. Not 50 good. Jag ar trite. arm tired Jag ar stressad. ' stressed, Jag ar forkyld. Ihave a cold. Hej (hi/hetic) is @ neutial greeting {not formal, but not too informal, Hej or hej hej is the most common sway of greeting somebody these days. Hej cen also mean goodbye. Swedes also soy tlena, o” tjena tena, for hi, which can be used in informal situations where you know a person wel 11 Hej, vad heter du? Hello, what is your name? 3Conversation 1 NEW EXPRESSIONS @ Look at and listen to the words and expressions that are used in the following conversation. Note their meanings. Vad heter du? Whats yourname? Varifran kommer du? Wheredo you come from? Jag bor i Solna Iivein Solna med min man och min dotter with my husband and my daughter men jag bor i Arsta but Hive in Arsta med min pojkvan with my boyfriend @ Jenny works at an insurance firm in central Stockholm called Sdkerhet (Security). She meets sara in the coffee room. Sara has just started working at Sakerhet. They introduce themselves and havea chat 1 Where does Sara live? 2. Where does Jenny come from? Jenny He}!Valkomnmen til S3kerhet, Vad heter du? Sara Jag heter Sara. Och du? Jenny Jenny, Hur ar det? Sera Jo, tack, det ar bra Och du? i Jenny Tack, det ar bra, lite forkyld! Varian kommer du? {Sara Jag kommer fran Sundsvall. Jag bor | Solna med min man och min dotter (Ok! Jag kommer fién Orebro, men jag bor i Asta, Med min pojkvan. Jahat En kopp katte? Ja, tack! 3 What does Sara offer Jenny towards the end of their chat? 4 Say if each statements ratt true or fel false based on the conversation. a Jenny hasa cold. b Sara has no children. € Jenny lives with her boyfriend i Jenny wants a cup of tea. i (Now listen to the conversation again, repeating after each line and concentrating on your pronunciation.Language discovery 1 Identify the words for / and you in these expressions from the conversation: Jag bor’ Soina b Vad heter du? € Jag kommer fran Sundsvall PERSONAL PRONOUNS Personal pronouns are words that replace a person or a noun. One group of personal pronouns, called subject pronouns, is used to show who or what is performing the action of a verb, In Swedish they are iyou (plural ‘hon they (pronounced dom) han e [ | hen he/she (gender neutral) 7 a den_ ir(en-words) det (ett-words) | ‘man lone (general you) i Personal pronouns go before the verb being performed by the subject. Han bor i Solna. He lives in Solna, De kommer fran Stockholm. — They come from Stockholm. The word hen was officially introduced into the Swadish Academy Dictionary in 2015. The word has been widely debated in Sweden, and has recelved positive as well as negative criticism. Its becoming Increasingly established in the Swedish language as a gender-neutral alternative to han/hon, Practice 1 Complete the sentences with the correct personal pronoun. a Vad heter Jennys pokvan? heter Marco. b -Variftin kommer Sara? ~___ kommer frén Sundsvall © Jonas: Vad heter du? Magnus: heter Magnus, Micha: Var bor Jennys mamma och pappa? Marco: bori Orebro e -Hej, hur mar x ~ Jag mar bra, tack nny, du och Marco, var bor ? bor i Arsta, 1 Hej, vad heter du? Hello, what 's your name? 511 Swedish, the verb ending does not change according to the person: Jag kommer, du kommer, hon kommer, han kommer, etc Vocabulary builder 2 fig} 1 Look at the words and phrases and complete the missing English words and expressions. Then listen and try to imitate pronunciation of the speakers. FAMILJ OCH RELATIONER i ATIONS Jag ar... lam singel sambo cohatiting (be. living with a significant other, but not martied) gift married skild divorced separerad 7 Jag har... thave.. en flickvan/en tjej agittiend en pojkvan/en kille a boyfriend enfru awife enman endotter adaughter enson ett barn achild En tjej and en kille can also mean agit! and « guy (not specifically giriiriend/boytriend) ARBETE OCH STUDIER WO8K AND S arbetar, jobbar vrorkss studerar, pluggar study/studies forskar do/does research undervisar teach/teaches talar, pratar speak/s en student enlarare a teacherwi Conversation 2 NEW EXPRESSIONS Look at and listen to the words and expressions that are used in the following conversation. Note their meanings. Du kommer inte fran Sverige, va? Vad talar du for sprak? polska Naha Jag pratar italienska, engelska och svenska. jag forstar lite tyska ocks8. varfor gor faktiskt kul svensk 1 What languages does Marco speak? 2 Why is Micha in Sweden? Du komm: 5 Marco Micha talar inte polska. Naha. Verfér ar du i Sverige? } Micha ul } Marco Jag har en svensk fickvén ocksd, var sambo, } Micha Jaha. inte frén Sverige, va? Vad talar du for sprak? Jag talar polska och engelska, Och Ite svenska, Jag pratarTtallenska, engelska och svenska, Och jag Post lite tyska ok. Jag Jag forskar har p Karolinska Institutet. Och du, vad gér du i Sverige? Jag studerar medicin p§ Karolinska, faktiskt You dont come frorn Sweden, right? What language(s) do you speak? (lit. What speak you for language?) Polish (language) {see (as a response to a negative statement with inte not) I speak Italian, English and Swedish, understand a little Gesman also, why do/do actually greav/fun Swedish (nationality) Jenny's boyfriend Marco is o student at Karolinska institute, and he meets Micha who is @ 3. Choose the correct option to complete the following statements. a Marco understands a little German/Turkish b Marco is studying/teaching at Karolinska, © Marco has a SwedistvPolish girlfriend, Marco is married/cohabiting. 