Chapter 9, lesson 84

A Longer Message

Read and write a longer message with a part about the past, a part about now and a plan, thank someone with Tack för senast! and end with Kram or Med vänliga hälsningar.

What you will learn

You can read and write a longer message with a part about the past, a part about now and a plan.

A message to a friend

A week after Oskar helped his sister Ingrid move to her new flat, he writes to her.

PartSwedishEnglish
A greetingHej Ingrid!Hi Ingrid!
ThanksTack för senast! Lägenheten är mycket fin.Thanks for last time! The flat is really nice.
Before nowI helgen var jag i Gävle med Kenji. Det regnade hela tiden, men det var kul.Last weekend I was in Gävle with Kenji. It rained all the time, but it was fun.
NowNu sitter jag på biblioteket och läser. Jag är lite förkyld.Now I am sitting in the library and studying. I have a slight cold.
A planPå lördag ska jag köpa en ny cykel. Vill du följa med?On Saturday I am going to buy a new bike. Do you want to come along?
An endingHa det bra! Kram, OskarTake care! Love, Oskar

A longer message often moves in time. It thanks someone or says why you write, tells what happened, says how things are now and ends with a plan or a question. Each part has its own verb form, the past for before now, the present for now and ska for the plan. Time words such as i helgen, nu and på lördag show where each part starts.

Tack för senast! thanks someone for the last time you met, for example after a visit or a party. Ha det bra! means take care. Förlåt says sorry, as in Förlåt! Jag kunde inte komma i går.

Ways to end a message

SwedishEnglishWhen
KramLove, hugsto family and close friends
HälsningarBest wishesin any message
Ha det bra!Take care!to friends, before your name
Med vänliga hälsningarKind regardsto a school, a workplace or someone you do not know well

Med vänliga hälsningar is a more formal ending. Use it, for example, in a message to a school, a health center or a new colleague.

Common mistakes

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Tack för senaste!Tack för senast!The phrase ends in senast.
Med vänlig hälsningarMed vänliga hälsningarVänliga ends in a, because hälsningar is plural.
I helgen jag var i Gävle.I helgen var jag i Gävle.The verb comes second, right after the time word.

Check yourself

A few questions from the Learning Path on this lesson. Answer, then check, or show the answer with its explanation.

  1. Du skriver till en skola du inte känner. Vilket avslut passar bäst?
  2. Fyll i det fasta uttrycket efter ett besök.

    Tack för !

  3. Välj den engelska betydelsen av den svenska meningen eller frasen.

    Ha det bra!

  4. Tariq skriver till Elin. Den första delen handlar om i går. Ordet är står i presens. Skriv den form som passar.

    Change the form of är

    Hej Elin! I går jag sjuk, men nu mår jag bra. På torsdag kommer jag till kursen. Hälsningar, Tariq

  5. Välj den engelska betydelsen av den svenska meningen eller frasen.

    Jag var i Lund i helgen.

  6. Fyll i det svenska ord som saknas. Meningen ska betyda "Love, hugs".

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