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PHR ASE BOOK  351

Phrase Book

When reading the imitated pronunciation, stress the part which is cold kall kall
underlined. Pronounce each syllable as if it formed part of an good bra brah
English word, and you will be understood sufficiently well. bad dålig dawleeg
Remember the points below, and your pronunciation will be even enough tillräcklig tillraikleeg
closer to the correct Swedish. open öppen urpen
closed stängd staingd
ai: as in ‘fair’ or ‘stair’ left vänster vainster
ea: as in ‘ear’ or ‘hear’ right höger hurger
ew: like the sound in ‘dew’ straight on rakt fram rahkt fram
ew: try to say ‘ee’ with your lips rounded near nära naira
oo: as in ‘book’ or ‘soot’ far långt lawngt
OO: as in ‘spoon’ or ‘groom’ up/over upp/över ewp/urver
r: should be strongly pronounced down/under ner/under near/ewnder
early tidig teedee
Swedish Alphabetical Order late sen sehn
In the list below we have followed Swedish alphabetical order. The entrance ingång ingawng
following letters are listed after z: å, ä, ö. exit utgång ewtgawng
toilet toalett too-alett
You more mer mehr
There are two words for ‘you’: ‘du’ and ‘ni’. ‘Ni’ is the polite form; ‘du’ is less mindre meendre
the familiar form. It is not impolite to address a complete stranger
with the familiar form. Shopping
In an Emergency How much Hur mycket hewr mewkeh
is this? kostar den här? kostar dehn hair
Help! Hjälp! yelp I would like … Jag skulle vilja … yah skewleh vilya
Stop! Stanna! stanna! Do you have? Har du/ni …? hahr dew/nee…
Call a doctor! Ring efter en ring efter ehn I’m just Jag ser mig yah sear may
doktor! doktor looking bara omkring bahra omkring
Call an ambulance! Ring efter en ring efter ehn Do you take? Tar du/ni tahr dew/nee
ambulans! ambewlanss credit cards kreditkort? kredeetkoort
Call the police! Ring polisen! ring poleesen What time? När öppnar ni? nair urpnar nee
Call the fire brigade! Ring efter ring efter do you open
brandkåren! brandkawren What time När stänger ni? nair stainger nee
Where is the Var finns vahr finnss do you close?
nearest närmaste nairmasteh- This one. den här dehn hair
telephone? telefon? telefawn That one. den där dehn dair
Where is the Var finns vahr finnss- expensive dyr dewr
nearest närmaste nairmasteh cheap billig billig
hospital? sjukhus? shewkhews size (clothes) storlek stOOrlek
white vit veet
Communication Essentials black svart svart
red röd rurd
Yes Ja yah yellow gul gewl
No Nej nay green grön grurn
Please (offering) Varsågod vahrshawgOOd blue blå blaw
Thank you Tack tack antique shop antikaffär anteek-affair
Excuse me Ursäkta ewrshekta bakery bageri bahgeree
Hello Hej hay bank bank bank
Goodbye Hej då/adjö haydaw/ahyur book shop bokhandel bOOkhandel
Good night God natt goonatt butcher slaktare slaktareh
Morning Morgon morron cake shop konditori konditoree
Afternoon Eftermiddag eftermiddahg chemist apotek apoteak
Evening Kväll kvell fishmonger fiskaffär fisk-affair
Yesterday Igår ee gawr grocer mataffär maht-affair
Today Idag ee dahg hairdresser frisör frissurr
Tomorrow I morgon ee morron market marknad marrknad
Here Här hair newsagent tidningskiosk teednings-cheeosk
There Där dair post office postkontor posstkontOOr
What? Vad? vah shoe shop skoaffär skOO-affair
When? När? nair supermarket snabbköp snabbchurp
Why? Varför? vahrfurr tobacconist’s tobakshandel tOObaks-handel
Where? Var? vahr
travel agency resebyrå reasseh-bewraw
Useful Phrases Sightseeing
How are you? Hur mår du? hewr mawr dew art gallery konstgalleri konnst-galleree
Very well, Mycket bra, mewkeh brah,
thank you. tack. tack church kyrka chewrka
garden
trädgård
traidgawrd
Pleased to Trevligt att treavlit att house hus hews
meet you. träffas. traiffas library bibliotek beebleeotek
See you soon. Vi ses snart. vee seas snahrt museum museum mewseum
That’s fine. Det går bra. dea gawr brah
Where is/are …? Var finns …? vahr finnss… square torg tohrj
gahta
gata
street
How far is it to …? Hur långt är hewr lawngt ea
det till dea till tourist turist- tureest-
Which Hur kommer hewr kommer information informations- informashOOns-
office
kontor
kontOOr
way to …? jag till …? yah till … town hall stadshus statshews
Do you speak Talar du/ni tahlar dew/nee closed for stängt för staingt furr
English? engelska? engelska holiday semester semester
I don’t understand Jag förstår inte. yah furshtawr inteh
Could you Kan du/ni kan dew/nee bus station busstation bewss-stashOOn
yairnvaigs-stashOOn
järnvägsstation
railway station
speak more tala lång- tahla lawng-
slowly, please? sammare, tack. ssamareh tack
I’m sorry. Förlåt. furrlawt Staying in a Hotel
Do you have Har ni några hahr nee nawgra
Useful Words any vacancies? lediga rum? leadiga rewm
big stor stOOr double dubbelrum doobelrewm
small liten leeten room with med med doobel-
hot varm varrm double bed dubbelsäng seng
alternatives for a female speaker are shown in brackets
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Phrase book template “UK” LAYER
(Source v1)
Date 14th August 2012
Size 125mm x 217mm