1 Hej, vad heter du? Hello, what is your name? 7fap | Nowlstento the conversation again, repeating after each line and * concentrating on your pronunciation. §@ Language discovery 2 1 Aramés/are, mar feel/s, kommer come/s, arbetar work/s, har have/has, talar speak/s, and heter am/is/are called are all Swedish verbs. Can you spot a pattern between them? 2 In what position do verbs come in Swedish statements (Jag heter Sara) and questions (Vad heter du)? 1 PRESENS The presens the present tense is used to say something is happening now - this could be fight now in this moment, or more generally. The present tense of almost all Swedish verbs usually ends in -ar, -er or RESEN Swecish has Only one present tense form; there is no -ing form, unlike in English, The same form for al! personal pronauns is used Verbs ending in -ar are the most common (also known as Group 1) mas ern arbeta (to work) tr arbetar (works) tala (to speah) - — ir __|talar speak/s) Other verios end in -er, of just -rin the present tense. Present tense ser [kommer (come’s) ‘heta (0 becaliea) ser [heter ((vare called) - bo (ra lve) = +t bor (livers) : forstA (10 undersiand) +r forstar (understand/) mé (iofee)_ [mar (leet) Some verbs ate more difficult to predict, and need to be memorized individually. nnn Gas ara (tobe) g6ra fo) | _|arlam/aresis [gr ao/does) the verb mar means fee), but only in the context Hur mar du? (How do you feel?) Jag mar bra/fint/inte 8 bra. (fee good/fine/nor so good) It is not used in contexts lke J feel siressed/anary/nappy/Munary, eC, where we wou'd instead use the verb ar.2 WORD ORDER IN STATEMENTS AND QUESTIONS Statements Many statements in Swedish follow the same word order as in En. adjective/object, etc John ar har. John is here ish; subject + verb + Han studerar engelska. He studies English./He is studying English Yes/No questions To.ask a closed, or ‘yes/no question, change the word order. Start with the verb and follow with the subject. ArJohn har? Js John here? Studerar han engelska? Does he study Englishi/s he studying Enaiish? The answer to this type of question may be ja yes or nej no. I the answer is yes toa negative auestion (e.g, Heter hon inte Jane? /s hername not Jane’), the Swedish reply is jo. ~ Ar John har? - Jat Han ar hart - Ar John inte har? - Jo! Han ar har! \V-questions (open questions} In an open question, start with a question word, for example vad what. Then use the same word order as for a yes/no question (verb + subject), and then any other words after thal. Vad gir dui Sverige? What are you doing in Sweden? Varifran kommer du? Where do you come fromm? Frageord fe Reed varfor nar vem [who |yvilka, who (more than one person) When saying a question word on its own, Swedes often add a8 after, which makes It sound less abrupt Hur da? Varfor da? Vad da? Nar d3? He), vad neter du? Helo, what 1s your name? 9Practice 2 1 Choose the most appropriate verb to complete the sentences. gor talar—studerar—r—har_——_bor a Jag inte gift. b duengelska? © Micha_____ medicin p8 Karolinska Institutet, d Sara__en dotter. e Jenny Asta. f du | Sverige? Jag forskar. 2. Write the verbs in present tense to complete the sentences. The infinitives are given. a ____du singel? (vara) b Varifran du? (komma) © Jag svenska och tyska, (prata) d du barn? (ha} e Per: Stucerar du? Mattias: Ne|, jag (jobba) f Lisa: Var du? Johan: | Géteborg, (bo) 3 Sort the words in the correct order. Start with the underlined words. Example: hur/du/mar/? Hur mar due a yad/sprdi/du/talar/iér/? b bor/jag/i/Soina/ du/bor/var/? di okei/devar/. @ lite/svenskaviag/forstar. f Sverige/i/jobbar/du/? Notice the placement of inte (notin these sentences Jag kommer inte fran Italien, (! don't come trom ttaly.) IStuderar du inte svenska? (Do you nor study Swedish?) \Varfér studerar du inte svenska? (WW/iy dant you study Swedish?) LEARN MORE: NATIONALITIES AND LANGUAGES When describing nationalities and languages in Swedish, you often just use the ending -ska for languages. The nationalities for women are often the same as for the language, but for men it can vary. Also note that languages and nationalities begin with lowercase letters, but countries begin with capital letters: svensk Swedish (man), svenska Sweats! (language), Sverige Sweden. To create a nationality adjective, just diop the -a from the language word: en svensk flickvn a Swedish girlfriend, en engelsk pojkvan an Fnglish boyiriend. 3Practice 3 Study this general pattern, and try to fill in the gaps. Countr cg Woman PERE Sverige ( i |svensk svenska Danmark (Denmark) dansk danska_ . Q) _| Finland (Finland) finlindare finska | 7 Norge (Nowa) norman ——norska Storbritannien (UK) britt brittiska Frankrike (France) fransman, fransyska Spanien (Spain) ‘spanjor _ spanjorska Italien (tai) Tina mare _italienska Grekland (Greece) grek Portugal (Portugal portugis __portugisiska Tyskland (Germany) ab __tyska Z Polen (Poland) l 2 ‘USA/Amerika (US4/Amenco) |amerikan engelska 3 Syrien (Syria) _ syrier syriska arabiska Kina (China) kines [Ryssland (Russic) Iryss Japan Uopan) japan Indien (Indio) gujarati, exc. Speaking Now see if you can do the following in Swedish: 1 Give your name. Say hello, how are you? Say yes please and no thanks Ask if the person in front of you speaks English. Say where you are from. wawn Listening and speaking fw Listen and complete your part of the conversation. Woman HejVad heter du? You: (Say Hell, and tell her your name) Woman Jag heter Asa, You ‘Gay Hello Aso, and ask how are you?) Woman Bara bra, tack Och du? You Gay I's good thanks) Woman Varifran kommer du? You (fell her {come from ... And your) 1 Hej, vad heter du? Hello, what is yourname? 