Vocabulary

Hej [hej]	Hi
Hej då [hej då:]	Good bye
God morgon [go:d *mårån]	Good morning
Tack [tak]	Thank you/Please
Tack så mycket [tak så: *myket]	Thank you very much
Varsågod [vaså:'go:d]	You're welcome / Here you are
Ja [ja:]	Yes
Nej [nej]	No
Ursäkta [u:'säkta]	Excuse me / Pardon
Förlåt [fö:r'lå:t]	I'm sorry
Bra [bra:]	Good / Well
Jag [ja:g]	I
Du [du:]	You (sing.)
Han [han]	He
Hon [hon]	She
Den [den]	It (common gender)
Det [de:t]	It (neuter)
Vi [vi:]	We
Ni** [ni:]	You (plur.), formal you sing. and plur.
De [de:] / most common [dåm]	They

**Nowadays, ni isn't used very much as formal sing. We usually address everybody with du. There is a Swedish pronoun man which is used in common aspects such as Man kan inte göra allt = One can't do everything.

Numbers 0-10

noll [nål]	0
ett [et]	1
två [två:]	2
tre [tre:]	3
fyra [*fy:ra]	4
fem [fem]	5
sex [seks]	6
sju [su:]	7
åtta [*åta]	8
nio [*ni:o]	9
tio [*ti:o]	10

Nouns 1

The Swedish nouns are divided into two genders, neuters (n) and common genders (r). In most cases, you can't tell whether a noun is a neuter or a common gender. You'll simply have to memorize the gender for each noun you learn. However, there are a few rules, with help of which you'll easier remember it. One of them tells that all nouns having to do with people or professions are common gender.

Neuters use the indefinite article ett and common genders use en. The pronoun det (it) is similarly used for neuters and den (it too) is used for common genders.

Some nouns

ett barn [et ba:rn]	child
en flicka [en *flika]	girl
en pojke [*pojke]	boy
ett fönster ['fönster]	window
ett bord [bo:d]	table
en man [man]	man
en kvinna [*kvina]	woman
en bok [bo:k]	book
en telefon [tele'få:n]	telephone
en stol [sto:l]	chair
en dörr [dör]	door
ett vykort [*vy:kot]	postcard
en penna [*pena]	pen(cil)
ett rum [rum]	room
ett badrum [*ba:drum]	bathroom
ett hotell [ho'tel]	hotel
ett frimärke [*fri:märke]	stamp

That's it, what could you do now? You could enter a shop saying

God morgon, en penna tack! Hej då

Not much but you would be perfectly understood! If you want to produce more advanced sentences, you have to learn some verbs.

Verbs 1(The infinitive and the present tense)

Verbs are the key to every language. Just by mentioning äta you will be understood. (You wouldn't be looked upon as a very intelligent person though.)

In Swedish, a verb employs the same form in all persons, whereas English for example uses different forms for different persons. Thus, the verb vara conjugates as follows in the present tense:

Jag	är (compared to English>	I	am
Du	är	You	are
Han	är	He	is
Hon	är	She	is
Den	är	It	is
Det	är	It	is
Vi	är	We	are
Ni	är	You	are
De	är	They	are

As you can see, this is very easy. Therefore you only have to learn one form for every verb in each tense.

Most Swedish verbs are regular, but the most frequently used are irregular.