Learn how to talk about your daily routine
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Engla: Hej allihopa! I’m Engla. |
| Gabriella: Hi everyone, I’m Gabriella. Welcome back to SwedishPod101.com. This is Lower Beginner, Season 1, Lesson 20 - A Relaxing Weekend in Sweden. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about your daily routine. |
| Engla: Yes, and the conversation takes place at Kerstin’s work.: |
| Gabriella: The conversation is between Kerstin and her co-worker Elisabeth, and they're using informal Swedish because they’re co-workers. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Elisabeth: Kerstin. Vad brukar du göra på helgerna? |
| Kerstin: Före frukosten tar jag en promenad. |
| Elisabeth: Och efter frukost? |
| Kerstin: Efter frukosten brukar jag göra något med barnen. |
| Elisabeth: Vad trevligt! |
| Kerstin: Ja. Innan middagen brukar jag läsa en bok. |
| Elisabeth: Och efter middagen? |
| Kerstin: Och efter middagen då brukar vi titta på film och äta lördagsgodis. |
| -With English Translation- |
| Elisabeth: Kerstin. Vad brukar du göra på helgerna? |
| Gabriella: Kerstin, what do you usually do during the weekends? |
| Kerstin: Före frukosten tar jag en promenad. |
| Gabriella: Before breakfast, I take a walk. |
| Elisabeth: Och efter frukost? |
| Gabriella: And after breakfast? |
| Kerstin: Efter frukosten brukar jag göra något med barnen. |
| Gabriella: After breakfast, I usually do something with the kids. |
| Elisabeth: Vad trevligt! |
| Gabriella: That's nice! |
| Kerstin: Ja. Innan middagen brukar jag läsa en bok. |
| Gabriella: Yes. Before dinner, I usually read a book. |
| Elisabeth: Och efter middagen? |
| Gabriella: And after dinner? |
| Kerstin: Och efter middagen då brukar vi titta på film och äta lördagsgodis. |
| Gabriella: After dinner, we usually watch a movie and eat candy. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Gabriella: Kerstin’s weekends sounds pretty relaxing. Tell me Engla, do Swedish families, in general, spend a lot of time together on the weekends? |
| Engla: I would say that family life is pretty important for most families, and weekends are usually a time when families do activities together. |
| Gabriella: And what do they do? |
| Engla: Well, sometimes they don’t really do much—just hang out in front of a movie or a TV-show, each with their own bag of pick-n-mix. |
| Gabriella: But surely that's not the only thing they do together? |
| Engla: No, other activities that Swedish families enjoy, that are a bit more on the active side, include ice-skating, going to shopping centres, visiting the local swimming pool, or watching a sports game. |
| Gabriella: What kind of sports are popular in Sweden, Engla? |
| Engla: Well, that of course varies, but watching a game of soccer, that is, football, handball, or ice hockey is pretty common. |
| Gabriella: Great! |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Gabriella: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word we shall see is… |
| Engla: brukar [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: usually |
| Engla: brukar [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: brukar [natural native speed] |
| Engla: före [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: before |
| Engla: före [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: före [natural native speed] |
| Engla: efter [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: after |
| Engla: efter [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: efter [natural native speed] |
| Engla: frukost [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: breakfast |
| Engla: frukost [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: frukost [natural native speed] |
| Engla: lunch [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: lunch |
| Engla: lunch [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: lunch [natural native speed] |
| Engla: middag [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: dinner |
| Engla: middag [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: middag [natural native speed] |
| Engla: barn [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: kid |
| Engla: barn [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: barn [natural native speed] |
| Engla: bok [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: book |
| Engla: bok [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: bok [natural native speed] |
| Engla: att titta [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: to watch |
| Engla: att titta [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: att titta [natural native speed] |
| Engla: helg [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: weekend |