14.Woman Jahal Jag kommer frin Uppsela You {Ask Do you speak English?) Woman Ja, jag talar lite engelska ocks8 Vad telar du for spr5k? You (Tell her what languages you speak: / speak...) Listening fa © Listen to some people talking, and tick the emotion they are fet t __.—# —_ z_.. — 3 = 4_ — 5 — 6_ a Reading Read the email. Can you figure out the meaning of the following words? 1 huvudstad 2 Halsningar Jag heter Marco, Jag kommer fran ltalien, men jag bor i Stockholm, Sveriges huvudstad, Jag 81 sambo. Min flickvan heter Jenny, hon kommer fran Orebro. Jag studerar medicin pa Karolinska Institutet, Jag prataritalienska, svenska, engels%a, och jag forstar lite tyska ocksé. | | | | | Halsningar, Marco Writing Write a brief paragraph about yourself. Try to incorporate as many new expressions and words as you can. You can use the email in the Reading passage as a model. 2test yourself 1. Match the questions with the correct responses. a Var bor du? 1 PS Uppsala Universitet b Hej, hur Sr det? 2 Anna € Var studerar du? 3 Jag pluggar. Vad heter du? 4 | Malmo. @ Vad gir dui Sverige? 5 Det drbra, tack 2 Insert the word inte in the correct position to make the statements and questions negative. a Jag kommer fran Italien. b Jag marbre © Jobbar dui Malma? Jag forstar. Varfor studerar du svenska? 3 Fillin the missing words. a Niklas: Tjena, hur ar ? Nasim: Tack, arlugnt. b Sandra: Hur det? ia: Sc, i bra © Josef: Hur mar du? Maria: Bra, tack. du? d Eva duaift? Kark: Nej ar skild, Men jag en dotter, hon Alexandra I CAN... “greet somebody. , “Use the present tense Use correct word order to ask anc answer questions THe), vad eter du? Hello, what is yourname? 13Har du en stor slakt? Do you have a large family? In this unit, you will learn how to: » talk about your family. » talk about where and how you live. > use nouns in indefinite and definite forms. > give some basic opinions. CEFR: (A1) Can recognize familiar words and basic phrases concerning self and family. Can give basic opinions. Can use numbers 1-99, Can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where they liveand things they have, (2) Familj och relationer Family and relations In Sweden, the majority of barn children start off living with their mamma munvmother and pappa dad/father, who may or may not be gifta married. itis not uncommon for Swedes to wait to marry until after they have had one or more children, o to not marry at all. The man or woman in an unregistered partnershig is referred to as one’s sambo. Couples can also be sbo, which means they are in 2 long-term relationship but living apart. Unless they are skilda divorced or separerade separated, of course, Karnfamiljen the nuclear family 5 still a common family framework in Sweden, out there are also several other accepted structures of farnily life and partnerships, Same-sex marriage was legalized in 2009, and GBT adoption in 2003. Stjéirnfamilj star family is an umbrella term for all types of family constellations, whether itis a regnbagsfamilj rainbow (same-sex) farnily, enféraldersfamilj single-parent family, tvaféraldersfamilj two-parent family (but perhaps not biological), bonusféraldersfamilj step parent farnily, adoptivtamilj adoptive farnily, or donationsfamil donation family. Also couples that are barnfria child-free or barnlésa childless can be included in the concept of stjéenfamilj Slakten the extended farnily is eesily described through combining the words mor mother and far father (both words are a bit old-fashioned nowadays to use simply for unum and dad). Mormor is your mother’s mother, and morfar is your mother’s father. Similarly, farmor is your father’s mother and farfar your father’s father. if you want to describe aunts and uncles, you just add the words bror brother and syster sister, like this: morbror |s your mother's brother, and moster is your mother’s sister. How do you say the names for uncle and aunt on your dad's side?Vocabulary builder 1 @ Look at the words and phrases and complete the missing English words and expressions. Then listen and try to imitate the pronunciation of the speakers. FAMILJ FAMILY en familj enbror enmamma —osmothier en syster enpappa ——afather ett syskon endotter a daughter en hund enson ason en katt SLAKT EXTENDED FAMILY enslikt an extended farnily en farmor en moster an aunt (mother's sister) en farfar enmorbror —anuncle(mothers brother) —_ ett barnbarn enmormor — agrandmother (mother's enkusin mother) en svarfar enmorfar —— agrandfather (mother’s fathe)_ en svérmor en faster an aunt (father’s sister) en svager en farbror en svagerska a brother sister sibling adog a grandchild a brother-in-law asister-in-law You can add hal to mean hf, as in halvsyster hal sister. You can add styv to mean step, as in styvpappa steplather. A more recent way of expressing this isto add bonus, as in for exemple bonusmamma bonus stepmother Conversation 1 NEW EXPRESSIONS @ conversation. Note their meanings. din your (singular) oj! dar there utanfor outside (of) liten Vad kul That’ great ingen ganska quite eller stor big. large (huge) (jattestor) Look at and listen to the words and expressions that are used in the following Wow!