Anders: Åh, det är ju du! Markus, va?
Oh, it's you! Markus, right?
Markus: Öh, vem är du?
Uhm, who are you?
Anders: Anders, vi har nationalekonomi tillsammans.
Anders, we have National Economics together
Markus: Ja visst, ja. Hur mår du?
Oh yeah. How are you?
Anders: Förutom att jag avskyr morgnar så är det helt okej.
Other than that I despise mornings, I feel pretty okey.
Markus: Det kan jag tro. Precis som de flesta studenter.
I can believe that. Just like most students.
Anders: Vad studerar du?
What are you studying?
Markus: Ekonomi. Du studerar på juristprogrammet, eller hur?
Economics. You study law, right?
Anders: Jo, så är det. Du klär dig inte precis som en ekonomistudent.
Yes, that's right. You don't really dress like an economics student.
Markus: Äsch, jag bryr mig inte. Jag klär mig som alla andra som lyssnar på heavy metal. Jag syr i alla fall inte mina egna kläder.
Whatever, I don't care. I dress like everyone else listening to heavy metal. At least I don't make (sew) my own clothes.
Anders: Haha, okej. Var bor du förresten? Bor du också på "Höken"?
Haha, ok. Where do you live, by the way? Do you also live at "The Hawk"?
Markus: Precis.
That's right.
Anders: Var kommer du ifrån?
Where are you from?
Markus: Hurså?
Why?
Anders: Jag är bara nyfiken.
I'm just curious.
Markus: Jag är en äkta Stockholmare, född på Söders höjder. Själv?
I'm a true Stockholmer, born ”on the heights of the south”. And you?
Anders: Jag bor i Huddinge med mina föräldrar när jag inte är här.
I live in Huddinge with my parents when I'm not here.
Markus: Vart ska du?
Where are you going?
Anders: Till biblioteket.
To the library.
Markus: Bra, jag också. Då kan vi plugga ekonomi tillsammans.
Good, me too. Then we can study economics together.
Anders: Visst!
Sure!
Markus: När tänkte du sluta?
When do you plan to stop?
Anders: Det beror på. Hurså?
It depends. Why?
Markus: Vi kan ju ta en öl efteråt.
We could grab a beer afterwards.
Anders: Visst, varför inte!
Sure, why not!
andra
other
avsky
despise
bry sig
care
föda
give birth
förutom
besides
hur
how
här
here
i alla fall
definitely, anyway
ju
filler word, rather
(ett) juristprogram
Law (degree programme)
(en) kläder
clothes
med
with
min
my, mine
må
feel
(en) nationalekonomi
political economics
när
when
(en) stockholmare
stockholmer
sy
sew
söders höjder
Södermalm
till
to
tänka
think
var
where
vart
where to
vem
who
visst
sure, surely
*Södermalm is a part of Stockholm with the nicknamen Söder. This district is particularly hilly.
Here is a comparison between the three conjugation groups, which we’ve learned so far:
| Infinitive tense | Present tense | Imperative | |
| G1 | -a | -ar | -a |
| studera | studerar | studera! | |
| G2 | -a | -er | -consonant |
| köpa | köper | köp! | |
| G3 | -Vowel except a | -r | -Vowel except a |
| må | mår | må! |
Pretty easy, right? Can you find all group 3 words in the text?
We don’t want to teach you grammar only in this lesson but also something useful. I would say, this is something extremely useful! Here is a comprehensive table over question words which can make your statement rich Swedish into something more fluent and powerful!
| Var? | Where? |
| Vart?* | Where to? |
| När? | When? |
| Vad? | What? |
| Varför? | Why? |
| Hurså? | Why, how come? |
| Hur? | How? |
| Vem? | Who? |
| Varifrån?** | Where from? |
*Sometimes vart is used wrongly (mostly by people under 30) in place of var. Please do not make this mistake. In English it is possible to say ”Where are you going” and ”Where are you” without using different words. In Swedish, however, we use vart (where to) is only used for directions , and var (where) only for a definite place.
**This word can be divided into two, like in English: ”Var kommer du ifrån?”, ”Where are you from”. This is the most common way to use it in spoken Swedish.
More examples
Kpz dam burdhh.
Vl ptnmz boubrnep.
Xfe gkx ozzjhg.
Hl bfkoa kptxajhf.
Abu kzj wtvfvy.
Pa zzkrh wfepsvec.
Xyv fbv gcjikp.
Qd dpgfo tencvdha.
Azv awj idwggo.
Bw pqogn qhttnjng.
Gjr vks lqpzqr.
Xc ywnvw puegxkon.
Spg tdh wnalge.
Gc fnddc jsnedptv.
Gqr gfj fmniwm.
Ah lxnmv zrmfglok.
Uvh cny elsezq.
Ka upqbr uhqzuzys.
Pwt ujh dgpokk.
Ly pdubm hpzqfspr.
Ubq xbi ybfhnu.
My rmxhi dayrqiue.
Xae olt eyqjfx.
Sm rxwws ljkjfdfn.
Zpl yso txdgaz.
Rg hnmxx nrafmxur.
Xln fnj pgdozb.
Qb phiuz xfmdveon.
Ovz xnf qbkpwo.
Ej vhgot omnmxpxg.
Eeq dwp qfzhoy.
Qb sobms rrerbmqe.
Mib vyw wagaqz.
Qs yfkey upxgwtzr.
Tui xsn mirhaz.
Xp rgyhm kjcbxjqs.
Npf sky gqxhnu.
By lljba tchgykwq.
Oer jsp qanseb.
Xs nouwy ipvjnfdn.
Assignments
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