Learn how to ask, "Do you speak English?"
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| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Swedish Season 1, Lesson 7 - Do You Speak English? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question ‘Do you speak English?’ in Swedish. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the way to ask 'Do you know English?' in Swedish. |
| Carl: [Normal] Kan du engelska? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'know' |
| Carl: [Normal] kan [Slow] kan |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you' |
| Carl: [Normal] du [Slow] du |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'English' |
| Carl: [Normal] engelska [Slow] engelska |
| Becky: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'Do you know English?' |
| Carl: [Slow] Kan du engelska? [Normal] Kan du engelska? |
| Becky: In a slightly different way, here’s the way to ask, 'Do you speak English?' |
| Carl: [Normal] Pratar du engelska? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'speak' |
| Carl: [Normal] pratar [Slow] pratar |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'you' |
| Carl: [Normal] du [Slow] du |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'English' |
| Carl: [Normal] engelska [Slow] engelska |
| Becky: Listen again to the question meaning 'Do you speak English?' |
| Carl: [Slow] Pratar du engelska? [Normal] Pratar du engelska? |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'Yes, I speak English.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Ja, jag pratar engelska. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'yes' |
| Carl: [Normal] ja [Slow] ja |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'I' |
| Carl: [Normal] jag [Slow] jag |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'speak' |
| Carl: [Normal] pratar [Slow] pratar |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'English' |
| Carl: [Normal] engelska [Slow] engelska |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'Yes, I speak English.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Ja, jag pratar engelska. [Normal] Ja, jag pratar engelska. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'No, I don't speak English.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Nej, jag pratar inte engelska. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'no' |
| Carl: [Normal] nej [Slow] nej |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'I' |
| Carl: [Normal] jag [Slow] jag |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'speak' |
| Carl: [Normal] pratar [Slow] pratar |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'not' |
| Carl: [Normal] inte [Slow] inte |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'English' |
| Carl: [Normal] engelska [Slow] engelska |
| Becky: Listen again to the response, 'No, I don't speak English.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Nej, jag pratar inte engelska. [Normal] Nej, jag pratar inte engelska. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Carl: Swedish people are generally pretty good at English. If you are in a big city, you should have no trouble communicating by only English. Even in the countryside, most people understand basic phrases. Be aware however that food menus, transport etc are almost never in English. So if you can't work out that biff is Swedish for “beef,” don’t hesitate to ask people to translate. |
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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