Swedish

Swedish A1

Swedish for complete beginners in nine chapters of short written lessons, with explanations in English and examples in Swedish, from greetings to work, health and weather.

  • Introductory
  • Level A1
  • 86 lessons
  • Free

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About this course

This course teaches Swedish from the very beginning, so no Swedish is needed. Every lesson is a short written page that explains one idea in English and shows it in Swedish examples.

All nine chapters of A1 are ready, in three parts of three chapters. They are Meeting People, People and Places, My Day, Everyday Choices, Around Town, Making Plans, Last Weekend, Family Days, and Work, Health and Weather. Each chapter has six to eight lessons and ends with a reading text, a dialogue and the vocabulary of the chapter. Six of the chapters also have a lesson on the sounds of Swedish. Swedish has five levels, from A1 to C1, and the Swedish overview shows them all.

Use a free account for the Learning Path. Work through the nine chapters in short practice steps, return to your mistakes, or build a test from selected chapters and lessons. Your answers, results and progress are saved to your account so you can continue on another device. Checkpoint tests open as their question sets become ready. The lessons and vocabulary stay free to read.

Good to know first

  • No Swedish needed

Course outline

All 86 lessons are available. Each lesson is a written page. Open a chapter to see its lessons, or follow a lesson to read it.

  1. Meeting People

    All 10 lessons available
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    Lessons

    1. greetings and goodbyes, giving and asking for a name, polite words and the letters å, ä and ö

    2. subject pronouns, present forms of är, heter, bor, kommer and talar and jobs and languages

      Builds on Making Contact.

    3. statements that start with the subject, negation with inte and joining with och and men

      Builds on People and a Few Verbs.

    4. questions with vad, var and varifrån, yes or no questions and i and från with places

      Builds on People and a Few Verbs and Simple Statements.

    5. zero to twenty, tens, hundreds and thousands, one million and whole numbers and separate digits

    6. saying you did not hear, jag förstår inte, asking what a word means and asking how to say a word

      Builds on Making Contact and Simple Statements.

    7. the 29 letters and their names, å, ä and ö last, asking how a name is spelled and spelling a name letter by letter

      Builds on Making Contact.

    8. the nine vowels, long and short vowels, one or two consonants after a vowel and hard and soft vowels

      Builds on Making Contact.

    Read and Review

    1. Builds on Asking for Information and Numbers from Zero to One Million.

  2. People and Places

    All 8 lessons available
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    Lessons

    1. en-words and ett-words, words for family, friends and pets, saying what you have with har and questions with har du

      Builds on Simple Statements.

    2. the tens from tjugo to hundra, numbers from 21 to 100 written as one word and ages with hur gammal är and år

      Builds on Numbers from Zero to One Million.

    3. the definite form of en-words and ett-words, rooms and things in a home, nouns that change a little, like nyckeln and fönstret and when to use the definite form

      Builds on Family and Friends.

    4. min, mitt, din and ditt, hans, hennes and hens, no definite ending after min or a name and a name with s and no apostrophe

      Builds on People and a Few Verbs and Family and Friends.

    5. det finns for there is and there are, place words i, på, under, bredvid, framför and bakom, här, där and hemma and den or det for it

      Builds on Asking for Information, Family and Friends and The Flat and the Kitchen.

    6. long and short a and å, the two sounds of o, an o that sounds like å and the vowel u

      Builds on Long and Short Vowels.

    Read and Review

    1. Builds on Where Things Are and The Vowels a, o, å and u.

  3. My Day

    All 10 lessons available
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    Lessons

    1. three ways to make the present, göra and its own present form gör, verbs for a normal day and meals, work and school

      Builds on People and a Few Verbs.

    2. vad är klockan and klockan är, över, i, kvart and halv, halv and the next hour and från and till with times

      Builds on Numbers from Zero to One Million.

    3. the days of the week, på måndag and på måndagar, i dag, i morgon and i kväll and parts of the day with på

      Builds on Simple Statements.

    4. the verb as the second part, a time word at the start of a statement, först and sedan and inte after the subject

      Builds on Simple Statements, What I Do Every Day and Days and Parts of the Day.

    5. How OftenAvailable

      alltid, ofta, ibland and aldrig, where the how often words go, questions with hur ofta and tidigt and sent

      Builds on Simple Statements and What I Do Every Day.

