Slow Swedish with Katrin

Slow Swedish with Katrin

@slowswedishwithkatrin · 57K subscribers · 126 videos · English

🇾đŸ‡Ș Learn Swedish the way people actually speak! Slow Swedish bridges the gap between SFI and DuoLingo, and native, relaxed language that Swedes actually use.


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15:54

87. Death Vocabulary

840 views · 6d ago · 15:54

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.

9:29

86. Ongoing Action: HÄller pÄ att...

1.2K views · 1w ago · 9:29

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: hĂ„lla pĂ„ att and sitta och. What’s the difference between Jag jobbar, Jag hĂ„ller pĂ„ att jobba and Jag sitter och jobbar?

18:32

85. Vocabulary Booster: Learn 20 New Words!

1.3K views · 2w ago · 18:32

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 hĂ€mta and glömma, five nouns like sak and mĂ„l, five adjectives like upptagen and lĂ€ttad, and five more useful words like kanske, redan and ibland.

15:05

84. 5 Most Common Grammar Mistakes

1.3K views · 3w ago · 15:05

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 hĂ€r boken but min bok.

14:27

83. Till, för, Ät

1.6K views · 1mo ago · 14:27

Till dig, för dig or Ă„t 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.

13:09

82. Swedish Adverbs

1.2K views · 1mo ago · 13:09

Adverbs are everywhere in Swedish. They tell us how, when, where or how often something happens: snabbt, ofta, imorgon, hemma, gĂ€rna... In this episode, we’ll learn some of the most common Swedish adverbs and look at how many adverbs are formed from adjectives. Why does snabb become snabbt, while words like ofta, aldrig and gĂ€rna have completely different forms?

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