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Swedish in everyday situations
Reviews practise both sides: wherever Lukas and Lena would say something differently, you do it once as each.
Det regnar / i morgon
Weather has impersonal : . Adjectives describing the situation take neuter -t. A present verb with a future time is enough for many plans: . plus an infinitive also expresses an arrangement: . Keep finite verb second after a time phrase. Earlier fixed means was right.
Swedish commonly expresses future tense meanings with a present form and a time phrase, or with plus an infinitive.
Kallare än / bättre
Many comparatives add -are: . Compare with . Common irregular forms are bra → bättre, stor → större, liten → mindre, gammal → äldre. Longer words often use : . Comparative forms do not change for noun gender. compares a distance or a duration.
Den varmaste / för liten
Superlatives describe the highest degree: . Useful irregular forms are . A definite phrase adds -e and keeps the definite noun: . before an adjective means too: . Colour words used alone for a colour are often neuter: .
För / eftersom / så
A simple reason can use : . Both parts have main-clause order. begins a subordinate reason clause; put before its finite verb: . Result gives . Sequence at the front gives inversion: . Use short clauses.
Behöver inte / får inte
means you do not need to come. means you are not allowed to come. Keep these meanings separate. means working is not my plan. Use for stay at home and for put on. Earlier and can be learned as short weather reports.
Practice 1/6 · Finding words
Notice the useful pattern
Tap the form practised in this unit.
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It is raining.
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It is colder here than in Hamburg.
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It is the warmest jacket.
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I go home because I am tired.
Practice 2/6 · The right form
Choose the form
Use the English meaning and the pattern in this unit.
regnar.
It is raining.
Här är än i Hamburg.
It is colder here than in Hamburg.
Det är den jackan.
It is the warmest jacket.
Jag går hem, jag är trött.
I go home because I am tired.
Du komma.
You do not need to come.
Det är .
It is cold.
Havet är större sjön.
The sea is bigger than the lake.
Det är den planen.
It is the best plan.
Practice 3/6 · Fill the gaps
Complete the messages
Fill the gaps with the words from the box.
Det är den jackan.
It is the warmest jacket.
Jag går hem, jag är trött.
I go home because I am tired.
Du komma.
You do not need to come.
Det är .
It is cold.
Havet är större sjön.
The sea is bigger than the lake.
Det är den planen.
It is the best plan.
Practice 4/6 · Building sentences
Build a sentence
Put the words in order.
It is colder here than in Hamburg.
It is the warmest jacket.
I go home because I am tired.
You do not need to come.
It is cold.
The sea is bigger than the lake.
Practice 5/6 · In situations
What would you say?
Choose the right words for the situation.
It is raining.
You say:
Use the meaning and Swedish pattern explained in this unit.
It is raining.
You say:
Use the meaning and Swedish pattern explained in this unit.
It is colder here than in Hamburg.
You say:
Use the meaning and Swedish pattern explained in this unit.
It is colder here than in Hamburg.
You say:
Use the meaning and Swedish pattern explained in this unit.
It is the warmest jacket.
You say:
Use the meaning and Swedish pattern explained in this unit.
It is the warmest jacket.
You say:
Use the meaning and Swedish pattern explained in this unit.
I go home because I am tired.
You say:
Use the meaning and Swedish pattern explained in this unit.
I go home because I am tired.
You say:
Use the meaning and Swedish pattern explained in this unit.
Practice 6/6 · Matching
Connect messages and meanings
Match the pairs.
Unit complete
