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INTRODUCTION
Morten: Hallå, hej och välkomna. Morten here!
Jasmine: And this is Jasmine. Hej, allihopa.
Morten: This is SwedishPod101.com Absolute Beginner Season 1, Lesson 10 - Going Out in Sweden.
Jasmine: This lesson is about going out for a drink in Sweden.
Morten: The conversation takes place at Sjuans ölhall or beer hall and it's in the evening.
Jasmine: Our main character James is talking to Nils, the Swedish flatmate who took him there.
Morten: The situation is very casual and colloquial since it's about how to order a drink in perfect Swedish.
Jasmine: Let's listen to the conversation.

Lesson conversation

James: Vilket trevligt ställe.
Nils: Javisst. Ska vi ta en öl?
James: Jo, men vad och hur beställer jag?
Nils: Du säger helt enkelt, en öl tack. Eller en stor stark, tack.
James: En stor stark?
Nils: Ja, en stor öl från fatet.
James: Okej, då gör jag det. En stor stark, tack.
Morten: And now, let's listen to the slow version.
Jasmine: Nu ska vi lyssna på den sakta versionen.
James: Vilket trevligt ställe.
Nils: Javisst. Ska vi ta en öl?
James: Jo, men vad och hur beställer jag?
Nils: Du säger helt enkelt, en öl tack. Eller en stor stark, tack.
James: En stor stark?
Nils: Ja, en stor öl från fatet.
James: Okej, då gör jag det. En stor stark, tack.
Morten: And now, the English translation.
Jasmine: Och nu med den engelska översättningen.
James: Vilket trevligt ställe.
Morten: What a nice place.
Nils: Javisst. Ska vi ta en öl?
Morten: Sure is. Shall we get a beer?
James: Jo, men vad och hur beställer jag?
Morten: Yeah, but how and what do I order?
Nils: Du säger helt enkelt, en öl tack. Eller en stor stark, tack.
Morten: You say quite simply, "A beer, please." Or "A large strong one."
James: En stor stark?
Morten: "A large strong one"?
Nils: Ja, en stor öl från fatet.
Morten: Yes, a large draft beer.
James: Okej, då gör jag det. En stor stark, tack.
Morten: OK, I'll do that then. A large strong one, please.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Morten: So in this lesson, we're covering something of extreme importance, ordering a beer in a pub.
Jasmine: Sweden has a very special relationship to alcohol.
Morten: Yeah, many people think alcohol in Sweden is very expensive, are they right?
Jasmine: Well, it's not very cheap. See, Sweden has a retail monopoly on alcohol.
Morten: Ah, it's right, the famous alcohol shop, what was it, Systembolaget?
Jasmine: Correct. The selection is great, but the operating hours leave people weeping.
Morten: Ten to six, Monday to Friday and ten to one on a Saturday, that's harsh.
Jasmine: Perhaps, but keep in mind that Sweden has a long history of alcohol abuse and alcoholism.
Morten: A referendum in the '20s of the 20th Century almost banned alcohol entirely, didn't it?
Jasmine: Yes, in response to the government's strict alcohol control, there is still a lot of hembränt around.
Morten: That is illegally home distilled alcohol, isn't it? But mostly in remote parts, true?
Jasmine: Maybe, but it's still a problem. Anyway, because you can buy drinks from only one shop and when it's open, you need to plan your drinks in advance.
Morten: Or else that glass of wine over dinner or those beers at a party won't be had.
Jasmine: Nope, but at least you'll be thinking about how much you drink.
VOCAB LIST
Morten: That's right. Let's now take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. First we have.
Jasmine: Ett ställe [natural native speed]
Morten: A place.
Jasmine: Ett ställe [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Ett ställe [natural native speed]
Morten: Next, we have.
Jasmine: Ta [natural native speed]
Morten: To take.
Jasmine: Ta [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Ta [natural native speed]
Morten: Next, we have.
Jasmine: En öl [natural native speed]
Morten: A beer.
Jasmine: En öl [slowly - broken down by syllable]. En öl [natural native speed]
Morten: Next, we have.
Jasmine: Vad [natural native speed]
Morten: What.
Jasmine: Vad [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Vad [natural native speed]
Morten: Next, we have.
Jasmine: Beställa [natural native speed]
Morten: To order.
Jasmine: Beställa [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Beställa [natural native speed]
Morten: Next we have.
Jasmine: stor stark
Morten: Draft beer.
Jasmine: stor stark slowly - broken down by syllable]. stor stark [natural native speed]
Morten: Next, we have.
Jasmine: Helt enkelt [natural native speed]
Morten: Quite simply.
Jasmine: Helt enkelt [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Helt enkelt [natural native speed]
Morten: And finally, we have.
Jasmine: En stor stark, tack! [natural native speed]
Morten: A large draft beer, please! (lit. A big/large strong one)
Jasmine: En stor stark, tack! [slowly - broken down by syllable]. En stor stark, tack! [natural native speed]
KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES
Morten: Let's now take a look at the words and phrases in this lesson, again immensely useful phrases and expressions in this lesson.
Jasmine: That's right. And we need to take a closer look at the usage of some of the vocab.
Morten: Take the word ta, to take. In the dialogue, it came up as Ta en öl.
Jasmine: That's right. In Swedish Ta is the verb we use to consumer food and drinks.
Morten: In English, we tend to use have a drink, but in Swedish they take one.
Jasmine: Ta en bärs, that's correct.
Morten: Next is the little word Vad. We've covered that before, haven't we?
Jasmine: In lesson five yes, Vad kul, how cool. This time, we used it in its original sense.
Morten: Vad really means, what and the D at the end often gets dropped.
Jasmine: That's right. In Swedish, Vad is sometimes used like how in English, but not all the time.
Morten: And then we heard a phrase used to order a beer. Could we hear that one again, please?
Jasmine: En stor stark, tack.
Morten: A large draft been, please. And once more so our listeners can repeat it.
Jasmine: En stor stark, tack.
Morten: Well done. You can also call that beer stor stark.
Jasmine: That means draft beer. And then there is one other phrase, something that fits into a lot of context very neatly.
Morten: Quite simply, it meant quite simply in English, what was that again?
Jasmine: helt enkelt and I'll say it once more a bit slower, helt enkelt
Morten: This phrase shows that something isn't difficult.
Jasmine: Or wasn't difficult. It can refer to things in the past, present or future.
Morten: Could you say it once more for our listeners to repeat?
Jasmine: helt enkelt.
Morten: Good job. How about an example of this phrase in action?
Jasmine: Beställ helt enkelt, det är inga problem.
Morten: Just order, quite simply. It's not a problem. Great, thank you very much. Now, we'll take a look at the grammar section.

