Learn Swedish with Katrin

This week, we are going to talk about Döden. Death. A little dark, maybe, but also a surprisingly useful vocabulary topic.
Swedish, just like many other languages, has several words connected to death that look and sound quite similar, but mean very different things. Dö, död, döda, mörda, mord, mördare… It is very easy to mix them up.
So today we are going to sort them out. We are also going to look at some softer ways of talking about death, and a few common expressions.
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How do you say “I’m working” or “I’m eating” in Swedish? Unlike English, Swedish doesn’t have a special -ing form. But we do have some useful ways to talk about actions that are happening right now!
In this episode, we’ll look at two common Swedish constructions: hålla på att and sitta och. What’s the difference between Jag jobbar, Jag håller på att jobba and Jag sitter och jobbar?
We’ll also learn how to use hålla på med, as well as expressions like stå och vänta and ligga och läsa. And most importantly, when you actually need these constructions and when the ordinary present tense is enough.
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Time for a vocabulary boost! In this episode, we’re learning 20 useful Swedish words that you can use all the time in everyday conversations.
We’ll learn five verbs like hämta and glömma, five nouns like sak and mål, five adjectives like upptagen and lättad, and five more useful words like kanske, redan and ibland.
For each word, we’ll look at what it means and how to actually use it in a Swedish sentence. You don’t have to memorize all 20 at once. Pick a few new ones and start using them!
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Some Swedish grammar mistakes just seem to stick around, even after you’ve been learning the language for years. So in this episode, we’re looking at five mistakes I hear Swedish learners make all the time.
We’ll talk about adjective agreement, the V2 rule and word order in indirect questions. We’ll also look at why it’s den här boken but min bok.
These mistakes usually won’t stop people from understanding you, but fixing them can make a big difference if you want to improve your Swedish grammar.
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Till dig, för dig or åt dig? In English, all three can sometimes be translated as “for you”, but in Swedish they mean different things.
In this episode, we’ll look at the difference between these three phrases using lots of everyday examples.
We’ll also compare sentences like Jag köpte en present till dig and Jag köpte en present åt dig to see how one little word can completely change the meaning.
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