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Swedish Part Three

Lesson Two!

Vocabulary:

Var?- where?

Bor- live(s)

Du- you

i- in

Talar- speak(s)

Svenska- Swedish

Jag- I (silent g)

Engelska- English

Inte- not

Från- from

Varifrån?- where from?

Kommer- come(s)

Ja- yes

Nej- no

Sverige-Sweden

Där- there

Sentences:

Talar du engelska?

Do you speak English?

Jag kommer från Sverige.

I come/am coming from Sweden.

Var bor du?

Where do you live?

Grammar

In Sweden it is easy to change a statement into a question.

Example:

Swedish- Du bor i Stockholm. - Bor du i Stockholm?

English- You live in Stockholm. - Do you live in Stockholm?

Personal Pronouns

Jag- I (don't pronounce the g)

Du- you

Han- he

Hon- she

De- they (pronounced 'dom')

Vi- we

Ni- you (polite form of you)

Verbs

There are three categories of verbs in the Swedish language. The first class of Swedish verbs end in -a.

Example:

Swedish- Tala - jag talar

English- to speak - I speak

The second class if Swedish verbs are the ones who's stem ends in -a and -er

Example:

Swedish- komm - komma- vi kommer

English- the stem - to come- we come

The third class includes verbs that end in vowels other than a.

Example:

Swedish- bo - de bor

English- to live - they live

In future vocab lists, verbs will appear in their basic form with a slash after the stem (main verb)

Negative

To make a sentence negative in Sweden you just add inte after the verb.

Example:

Swedish: Kommer du från Sverige?

Nej, jag kommer inte från Sverige.

Varifrån kommer du?

Jag kommer från America.

English- Do you come from Sweden?

No, I don't come from Sweden.

Where do you come from?

I come from America.

More sentences:

Swedish- Hon talar inte engelska.

English- She doesn't speak english.

Swedish- Ve bon inte i New York.

English- We don't live in New York.