Chapter 1 of 9
Meeting People
- 10 lessons
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This chapter is about meeting someone new. You learn to greet people, say who you are, where you live and where you come from, and ask others the same. You also learn what to say when you do not understand, how to spell your name and how the spelling shows a long or a short vowel.
Each lesson explains one idea in English and shows it in short Swedish examples. After the eight lessons come a short reading, a dialogue and the vocabulary of the whole chapter.
Every lesson in this chapter is a written page. Read them in order, or open any lesson from the list.
Lessons
Making Contact
Say hello and goodbye in Swedish, give your name, ask for someone's name and use a few polite words.
People and a Few Verbs
The Swedish words for I, you, he, she, we and they, and the present forms of five common verbs, är, heter, bor, kommer and talar.
Simple Statements
Make short Swedish statements that start with the subject, say that something is not so with inte, and join two statements with och or men.
Asking for Information
Ask what someone is called, where they live and where they come from, and ask yes or no questions by putting the verb first.
Numbers from Zero to One Million
Build Swedish numbers from zero to one million, read hundreds and thousands, and distinguish whole numbers from digit by digit codes.
When You Do Not Understand
Say that you did not hear or do not understand with Förlåt? and Jag förstår inte, ask for something once more or more slowly, and ask what a word means or how to say it in Swedish.
Spelling Your Name
The names of the 29 Swedish letters in alphabet order, with å, ä and ö last, how to ask Hur stavas det? and how to spell a name one letter at a time.
Long and Short Vowels
The nine Swedish vowels, how the spelling shows whether a vowel is long or short, as in talar and tack, and which vowels are hard and which are soft.
Read and Review
Reading and Dialogue
A short original text about the people in an evening course and a dialogue at the door, with word help and an English version to open when you are ready.
Chapter Vocabulary
Every new word and phrase of the chapter in groups, with the present forms of the verbs, an example for each word and the numbers from 0 to 20.