Learn to ask, "How are you?"
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| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Swedish Season 1, Lesson 4 - Asking How Someone Is In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question ‘How are you?’ in Swedish. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the way to ask 'How are you?' in Swedish. |
| Carl: [Normal] Hur mår du? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Carl: [Normal] hur [Slow] hur |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are' |
| Carl: [Normal] mår [Slow] mår |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'you' |
| Carl: [Normal] du [Slow] du |
| Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Carl: [Slow] Hur mår du? [Normal] Hur mår du? |
| Becky: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the way to ask, 'How is it?' |
| Carl: [Normal] Hur är det? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Carl: [Normal] hur [Slow] hur |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'is' |
| Carl: [Normal] är [Slow] är |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'it' |
| Carl: [Normal] det [Slow] det |
| Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'How is it?' |
| Carl: [Slow] Hur är det? [Normal] Hur är det? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Jag mår bra, tack. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Carl: [Normal] jag [Slow] jag |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'feel' |
| Carl: [Normal] mår [Slow] mår |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'fine' |
| Carl: [Normal] bra [Slow] bra |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'thank you' |
| Carl: [Normal] tack [Slow] tack |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Jag mår bra, tack. [Normal] Jag mår bra, tack. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'Not so well.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Inte så bra. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'not' |
| Carl: [Normal] inte [Slow] inte |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'so' |
| Carl: [Normal] så [Slow] så |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'well' |
| Carl: [Normal] bra [Slow] bra |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'Not so well.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Inte så bra. [Normal] Inte så bra. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Carl: Swedish people generally ask how you are as a greeting rather than as a serious question. If you don't know the person well, the answer should be along the lines of Jag mår bra, tack meaning “I’m fine, thank you.” |
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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