Learn how to express your feelings
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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 9 - Expressing Your Feelings of Joy in Swedish. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to express feelings. |
| Engla: Yes, and the conversation takes place at the Olsson family’s home. |
| Gabriella: It’s between Jens and his mother Kerstin, and they're using informal Swedish because they're family. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Jens: Mamma! Mamma! Gissa vad som har hänt! |
| Kerstin: Vad? |
| Jens: Jag klarade matteprovet! |
| Kerstin: Grattis! |
| Jens: Tack! |
| Kerstin: Vad roligt för dig! |
| Jens: Jag känner mig så glad! |
| Kerstin: Jag förstår det. Jag känner mig väldigt stolt över dig. |
| Jens: Tack! |
| -With English Translation- |
| Jens: Mamma! Mamma! Gissa vad som har hänt! |
| Gabriella: Mom! Mom! Guess what happened! |
| Kerstin: Vad? |
| Gabriella: What? |
| Jens: Jag klarade matteprovet! |
| Gabriella: I passed the math exam! |
| Kerstin: Grattis! |
| Gabriella: Congratulations! |
| Jens: Tack! |
| Gabriella: Thanks! |
| Kerstin: Vad roligt för dig! |
| Gabriella: Good for you! |
| Jens: Jag känner mig så glad! |
| Gabriella: I feel so happy! |
| Kerstin: Jag förstår det. Jag känner mig väldigt stolt över dig. |
| Gabriella: I can understand that. I feel very proud of you. |
| Jens: Tack! |
| Gabriella: Thanks! |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Engla: It looks like all Jens's hard work studying for his exam has finally paid off. |
| Gabriella: Yes it sure does! Now Engla, I’ve heard that Swedish students can get help with their homework. How does that work? |
| Engla: Ah yes, there is something called läxhjälp, which literally translates as "homework-help." |
| Gabriella: And what's that? |
| Engla: Well it's basically a service where someone helps children and young people with their homework. |
| Gabriella: Is that a service that you pay for? |
| Engla: Yes, there are private companies that provide this service for a fee, but there are also free options that are usually provided by volunteers. |
| Gabriella: Well, it’s great that children can get the extra help they need. |
| Engla: Absolutely! And the parents who use the services provided by private companies are also able to get a tax reduction for the fee they pay. |
| Gabriella: Really? |
| Engla: Yes, and this is great because it makes the service more easy to access. But it has also been questioned by people who think these taxes should be used in the public school system instead, so that students, regardless of their parent's financial situation, can get the help they need in school. |
| Gabriella: Ah, I see. Sounds like a tricky question. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Gabriella: Let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson. The first word we shall see is… |
| Engla: att gissa [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: to guess |
| Engla: att gissa [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: att gissa [natural native speed] |
| Engla: mig [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: me |
| Engla: mig [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: mig [natural native speed] |
| Engla: att klara [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: to pass |
| Engla: att klara [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: att klara [natural native speed] |
| Engla: grattis [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: congratulations |
| Engla: grattis [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: grattis [natural native speed] |
| Engla: Vad roligt för dig! [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: Good for you! |
| Engla: Vad roligt för dig! [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: Vad roligt för dig! [natural native speed] |
| Engla: att känna [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: to feel |
| Engla: att känna [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: att känna [natural native speed] |
| Engla: glad [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: happy |
| Engla: glad [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: glad [natural native speed] |
| Engla: att förstå [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: to understand |
| Engla: att förstå [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: att förstå [natural native speed] |
| Engla: stolt [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: proud |
| Engla: stolt [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: stolt [natural native speed] |
| Engla: väldigt [natural native speed] |
| Gabriella: very |
| Engla: väldigt [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Engla: väldigt [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Engla: Let’s take a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first word we’ll spend some time on is att klara. |
