A Langblr, finally!

So a friend requested I do a vocab list for words and phrases used in primary school. 

The Swedish equivalent would be grundskolan, which we go to from age 6 to age 16 (approximately). Those years are obligatory, studying beyond that is optional (although gymnasiet, which we go to after grundskolan, is pretty much crucial if you want a job. Gymnasiet - and university which comes after - you apply for. You can study to become for example a hair dresser, or you can study a more general thing, there are different programs)

Let’s move on to the vocab list :)

Skola - School Skolgård - School playground Korridor - Corridor Klassrum - Class room Tavla - Board Bänk - Bench/Desk Matsal - Canteen/cafeteria Rektor - Headmaster/principal Kurator - Curator (school psychiatrist) Skolsköterska - School nurse Bibliotekarie - Librarian Lärare - Teacher Elev - Student/pupil Lektion - Lesson Prov - Test/exam Läxförhör - Homework test Betyg - Grades Frånvaro - Absence Mobbning - Bullying Föräldramöte - Parents’ meeting (Teacher, parents of the students) Utvecklingssamtal - Development talks (Parents, teacher, student) Prao / Praktik - Internship

Ämne - Subject

Matematik (Matte) - Maths Svenska - Swedish Engelska - English Spanska, franska, tyska - Spanish, French, German Idrott - Athletics/Sports/Gym class Musik - Music Bild - Arts class Hemkunskap - Domestic science (cooking, cleaning, doing laundry etc. Mostly cooking) SO (Pronounced ess o) - Society related studies (the ones below) Samhällskunskap - Social studies Historia - History Religionskunskap - Religion studies Geografi - Geography NO (Pronounced en o) - Nature related studies (the ones below) Naturkunskap - Nature studies / Science Fysik - Physics Teknik - Technic Biologi - Biology Kemi - Chemistry

Phrases:

När är det rast? - When’s break/recess? Kan du hjälpa mig? - Can you help me? Vad är det till lunch idag? - What’s for lunch today? Vad är klockan? - What time is it? När slutar vi idag? - When do we get off school today?

Worth noting, bc of culture and stuff - we call our teachers by their first names, no formal you etc. It is, however, common for young kids to call their female (sometimes even male) teachers fröken. Fröken can mean both teacher and miss.

I don’t really watch a lot of movies and the ones I do watch are usually in English, but here’s some Swedish ones I remember enjoying:

I rymden finns inga känslor

Patrik 1.5

Förortsungar

Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann

Ego

Bröderna Lejonhjärta

Recommendations from a friend of mine:

Kyss mig

- swedes aren’t romantic. the most romantic thing is when they go together to ikea. that’s how you know the relationship is serious. when they go to ikea together.

- (about the word djur) don’t say the d, that’s just for aesthetic.

- you can use jaha for everything. are you sad? jaha. are you happy? jaha. excited? jaha. surprised? jaha. weirded out? jaha. 

- now come the most important words in swedish. *turns to the board and writes the words: kaffe. en kopp kaffe. en påtår. en kaffe paus. en fika. fika paus) In sweden, every pause is a coffee pause. or a fika pause. we live for them. I have a coffee pause in 50 minutes. it’s great.

- in swedish, we have approximately 200 ways of writing [sh]. I don’t know why.

- ett kafé. there’s no é in the swedish alphabet. but here it is.

- the letter z. we don’t really use it, only in words like zebra and zombie. so when zombie movies got popular, the use of swedish z went up 100%.

- in sweden, everybody uses the informal you. so the swedish prime minister comes in? I’ll say “Hej Stefan”

- the swedish king is very stupid but also very popular. and I can see why. you come home from work, all depressed, you think you’re so stupid and useless and then you turn on the tv. and you see the king. and you’re happy again. because there’s someone stupider than you. and it’s the king.

Volym 1

Volym 2

Volym 3

requested by anon

en stekpanna - a frying pan

en kastrull - a pot

en spis - a stove

en ugn - an oven

en mikro(vågsugn) - a microwave

en stekspade - a spatula

bestick - cutlery

en gaffel - a fork

en sked - a spoon

en kniv - a knife

en mixer - a blender

en skärbräda - a cutting board

en skål - a bowl

mat - food

att koka - to boil

att laga mat - to cook

att steka - to fry

att fritera - to deep fry

att skära - to cut

att göra en sallad - to make a sallad

Illustration: Här är det skönt och vackert, sade hon och slog ihop händerna by John Bauer from the book Bland tomtar och troll 1912

requested by anon

ek - oak

rönn - rowan

alm - elm

al -alder

björk - birch

asp - aspen

bok - quire

en - juniper

hassel - hazel

gran - fir

tall - pine

lind - lime-tree

lönn - maple

pilträd - willow

popplar - poplar

slån - blackthorn

suggested by anon

VERBS

att springa - to run

att fly - to flee

att mörda - to murder

att döda - to kill

att bli mördad - to be murdered

att bli dödad - to be killed

att hugga - to stab

att gömma sig - to hide

att bli upptäckt - to be caught

MOVIES (most are the same in swedish)

