Swedish Numbers
| 0 |
noll |
[nɔl:] |
| 1 |
Ett |
[et:] |
| 2 |
Två |
[tvo:] |
| 3 |
Tre |
[tre:] |
| 4 |
Fyra |
[fy:ra] |
| 5 |
Fem |
[fem] |
| 6 |
Sex |
[Sek:s] |
| 7 |
Sju |
[ɧu:] |
| 8 |
Åtta |
[ɔtta] |
| 9 |
Nio |
[ni:ʊ] |
| 10 |
Tio |
[ti:ʊ] |
| 11 |
Elva |
[elva] |
| 12 |
Tolv |
[tɔlv] |
| 13 |
Tretton |
[trettɔn] |
| 14 |
Fjorton |
[fju:ʈɔn] |
| 15 |
Femton |
[femtɔn] |
| 16 |
Sexton |
[sekstɔn] |
| 17 |
Sjutton |
[ɧɵttɔn] |
| 18 |
Arton |
[aʈɔn] |
| 19 |
Nitton |
[nittɔn] |
| 20 |
Tjugo |
[ɕʉ̟:gɔ] |
| 21 |
Tjugoett |
[ɕʉ̟:gɔet:] |
| 22 |
Tjugotvå |
[ɕʉ̟:gɔtvo:] |
| 30 |
Trettio |
[trettiʊ] |
| 40 |
Fyrtio |
[fʏʈiʊ] |
| 50 |
Femtio |
[femtiʊ] |
| 60 |
Sextio |
[sekstiʊ] |
| 70 |
Sjuttio |
[ɧɵttiʊ] |
| 71 |
Sjuttioett |
[ɧɵttiʊet:] |
| 79 |
Sjuttionio |
[ɧɵttiʊni:ʊ] |
| 80 |
Åttio |
[ɔttiʊ] |
| 81 |
Åttioett |
[ɔttiʊet:] |
| 89 |
Åttionio |
[ɔttiʊtvo] |
| 90 |
Nittio |
[nittiʊ] |
| 91 |
Nittioett |
[nittiʊet:] |
| 99 |
Nittionio |
[nittiʊni ʊ] |
| 100 |
Hundra |
[hɵndra] |
Names of European Countries in Swedish
Svenska —
Engelska
Albanien — Albania
Belgien — Belgium
England — England
Frankrike — France
Irland — Ireland
Island — Iceland
Italien — Italy
Kroatien — Croatia
Nordirland — Northern Ireland
Österrike — Austria
Polen — Poland
Portugal — Portugal
Rumänien — Romania
Ryssland — Russia
Schweiz — Switzerland
Slovakien — Slovakia
Spanien — Spain
Sverige — Sweden
Tjeckien — Czech Republic
Turkiet — Turkey
Tyskland — Germany
Ukraina — Ukraine
Ungern — Hungary
Wales — Wales
Body parts in Swedish
| ett huvud (a head) |
huvudet (the head) |
huvuden* (heads) |
huvudena* (the heads) |
| hår (hair) |
håret (the hair) |
n/a |
n/a |
| ett öra (an ear) |
örat (the ear) |
öron (ears) |
öronen (the ears) |
| ett ansikte (a face) |
ansiktet (the face) |
ansikten (faces) |
ansiktena (the faces) |
| ett öga (an eye) |
ögat (the eye) |
ögon (eyes) |
ögonen (the eyes) |
| ett ögonbryn (an eyebrow) |
ögonbrynet (the eyebrow) |
ögonbryn(eyebrows) |
ögonbrynen (the eyebrows) |
| en näsa (a nose) |
näsan (the nose) |
näsor (noses) |
näsorna (the noses) |
| en mun (a mouth) |
munnen (the mouth) |
munnar (mouths) |
munnarna (the mouths) |
| en läpp (a lip) |
läppen (the lip) |
läppar (lips) |
läpparna (the lips) |
| en kind (a cheek) |
kinden (the cheek) |
kinder (cheeks) |
kinderna (the cheeks) |
| en hals (a neck**) |
halsen (the neck) |
halsar (necks) |
halsarna (the necks) |
| en haka (a chin) |
hakan (the chin) |
hakor (chins) |
hakorna (the chins) |
| en nacke (a nape) |
nacken (the nape) |
nackar (napes) |
nackarna (the napes) |
Swedish Days of the week:
måndag – Monday
tisdag – Tuesday
onsdag – Wednesday
torsdag – Thursday
fredag – Friday
lördag – Saturday
söndag – Sunday
In that order!
The Swedish week, like in most of Europe, starts with Monday, not Sunday.
Also noteworthy is the fact that
all days of the week are common gender (-n-gender), following the gender of
dag “day”, and that they are
not inherently capitalized.
So, first of all, each day of the week can be used as an ordinary noun. For example:
Fredag är den bästa dagen i veckan. –
Friday is the best day of the week.
If you want to talk about your plans for
this Friday or
“on Friday”, use the preposition
på:
Jag och Elina ska ut och festa på fredag. – Elina and I are going out to party
on Friday.
What about
next Friday? Just like in English,
you don’t use a preposition; just
nästa “next” and the day of the week:
Vi ska upp till Örnsköldsvik nästa fredag. – We’re going up to Örnsköldsvik
next Friday.
Now to the past. How do we talk about
last Friday? Unlike in English, we don’t say *
sista fredag “last Friday”; the Swedes say
“in Friday’s”. It may sound weird to non-Swedes, but in Swedish it’s totally normal:
Min svärmor lagade middag till oss i fredags. – My mother-in-law made dinner for us
last Friday (this past Friday).
The formula for
last Friday is this:
i + [day of the week]+-s →
i måndags,
i onsdags, etc.
Next, if you want to say
the Friday before last, you can say
förra fredagen. Note that
fredagen is in definite form – i.e., “the Friday”:
Petter hade sin första konsert förra fredagen. – Petter had his first concert
the Friday before last.
Finally, if you’re talking about
a week somewhere in the distant past or distant future, you say
på fredagen “on the Friday”. Take a look:
Jag åkte till Malmö en vecka förra året. På onsdagen såg jag Turning Torso, och på torsdagen åt jag skånsk äggakaka.
I went to Malmö for a week last year.
On the Wednesday I saw Turning Torso (see the image above), and
on the Thursday I ate Scanian egg cake.
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