20 lessons, Beginner (A1)
Learn Swedish in short chat lessons
The Swedish course is 20 lessons for beginners, in standard Swedish. It starts with hello, your name, and verbs that never change for the person.
What the course covers
Jag är, du är: Swedish verbs do not change for the person, which makes a good start. Then en and ett words, word order, and the phrases of a first morning in a Stockholm café.
How a lesson works
A few lines in a chat, then a question. The reply under your answer explains the words. Every word can be played aloud, which helps with Swedish pitch and the vowels English does not have.
Variety taught: Standard Swedish (rikssvenska).
Every lesson in the course
Beginner (A1), 20 lessons
How Swedish works
Say hello, say your name, and ask someone theirs.
Du to everyone, and no word for please
Greet, ask how someone is, thank, apologise and order a coffee.
The three letters after z
Read short Swedish words aloud, count to three and order two coffees.
En or ett
Name the things in the konditori with en or ett, and answer 'What is that?'.
He, she, and where from
Say who someone is, what they do and where they come from.
The 'the' goes on the end
Say 'the cat' and 'the table', ask where something is, and answer with 'it'.
One verb form for everyone
Say where people live and work, what they speak and what they drink.
Asking, and saying not
Ask yes/no questions and who, what, where and how questions, and say that something is not so.
Numbers and kronor
Ask what something costs, understand the price and ask for what you want.
More than one, never with -s
Count cakes, cups, buns and apples with the right plural ending.
The verb holds seat two
Say what happens today, tomorrow and always, with the verb in the right seat.
Want, can, must, with no att
Say what you want, can, are going to and have to do, and speak to two people at once.
Halv sju is 6:30
Ask and tell the time, and understand that halv sju means half past six.
Fika, and liking to do things
Say what you like doing, suggest a fika and say that something tastes good.
Big table, big buns
Describe the things in the konditori as big, small, new, old, warm and good.
Whose cup is this?
Say whose something is, with the right my or your and a name with -s.
There is, and where things are
Say what there is and where it is, and where people are.
The big cake: 'the' twice
Point out this one and the big one, using all three parts Swedish needs.
At the counter
Order, answer 'anything else?', understand the total and pay by card.
A whole first conversation
Meet someone new and carry a whole conversation in Swedish from hello to goodbye.