1. Greetings and Goodbyes in Swedish

Hello and welcome to this new podcast called Swedish for the Almost Beginner. The title refers to my attempt to create a course in Swedish which is not for the absolute beginner but for the almost beginner. So the difference would be that I won't go through phrases in the most basic fashion. So I won't be doing things like "hey" means "hello" and so on. I will take conversations and phrases and maybe difficult words. So my attempt is to make something that would fit people who have some kind of relationship to Swedish from before. So maybe you've studied some Nordic language before so if you feel like you have a base there or you have maybe visited Sweden a couple of times and tried to learn a little bit by talking to friends or perhaps you watch a lot of Swedish movies and feel like you sort of understand the very basics of Swedish but you want to get more practice in learning how to understand more complex phrases and words. So in this first episode I'm going to tell a little conversation between two people in Swedish and then I'm going to go through all the sentences one by one and explain them in English. So first we're going to have this conversation only in Swedish so try to listen and see how much you understand and then you will hear them again so don't be stressed out if they are words you don't understand because I'm going to go through all of it afterwards. So hey Lena, what's up? Hey Erik, yeah that wasn't a good one. How do you want to learn? I can't answer how you want to do it yourself, it's good and it's good. I started a new job so it's nice. What are you doing now, friends? I'm actually doing things I'm doing as I'm learning, I'm doing good. And I have to be ashamed to have found a job that you're annoyed with. That's quite clear what I have to say. I must have changed again but it was really to see you all the same, but how is it good? Okay so that was a conversation between two people, Lena and Erik. So Erik says hey Lena, the one who is next to you. Which basically means hello Lena. It was a long time ago. And understated is since we last met so you only have to say, say, Devalengsen. You can say Devalengsen with walks, but it's not necessary. You can say, Devalengsen. So you have the sort of implied meaning of that. So then you can see that Lena and Erik haven't met each other in some time. So they're kind of surprised to bump into each other. And Lena says, hey Erik, you're devoid to Igor. So that's the way of saying, so by saying hello Erik, yes, it wasn't yesterday. There was not Igor. It was not yesterday. That is a way to say that the same thing basically that it was a long time since we last met. How more do? How are you feeling, Erik says? You're kind of the clogger, Lena says. So I can't complain. That's a very typical Swedish way of saying things. Instead of saying, I feel great. You sometimes do these like understatements where you say, not too bad or like the English are doing, but not maybe the Americans. So you're kind of the clogger. I can't complain. So it can actually mean that she's feeling okay, but it can also mean that she's actually feeling great. And so it's almost like ironic, you would say, I can't decloga. And then she says, how do you feel? How are you yourself feeling? So how do you feel? You basically. Self. How do you feel yourself? You do. Ganska bra. Oh yes, pretty good. Same thing. Kind of ironic. Like you often say, instead of saying, I feel really good. You say, Ganska bra. Pretty good. I have just started a new job. Johannesburg yet put it need job. Erik says. So Trevlit, Lena exclaims, which means, oh, how nice. So Trevlit is something that is very common in Swedish. A cafe can be Trevlit and some event can be Trevlit. And a person can be Trevlit, which means the kind of like polite and nice. Mojo Badu, now, Erik asks, like, where are you working now? Jojoba Faktystkvar, som lärare. Kvar. So the kvar here, like, is that she still works as a teacher. Jojoba Faktystkvar som lärare. Jo Trev's bra, der. Trevas is actually from the same word as Trevlit. So Trevas, Jojog Trev's, I like it there. Jo Trev's bra, der. Ah, there must have been a chönt that I had a job that I had a job that I had annoyed me. So let's make this into two sentences maybe. So Jojoba must have had a chönt, yes, it must be a good feeling. So chönt is like a good feeling. At how he thought that a job someone annoyed me, to have found a job that you're happy with. They are healed, klart. Lena says, yes, it is. That's for sure. And Erik says, "Nu måste jo schindar vidare, men det var Trevlit att ses." So I have to rush. So schindar vidare, like, it actually means rush ahead. Like, vidare is like, you keep rushing, basically. "Ja muste schindar." So muste is very, it's just a very common verb that you use. Like, I have to. "Ja muste tvetta, I have to wash up. Ja muste äta, I have to eat." And he says, "Ja muste schindar vidare, I have to go." "Men det var Trevlit att ses, men det var Trevlit att ses." But it was nice to see you. And then she asks, replies, "Absolut, hares o bra." Definitely. And have a nice time. Like, hares o bra. But it's actually a way of saying goodbye. Ho de bra. So if we can go through these different, some simple ways of greetings and goodbyes. Like, hellsening, greeting. Hey, sheena. Hello. And then you can say, like, in English, go moron, goda, gookvel. Or just say, huri laget. How are you doing? How's it going? And of his for us, like, goodbyes. You could say, hey, doh. So hey, it's hello. Hey, doh is by. We see us. Like, see you. Ho de bra, take care. Trevlit, hey, you can say on a Friday, have a nice weekend. Trevlit, again. Vihaash. Basically, it means we hear each other. But the meaning is, talk to you later. Yeah. So that's it for this first lesson in Swedish for the almost beginner. So hope to see you again next time. Hares, au bra. [MUSIC PLAYING]