/My goodness! (expresses surprise) small no (expressing quantity) or 50 2 Har du en stor sltikt? Do you have ailarge farvly? 15Look back at the nouns you have learnt so far in this book, and try to remember ifthey take en or ett ic Jenny and Sara talk about their families, where they live and how many relatives they have. 1 Who has the bigger family? 2 How many cousins does Sara have? Jenny Sara Jenny Sara Jenny Sara Jenny : Sara Jenny Yarifran kommer du? Jag kommer frén Orebro. Bor din fail dir? Ja, Min amma och pappa bor dé. Och vi har en hund som heter Sigge och en katt som heter Alice. Jag har en halvsyster som bor | Vaster’s och en bror som bor utantir Qrebro, Jana. Vad kul Och du? Har du en stor slakt? Ja, ganska stor. Jag har tre syskon, men mamma och pappa ar skilda. Gch jag har en moster som har fern bam, ach en morbror som har ett barn, och en farbror som ta fyta. 3 jag har Lo kusinet (Oj. Jattestorslakt! Min slakt dr ganska liten, Jag har ingen farbror eller morbror. ‘Men min faster har tva barn, s8jag har tv8 kusiner. Ardu gitt? Ne} jag ar samibo. Min pojkvain heter Marco ach kornmer fran Italien, 3 Are the following statements ratt or fel? a_Jenry’s family lives in Orebro. ¢ Jenny has a small extended family, b Sarahas a dog. Sara has nine cousins Now listen to the conversation again, repeating after each line and concentrating on your pronunciation. (yy Language discovery 1 1. Find two words in Conversation 1 that both mean a (as in a child). 2 Find all the number words in Conversation 1. 1 NOUNS: SINGULAR INDEFINITE Nouns are words for things, animals, places, materials ideas and people. in Swedish there are two categories (two grammatical genders}: en-words and ett-words. En or ett is used in front of the noun to say the equivalent of a/an in English. Many nouns concerned with people or animals tend to be en-words, although most other words follow no specific rule as to whether they are en or ett.When you lean new words, make sure to find out whether a noun takes en or ett. itis said that approximately 80% ofall Swedish nouns are en-words. I you focus on the ett-words, you only have to tearm 20%. 2 NUMMER FRAN 0-100 NUMBERS FROM 0-100 0 20 |tjugo 1 21 |tjugoett | a 2? |tjugotva | 3 23 |tjugotre | 4 L ‘s : hundratjugonio __18_arton 19 175 |hundrasjuttiofem 19 nitton The number one has two forms. This is because if you say one dog, you say en hund because hund is an en-word Similarly if you say one sibling you say ett syskon because syskon is an ett-word. In other words, the word en and ett can mean both the number one and the indefinite article a/an. However, when you are counting in Swedish without referring to any nouns you always say ett. Nio and tio ate often pronounced ‘nie’ and ‘tie! Tjuge can be pronounced ‘tjugi: All numbers from 30 to 90 usually drop the when pronounced; for example 30 = 'tretti; SO ="ferti 2 Har du en stor slakt? Do you have alarge family? 47gy Language discovery 2 1 Compare the following sentences: Jag har en mobil. thave.a mobile phone. Jag har ingen mobil. {have no mobile phone. Var ar min mobil? Where is my mobile phone? Jag har ett busskort. {havea bus pass Jag har inget busskort. have no bus pass Var ar mitt busskort? Where is my bus pass? a What are the wo words for no and the two words for my? b When do we use the different types? 2 Look back at Conversation 1. Find a word that means who in contexts such as‘l havea sister who lives . 1 INGEN/INGET, MIN/MITT Mobile phone is an en word in Swedish, en mol mobil. us pass is an ett word, ett busskort. S0 no bus passis inget busskort Using the same principle, my mobile phone is min mobil and my bus pass is mitt busskort, So no mobile phone is therefore ingen min/ingen + en word mitt/inget + ett word 2 RELATIVE PRONOUNS: SOM Som means thav/who/which. You can use som to combine sentences and give more information about someone or something. Jag har en syster, Hon bor i London. ~ Jag har en syster som bor i London. Jag har en hund, Hon heter Anna, — Jag har en hund som heter Anna. Practice 2 1 Write the correct forms of no (ingen, inget) with the nouns. Example: en hund + ingew hund- a ett barn di ett hotell b enstudent e@ enmoster ¢ enfilm 2 Write the correct forms of my (min, mitt) with the nouns. Example: en hund > miavhund- a ent en dotter _ b en pappa @ enkatt © ett sprak 2-Har du en stor slat? Do you havea large family? = 19a Vocabulary builder 2 Look at the words and phrases and complete the missing English words and expressions. Then listen and try to imitate the pronunciation of the speaker. BESKRIVA VAR DU BOR DESCRIBE WHERE YOU LIVE vastra wesiemn sédra southern astra eastern norra vaster om wes! séder om ster om eastof norr om north of det ligger inlles/s located nara till close to PRATA OM DIN BOSTAD TALK ABOUT YOUR RESIDENCE etthus ahouse en lagenhet an apartment/fat enetta a studio flat entvéa a one-bedroom apartment entrea a two-bedroom apartment en fyra enfemma a four-bedroom apartment ett sovrum a bedroom ett vardagsrum living room ett kok a kitchen ett badrum —s. kvadratmeter square metres Use the prepos'tion | for countries cities, neighbourhoods