SWEDISH: Svenska!

Since this forum opened just a few hours ago, i'm not going to take some really hard things in this class. First off, i want you to learn the alphabet, since it slightly differs from the english one. I will post the letters here, using sounds in english words to describe how they are pronounced. As for Å, Ä and Ö, we will get to them later. To be precise, at the end of the alphabet, haha.

Aa Is pronounced as the A in the word "far"
Bb Is pronounced as the Bee in the word "beer"
Cc Is pronounced as the bold letters in the word "serious"
Dd Is pronounced as the bold letters in the word "dear"
Ee Is pronounced "dear"
Ff Is pronounced just as it is in english
Gg Is pronounced as the G in the word "great"
Hh Is pronounced as " Horn"
Ii Is pronounced as "tea"
Jj Is pronounced as "Jeep"
Kk Is pronounced as "corn"
Ll Is pronounced as "sell"
Mm Is pronounced as "tremble"
Nn Is pronounced as "Enter"
Oo Is pronounced as "Cool"
Pp Is pronounced as "Period"
Qq Is pronounced as "[Cue/b]"
Rr Is pronounced as "Terrible"
Ss Is pronounced as "Request"
Tt Is pronounced as "Tear"
Uu Is pronounced as "Sqew"
Vv Like Earring with a V, so it would be "vearring"
Ww see V. also known as dubbel- V
Xx Is just the same as in english
Yy Is pronounced as "We"
Zz Is pronounced as Säta, which sounds a bit like the word "later"


And now for there letters i know you wonder about.

Åå Is pronounced as "more"
Ää Is pronounced as "rare"
Öö Is pronounced as "further"




An now, as you've been patient enought to read throught the alphabet (alfabet in swedish), we're going through the digits, called "siffror" or "nummer".

0 = Noll
1 = Ett
2 = Två
3 = Tre
4 = Fyra
5 = Fem
6 = Sex
7 = Sju
8 = Åtta
9 = Nio
10 = Tio

Yes, I am very well aware of that number xD


These were only the basics, and I will bring up more in the next class, which will be more about speaking. If you want me to translate things to show off, I've posted a translation thread here in this forum. Feel free to PM me if there is anything that you do not understand.

Jag har alltid viljat till lära sig Svensk. den ser så söt.

Ok, so now that you have learned how to pronounce the alphabet, i thought we could start a conversation thread.

The most common greeting in sweden is 'Hej', which is like Hi. You can also use
God morgon = Good morning,
God dag = Good day or
Godkväll = Good evening

The last one isn't really used that often, and 'god dag' is a bit formal.

As for presenting yourself, you say 'Jag heter', which means 'I'm called'.
So, for example, I could say "Hej, jag heter Hannah-cecilia".

When telling someone your age, you just simply say how many years you are. 'Jag' means I, and 'är' means am/is/are (the word 'är' never changes, except when switching tenses)
As i only went through the numbers 1-10 in the other thread, i'll take the numbers 10-30 here. If you're older than 30 years, just take every tenths (40, 50, 60 etc) and add 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9.

11 =elva
12 = tolv
13 = tretton
14 = fjorton
15 = femton
16 = sexton
17 = sjutton
18 = arton
19 =nitton
20 = tjugo
21 = tjugoett
22 = tjugotvå
23 = tjugotre
24 = tjugofyra
25 =tjugofem
26 = tjugosex
27 = tjugosju
28 = tjugoåtta
29 = tjugonio
30 = trettio

40 = Fyrtio
50 = Femtio
60 = Sextio
70 = Sjuttio
80 = Åttio
90 = Nittio
100 = Hundra

Hej

Jag heter Amy.

Jag är arton.

Pillow, did you use an online translator? Those can be terribly wrong sometimes..

Anyway, i glanced over to the elvish exchange forum, and i saw they had posted the name of days and months, so here they come in swedish!




January - Januari
February - Februari
March - Mars
April - April
May - Maj
June - Juni
July - Juli
August - Augusti
September - September
October - Oktober
November - November
December - December

As you may notice, the months aren't really that different.


Monday - Måndag
Tuesday - Tisdag
Wednesday - Onsdag
Thursday - Torsdag
Friday - Fredag
Saturday - Lördag
Sunday - Söndag

ooh, you sound really swedish already, aimes! lmao. If you want to, you can add 'år' after your age. År means years, and if you want to be really correct, you can use 'gammal', too, which means old. (Jag är arton år gammal)


If you want to ask how someone is, you say "hur mår du?" or "hur är det med dig?"

Hur= how
Mår = Is feeling/are feeling
Du= You

Är = Is/are/am
Det = it
Med = with
Dig = You

To that, there are lots of answers, but for now i'll just teach you a few.

Good = Bra
Bad = Dålig/-t
Sick = Sjuk
Tired = Trött
Happy = Glad
Angry = Arg, Sur
Hyper = Hyperaktiv
Proud = Stolt

If you're just going to say good or bad, you put "jag mår" in front of it. If you're using an adjective, you put "jag är" before it. You can use both, for example;
Jag mår dåligt, jag är sjuk.

So, aimes, hur mår du idag? (idag means today)

Okej, nu ska vi tala svenska! WOOHOOO! Jag känner mig så professionell när jag kan det här så utmärkt. Även om jag hamnar skriva om några ord eftersom det är slang ord från finskan... FINLANDISM yaaay!

Hur mår alla? Bra? Dåligt? Jag mår bra i allafall. Utmärkt. Nästan.

Lmao, joo, svenskaaa! kan du lära ut finska eller?

äsch, gör väl inget om du skriver finska slangord, det är ju bara kul. mhm, professionell, jo jag tackar! xD jag kan säga.. erm.. en gyllene snopp på finska.. jag är så himla bra.
jorå, jag mår ganska okej. mor och far = inte hemma, så jag kan sitta här och greja. wohoooo! åh, nästan? hahaha, kan inte tro att du mår så bra efter valborg! :D

Äh, du vet mej för väl! Ingen mår bra efter valborgen, alltså herregud... det var liv och fart heeeeeeela natten lång, ända till 7 på morgonen. Ja, kvällen var fylld med blod, svett och tårar, som på alla fester jag är på! Och massor, massor, massor, massor med drama! Ett aboslut måste!!!!! DRAAAAAMA!!!!! JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Det går väl för fort nu. Sådär smått...

Aeeeee mitt huvuuuuuud!!!!! >.< Inte kul, inte alls kul! Jag skulle kunna ha tre dagar krabbis (=dagen efter alltså) bara för att få ta om vappen (=valborg) Det var så jäääääävla kul.... ^^

Vad gjorde du då på vappen/valborgen?

I'll have to look this over more closely when I get back from work. I really love languages and have always wanted to learn Swedish.