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The Swedish tongue belongs to the North Germanic subgroup of the Indo-European language family, which includes Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese; it is currently spoken by over 8 million individuals in Scandinavia. Norway, Sweden and Denmark each have 29 characters in their alphabets. From A to Z these alphabets are identical to the English one, then have 3 additional vowels. | ||
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Swedish Greetings | ||
Yes | ja, jo | yah, yoh |
No | nej | ney |
Hello | Hej ! | hey |
Good Morning | God mórgon! | goh mohr - ohn |
Good Afternoon | God dag! | goh dah |
Good Evening | God kväll! | goh kvell |
Goodbye | Adjö´ så lä´nge! | ayuh soh-langyeh |
Please | Tack | tahk |
Thank You | Tack | tahk |
Small Talk | ||
How are you? | Hur står det till ? | heur stoh sa tail? |
Fine, Thanks | Tack, [bára] bra! | taak bah-rah brah |
Not good, [unfortunately] | Inte så bra, tyvärr | een-tuh so brah tvar |
So-So | Så där | soh-dahr |
What's Your Name? | Vad héter du ? | vah hey-tuh doo? |
Nice to meet you | Trévligt att rå´kas | trev-lit aht roh-kahss |
Hockey Talk | ||
Hockey | ishockey | eyes-hoh-key |
Puck | puck | puhk |
Goal! | göra mal! | gueh-rrah mahl |
Forward | anfallsspelare | ahn-fohl-speh-lah-rey |
Defenseman | försvarsspelare | feuhrs-vehs-pey-lah-rey |
Goaltender | målvakt | mohl-vekt |