Learn how to ask, "Why?"
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| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Swedish Season 1, Lesson 17 - Why? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer why in Swedish. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the way to ask 'Why are you late?' in Swedish. |
| Carl: [Normal] Varför är du sen? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'why' |
| Carl: [Normal] varför [Slow] varför |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are' |
| Carl: [Normal] är [Slow] är |
| Becky: Then comes the word meaning 'you' |
| Carl: [Normal] du [Slow] du |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'late' |
| Carl: [Normal] sen [Slow] sen |
| Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'Why are you late?' |
| Carl: [Slow] Varför är du sen? [Normal] Varför är du sen? |
| Becky: Here's the way to answer, 'I missed the train.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Jag missade tåget. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Carl: [Normal] jag [Slow] jag |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'missed' |
| Carl: [Normal] missade [Slow] missade |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'the train' |
| Carl: [Normal] tåget [Slow] tåget |
| Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'I missed the train.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Jag missade tåget. [Normal] Jag missade tåget. |
| Becky: Here's the way to ask 'Why do you leave so early?' |
| Carl: [Normal] Varför går du så tidigt? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'why' |
| Carl: [Normal] varför [Slow] varför |
| Becky: Next is the phrase meaning 'you walk' |
| Carl: [Normal] går du [Slow] går du |
| Becky: Then comes the word meaning 'so' |
| Carl: [Normal] så [Slow] så |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'early' |
| Carl: [Normal] tidigt [Slow] tidigt |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'Why do you leave so early?' |
| Carl: [Slow] Varför går du så tidigt? [Normal] Varför går du så tidigt? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'To not miss the train.' |
| Carl: [Normal] För att inte missa tåget. |
| Becky: First is a phrase meaning 'to not' |
| Carl: [Normal] för att inte [Slow] för att inte |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'miss' |
| Carl: [Normal] missa [Slow] missa |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'train' |
| Carl: [Normal] tåget [Slow] tåget |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'To not miss the train.' |
| Carl: [Slow] För att inte missa tåget. [Normal] För att inte missa tåget. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Carl: If someone asks Varför?, which means “why?” to everything you say, you can counter with Därför! which roughly means "Because I said so." It's a rude, but effective way to make someone stop asking silly questions, so be sure you use it only with your friends. |
Outro |
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| Becky: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
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