Learn some Swedish phone manners
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| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Swedish Season 1, Lesson 25 - On the Phone. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand basic phone vocabulary in Swedish. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the way to say 'Hello’ when you’re answering the phone in Swedish. |
| Carl: [Normal] Hallå. |
| Becky: This expression has only one word meaning 'hello' |
| Carl: [Normal] hallå [Slow] hallå |
| Becky: Listen again to the word meaning 'Hello.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Hallå. [Normal] Hallå. |
| Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the way to say 'This is Carl.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Detta är Carl |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'this' |
| Carl: [Normal] detta [Slow] detta |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'is' |
| Carl: [Normal] är [Slow] är |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'Carl' |
| Carl: [Normal] Carl [Slow] Carl |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'This is Carl.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Detta är Carl[Normal] Detta är Carl |
| Becky: Next up is the way to ask 'May I speak to Engla?' |
| Carl: [Normal] Kan jag få prata med Engla? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'can' |
| Carl: [Normal] kan [Slow] kan |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'I' |
| Carl: [Normal] jag [Slow] jag |
| Becky: Then comes the word meaning 'get' |
| Carl: [Normal] få [Slow] få |
| Becky: Followed by the phrase meaning 'talk to' |
| Carl: [Normal] prata med [Slow] prata med |
| Becky: And last is the word meaning 'Engla' |
| Carl: [Normal] Engla [Slow] Engla |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'May I talk to Engla?' |
| Carl: [Slow] Kan jag få prata med Engla? [Normal] Kan jag få prata med Engla? |
| Becky: Finally, here is a way to say 'I'll call again later.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Jag ringer igen senare. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Carl: [Normal] jag [Slow] jag |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'call' |
| Carl: [Normal] ringer [Slow] ringer |
| Becky: Then comes the word meaning 'again' |
| Carl: [Normal] igen [Slow] igen |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'later' |
| Carl: [Normal] senare [Slow] senare |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I'll call again later.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Jag ringer igen senare. [Normal] Jag ringer igen senare. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Carl: There are so many ways to say hello when someone calls you in Sweden. The most common ways are Hej hej, Tjena tjena, Ja, hallå and goddag. |
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 another series! |
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