| Gabriella: Meaning “to pass.” This is a verb that's often used in Swedish to talk about passing things such as exams or tests. But it can also be used in a way that corresponds to the English “to manage,” right? |
| Engla: Yes, att klara can also mean “to manage,” and the sentence “I’ll manage” in Swedish is Jag klarar mig. |
| Gabriella: Great! Now what’s next? |
| Engla: Next we have the word grattis, meaning “congratulations.” |
| Gabriella: I guess that one is good to know, so you can use it for occasions such as when someone gets a job, passes a test, or when it’s someone’s birthday. |
| Engla: Exactly! |
| Gabriella: But this word is actually an abbreviation of a longer one, right? |
| Engla: Yes, grattis is an abbreviation of gratulerar, but Swedes themselves use grattis more often, even though gratulerar is sometimes used on greeting cards. |
| Gabriella: Ok, now next up is the Swedish phrase for “Good for you." |
| Engla: Yes, which is Vad roligt för dig. |
| Gabriella: I guess this phrase is something you could use after you've congratulated someone? |
| Engla: Exactly! Saying Vad roligt för dig after grattis is a really nice way of showing someone that you're happy for them. |
| Gabriella: I’ll keep that in mind! Okay, now onto the grammar. |
Lesson focus |
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| Gabriella: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to express feelings. |
| Engla: In a previous lesson, we covered how to do this by using the verb att vara, meaning "to be," but in this lesson we’ll instead use the verb att känna, meaning "to feel," together with the reflexive prounoun mig, for "me". |
| Gabriella: That was the way Jens and his mother Kerstin expressed their feelings in this lesson’s dialog. |
| Engla: Jens said Jag känner mig så glad, meaning "I feel so happy." |
| Gabriella: How about we practice saying that one? |
| Engla: Sure! Listeners, please repeat after me. Jag känner mig så glad. |
| Gabriella: Kerstin also said “I feel very proud of you.” |
| Engla: Yes. Which was Jag känner mig väldigt stolt över dig. Listeners, please repeat after me. Jag känner mig väldigt stolt över dig. |
| Gabriella: Okay, so should we learn how to form similar sentences? |
| Engla: Absolutely! |
| Gabriella: And how do we do that? |
| Engla: We’ll use a sentence structure that begins with the personal pronoun jag, followed by the present tense of the verb att känna, namely känner. This is then followed by the reflexive pronoun mig, and at the end of the sentence, we use any adjective that describes the feeling we want to express. |
| Gabriella: Okay. Maybe we should put that together. |
| Engla: Yes, so to say “I feel” in Swedish, is Jag känner mig, and then you add a suitable adjective. |
| Gabriella: How would you say, “I feel overjoyed.” |
| Engla: Well, “overjoyed" in Swedish is överlycklig. So to say “I feel overjoyed,” you would use“Jag känner mig överlycklig. |
| Gabriella: Great! Let’s practice that. Listeners, repeat after Engla. |
| Engla: Jag känner mig överlycklig. |
| Gabriella: How would I say “I feel sad”? |
| Engla: “Sad” in Swedish is ledsen, so you would say, Jag känner mig ledsen. Listeners, repeat after me please. Jag känner mig ledsen. |
| Gabriella: Okay, I want to try one more. |
| Engla: Absolutely! |
| Gabriella: What is the word for “furious” in Swedish? |
| Engla: Förbannad. |
| Gabriella: And how do I say, “I feel furious”? |
| Engla: Jag känner mig förbannad. |
| Gabriella: Listeners, please repeat after Engla. |
| Engla: Jag känner mig förbannad. |
| Gabriella: Tell me Engla, would it also be possible to use this sentence structure to talk about someone else's feelings? |
| Engla: Yes. In fact, it’s very easy. You just change the personal pronoun jag to another personal pronoun such as han for "he" or hon for "she", or use the name of a person. And then you also need to change mig to sig, which is a reflexive pronoun used for the third person. |
| Gabriella: I see. How would I say, “He feels happy”? |
| Engla: Han känner sig glad. |
| Gabriella: That was easy, but we’d better practice it. Listeners, please repeat after Engla. |
| Engla: Han känner sig glad. |
| Gabriella: How would you say, "She feels sad"? |
| Engla: Hon känner sig ledsen. Listeners, repeat after me! Hon känner sig ledsen. |
| Gabriella: Okay, and if we use the name Jens instead. What is “Jens feels furious” in Swedish? |
| Engla: Jens känner sig förbannad. |
| Gabriella: Listeners, please repeat after Engla. |
| Engla: Jens känner sig förbannad. |
| Gabriella: Great! I think that's all for now. |
| Engla: Yes, I think so. |
| Gabriella: But remember to check out our lesson notes to get some more suggestions on adjectives that can be used when you’re expressing feelings. |
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Outro |
| Gabriella: Great work everyone. Thanks for listening, and we’ll see you next time. Bye! |
| Engla: Hej då! |
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