and suburbs: Jag ber j Orebro, j Sverige. Use i for las and houses Jag bor j en légenhet i Kerlstad. There are three main ways of finding a home in Sweden: hyra renting an apartment, partly buying an apartment ora house with ett lan mortgage or buying a house outright. Apartments can be rented from private agencies, public housing companies or sublet from the owner or fst tenant (wich Is caled hyral Jandra hand renting second-hand), Heres are almost ahwayé refered to in kvadratmeter (kvm) :quare metres 20Conversation 2 NEW EXPRESSIONS 07 Look at and listen to the words and expressions that are used in the following conversation. Note their meanings. precis precisely, just lugnt calm, quiet helt okej ust fine, OK nara near hur stor how big (for a singular iter) det betyder itmeans saklart of course fint nice Marco talks to Micha, a researcher at Karolinska Institute, about th situation in Stockholm. 1 How many bedrooms does Micha‘s flat have? 2 Where is Vastra Skogen in relation to central Stockholm?, Marco E Marco Micha, var bor du? } Micha Jag bor iVasite Skogen. i Marco Vastra Skogen? Var ligaer det 3 Micha Det ligger precis vaster om Stackholm centrum. } Marco Jsha. Ar det bra iVastra Skogen? } Micha Det ar ganska lugnt, Helt okej. Nara till centrum, Marco Hur stor ar lagenheten? Micha Den ar 56 kvackratmeter. En tvda : Marco TWsowum? Micha Noj, det betyder tv rum och kok. Ett sovrum och ett vardagsrum. Var bor du? ‘Min flickvan Jenny och jag bar i Arsta. Séder om Stockholm. 70 kvadratmeter. sum, Och k6k, s8klart, Men. Det at Jennys lagenhet. Tva sovrurn och ett vardag koket ar bara 6 kvadratmeter Arsta &r fint, 3. Only one of these statements is true. Which one? @ Marco och Jenny bor i en trea. bb Vastra Skagen ligger inte nara til centrum, ¢ Arsta ligger dster om Stockholm. Girne Possessive nouns (also called genitive) express who or what owns or has something. They are very simllar 10 English, just without a spostrophe: Jennys pojkvan heter Marco, ery boyifend colle Marco. 2 Har du en stor skikt? Oo you have a large family? = 24oe Now listen to the conversation again, repeating after each line and concentrating on your pronunciation. ig Language discovery 3 Look at the following examples. How do you say the in Swedish? Jag har en lagenhet i Arsta. Lagenheten ar 80 kvadratmeter. Jag har ett hus i G6teborg. Huset ar 120 kvadratmeter. Vi har en hund. Hunden heter Sigge. Ett bra hotell ar Sheraton. Hotellet ligger nara Stockholm centrum. 1 NOUNS: DEFINITE SINGULAR Fyou know whether a word is an en or ett word, you can easily create the definite form in Swedish. Take en or ett and put them on to the end of the word to create the definite form (the) en mobil (a mobile) +en mobilen (the mobile) att hus (2 house) +et huset (the house) There are two ts when using the word ett in front of an indefinite noun (ett hus), Dut only one tin theend Jofett-words (huset) If the noun ends on a vowel, you add -m or -t at the end of the ncun to create the definite form. jen vaska (aba9) +n vaskan (the bag) ett piano (a piano) Ft planot (heniano) \when the noun belongs to the subject, the definite form is often used in Swedish, Var ér mobilen? Where is the mobile ie, my mobile]? Jag har mobilen i vaskan. Ihave the mobilen the bag (Le. my mobile in my bag). 2 DEN/DET The Swedish word for it is den or det. When using it to refer back to an already mentioned noun, you would use den if the word Is an en-word and det if the word is an ett-word Jag laser (/ead) en bok av Henning Mankell. Den ar bra. (den being the 000k) Jag har ett hus. Det ar fint, (det being the house) However, you can also use det in a much wider sense, without referring to a specific noun. Like when you say it great or its fine, and you mean it in a more general way (things are great, the situation is great). In these cases only use det, and not den. Det ar bra Things are great.You can combine the phrase det air its with any adjective, for example, kul fun/great, bra 9004, intressant interesting, sp&nnande exciting, and so on. if you want the meaning to be more like a comment (eg. that is interesting or how interesting) then you should use the word vad instead of det ar Vad kul! Vad spannande! Vad bra! Practice 3 1. Write the words in the definite singular form in the table. mec eee ae COC) Oe Cte OC) EMSC EaCCeyen 2 Choose the correct form (indefi sentences. a Jag har en hund/nunden. b Jag bor i Arsta Fr ldigenthet/t dgenheten ar 70 kvadratmeter, ¢ Var aren mobil/mobilen? or definite) of the noun to complete the 3 Write den or det in the sentences. a Vihar ett hus ligger utanfor Vasterds. Jag sig filmen Mamma Mia ar jattebra, ¢ Uppsala har ett universitet. ligger i centrum, d Vibor p§ett hotell. _ __arfint 4 Write the Swedish for the following: a Itisgood.___ b itis fur/great. © That's interestin di That's exciting) e That's good! 2 Har du en stor stikt? Da you have a large farnily? 23Speaking Now see if you can answer the following questions out loud in ‘Swedish: Variftin kommer din mamma ach pappa? Var bor du? Bor cu i légenhet eller hus? Har du syskon? RwNm Listening and speaking a Listen and speak in your part of the conversation about your family. Man Var bor du? You (ay ! five in @ flat in Maimo, a one-bedroom flat) Man Jaha Kommer du fran Malmo? You (Say No/come from the USA, but | am studying in Malmo) Man Bor din farnilj i USA? You (Say Yes, my mother and father tive in Oregon.) Man Har du syskon? You (Gay Yes, (havea sister who lives in Canada) Listening ia} Listen to the following conversation and answer the questions. 