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| INTRODUCTION |
| Morten: Welcome to SwedishPod101.com Absolute Beginner Season 1, Lesson 14 - My Swedish Morning Routine. Hej och välkomna, this is Morten. |
| Jasmine: Hej, allihopa. And this is Jasmine. |
| Morten: In this lesson, we are talking about routines and times of the day. |
| Jasmine: The conversation takes place at the flat in Kallebäck. |
| Morten: James is talking to Ewa, his Polish flatmate. |
| Jasmine: The situation is very casual. The vocab use it a tad colloquial but useable in almost any situation. Let's listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Ewa: Usch, vad tidigt du är uppe igen. |
| James: Jag vaknar prick kl 6.30 varje dag. Sen springer jag i en halvtimme. |
| Ewa: Och sen tar du en dusch - jag väcks av det varje dag. |
| James: Jag måste ju hinna göra läxor i minst en timme innan universitetet börjar. |
| Ewa: Men det börjar inte innan kl 9, tidigast. |
| James: Ja, men jag vill ta bussen som går kl 8.30 senast. |
| Ewa: Tyvärr, själv är jag absolut ingen morgonmänniska och skulle helst inte gå upp innan kl 9. |
| Morten: And now, the slow version. |
| Jasmine: Och nu den sakta versionen. |
| Ewa: Usch, vad tidigt du är uppe igen. |
| James: Jag vaknar prick kl 6.30 varje dag. Sen springer jag i en halvtimme. |
| Ewa: Och sen tar du en dusch - jag väcks av det varje dag. |
| James: Jag måste ju hinna göra läxor i minst en timme innan universitetet börjar. |
| Ewa: Men det börjar inte innan kl 9, tidigast. |
| James: Ja, men jag vill ta bussen som går kl 8.30 senast. |
| Ewa: Tyvärr, själv är jag absolut ingen morgonmänniska och skulle helst inte gå upp innan kl 9. |
| Morten: Now with the translation. |
| Jasmine: Och nu med översättningen. |
| Ewa: Usch, vad tidigt du är uppe igen. |
| Morten: Gee, you're up early again. |
| James: Jag vaknar prick kl 6.30 varje dag. Sen springer jag i en halvtimme. |
| Morten: I wake up at 6.30 A.M. sharp every day. Then I go running for half an hour. |
| Ewa: Och sen tar du en dusch - jag väcks av det varje dag. |
| Morten: And then you take a shower. It wakes me up every day. |
| James: Jag måste ju hinna göra läxor i minst en timme innan universitetet börjar. |
| Morten: I have to have time to do my homework for at least an hour before university starts. |
| Ewa: Men det börjar inte innan kl 9, tidigast. |
| Morten: But it doesn't start before 9 A.M. at the earliest. |
| James: Ja, men jag vill ta bussen som går kl 8.30 senast. |
| Morten: Yes, but I want to take the bus that goes at 8.30 at the latest. |
| Ewa: Tyvärr, själv är jag absolut ingen morgonmänniska och skulle helst inte gå upp innan kl 9. |
| Morten: I'm sorry. I am absolutely not a morning person and would ideally not get up before 9 A.M. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Morten: I recently heard of a Swedish phenomenon called Friskis &Svettis. |
| Jasmine: Sure. That's a popular chain of gyms. |
| Morten: And what makes it special? |
| Jasmine: Well since it's so popular, people say Friskis &Svettis as a synonym for gym. |
| Morten: Does that mean it's the gym brand in Sweden. |
| Jasmine: You could say that. More than 500,000 Swedes are members. |
| Morten: That's around 5% of the population, right? |
| Jasmine: Yeah. And in cities, it's sometimes as high as 10%. But there's another special think about this gym. |
| Morten: Oh, I've heard this. It's run as a non-profit organization. |
| Jasmine: That's right. People have a passion for the communal. |
| Morten: To make things affordable for all. |
| Jasmine: And promote healthy living at the same time. |
| Morten: At a small cost, excellent. And now, let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| First we have. |
| Jasmine: Tidig [natural native speed] |
| Morten: Early. |
| Jasmine: Tidig [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Tidig [natural native speed] |
| Morten: Next, we have. |
| Jasmine: Igen [natural native speed] |
| Morten: Again. |
| Jasmine: Igen [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Igen [natural native speed] |
| Morten: Next, we have. |
| Jasmine: Vakna [natural native speed] |
| Morten: To wake up. |
| Jasmine: Vakna [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Vakna [natural native speed] |
| Morten: Next, we have. |
| Jasmine: Minst [natural native speed] |
| Morten: At least. |
| Jasmine: Minst [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Minst [natural native speed] |
| Morten: Next, we have. |
| Jasmine: Innan [natural native speed] |
| Morten: Before. |
| Jasmine: Innan [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Innan [natural native speed] |
| Morten: Next, we have. |
| Jasmine: Tidigast [natural native speed] |
| Morten: (At the) earliest. |
| Jasmine: Tidigast [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Tidigast [natural native speed] |
| Morten: Next, we have. |
| Jasmine: Senast [natural native speed] |
| Morten: (At the) latest. |
| Jasmine: Senast [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Senast [natural native speed] |
| Morten: And finally, we have. |
| Jasmine: Gå upp [natural native speed] |
| Morten: To get up. |
| Jasmine: Gå upp [slowly - broken down by syllable]. Gå upp [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Morten: And now, let's take a closer look at the words and phrases in this lesson. |
| Jasmine: We'll start with Varje morgon, every morning. |
| Morten: Sounds useful. Could you use Varje with any time expression? |
| Jasmine: Sure. You could also say Varje dag, varje vecka, varje år. |
| Morten: So, everyday, every week, every year. Does varje only work with time expressions? |
| Jasmine: No, the potential is huge. You can use it with any noun really. |