    6. one place for inte, ofta and också, small words in questions, jag också after a yes and inte jag heller after a no

      Builds on Starting with a Time Word and How Often.

    7. och, men and eller, för for a reason, så for a result and the comma before men, för and så

      Builds on Simple Statements and What I Do Every Day.

    8. the stressed word in a sentence, small words said lightly, spoken short forms such as ja and word order in questions

      Builds on Simple Statements and Asking for Information.

    Read and Review

    1. Builds on And, But, Or, Because and So and Stress and Melody in a Sentence.

  4. Everyday Choices

    All 9 lessons available
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    Lessons

    1. numbers up to 1000, prices in kronor, asking the price with hur mycket kostar and paying by card or in cash

      Builds on Ages and Numbers to 100 and Where Things Are.

    2. More Than OneAvailable

      five plural patterns, plurals that change a vowel, nouns after a number and mina and dina

      Builds on Numbers from Zero to One Million and Family and Friends.

    3. vill, kan, får and måste with a second verb, vill ha for things and ordering politely with kan jag få and jag skulle vilja

      Builds on Simple Statements, Asking for Information and What I Do Every Day.

    4. adjective forms for en-words, ett-words and plurals, adjectives after är, adjectives that change more, like liten and gammal and mycket for very

      Builds on Family and Friends, The Flat and the Kitchen and More Than One.

    5. den här and den där, det här är to present someone or something and vilken, vilket and vilka

      Builds on The Flat and the Kitchen, Where Things Are and More Than One.

    6. hur många and hur mycket, många, mycket and lite before a noun, times with gång and gånger and what kind with vad är det för

      Builds on Prices and Numbers to 1000, More Than One and This One, That One and Which One.

    7. i and y, short e and ä, ä and ö before r and a final e is said

      Builds on The Vowels a, o, å and u.

    Read and Review

    1. Builds on How Many, How Much and What Kind and The Vowels i, y, e, ä and ö.

  5. Around Town

    All 10 lessons available
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    Lessons

    1. places in town, i, på or vid with each place, asking where a place is with var ligger and vid, nära and långt

      Builds on Asking for Information and Where Things Are.

    2. gå or åka, åka buss, åka tåg and åka bil, cykla for going by bike and getting off with gå av

      Builds on What I Do Every Day.

    3. Turn LeftAvailable

      the imperative from the present form, directions with höger, vänster and rakt fram, saying do not with inte and softer requests with tack and kan du

      Builds on Simple Statements and What I Do Every Day.

    4. till, från, genom, förbi, över, mot and efter, being somewhere or going somewhere, var and vart, här and hit, där and dit and hemma and hem

      Builds on Places in Town, On Foot or by Bus and Turn Left.

    5. ordinal numbers from första to tionde, floors and streets with ordinals, asking how far with hur långt and asking how long with hur lång tid

      Builds on Ages and Numbers to 100, More Than One and Places in Town.

    6. three forms of one verb, instructions with the imperative, the dictionary form after kan and måste and forms that look the same

      Builds on Want, Can, May and Must and Turn Left.

    7. compound words, en or ett from the last part, joins with an s and reading a long word in parts

      Builds on Family and Friends, The Flat and the Kitchen and Places in Town.

    8. bus numbers from ettan to tolvan, taking a bus with ta and en tvåa and en trea for flats

      Builds on Numbers from Zero to One Million, The Flat and the Kitchen and On Foot or by Bus.

    Read and Review

    1. Builds on Long Words from Short Ones and Bus Number Six.

  6. Making Plans

    All 9 lessons available
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    Lessons

    1. plans with ska and the dictionary form, inte and time words with ska, suggestions with ska vi and saying yes, no or maybe

      Builds on Starting with a Time Word and Want, Can, May and Must.

    2. What I LikeAvailable

      tycker om, gillar and älskar, att before a verb, inte with tycker om and kul, rolig, trevlig and glad

      Builds on Simple Statements and What I Do Every Day.

    3. object pronouns, pronouns after a verb, pronouns after hos, med and på and subject forms in questions and after time words

      Builds on People and a Few Verbs and Simple Statements.

    4. When and WhoAvailable

      questions with när, questions with vem, word order after när and vem and han and honom in questions with vem

      Builds on What Time Is It, Days and Parts of the Day and Me, You and Them.

    5. the parts of a short message, an invitation and a reply, sign offs such as hälsningar and kram and a review of the main A1 patterns

      Builds on Making Contact, What Are You Doing on Saturday and When and Who.

