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| INTRODUCTION |
| Hello and welcome to Swedish Survival Phrases brought to you by SwedishPod101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Sweden. You will be surprised at how far a little Swedish will go. |
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Lesson focus |
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| Swedish Survival Phrases Lesson 56 - High-frequency adjectives. |
| In today's lesson, we'll cover some high-frequency adjectives to help you express yourselves in various situations. |
| In Swedish, "It's delicious" is Det är utsökt. |
| Det är utsökt. |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Det är utsökt. |
| Now, let's hear it once again: Det är utsökt. |
| The first word Det means "it." |
| Let's break it down by syllable and hear it one more time: Det. |
| Det. |
| This is followed by Är, which in Swedish is "is." |
| Är. |
| Är. |
| So, to recap there, we have Det är. Literally, this means "it is." |
| Let's take a look at the next word which is Utsökt, which means "delicious." |
| Utsökt. |
| Utsökt. |
| All together, we have Det är utsökt. Literally, this means "It is delicious." |
| Now, let's over some other adjectives that you can use with the pattern just introduced. Let's try "hot." |
| In Swedish, "It's hot" is Det är varmt. |
| Det är varmt. |
| The word for "hot" is Varmt. |
| Varmt. |
| What about cold? In Swedish, "It's cold" is Det är kallt. |
| Det är kallt. |
| The word for "cold" is Kallt. |
| Kallt. |
| Kallt. |
| In Swedish, "It's near" is Det är nära. |
| Det är nära. |
| The word for "near" is Nära. |
| Nära. |
| Nära. |
| Next phrase is "It's far," which in Swedish is Det är långt |
| Det är långt. |
| The word for "far" is Långt. |
| Långt. |
| Långt. |
| And now, for the adjective for flirting. "Cute" in Swedish is Söt. |
| Söt. |
| Söt. |
| To say that someone is Söt, you take the same construction as above but you change Det är to Du, which means "you." Then we got Du är söt, which means "You are cute." |
| Du är söt. |
| Du är söt. |
| Next, we have "pretty" and "beautiful," which both mean Vacker in Swedish. |
| In Swedish, Du är vacker means "You are pretty." This could be used about both people and, for instance, places. In the case of a place, you go back to the construction with Det är vackert. If we are talking about a person we say Du är vacker. Notice that the adjective is inflected differently. |
| Now, let's look at the negative. In Swedish, "It's not delicious" is Det är inte utsökt. |
| Det är inte utsökt. |
| Let's break it down by syllable: Det är inte utsökt. |
| The negation is formed by adding Inte before the adjective. |
| Inte. |
| Inte. |
| Utsökt is a kind of outdated expression, but still means "delicious." But more and more, we use Gott, which means "good." |
| To talk about taste and different degrees of deliciousness, we have numerous words to enhance the meaning. For instance, Det är gott means "It's good." When talking about food or something else you are eating or drinking, then we can add the word Jätte to Gott to make it even more good. Jätte literally means "giant." So then, we have Det är jättegott! which literally means "It's giantly good," but as we must interpret as "It's very delicious" |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out this lesson, we'd like for you to practice what you've just learned. I'll provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for saying it aloud. You'll have a few seconds before I give you the answer, so Lycka till. Okay, here we go! |
| "It's delicious." - Det är utsökt. |
| Det är utsökt. |
| "It's not delicious." - Det är inte utsökt. |
| Det är inte utsökt. |
| Alright, that's going to do it for today. Remember to stop by SwedishPod101.com and pick up the accompanying PDF. When you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
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