| Morten: Not bad. So what was every morning, again? |
| Jasmine: Varje morgon. Please listen and repeat after me, Varje morgon. |
| Morten: Varje morgon. very good. And what about an example outside of time expressions? |
| Jasmine: Varje student gillar semester. |
| Morten: Every student likes holidays. All right, there's a potential false friend in there. |
| Jasmine: Yes, it means every student likes holidays. |
| Morten: Well, I dare say they do, yes. So semester in Swedish means holiday, be careful there. |
| Jasmine: Let's hear every morning, again. |
| Morten: Varje morgon. very good. And everyday. |
| Jasmine: Varje dag. Please listen and repeat, Varje dag. |
| Morten: Varje dag. And every student. |
| Jasmine: Varje student. Let's try it out, listeners. |
| Morten: Varje student. Very good. |
| Jasmine: There is another useful time expression hidden in the dialogue. |
| Morten: Sedan meaning then. So when you're listing things… |
| Jasmine: …or when you want to start a sentence telling that what happened next… |
| Morten: Sedan is the word to use. Please, say it after me, sedan gick vi. |
| Jasmine: sedan gick vi, then we went. |
| Morten: Well done, everybody. There's more on time expressions in the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
| And now, let's move on to the grammar section. In our lesson focus we're looking at two different thins, firstly modals and quasi modals. |
| Jasmine: Second, adjectives and their superlatives. |
| Morten: And of course, we'll get plenty of practice. |
| Jasmine: That's right. Let's get started. |
| Morten: We have looked at modals before. Let's take an example from the dialogue. |
| Jasmine: jag vill ta bussen. I want to take the bus. |
| Morten: There, we have the present tense of vill and the infinitive of another verb, ta so far so good. |
| Jasmine: Jag vill ta bussen. |
| Morten: Why don't we have our listeners say that in Swedish, I want to take the bus? |
| Jasmine: jag vill ta bussen. Nice work. |
| Morten: While vill is a natural modal, some verbs act like modals only sometimes. |
| Jasmine: That's right. They aren't real modals because they usually stand on their own as full verbs. |
| Morten: We will call them quasi modals. There is one example in the dialogue. |
| Jasmine: Jag måste hinna göra läxor, I have to have time to do my homework. |
| Morten: The first verb you all know Måste, have to or must, that's a true modal. |
| Jasmine: But the second verb hinna, is a quasi modal in the sentence. |
| Morten: Hinna means to manage, to be able to in terms of time. So Hinna göra means? |
| Jasmine: To have time to do. You could say Jag måste hinna göra det. |
| Morten: I have to have time to do that. |
| Jasmine: Let's practice that a little, Jag måste hinna göra det. |
| Morten: Jag måste hinna göra det, very good. |
| Jasmine: And there is one more phrase with a modal, Jag skulle helst inte gå upp innan klockan nio. |
| Morten: I would rather not get up before 9 A.M. Now this is special. |
| Jasmine: Skulle isn't just a modal. It also indicates the subjunctive mood. |
| Morten: The subjunctive mood is used for scenarios that haven't actually happened but could potentially. |
| Jasmine: It usually deals with future events, but… |
| Morten: …it can also express unrealized possibilities that existed in the past. |
| Jasmine: However, we'll leave it at the phrase level for now. Please listen and repeat once more. |
| Morten: Jag skulle helst inte gå upp innan klockan nio. |
| Jasmine: Jag skulle helst inte gå upp innan klockan nio, very good. |
| Morten: Let's recap a little. What was I want to take the bus again? |
| Jasmine: Jag vill ta bussen, excellent. |
| Morten: And I have to have time to do that? |
| Jasmine: Jag måste hinna göra det. Wow. Well done, everybody. |
| Morten: But bear in mind hinna can also stand on its own, meaning to manage, to be able to. |
| Jasmine: Right. It's just a quasi modal. Now on to our second topic, adjectives and their superlatives. |
| Morten: In the dialogue, we have the adjective tidig, early and its superlative tidigast. |
| Jasmine: At the earliest, yes. We just took tidig and added -ast. |
| Morten: This turns early into the earliest instance thinkable. In the context of time expressions, tidigast, means? |
| Jasmine: At the earliest, right. |
| Morten: So please say these words in Swedish after me, Jasmine, early and at the earliest. |
| Jasmine: Tidig, tidigast. Please listen and repeat, Tidig, tidigast. |
| Morten: Tidig, tidigast. Very good. |
| Jasmine: Another superlative we heard was minst, based on the irregular adjective liten. |
| Morten: You can see how this is irregular. These two words translate as at least and small. |
| Jasmine: We also have Senast from the adjective sen. |
| Morten: That one is regular. Sen means late. So senast means at the latest. We just added -ast to make the adjective superlative. |
| Jasmine: The only irregular pair we had to deal with this time was liten and minst. |
| Morten: And that's about all we need to know for now. |
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| Morten: If your answer is yes, use the voice recording tool on the lesson's page. |
| Jasmine: Record your voice with a click of a button. |
| Morten: And then play it back just as easily. |
| Jasmine: Then compare it to the native speakers in the lesson… |
| Morten: …and adjust your pronunciation. |
| Jasmine: After a few tries, you'll be speaking better Swedish than Morten here. |
| Morten: Hey. |
| Jasmine: Go to SwedishPod101.com and rapidly improve your Swedish pronunciation. |
| Morten: Thanks very much for listening, everyone. Tack Hejdå. |
| Jasmine: Yeah. Tack så mycket. Until next time. Hejdå. |
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