    6. adjectives after är, the plural form after vi, ni and de, asking with hur är and det är roligt att and a verb

      Builds on Big Cups and Small Glasses and What I Like.

    7. the sj sound, the tj sound, soft k, g and sk and hard k, g and sk

      Builds on The Vowels i, y, e, ä and ö.

    Read and Review

    1. Builds on Describing with Är and The Sj and Tj Sounds.

  7. Last Weekend

    All 10 lessons available
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    Lessons

    1. past time words, var and hade, i lördags and på lördag and hur länge and för ... sedan

      Builds on Family and Friends, Days and Parts of the Day and Starting with a Time Word.

    2. the past of -ar verbs, the ending -ade and i helgen with a past verb

      Builds on What I Do Every Day and Yesterday and Last Week.

    3. the past of -er verbs, -de or -te and glömde and hände

      Builds on What We Did on Saturday.

    4. three forms of a verb, four kinds of verbs, short verbs with -dde and gick and såg

      Builds on Bought, Called and Read.

    5. irregular past forms, a table of irregular verbs, gick or åkte and det fanns

      Builds on On Foot or by Bus and Four Kinds of Verbs.

    6. kunde, ville and skulle, fick and fick inte and plans made before

      Builds on Want, Can, May and Must, What Are You Doing on Saturday and Went, Came and Saw.

    7. questions about the past, varför and hur var det, inte and aldrig in the past and short answers to recognize

      Builds on When and Who and Went, Came and Saw.

    8. Then and NowAvailable

      förut, då and nu, present or past and a then and now profile

      Builds on What Did You Do.

    Read and Review

    1. Builds on What Did You Do and Then and Now.

  8. Family Days

    All 10 lessons available
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    Lessons

    1. the definite plural, four forms of a noun and männen and fönstren

      Builds on The Flat and the Kitchen and More Than One.

    2. vår, vårt and våra, er for two or more people, deras never changes and family words

      Builds on My Key and Your Phone and More Than One.

    3. the months, dates with den, ordinals from 11 to 31 and birthdays and holidays

      Builds on Ages and Numbers to 100, Days and Parts of the Day and First, Second and How Far.

    4. hur ser hen ut, är or har, hair and eyes and introducing someone

      Builds on Family and Friends, Big Cups and Small Glasses and Describing with Är.

    5. som for who, which and that, two sentences in one and word order after som

      Builds on Simple Statements and The Flat and the Kitchen.

    6. någon, något and några, ingen, inget and inga, someone and no one and inte någon with two verbs

      Builds on Where Things Are, More Than One and Want, Can, May and Must.

    7. words for order, the verb second, a story in the past and leka or spela

      Builds on Yesterday and Last Week and Went, Came and Saw.

    8. rt, rd, rn, rs and rl, the ng sound and spelling and sound

      Builds on The Sj and Tj Sounds.

    Read and Review

    1. Builds on Telling What Happened and The Sounds of rt, rs and ng.

  9. Work, Health and Weather

    All 10 lessons available
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    Lessons

    1. jobbar som and arbetar som, asking about work, study and future jobs and words for the workplace

      Builds on People and a Few Verbs and Want, Can, May and Must.

    2. ont i and the definite form, words for the body and ill and at the health center

      Builds on Family and Friends, The Flat and the Kitchen and How Many, How Much and What Kind.

    3. booking an appointment, passar det and hur dags, times with 24 hours and names and phone numbers

      Builds on Want, Can, May and Must, Spelling Your Name and Months, Dates and Birthdays.

    4. weather verbs with det, the temperature, the four seasons and north, south, east and west

      Builds on Where Things Are, Big Cups and Small Glasses and Yesterday and Last Week.

    5. clothes for every season, ett par, ta på dig and colors and their endings

      Builds on Big Cups and Small Glasses, Turn Left and What Is the Weather Like.

    6. -are and än, the -ast form and forms that change more

      Builds on Big Cups and Small Glasses and This One, That One and Which One.

    7. time words and verb forms, om en vecka and för en vecka sedan and the present about the future

      Builds on What Are You Doing on Saturday and Then and Now.

    8. the parts of a longer message, tack för senast and friendly and formal endings

      Builds on A Short Message and A1 Review and Then, Now and Later.

    Read and Review

    1. Builds on Then, Now and Later and A Longer Message.