Learn how to introduce yourself
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| Welcome to SwedishPod101.com’s “Svenska på tre minuter”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Swedish. | |
| Hej, jag heter Elin. Trevligt att träffas. Hi, I'm Elin. Nice to meet you! | |
| In this series, we’re going to learn basic Swedish expressions. It’s super easy and it only takes three minutes! | |
| In this lesson, you’re going to learn how to introduce yourself in Swedish. There are only two sentences you need. | |
| Hej, jag heter Elin. Trevligt att träffas. Hi, I’m Elin. Nice to meet you. | |
| [slowly] Hej, jag heter Elin. Trevligt att träffas. | |
| Start by saying: Hej, jag heter... then, say your name. Hej, jag heter Elin. Finally, say Trevligt att träffas. | |
| Hej, jag heter Elin. Trevligt att träffas. | |
| And now let’s see the same sentence in a different format. | |
| Hallå, Elin. Trevligt att träffas. Hello, Elin. Nice to meet you. | |
| [slowly] Hallå, Elin. Trevligt att träffas. | |
| So, what has changed from the previous introduction? | |
| Let’s take a close look at these together. | |
| Hej has been substituted with an alternative greeting Hallå, Swedish for "Hello." | |
| jag heter Elin has been shortened to just; Elin. In this sentence it’s implied that I am introducing myself as Elin. In a formal setting you would say your full name, but it is easier to leave out when being introduced to new friends. | |
| One more time – one way to introduce yourself in Swedish is Hej,jag heter Elin. Trevligt att träffas. | |
| An alternative way to introduce yourself is | |
| Hallå, Elin. Trevligt att träffas. | |
| Now it’s time for Elin’s Insights. | |
| When you introduce yourself, it's a good habit to shake hands in Sweden. It’s more common to use Hej, jag heter Elin. Trevligt att träffas when you introduce yourself once in front of a group of people or one single person. If you greet several people individually you use the short phrase. Hej, Elin. Trevligt att träffas. | |
| Do you know how we say “thank you” in Swedish? You’ll learn how to say this and many other words in the next lesson. Tack, vi ses då. See you then! |
26 Comments
HideTry introducing yourself in Swedish!
Hej Jacob,
Nice to meet you too!
We hope to see you often at SwedishPod101.com!
Sincerely,
Cristiane
Team SwedishPod101.com
Hej, jag heter Jakob. Trevligt att träffas. 😎
Hej Javier,
Välkommen! Jag heter Vicky, trevligt att träffas! :innocent:
VickyT
Team Swedishpod101.com
Hej, jag heter Javier, Trevligt att träffas
Hi Firas,
Thank you for the thumbs up! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
VickyT
Team Swedishpod101.com
:thumbsup:
Hej Adolf,
Haha, ja lite så är det! (Haha, yes a little like that!) :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
VickyT
Team Swedishpod101.com
humm... låter mig göra en "Rude-Scale"
( artig ) Hej > Hallå > Hörru ( oförskämd )
↑ som ovan?:sweat_smile:
Hej Abdirzak,
Trevligt att träffas. (Nice to meet you) :innocent:
VickyT
Team Swedishpod101.com
Ok tack