Svenska
I’m learning Swedish. Keeping track of what words I know is kinda handy, as well as the little ways I’ve used to remember how to spell them.
This isn’t an exhaustive list of stuff I’ve learned, some of them are easy enough to keep in memory, these are just the ones I have occassional trouble remembering, or remembering how to spell them.
This is mostly here for my own reference, so if you found this page, good sleuthing I guess?
Common phrases
| English | Svenska | Note |
|---|---|---|
| welcome | vëlkommen | VEL like Velma |
| sorry | förlåt | pronounced like ‘forlorn’ |
| excuse me | ursäkta | U R sakta |
| please, thank you | tack | |
| thank you so much | tack så mycket | |
| you’re welcome | tack tack | essentially ‘thank you for thanking me’ |
| [statement], right? | [statement], eller hur? | lit. ‘or what?’ |
Connecting words
| English | Svenska | Note |
|---|---|---|
| very | väldigt | val digs it |
| maybe | kanske | ‘can she?’ |
| but | men | |
| as, so | så | |
| with | med |
Pronouns
| English | Svenska | Note |
|---|---|---|
| I | jag | |
| you | du | |
| we | vi | |
| he | han | |
| she | hon | |
| they | de | |
| it | det, den |
Posessive pronouns
| English | Svenska (en) | Svenska (ett) | Svenska (plural) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| my | min | mitt | mina | |
| your | din | ditt | dina | (singular subject) |
| your | er | ert | era | (plural subjects) |
| our | vår | vårt | våra | |
| his | hans | — | — | |
| her | hennes | — | — | |
| their (singular) | hens | — | — | |
| their (plural) | deras | — | — | |
| its | dess | — | — |
Doing words
| English | Svenska | Note |
|---|---|---|
| like | tycker om | lit. ‘think about’ |
| work | arbetar | ar beta r |
| need | behöver | like ‘behoove’ |
| buy | köp | |
| own | äger | |
| make, do | göra | |
| looking, watching | tittar på | lit. ‘looking on’ |
| thinking, intending | tänker | |
| plays | spelar | |
| studies | pluggar | plugs away at |
| cleans | städar | |
| wakes up | vaknar | like ‘wake now’ |
| shower | duschar | like ‘does shower’ |
| bakes | bakar | |
| paints | målar | |
| works out, exercises | tränar | like ‘trainer’ |
| dances | dansar | Ted Dansen dances, Ted Dansar |
| camps, goes camping | tältar | |
| sails, goes sailing | seglar | |
| swims, goes swimming | simmar | Sims shouldn’t go swimming |
Adjectives
| English | Svenska | Note |
|---|---|---|
| good | bra | what’s good, brah? |
| new | ny, nytt | |
| easy | lätt | latte’s are easy |
| small | liten | little kitten :3 |
| sweet, cute | söt | |
| big | stor | a big store |
| tall | lång | like ‘long’ |
| fat | fett | |
| hungry | hungrig |
Adverbs
| English | Svenska | Note |
|---|---|---|
| happy | lyckligt | ‘lick light’ |
| early | tidigt | |
| always [verb] | [verb] alltid | ‘all time’? |
| sometimes [verb] | [verb] ibland | |
| never [verb] | [verb] aldrig |
Places
| English | Svenska | Note |
|---|---|---|
| here | här | |
| there | där | |
| the centre, downtown | centrum | |
| home | hemma | |
| apartment | lägenhet | lager hut? |
| -ö | island | |
| -å | river | |
| Gothenberg | Göteborg | 🐐🤖 |
| Sweden | Sverige | pronounced like ‘so very uh’ |
| UK, Great Britain | Storbritannien | Big Britannia |
Food & drink
| English | Svenska | Note |
|---|---|---|
| salad | sallad | two Ls |
Furniture
| English | Svenska | Note |
|---|---|---|
| desk | skrivbord | scribe board, with a K |
| refridgerator | kylskåp | Kyle’s cap |
| bed | säng | sang to sleep |
Jobs
| English | Svenska | Note |
|---|---|---|
| web developer | webbutvecklare | web but veck lare |
| engineer | ingenjör | in gen jor |
| doctor | läkare | doctors are care |
| teacher | lärare | teachers are rare |
| actor | skådespelare | ska despel are - actors despel? |
| farmer | bonde | James Bond retires to become a farmer |
| boss | chef | Yes chef |
Activities
| English | Svenska | Note |
|---|---|---|
| football | fotboll | two Ls |
| chess | schack | school hack |