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| The Swedish tongue belongs to the North Germanic subgroup of the Indo-European language family, which includes Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic and Faroese; it is currently spoken by over 8 million individuals in Scandinavia. Norway, Sweden and Denmark each have 29 characters in their alphabets. From A to Z these alphabets are identical to the English one, then have 3 additional vowels. | ||
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| Swedish Greetings | ||
| Yes | ja, jo | yah, yoh |
| No | nej | ney |
| Hello | Hej ! | hey |
| Good Morning | God m�rgon! | goh mohr - ohn |
| Good Afternoon | God dag! | goh dah |
| Good Evening | God kv�ll! | goh kvell |
| Goodbye | Adj�� s� l�nge! | ayuh soh-langyeh |
| Please | Tack | tahk |
| Thank You | Tack | tahk |
| Small Talk | ||
| How are you? | Hur st�r det till ? | heur stoh sa tail? |
| Fine, Thanks | Tack, [b�ra] bra! | taak bah-rah brah |
| Not good, [unfortunately] | Inte s� bra, tyv�rr | een-tuh so brah tvar |
| So-So | S� d�r | soh-dahr |
| What's Your Name? | Vad h�ter du ? | vah hey-tuh doo? |
| Nice to meet you | Tr�vligt att r�kas | trev-lit aht roh-kahss |
| Hockey Talk | ||
| Hockey | ishockey | eyes-hoh-key |
| Puck | puck | puhk |
| Goal! | göra mal! | gueh-rrah mahl |
| Forward | anfallsspelare | ahn-fohl-speh-lah-rey |
| Defenseman | försvarsspelare | feuhrs-vehs-pey-lah-rey |
| Goaltender | m�lvakt | mohl-vekt |
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