1. Where does the woman's family live now? 2. What does her father do for a living? 3 What do her siolings do? 4 How many siblings does the man have? Reading You have received the following emails from people who want to rent out their flats/ rooms. Read the emails and answer the questions that follow. Tjenal Jag har en trea pa 68 kvadratmeter. Tva sovrum, ett vatdagsrum och ett fint kok | Lagenheten ligger norr om Stockholm, iTaby. Har av cig! Pelle iHej! Vi ar en familj som bor i Bramma, vaster om Stockholm. Vi har tv barn, en son och en dotter, som ar fem och tio &r. Vi har ocks® tv8 katter. Vi har ett rum pa 15 kvadratmeter. Ar du intiesserad? Halsningar, Familjen Lindkvist 1 How many children does the Lindkvist farnily have? 2. Find an expression that means get in touch 3 How many bedrooms does Pelle's flat have? 4 Where is Bromma in relation to Stockholm? Writing Write a brief paragraph about you and your family. You can use this model for inspiration, Jag heter Magnus. Jag kommer fran Dalarna, men jag bor Stockholin. Min, mamma och pappa bor b Malung, U Dalarna. Mi mami heter Inger och mi pappa heter Kjell, de jobbar inte. Jay how ev syxter som heter Anna, och ev bror som heter Anders. Annu bor i Gétebory och arbetar pa universitetet. Hon har ew man och ervadoptivson. Min bror Andery bor iu Falun, han jobbow med IT. fg) Test yourself 1 Translate the sentences into Swedish. a My boyfriend has a mother who is a teacher. b_ My mother has a dog who is called Sige. He is three. © My partner has a sister who studies in Amsterdam. She is thirty-four. My gidlriena has a father who lives in Singapore. 2 Har du en stor slakt? Do you have aiarge family? 25.2 26 Look at Jenny's family tree. Complete the relations, using the words in the box. Coc UCU ls PCC me CULE eI Tee ume Se) Dm eS Ce Jenny’s family tree Allan (d:2007) Birgit Berti Esa ula Lena Rolf va — Anna I I Sara Frida Linda Jenny Johan lohan ar Agnetas b Rolf ar Jennys Johan ar Jennys d Ulla 3 Rotts e Agneta ar Ralls £ Frida ar Johans g lla ar Jennys h Bertil ar Elsas i EvaarJennys j Linda arenas k Birgit ar Rolfs 1 Bertil och Elsa ar Jennys m Birgit och Allan ar Johans fn Jenny, Johan och Linda ar Birgits © Looking at Jenny's family tree, what relations does she not have on her mother’s and father’ side? Sort the words to make sentences. Start with the underlined word(s). a hund/heter/min/Jack/. b har/jag/kusin/en/. © skild/dwa/? d e f &r/mobilen/vat/? lsrare/en/har/som/jag/ar/faster/. farbror/jag/ingen/har/.taik about my family. talk about where and how live. use nouns in indefinite and definize forms. give some basic opinions 2 Har chien stor slakt? Do you have a large family? 27taik about my family. talk about where and how live. use nouns in indefinite and definize forms. give some basic opinions 2 Har chien stor slakt? Do you have a large family? 27Vi tar en fika! We'll take a coffee break! In this unit, you will learn how to: » order things in a café and ask for prices. > ask and tell the time. » use short answers. > talk about some common daily routines. CEFR: (A1) Can understand and ask for numbers, prices and the time. Can give adaress, phone number and email. Can say days of the week. Can order something in a restaurant or a café. (A2) Can describe habits and routines. Can make simple purchases by stating what is vranted and asking the price, (2 Fika Coffee break The basic meaning o fika cofiee break is simply to have en kopp kaffe a cup of coffee. But it doesn’: have to be coffee necessarily, it could also be te rea, or en juice a juice or bask fizzy drink. Fika is often accompanied by snacks. It could be sétsaker sweet snacis, such as bullar buns (often kanelbullar cinnamon buns) or kakor biscuits/cookies. This is often referred to as fikabrd fika bread, But it could also be savoury snacks, like perhaps en smérgs (‘macka’) sandwich of a light meal The concept of fika is almost considered & national institution in Sweden, and often refers to a shorter or longer social interaction with someone. You can go for 2 fika anytime, but most peoole would fika pa eftermiddagen in the afterncon (although many workolaces also have fika p& f6rmiddagen). Grammatically speaking, fika can be both a verb anda noun, ‘Asa verb, jag fikar med mamma means lam having a coffee (or tea, etc) and a catch up with mum. As a noun it can refer to either the actual coffee break you are having, as in Vitar en fika i Stockholm Well go for a coffee in Stockholm. But it can also refer to an actual café, which can be called both ett fik or ett kafé. The actual ward itself comes from an old word for coffee - kaffi, jumbled: fika. A word that goes well with the idea of a fika is the adjective mysigt, which describes something cosy ithink lit candles, hot chocolate, and the sensation of being wrapped in a warm blanket) @ pa eftermiddagen means in the afterncon, what do you think pa férmiddagen means?Vocabulary builder 1 6B book at the words and phrases and complete the missing English words and expressions. Then listen and try to imitate the pronunciation of the speakers. RAKNA COUNTING (100-2,000,000) 100 Hwhen saying large numbers asa price (fer house prices, etc), for example two and a haif milion, say tv’ komma fem (miljoner). Lteraly. two comma ve (million) PA ETT KAFE INA CAFE Vad kostar ...? What does ... cost? Hur mycket kostar.... ? How much does ... cost? Jag tar... Whave... (lit. take...) Jag skulle vilja ha... youd like to have) .. Kan jag fa... Can get Det blir... That! ce Var det bra sa? Was that everything? ett kafé enfika képer buys en kopp kaffe acupotcofiee enkoppte enlatte en patar a.coftee refill gratis fee pengar money kronor Swedish krona (SEK) 3 Vi taren fila! We'll take a coffee break! 