Learn how to talk about things people generally do with the help of the Swedish pronoun "man"
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Alisha:Hi Everyone! This is Alisha:and welcome back to SwedishPod101.com. This is Beginner season 1, lesson 21 - What’s Christmas Like in Sweden? |
| Satsuki:Hej allihopa! I’m Satsuki. In this lesson, you’ll learn to talk about the things people generally do with the help of the pronoun ‘man’. |
| Alisha:The conversation takes place at Lisa’s apartment, and it’s between Lisa and her friend Anna. They will be using informal Swedish since they know each other. |
| Satsuki:Let’s listen to the conversation. |
Lesson conversation |
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| Lisa Anna, hur firar svenskarna jul? |
| Anna I Sverige, firar man jul tillsammans med våran familj den tjugofjärde i tolfte. |
| Lisa Jaha. Men vad gör man? |
| Anna Man äter julmat, man ger varandra presenter och man tittar på Kalle Anka. |
| Lisa Jaså? Inget annat? |
| Anna Vissa människor går till kyrkan, men inte alla. |
| Lisa Jaså. |
| Alisha: Let’s hear the conversation one time slowly. |
| Lisa Anna, hur firar svenskarna jul? |
| Anna I Sverige, firar man jul tillsammans med våran familj den tjugofjärde i tolfte. |
| Lisa Jaha. Men vad gör man? |
| Anna Man äter julmat, man ger varandra presenter och man tittar på Kalle Anka. |
| Lisa Jaså? Inget annat? |
| Anna Vissa människor går till kyrkan, men inte alla. |
| Lisa Jaså. |
| Alisha: Now let’s hear it with the English translation. |
| Lisa Anna, hur firar svenskarna jul? |
| Alisha:Anna, how do Swedes celebrate Christmas? |
| Anna I Sverige, firar man jul tillsammans med våran familj den tjugofjärde i tolfte. |
| Alisha:In Sweden, we celebrate Christmas together with our families on the 24th of December. |
| Lisa Jaha. Men vad gör man? |
| Alisha:I see. But what do you do? |
| Anna Man äter julmat, man ger varandra presenter och man tittar på Kalle Anka. |
| Alisha:You eat Christmas food, you give each other presents and you watch Donald Duck. |
| Lisa Jaså? Inget annat? |
| Alisha:Really? Nothing else? |
| Anna Vissa människor går till kyrkan, men inte alla. |
| Alisha:Some people go to church, but not everyone. |
| Lisa Jaså. |
| Alisha:I see. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Alisha:Christmas seems like a big holiday in Sweden! |
| Satsuki:Yes, and a lot of Swedes do celebrate Christmas. |
| Alisha:I’m curious about something - what was Anna referring to when she mentioned watching Donald Duck? |
| Satsuki:Oh, good question. Every year on Christmas Eve in Sweden, a special Christmas-themed cartoon featuring Donald Duck is aired on TV. |
| Alisha:Do a lot of people watch it? |
| Satsuki:Yes, you would be surprised! Some figures say that around 40-50% of the population tune in every year. |
| Alisha:Wow! So it’s really become a Swedish Christmas tradition! |
| Satsuki:Yes, it started airing in 1959, so it’s been around for many years. I don’t think it’s going anywhere soon! |
| Alisha:All right, and with that, now let’s move on to the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Alisha:Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. |
| The first word we shall see is: |
| Satsuki:att fira [natural native speed] |
| Alisha:to celebrate |
| Satsuki:att fira [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Satsuki:att fira [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Satsuki:våran [natural native speed] |
| Alisha:our |
| Satsuki:våran [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Satsuki:våran [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Satsuki:familj [natural native speed] |
| Alisha:family |
| Satsuki:familj [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Satsuki:familj [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Satsuki:tjugofjärde i tolfte [natural native speed] |
| Alisha:December 24th |
| Satsuki:tjugofjärde i tolfte [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Satsuki:tjugofjärde i tolfte [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Satsuki:julmat [natural native speed] |
| Alisha:Christmas food |
| Satsuki:julmat [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Satsuki:julmat [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Satsuki:att ge [natural native speed] |
| Alisha:to give |
| Satsuki:att ge [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Satsuki:att ge [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Satsuki:varandra [natural native speed] |
| Alisha:each other |
| Satsuki:varandra [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Satsuki:varandra [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Satsuki:att titta [natural native speed] |
| Alisha:to watch |
| Satsuki:att titta [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Satsuki:att titta [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Satsuki:vissa [natural native speed] |
| Alisha:some |