| Engla: helg [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: helg [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Engla: Let’s take a closer look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word we need to talk about is the auxiliary verb brukar, meaning “usually”. |
| Gabriella: But this is not only an auxiliary verb is it? |
| Engla: No, you’re absolutely right. Att bruka is also a main verb, and when you use it as a main verb, it has a different meaning. |
| Gabriella: Okay, and what is that? |
| Engla: Att bruka means “to cultivate” or “to farm”. |
| Gabriella: I see, okay - let’s move on to the next word. |
| Engla: The next word we’ll spend some time on is the word middag. |
| Gabriella: And that means “dinner” right? |
| Engla: Yes middag usually means “dinner”, the last meal of the day. |
| Gabriella: Can it also mean something else? |
| Engla: Well, in Småland and Skåne, people sometimes use middag when they're talking about lunch. |
| Gabriella: Okay, and what word do they use for “dinner” then? |
| Engla: Then they use kvällsmat, meaning “evening-food”. |
| Gabriella: I see. Now, let’s move on to the next word. |
| Engla: The final word is the word att titta, meaning “to watch”. |
| Gabriella: And what’s so special about that? |
| Engla: Well it’s not very special, but it’s a good word to know, since you can use it to talk about things you've done. |
| Gabriella: You mean if I want to say things like “I've watched a movie”? |
| Engla: Yes, and in Swedish that would be Jag har tittat på film. |
| Gabriella: And I guess it's good if we want to get someone's attention by saying “Look!”. |
| Engla: Yes exactly, and “Look!” in Swedish is Titta! |
| Gabriella: But there is also a more casual way of saying “to watch” right? |
| Engla: Yes, you can also use the verb att kolla. |
| Gabriella: Great! Okay, now onto the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
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| Gabriella: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about your daily routine. |
| Engla: Yes, you’ll learn how to be more specific when it comes to when you do an activity. |
| Gabriella: Great! Before we move on and learn how to form sentences, we should mention that the sentences we're about to form will follow an inverted word order. |
| Engla: And that’s because the sentence is introduced by a time reference such as “before breakfast” or “after breakfast”. It also means that the subject of the sentence is placed after the verb of the sentence. |
| Gabriella: Now let’s move on to learn how to form these kinds of sentences. |
| Engla: To make this easier, let’s break the sentence down into two parts, where the first part consists of the time reference, and the second part consists of the activity that's part of our daily routine. |
| Gabriella: Let’s start with the time reference then. |
| Engla: Yes, and the time references that we're going to use are always introduced by the prepositions före, meaning "before," or efter, meaning "after." Using these prepositions will help us to be more precise when it comes to when an activity happens. |
| Gabriella: Okay, so let’s practice forming some time references. How do you, for example, say “before lunch”? |
| Engla: Före lunchen. (slow) Före lunchen. |
| Gabriella: And how do you say, “after lunch”? |
| Engla: Efter lunchen. (slow) Efter lunchen. |
| Gabriella: And how would you say, “before dinner”? |
| Engla: Före middagen. (slow) Före middagen. |
| Gabriella: And finally, how do you say, “after dinner”? |
| Engla: Efter middagen. (slow) Efter middagen. |
| Gabriella: Great! Let’s move on to the second part of the sentence. |
| Engla: Absolutely! This part of the sentence consists of two words, namely a verb in its present tense, followed by the subject of the sentence. |
| Gabriella: So how do you say “I work” in Swedish using an inverted word order? |
| Engla: “I” in Swedish is jag, while “work” is jobbar, so “I work” would therefore be ...jobbar jag. |
| Gabriella: How would you say, “I read”? |
| Engla: ...läser jag. |
| Gabriella: Okay, how about “I clean”? |
| Engla: ...städar jag. |
| Gabriella: Let’s try to form whole sentences that describe our daily routine. How would you say, “Before breakfast, I work” in Swedish? |
| Engla: Före frukosten jobbar jag. |
| Gabriella: And how do you say, “After lunch I read”? |
| Engla: Efter lunchen läser jag. |
Outro |
| Gabriella: Great! I think that's all for this lesson. |
| Engla: Yes, I think so. Great work everyone. |
| Gabriella: Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you next time. Bye! |
| Engla: Hej då! |
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