Chapter 5 of 9
Around Town
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This chapter is about getting around a Swedish town. You learn to ask where a place is, give and follow simple directions, say how you travel and where you are going, and ask how far it is and how long it takes.
The eight lessons come first, and each one explains a single idea in English with short Swedish examples from town. The last three show how to choose between three forms of a verb, how long words are built from short ones and how to name a bus by its number. Then come a reading text and a dialogue about finding the way, and the chapter ends with all of its new words on one page.
Every lesson in this chapter is a written page. Read them in order, or open any lesson from the list.
Lessons
Places in Town
The Swedish words for places in town, the small word i, på or vid that goes with each one, and how to ask where a place is with var ligger and say that it is near or far.
On Foot or by Bus
When to use gå for going on foot and åka for going by bus, train or car, plus cykla for the bike and gå av for getting off at a stop.
Turn Left
How to make the Swedish imperative from the present form, give and follow directions such as sväng till vänster and gå rakt fram, and say do not with inte.
Through the Park and Over the Bridge
Small Swedish words for going places, such as genom, förbi, över and mot, and the difference between being somewhere and going somewhere, with var and vart, här and hit, där and dit, hemma and hem.
First, Second and How Far
The ordinal numbers from första to tionde for floors, streets and order, and how to ask how far a place is and how long it takes to get there.
Köp, Köper or Köpa
Choose between the imperative, the present and the dictionary form of one verb, as in Köp biljetten här, Hon köper en biljett and Du kan köpa en biljett.
Long Words from Short Ones
Read long Swedish words such as busshållplats and tågbiljett in parts, take en or ett from the last part, and see joins with an s, as in stadskarta.
Bus Number Six
Name a bus by its number with the words from ettan to tolvan, as in Jag tar sexan, and meet en tvåa and en trea as names for flats.
Read and Review
Reading and Dialogue, Around Town
A short original text about a teacher's way to work in Uppsala and a dialogue about finding the library, with word help and an English version to open when you are ready.
Chapter Vocabulary, Around Town
Every new word and phrase of the chapter in groups, with examples, the present and imperative forms of the verbs, the ordinal numbers from första to tionde and new meanings of words you know.