Det - It 

Omen - The Omen

Exorcisten - The Exorcist

Lida - Misery

OTHER

fredag den trettonde - friday the thirteenth 

(en) mördare - murderer

(en) häxa - witch

(en) motorsåg - chainsaw

(en) yxa - axe

(en) kniv - knife

(en) pistol - gun

hemsökt - haunted

ironically coming from (one of) the worlds least religious country

(en) religion - religion

(en) bön - prayer

bibel(n) - bibel

koran(en) - koran

(en) kyrka - church

(en) moské - mosque

(en) synagoga - synagogue

(ett) tempel - tempel

(en) pilgrimsfärd - pilgrimage

att be - to pray

att tro - to believe (in god)

att gå i kyrkan - to attend church

återfödelse, reinkarnation - reincarnation

himmelen - heaven

helvetet - hell

filosofi - philosophy

(en) ritual - ritual

(en) munk - monk

kristendomen - christianity

judendomen - judaism

The painting is Räv i Snöklätt Landskap by Bruno Liljefors, 1939

MAMMALS

(en) räv - fox

(en) björn - bear

(en) varg - wolf

(ett) lodjur - lynx

(ett) vildsvin - boar

(en) älg - moose

(en) ren - reindeer

(ett) rådjur - deer

(en) dovhjort - fallow deer

(en) sork - field mouse

(en) myskoxe - muskox

(en) grävling - badger

(en) utter - otter

(en) järv - wolverine

(en) mink - mink

(en) vessla - weasel

(en) hermelin - ermine

SNAKES

(en) huggorm - viper

(en) snok - grass snake 

BIRDS

(en) uggla - owl

(en) örn - eagle

(en) falk - falcon

(en) kråka - crow

(en) gråsparv - sparrow

(en) koltrast - merle, blackbird

(en) sidensvans - waxwing

(en) stjärtmes - long-tailed tit

(en) lappmes - gray-headed chickadee

(en) blåmes - blue tit

(en) talgoxe - great tit

(en) stare - starling

(en) bofink - chaffinch

(en) björktrast - fieldfare

(en) domherre - bullfinch 

SEAMAMMALS

(en) knubbsäl - common seal

(en) gråsäl - gray seal 

(en) vikare - ringed seal

FISH

(en) abborre - perch

(en) mört - common roach

(en) gädda - pike

(en) torsk - cod

(en) lax - salmon

(en) sill - herring

(en) strömming - baltic herring

(en) asp - rapacious carp

(en) brax - bream

(en) gös - pike-perch

(en) harr - grayling

(en) hornsimpa - horn sculpin

(en) id - ide

the most important thing when writing a diary in your target language is to look up words to describe what you tend to think about a lot and things you’re interested in, but here are some good basic phrases to get you started

kära dagbok - dear diary

jag har haft en bra dag - i have had a good day

jag har haft en dålig dag - i have had a bad day

idag har jag x - today i have x

idag träffade jag x - today i met x

idag har jag lyssnat på x - today i have listened to x 

jag är ledsen - i am sad

jag är glad - i am happy

jag ser fram emot - i’m looking forward to

imorgon ska jag - tomorrow i will

igår - yesterday

idag - today

imorse - this morning

igår morse - yesterday morning

det kommer bli jätte kul! - it’s gonna be super fun!

Hej!The difference is actually very simple.Gå means to walk, to get somewhere by footÅka means to go, to ride, to get somewhere by bus, train, car, boat etc

Jag går till skolan - I walk to school

Jag åker buss till skolan - I go to school by bus 

Oh shit I just realized there are exceptionsI don’t know the rules for these but I guess they have to do with things that have a specific time or route they should go? So basically public transport. Also, here the bus/train is the subject. You can’t say use “gå” with public transport if the means of transportation isn’t the subject if that makes sense?

Den här bussen går bara 4 gånger om dagen - This bus only departs 4 times a dayGår den här bussen till Slussen? - Does this bus go to Slussen? Det här tågen går så långsamt! - This train moves so slowly!Tåget går nu! - The train leaves now!

Stockholm - Sweden (by annajewelsphotography)