29o a o Conversation 1 NEW EXPRESSIONS Look at and listen to the words and expressions that are used in the following conversation. Note their meanings. Vad mysigt! ren fika. den har det dar tillbaka enlussebulle en dammsugare ett glas vatten How cosy! Welll grab a coffe. this one (For en-words) that one (for ett-words) back, in return a saffron bun (traditional for December) «a Swedish sweet rolled in green marzipan and dipped in chocolate ‘and stuffed with leftover cake crumbs from the end of the day at the bakery (it. vacuum cleaner) aglassof water absolut absolutely Varfor heter det ...? Woy ist called ...? bra fraga good question Marco and Jenny go to a new café in Arsta. Ronja and her sambo Lisa run it. 1 What does Jenny order? Marco Ronja Marco Jenny 3 Ronja Jenny Ronja Jenny Ronja Jenny Ronja Marco E Jenny Vad mysigi!Vi tar en fika Vad kostar en kopp kaffe och en latte? 1s kronor fbr kaffet. Patdr ar gratis. Er latte kostar 20 kronor Jag tar en kopp kaffe, tack. Vad kostar den dir? Den har? Lussebullen? Den kostar 15 kronor. Och den dar? Dammsugaren? Den kostar 18 kronor, Jag skulle villa ha en cappucino ach en dammsugare, tack. Javisst, det blr 48 kronor. Var det bra s3? Kan jag ff ett glas vatten ocksB? Har ar 50 kronor. Aosolut, det finns vatten dar. Det blir 2 krcnor tllbaka. Men, varftir heter det dammsugare? Haha, bra frdga! 2. Answer the questions in Swedish, based on the conversation. a Hur mycket kostar en patér? b Hur mycket kostar en lusseoulle? Now listen to the conversation again, repeating after each line and concentrating on your pronunciation.Vocabulary builder 2 GB) ook a the fotlowing words and phrases. Then listen and try to imitate the pronunciation of the speakers. FLER SAKER PA ETT KAFE MORE THINGS IN A CAFE enkniv aknile en servett en gaffel afork en stol achoir en sked aspoon ett bord atable entallrik apiate en toalett (@ Language discovery 1 In Conversation 1, how does Jenny point out to Ronja which items she is asking the price for? DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS, To paint things out in Swedish, use the demonstrative pronouns den har and den dar. Say den har (this one) iFit’s close to you and den dar (that ane) ifit's further away. These two phrases are useful f you do not know the name of an item, Ifyou know the name of the item someone is referring to, you need to comply with en and ett rules. Vad kostar bullen? Den har? Thisone? Den dar? that one? Vad kostar huset? Det har? This one? Det dar? That one? ea den har/dar + definite form — den har/dar bullen shisvihior bun det har/dar + definite form + det har/dar huset ¢his/that house Practice 1 1 Fill in the correct form of den har/det har. a Vad kostar mobilen? ¢ Vad kostar- lagenheten? b Vad kostar __teet? d Vad kostar smérgasen? 2 Fill in the correct form of den dar/det dar. a Vad kostar lasken?, Vad kostar____huset? b Vad kostar___radion? d Vad kostar_____boken? 3 Fill in the correct form of the noun. a (ensked) Kan jag fa den dér ? b (en sigs) Jag skulle vilja ha den har tack € (enkniv) Jag tar den dar (en bulle) Vad kostar den har ? e (ett hus} Det dar ligger i vastra Stockholm, 3 Vitar en fikal We'll take a coffee breaki = 34Vocabulary builder 3 @ Look at the words and phrases and complete the missing English words and expressions. Then listen and try to imitate the pronunciation of the speaker. VECKODAGAR DAYS OF THE WEEK mandag Monday fredag Friday tisdag Tuesday lordag onsdag séndag Sunday torsdag Thursday BOKA TID BOOK AN APPOINTMENT Har nitidi dag? Do you have time (availabitty) today? Kan jag bli medlem? Can i become a member? Nar har ni tid? When do you have availability? vilken tid/hur dags what time entid a time/an appointment boka Vad har du fortelefonnummer? What's your ? en e-postadress an email address Conversation 2 NEW EXPRESSIONS fig © beokatandiisten tothe words and expressions that are used in the following conversation. Note their meanings. Javisst, det gar bra. Yes of course, that goes wel, (‘That fine’) du maste boka you have to book Klasser classes Ja, det har Yes, we have. tyvare unfortunately Ar det okej? Is that OK? appnar open stinger close Toppen! Great! enminad amonih Tar ni kort? Do you take card (payments)? Ja, det gor vi. ves, wedo.fp i December, and Magnus wants to sign up for a gym before the January rush starts 1 What days do they have cross training? } Magnus He}! Kan jag bli mectem? E Receptionisten _Javissi, det gir bra. Men cu maste boka klasser : Magnus Oke}. Har ni crosstraining? $ Receptionisten Ja, dct har vi. Mandag, tisdag, torsdag och sndag, . Magnus Har ni tid i dag? ‘ Receptionisten Ne}, tyvair, men sondag gar bra. Ar det okej? Magnus Det &r oke} vilken tid oppnar ni? Receptionisten Vi dppnar klockan atta pa séndag. 