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INTRODUCTION
Morten: Hej, allihopa. Morten here! And with me is as usual.
Jasmine: Jasmine. Hej och välkomna.
Morten: And welcome to SwedishPod101.com Absolute Beginner Season 1, Lesson 8 - Balancing Work Life and Family Life in Sweden. In this lesson, we are looking at the family and some professions.
Jasmine: Yes. So the focus is on vocab largely.
Morten: This is a conversation over a cup of coffee at Ostkupan the student residence where we've been before. Our main character James is talking to Ewa, his Polish flatmate.
Jasmine: James keeps talking to Ewa very casually about their respective families and what they do for a living.
Morten: The conversation has very little formality.
Jasmine: However, the terminology they use, two non-native speakers as they are, is more standard and not as intimate as it might be if Swedes were involved.
Morten: Yes, but we'll take a glimpse of that other terminology in our lesson focus as well.
Jasmine: Okay, let's listen to the conversation.

Lesson conversation

Ewa: Förresten James, vad gör dina föräldrar?
James: Alltså, min mor är ingenjör och min far är lärare, engelska och tyska. Och dina föräldrar, vad gör de?
Ewa: Min far är advokat och min mor jobbar som läkare på sjukhuset i Poznan.
James: Min bror, han jobbar på en bank och min syster ska bli psykolog. Hon studerar just nu.
Ewa: Jaha, alltså min lillebror går fortfarande i skolan.
Morten: Let's now listen to the slow version.
Jasmine: Nu ska vi lyssna på den sakta versionen.
Ewa: Förresten James, vad gör dina föräldrar?
James: Alltså, min mor är ingenjör och min far är lärare, engelska och tyska. Och dina föräldrar, vad gör de?
Ewa: Min far är advokat och min mor jobbar som läkare på sjukhuset i Poznan.
James: Min bror, han jobbar på en bank och min syster ska bli psykolog. Hon studerar just nu.
Ewa: Jaha, alltså min lillebror går fortfarande i skolan.
Morten: Let's now listen to the English translation.
Jasmine: Nu ska vi lyssna på den engelska översättningen.
Ewa: Förresten James, vad gör dina föräldrar?
Morten: By the way, James, what do your parents do?
James: Alltså, min mor är ingenjör och min far är lärare, engelska och tyska. Och dina föräldrar, vad gör de?
Morten: Well, my mother is an engineer and my father is a teacher, English and German. And your parents, what do they do?
Ewa: Min far är advokat och min mor jobbar som läkare på sjukhuset i Poznan.
Morten: My father is a lawyer, and my mother works as a doctor at the hospital in Poznan.
James: Min bror, han jobbar på en bank och min syster ska bli psykolog. Hon studerar just nu.
Morten: My brother is working at a bank, and my sister is going to be a psychologist. She is studying right now.
Ewa: Jaha, alltså min lillebror går fortfarande i skolan.
Morten: OK, well, my little brother is still in school.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Morten: James's mother is an engineer and his father, a teacher. Will that be common in Sweden?
Jasmine: Well James isn't Swedish, but yes, that wouldn't be uncommon in Sweden at all.
Morten: Swedes take gender equality seriously, don't they?
Jasmine: Yes, most do. For instance, our parliament has been 45% female for years.
Morten: Wow, that's a lot compared to most other countries. How about other spheres of society?
Jasmine: The public sector is like the parliament. The private sector isn't as equal.
Morten: But there are still more high ranking women in Sweden than in elsewhere.
Jasmine: That's right. Many Swedes, male and female, consider themselves feminists.
Morten: I see. Has that sentiment led to any legislation?
Jasmine: Yes, for example, Sweden has banned prostitution, but only the client is prosecuted.
Morten: Well, that is rather feminist. What about families and birth rates?
Jasmine: Sweden has a declining birth rate, but nowhere near as dramatic as Japan's or Germany's.
Morten: Does that have anything to do with how much family leaves Swedes are allowed to take from work?
Jasmine: Yes, parents in Sweden can take a combined 480 days of paid leave to spend with their kids as they're growing up.
Morten: Is it mostly women who take this leave?
Jasmine: Well women take out the larger share, but 60 days each are tied to the individual. Each of the partners had to take 60 days otherwise they are forfeited.
Morten: So if the man for instance doesn't use the 60 days, they're gone.
Jasmine: Exactly. So many men do use them. Some take off even longer stretches of time.
Morten: It seems that family is very important people in Sweden.
Jasmine: It is. You will also see many proud fathers strolling around Swedish town centers with their offspring.
Morten: And is all that true for the entire populace?
Jasmine: Well there will be differences of course. But generally male Swedes of local or immigrant backgrounds take out their parental leave.
Morten: That's fascinating. But let's now move on to the vocabulary section.
VOCAB LIST
First we have.
Jasmine: Föräldrar [natural native speed]
Morten: Parents.
Jasmine: Föräldrar [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Föräldrar [natural native speed]
Morten: Next, we have.
Jasmine: En advokat [natural native speed]
Morten: A lawyer.
Jasmine: En advokat [slowly - broken down by syllable]. En advokat [natural native speed]
Morten: Next, we have.
Jasmine: En lärare [natural native speed]
Morten: A teacher.
Jasmine: En lärare [slowly - broken down by syllable]. En lärare [natural native speed]
Morten: Next, we have.
Jasmine: En ingenjör [natural native speed]
Morten: An engineer.
Jasmine: En ingenjör [slowly - broken down by syllable]. En ingenjör [natural native speed]
Morten: And next, we have.
Jasmine: Jobba [natural native speed]
Morten: To work.
Jasmine: Jobba [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Jobba [natural native speed]
Morten: Next, we have.
Jasmine: En syster [natural native speed]
Morten: A sister.
Jasmine: En syster [slowly - broken down by syllable]. En syster [natural native speed]
Morten: And next, we have.
Jasmine: En bror [natural native speed]
Morten: A brother.
Jasmine: En bror [slowly - broken down by syllable]. En bror [natural native speed]
Morten: Next, we have.
Jasmine: En far [natural native speed]
Morten: A father.
Jasmine: En far [slowly - broken down by syllable]. En far [natural native speed]
Morten: Next, we have.
Jasmine: En mor [natural native speed]
Morten: A mother.
Jasmine: En mor [slowly - broken down by syllable]. En mor [natural native speed]
Morten: And finally, we have.
Jasmine: En läkare [natural native speed]
Morten: A medical doctor.
Jasmine: En läkare [slowly - broken down by syllable]. En läkare [natural native speed]
KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES
Morten: Let's now take a closer look at the words and phrases in this lesson. We have no real phrases in this lesson.
Jasmine: But there is a lot of vocab to take a look at.
Morten: The word jobba for instance, is that used for any kind of job?
Jasmine: Yes, for any kind, a full time career, a part time job or any form of paid labor.
Morten: Is there any other word for job?
Jasmine: Yes, arbeta. It means exactly the same, but it's older and more traditional.
Morten: Otherwise no different. Understood.
Jasmine: As we said, phrases are an important part of this lesson.
Morten: But we will be looking into a lot of this lesson's vocab in the lesson focus.
Jasmine: Let's get to it.

