| Hej, jag heter Elin. Hi everybody! I’m Elin. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Welcome to SwedishPod101.com’s “Svenska på 3 minuter”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Swedish. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | In the last lesson, we learned the numbers from one to ten. Have you forgotten? Here I'll tell you again: | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | ett, två, tre, fyra, fem, sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | And now let’s continue from eleven. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | elva. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | [slowly] elva. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | tolv. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | [slowly] tolv. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | tretton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | [slowly] tretton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | fjorton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | [slowly] fjorton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | femton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | [slowly] femton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | sexton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | [slowly] sexton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | sjutton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | [slowly] sjutton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | arton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | [slowly] arton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | nitton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | [slowly] nitton. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | And finally we have: | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | tjugo. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | [slowly] tjugo. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Okay, now repeat after me. I'll say the numbers and give you time to repeat each one. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | 11. elva | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | 12. tolv | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | 13. tretton | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | 14. fjorton | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | 15. femton | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | 16. sexton | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | 17. sjutton | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | 18. arton | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | 19. nitton | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | 20. tjugo | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | These numbers may seem harder to remember. But you really just have to remember that from tretton and up to nitton you just put (t)ton at the end. The number in front is simply 3 to 9 or a slight variation of it. Elva, tolv and tjugo need to be memorized since they don’t follow any formula. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Let’s not stop at 20! Counting from ten to one hundred is super easy! Now I'll give you the tens - | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | trettio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | fyrtio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | femtio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | sextio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | sjuttio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | åttio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | nittio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | hundra. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | While you have to memorize a few of these numbers, there are a couple of tricks that will make memorizing them very easy! Notice that all the numbers except hundra ends in -(t)tio and the number in front is simply 3 to 9 or a slight variation on it. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | For example trettio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | [slowly] trettio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | It is composed of tre and -ttio | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | trettio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | åttio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | [slowly]åttio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Is composed of åt a variation of åtta and -tio | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | åttio. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | As for hundra it sounds a lot like the English “hundred” and shouldn’t be that hard to remember. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | The last thing to learn in this lesson is how to form compound numbers above twenty. This is also super easy! | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Take the tens and simply add the numbers you learned in the previous lesson. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Let’s try it out. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | How would you say “fifty-six” in Swedish? Let’s take it step-by-step. "Fifty" is femtio, and then add "six", sex. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Femtiosex! It’s done! Isn’t that easy? | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Let’s make another number, for instance, "ninety-eight." | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Take "ninety", nittio, and add "eight", åtta - | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Nittioåtta! | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Now it’s time for Elin’s Insights. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | To count higher than hundred would be no problem at all. Just take the hundred hundra and add whatever compound ten after that. For example, | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | 135 - “hundred thirty-five” | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Hundratrettiofem. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | (slowly) Hundratrettiofem. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | After only two lessons, you are now able to count to one hundred in Swedish! | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | In the next lesson we are going to put your number knowledge to use! Do you have all the skills you need to go shopping in Sweden? If not, I'll be waiting for you in our next Svenska på 3 minuter. | 
                                                                    
                                                                
                                                                            | Ses nästa gång! | 
                                                                    
                                                        
                     
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