7 } Magnus (Och nar stanger ni? i E Receptionisten Klockan sju : } Magnus Toppen : E Receptionisten Vad hardu fir e-postadress och telefonnummer? : E Magnus magnussversson@svecbanken se och min mobil ar o702-370 428. i 3 Receptionisten 3407 Magnus Nej 370 42 18 Receptionisten aia, tack, Det bir emhundra kronor per mSnadd Magnus Tar ni kort? Receptionisten Ja, det gir vi 2 Are the following statements ratt or fel? a Magnus has to book the classes, b They apenat nine on Sundays ¢ They close at six The membership costs 500 kronor per month Now listen to the conversation ag. concentrating on your pronunciation. | repeating after each line and When stating an email address in Swedish, remember two things: cots punkt @ (at) 's snabel-a (elepnant’ inint) in spoken Swedish (@ Language discovery 2 1 Look at the following short dialogues about the time. A:Vad ar klockan? A: Hur mycket ar klockan? B: Den ar haly atta (7.30). B: Hon ar fem i halv tv (13.25) A Ursakta, har du en klocka? B: Ja, den ar kvart Over fem (17.15) 3 .Vitar en fikai We'll take a coffee break! 33a Whatare the ways in which you can ask for the time? How do you say half past in Swedish? ¢ What two pronouns can you use when you talk about the time? 2. Look at the two answers for yes, we do and yes, we have in Conversation 2. What word order do we use in Swedish when giving short answers? 1 CLOCK TIME The following questions can be used to ask for the time: Vad ar klockan? What is the time? (lit. Whats the clack? Hur mycket ar klockan? How much is the time? (it. How much is the clock?) Ursakta, har du en Klocka? Excuse me, do you havea clock/the time? Responses can be given by saying: Klockan ar ... The clock/time is Den/hon ar... Ivsheis in Old Swedish, nouns could be masculine and feminine, but this gradually disappeared in the centuries after the 1 300s, For some reason, the word klocka (which was feminine in Old Swedish) is sill often, referred to as hon shein Svredish today Notice how clock time is said with 6ver past and i to. Sver past ito 2.05 fem évertva —_fivepast wo 240 tjugoitre — twenty 10 three 2.10 tio éver wa ten past two 245, kvartitre a quarter to th 25 kvartdvertva aquarterpastiwo 250 tioitre ten to three 220 tiugodvertv’ twentypasttwo 255 femitre ——_fivetorhree In Swedish, when saying for example 2.20 and 2.49 you would not say the words for two cweny’or "two forty’ You would instead say tJugo Sver tva twenty past ¢wo and tfugo i tre owenty to three, Half past, twenty five past and twenty-five to 1 Swedes say hal haif which means half 10, not half past. 230 halvtre half three 3.30 halv fyra half four 430 halvfem halt five 2 Swedes say fem i halv five to half instead of twenty-five past. 225 femihalvtre five to half three 325 femihalvfyra five to half four 425 femihalv fem five to half five 343 Swedes say fem éver halv five past halfinstead of twenty-five to. 235 femaverhalvtre five past half three 335. feméverhalvfyra five past half four 439 feméverhalvfem — fivepost halt five =f" rae Ne na a 7 Sg : sna pa UES Uo Swedes also use the 24-hour clock, but mainly when referring to timetables, and not when just asking for the time. When using the 24-hour clock, notice how oh and is used to express the minutes. 4.15 + fjorton och femton 435 + fjorton och trettiofem 4.50 florton och femtio 2 SHORT ANSWERS When you want to give short answers to questions in Swedish, just follow this basic principle Foryesanswers: Ja, det + verb + subject. Forno answers: ej, det + verb 4 suoject + inte. Short answers usually use verbs like har have/has, gr do/does, ar anr/is/are, or help verbs ike kan can (help verbs are discussed in more detail in Unit 4). Ja, det ar jag. Yes fam. Nej, det ar jag inte. No, !am not. Ja,detgorjag. es Ido. Nej, det gir jag inte. No,I don't. Ja, det har jag. es Ihave, Nej, det har jag inte. No,! haven't Ja, det kan jag. f you want to change the person you are talking about, you change the word jag into du, han, hon, vi, ni, de Ja, det ar hon. Yes, shes, Ja, det ar de. Ves, they are. scan Nej,detkan jaginte. No. |cant. Iry to emphasize the verb when you aive short answers. The 'in jag is silent. La, det gr jag. 3 Vitar en fikal We'll take a coffee break! = 35Practice 2 1 Vad ar klockan? Tell the time in Swedish. Start with Den ar... or Hon ar... a 705 f 1.10 b 245 9 535 © 430 hots d 900 i 850 e 625 j 355 2. Answer the following questions using short answers. a Hat du barn? Nej Whoven') b Ardu svensk? Nej (tm not) ¢ Talardu svenska? Ja,_ ((do) Bor han i Stockhol fhe does e Har hon hund? Ja, (she has) Vocabulary builder 4 Look at the words and phrases and complete the missing English words and expressions. Then listen and try to imitate the pronunciation of the speaker. TIDER PA DAGEN TIMES OF THE DAY pa morgonen in the morning pa kvallen fn theevening pa formiddagen inthelatemering —pAnatten paeftermiddagen in theaftermoon TIDSENHETER TIME UNITS ettar ayear endag ett kvartal aquarter(ofayea) —entimme anhour enméanad amontir enhalvtimme en vecka en minut aminute ett dygn 24-hour period en sekund NAGRA DAGLIGA RUTINER SOME DAILY ROUTINES vaknar ker hem. tarendusch takea shower lagar mat cook food lyssnar pa musik listen to diskar do the dishes ater frukost eat breakfast tittar pa teve waich TY ater lunch fagger mig gotobed ater middag eat dinner somnar goio sleep ker till jobbet go to work