| Satsuki:vissa [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Satsuki:vissa [natural native speed] |
| Next: |
| Satsuki:alla [natural native speed] |
| Alisha:everybody |
| Satsuki:alla [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Satsuki:alla [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCABULARY AND PHRASES |
| Alisha:Let's have a closer look at the usuage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. |
| Satsuki:We’ll start with the pronoun ‘våran’. |
| Alisha:That means “our”. But be careful – this pronoun can sometimes be difficult for non-native speakers to use, because its ending changes depending on whether the noun it’s referring to is a neuter gender noun, or a common gender noun. Can you explain this a bit more, Satsuki? |
| Satsuki:Of course! If it’s referring to a common gender noun, like ‘familj’ meaning “family”, you say ‘våran’. |
| Alisha:Okay, and if it’s referring to a neuter gender noun? |
| Satsuki:In that case, you say ‘vårt’. |
| Alisha:Could you give us an example? |
| Satsuki:Sure! Take the neuter gender noun ‘kalas’, which means “party”. In that case, you would say ‘vårt kalas’, which is “our party”. |
| Alisha:What’s next? |
| Satsuki:We also need to talk a bit about the verb ‘att ge’, which was in the dialog. |
| Alisha:Remind me, what did that mean? |
| Satsuki:‘att ge’ means “to give”, but it can also be used in other ways. |
| Alisha:You can use it when you’re talking about distributing cards at a card game, or when talking about people who’ve given up on dream, or a certain behavior. Hmm, this seems like quite a difficult verb to use! |
| Satsuki:I understand that it might seem a bit confusing, but the way ‘att ge’ is used in the dialog, to mean “to give”, is probably the most common. |
| Alisha:Well, that’s good news! Now it’s time for the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
| Satsuki:In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about things that people generally do, with the help of the pronoun ‘man’. |
| Alisha:Remind our listeners what this pronoun means. |
| Satsuki:Okay, ‘man’ usually corresponds to the English “you” or “we”, when speaking in general terms. And it’s an indefinite pronoun. |
| Alisha:That means it’s a pronoun that refers to one or more unspecified objects, places or beings. That’s the reason we use it when we want to talk about things that people generally do, right? |
| Satsuki:Exactly! The pronoun ‘man’ is used when we talk about things in general, when you are not referring to a specific person, or when you are talking about conditions that concern everybody. |
| Alisha:Okay, I think I understand. Can you give us some examples? |
| Satsuki:Sure, let’s look at one of the sentences from the dialog. |
| Alisha:It’s when Anna says, “In Sweden, we celebrate Christmas together with our families..." |
| Satsuki:Yes, which was, ‘I Sverige, firar man jul tillsammans med våran familj…’. |
| Alisha:Let’s have our listeners practice this. Repeat after Satsuki. |
| Satsuki:‘I Sverige, [pause] firar man jul tillsammans med våran familj…’. [pause] |
| Alisha:So in this sentence the pronoun ‘man’ means “we”. |
| Satsuki:Yes. |
| Alisha:But you said that it also can be used like “you” in English. |
| Satsuki:That’s right! And we have another sentence from the dialog that’s an example of that. |
| Alisha:I’m guessing it’s the sentence, “You eat Christmas food, you give each other presents and you watch Donald Duck." |
| Satsuki:Yes, exactly! It was ‘Man äter julmat, man ger varandra presenter och man tittar på Kalle Anka’. |
| Alisha:That’s a really long sentence, so lets get our listeners to practice that one! Repeat after Satsuki, everyone. |
| Satsuki:‘Man äter julmat, [pause] man ger varandra presenter [pause] och man tittar på Kalle Anka’. [pause] |
| Alisha:Great! Is that all for this lesson? |
| Satsuki:There’s actually one more thing! |
| Alisha:Okay, what’s that? |
| Satsuki:Well, I said before that the pronoun ‘man’ usually corresponds to “we” or “you”. |
| Alisha:Yes. |
| Satsuki:It can also be used to mean “one” or “they”. |
| Alisha:Do you have any examples? |
| Satsuki:Sure. One example of a sentence where ‘man’ means “one” is... “One learns as long as one lives." |
| Alisha:And how would you say that in Swedish? |
| Satsuki:‘Man lär så länge man lever’. |
| Alisha:Okay, let practice that sentence! |
| Satsuki:Listeners, repeat after me! |
| Satsuki:‘Man lär så länge man lever’. |
| Alisha:What about a sentence where it means “they”? |
| Satsuki:Okay. “In the US, they celebrate Christmas on the twenty-fifth of December" would be ‘I USA friar man jul den tjugofemte december’. |
| Alisha:Okay, just to be safe, let’s practice that one as well! Repeat after Satsuki, listeners. |
| Satsuki:‘I USA friar man jul den tjugofemte december’. [pause] |
| Alisha:Ok, that’s going to do it for this lesson! Make sure you check the lesson notes, and we’ll see you next time. |
| Satsuki:Great work everyone! Hej då. |
| Alisha:Bye! |
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