| Thomas: Jag tycker det var rolig att vi fick komma. | I think it was great that you wanted to have us. |
| Anders: Tack för att ni kom. | Thank you for coming! |
| Thomas: Tack själv. | Thank you! |
| Anders: Tog du med dig den lilla älgen åt din flickvän. Glöm inte den. | Did you bring the little moose for your girlfriend? Don't forget it. |
| Thomas: Nej då, det var den sista de sålde i affären, så jag slog till och den får jag inte glömma. | Not at all, it was the last one that they sold in the store so I mustn't forget it. |
| Anders: Visste ni förresten att jag bokade biljetter till London när ni sov? | Did you know that I booked tickets to London when you were asleep? |
| Thomas: Hur skulle vi kunna veta det? Vad skoj. | How could we know? Great! |
| Anders: Jag flyger om några veckor. | I fly in a couple of weeks. |
| Thomas: Du är välkommen att bo hos mig. | You are welcome to stay at my place. |
| Steve: Ja och så går vi på fotboll och dricker öl. | Yes and let's go to a football game and drink beer. |
| Thomas: Det är allt du tänker på. | That's all you think about. |
| biljett (en) | noun | ticket | ||||
| fotboll (en) | noun | football#soccer | ||||
| skoj (ett) | noun | fun | ||||
| slå till | verb | make a deal | ||||
| sälja | verb | sell | ||||
| vad skoj | expression | great#how nice#how fun | ||||
| älg (en) | noun | moose#elk |
This group contains all the irregular verbs. They are also called strong verbs, because they (except from kommer > kom and sova > sov) change their vowel found in the stem. This unfortunately means that you need to learn to conjugate each verb individually. There are some rules though on how the vowels are commonly transformed. Here are the most common so called apophonies.
| i > | e | u > | ö | y > | ö | i > | a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bita | bet | bjuda | bjöd | bryta | bröt | brinna | brann |
| bli(va) | blev | duga | dög | dyka | dög | dricka | drack |
| lida | led | ljuga | ljög | flyga | flög | finnas | fanns |
| niga | neg | njuta | njöt | flyta | flöt | hinna | hann |
| rida | red | sjunga | sjöng | knyta | knöt | rinna | rann |
| riva | rev | sjunka | sjönk | krypa | kröp | sitta | satt |
| skina | sken | sluta | slöt | nysa | nös | slippa | slapp |
| skriva | skrev | suga | sög | ryka | rök | springa | sprang |
| tiga | teg | supa | söp | skryta | skröt | vinna | vann |
There are also (of course) verbs that don’t follow this rule. Here is a list of the most important ones:
| present tense | past tense |
|---|---|
| få | fick |
| ha | hade |
| sova | sov |
| veta | visste |
| förstå | förstod |
| komma | kom |
| stå | stod |
| vilja | ville |
| ge | gav |
| kunna | kunde |
| sälja | sålde |
| äta | åt |
| gå | gick |
| se | såg |
| ta | tog |
| göra | gjorde |
| slå | slog |
| vara | var |
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