Lesson focus

Morten: Let's now take a look at the grammar section. In this lesson focus, we'll take a close look at some vocabulary words.
Jasmine: And at the possessive pronouns.
Morten: Possessive pronouns.
Jasmine: Yes, as in min mor and dina föräldrar.
Morten: My mother and your parents, got it. In the dialogue, we saw the possessive forms of only I and you.
Jasmine: Yes. Those are the ones our listeners are most likely to use.
Morten: All right. But I'm wondering something. Compare min mor and dina föräldrar, where does the extra A come from?
Jasmine: You noticed that, huh? In Swedish, the possessive pronoun for I, singular, you and we vary with the thing being possessed.
Morten: You mean, it matters whether the thing I have like parents or mother is singular or plural.
Jasmine: Correct. That doesn't change the pronoun in English, but it does in Swedish.
Morten: Yikes, watch out for that.
Jasmine: As in English, singular and plural you are exactly the same.
Morten: Good, nothing to worry about there.
Jasmine: While we're talking about possessive pronouns, we should give the ones for he, she, it, we and they as well.
Morten: Sure. hans, his, hennes, hers.
Jasmine: There is no special possessive pronoun for it.
Morten: vår, our and deras, their.
Jasmine: Apart from vår, our, all these possessives stayed the same whether the noun they modify is singular or plural.
Morten: That was a handful, I dare say.
Jasmine: Was it? Well, the possessive that's the most important to know are min, din, mina and dina.
Morten: Oh good. And the rest you can always review in the PDF for this lesson.
Jasmine: So no need to worry.
Morten: Let's leave possessives for now and review the words for family members. Mother was?
Jasmine: Mor, that's right. And father was?
Morten: Far, good. And what about brother and sister?
Jasmine: Bror and syster, excellent.
Morten: Is that the way Swedes would also speak about their parents?
Jasmine: Well the word we introduced are the official standard once.
Morten: They are perfectly usable, but?
Jasmine: But there is another more casual way.
Morten: I guess that means you'd need to know a person pretty well to use these words.
Jasmine: That's right. When you're starting out, it's best to use the vocab from the dialogue.
Morten: Probably yeah, but we still want you to be aware of these casual forms.
Jasmine: Exactly. As a matter of fact, two of them actually came up in the lesson focus of lesson six.
Morten: I think I remember. The casual word to say my mother was?
Jasmine: morsan, literally the mother. And the casual word for my father would be?
Morten: farsan and the terms for my brother and my sister are?
Jasmine: brorsan and syrran
Morten: Thanks a lot for all those words and thanks a lot for joining us in this lesson, listeners.
Jasmine: Listeners, do you know the powerful secret behind rapid progress?
Morten: Using the entire system.
Jasmine: Lesson notes are an important part of this system.
Morten: They include the transcript and translation of the conversation.
Jasmine: Key lesson vocabulary…
Morten: …and detailed grammar explanations.
Jasmine: Lesson notes accompany every audio or video lesson.
Morten: Use them on the site or mobile device or print them out.
Jasmine: Using the lesson notes with audio and video media will rapidly increase your learning speed.
Morten: Go to SwedishPod101.com and download the lesson notes for this lesson, right now. Until next time. Tack så mycket, Jasmine. Hejdå.
Jasmine: Tack själv. Hejdå.

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