Learn how to use Swedish adjectives
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| Becky: Welcome to 3-Minute Swedish Season 1, Lesson 9 - Using Adjectives. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use adjectives in simple sentences in Swedish. |
| Body |
| Becky: Here's the way to say 'I am happy.' in Swedish. |
| Carl: [Normal] Jag är glad |
| 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 'happy' |
| Carl: [Normal] glad [Slow] glad |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'I am happy.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Jag är glad [Normal] Jag är glad |
| Becky: Ok, now let's take a look at the informal way to say 'You are happy.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Du är glad. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'you' |
| Carl: [Normal] du [Slow] du |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are' |
| Carl: [Normal] är [Slow] är |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'happy' |
| Carl: [Normal] glad [Slow] glad |
| Becky: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'You are happy.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Du är glad. [Normal] Du är glad. |
| Becky: Next up is the way to say 'We are sad.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Vi är ledsna |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'we' |
| Carl: [Normal] vi [Slow] vi |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are' |
| Carl: [Normal] är [Slow] är |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'sad' |
| Carl: [Normal] ledsna [Slow] ledsna |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'We are sad.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Vi är ledsna [Normal] Vi är ledsna |
| Becky: Finally, here is a way to say 'They are sad.' |
| Carl: [Normal] Dom är ledsna. |
| Becky: First is a word meaning 'they' |
| Carl: [Normal] dom [Slow] dom |
| Becky: Next is the word meaning 'are' |
| Carl: [Normal] är [Slow] är |
| Becky: Last is the word meaning 'sad' |
| Carl: [Normal] ledsna [Slow] ledsna |
| Becky: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'They are sad.' |
| Carl: [Slow] Dom är ledsna. [Normal] Dom är ledsna. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Carl: If you want to insist on an adjective in Swedish, you can put the word jätte in front of it. If for example, you add jätte to bra meaning "good," you get jättebra, which means "very good," or if you add it to vacker meaning "beautiful," you get jättevacker, meaning "very beautiful." |
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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