Lesson focus

In this lesson, we will focus on nouns again.
Jasmine: Yes. You remember lesson six, don't you?
Morten: We talked about definite and indefinite nouns.
Jasmine: For example En lägenhet was indefinite while Lägenheten was definite.
Morten: In this lesson, we will look at the gender of nouns. Yes, Swedish has grammatical gender.
Jasmine: But fear not, there are only two forms. One is for neuter nouns, the so called neutrum.
Morten: We had a number of those in the lesson's dialogue.
Jasmine: And the other we've already looked at.
Morten: Just now when we mentioned en lägenhet.
Jasmine: This is the common gender called the utrum in Swedish.
Morten: How can I tell which gender a noun should be?
Jasmine: Well grammatically, gender tends to be a bit elusive, but there are some hints.
Morten: First, living things tend to be utrum.
Jasmine: In fact three quarters of all nouns are utrum.
Morten: So utrum is sort of an educated guess, but other than that…
Jasmine: Yes. Unfortunately, a noun's gender needs to be memorized with the noun.
Morten: I figured it as much. What are the neutrum nouns in the dialogue?
Jasmine: They are ett ställe and ett fat.
Morten: So while utrum nouns take en as their indefinite article, neutrum nouns take?
Jasmine: ett, that's right.
Morten: And when you use the definite form, what does that look like?
Jasmine: Well we have one in the dialogue, Ett fat, fatet.
Morten: This is a little different in spelling from utrum nouns isn't it? Utrum nouns move both letters, E and N to the end when they go from indefinite to definite.
Jasmine: But neutrum nouns drop one T from the ett when they are moved to the end.
Morten: And it's always like this?
Jasmine: Yes. Another example is Ett ställe. The definite form of that noun is Stället only that one T gets moved.
Morten: Okay, I get it. So this is what happens when the word ends in a vowel, you just move the T?
Jasmine: That's right.
Morten: Is that also true for en-words that end in vowels?
Jasmine: Yes. En pojke, a boy becomes Pojken, the boy.
Morten: Very clear, thanks. Let's practice changing some of the words we just covered from the indefinite to the definite. A beer is en öl, so the beer is?
Jasmine: Ölen. Place or venue is ett ställe, so the place is?
Morten: Stället. A flat is En lägenhet, so the flat is?
Jasmine: Lägenheten. And a boy is en pojke, so the boy is?
Morten: Pojken. Excellent work, everyone. Thank you. Make sure to look at the PDF and review the gender we just talked about.
Jasmine: Yes, please do. Tack så mycket för idag!
Morten: Yes, thanks for listening. Tack så mycket. Hejdå.
Jasmine: Hejdå.

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