Learn how to ask about someone's age
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| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Swedish Season 1, Lesson 8 - Talking About Your Age. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask someone's age and to say yours in Swedish. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the way to ask 'How old are you?' in Swedish. |
| Carl: [Normal] Hur gammal är du? |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'how' |
| Carl: [Normal] hur [Slow] hur |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'old' |
| Carl: [Normal] gammal [Slow] gammal |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are' |
| Carl: [Normal] är [Slow] är |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'you' |
| Carl: [Normal] du [Slow] du |
| Becky: Listen again to the question meaning 'How old are you?' |
| Carl: [Slow] Hur gammal är du? [Normal] Hur gammal är du? |
| Becky: Here's the way to answer, 'I am seventeen years old.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Jag är sjutton år gammal. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Carl: [Normal] jag [Slow] jag |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'am' |
| Carl: [Normal] är [Slow] är |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'seventeen' |
| Carl: [Normal] sjutton [Slow] sjutton |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'years old' |
| Carl: [Normal] år gammal [Slow] år gammal |
| Becky: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning 'I am seventeen years old.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Jag är sjutton år gammal. [Normal] Jag är sjutton år gammal. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning 'I am seventeen.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Jag är sjutton. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Carl: [Normal] jag [Slow] jag |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'am' |
| Carl: [Normal] är [Slow] är |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'seventeen' |
| Carl: [Normal] sjutton [Slow] sjutton |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'I am seventeen.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Jag är sjutton. [Normal] Jag är sjutton. |
| Becky: Here's a response meaning, 'I prefer not to say.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Det vill jag helst inte säga. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'it' |
| Carl: [Normal] Det [Slow] Det |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'I want' |
| Carl: [Normal] vill jag [Slow] vill jag |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'rather not' |
| Carl: [Normal] helst inte [Slow] helst inte |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'say' |
| Carl: [Normal] säga [Slow] säga |
| Becky: Listen again to the response meaning 'I prefer not to say.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Det vill jag helst inte säga. [Normal] Det vill jag helst inte säga. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Carl: In Sweden, people's ages are not discussed that much, so don't use it as a conversation starter if you don't genuinely want to know. It is also considered rude to ask an older woman for her age, so be careful who you ask. |
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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