How to introduce yourself in Swedish
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Hide- 1.How to introduce yourself in Swedish.
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- 3.Sentences to learn
- 3.1.Useful pronouns
- 4.Swedish verbs - Doing or Being words
- 5.Swedish greetings and goodbyes
- 5.1.
- 5.2.Being introduced to
- 5.3.Possible answers
- 5.4.How to say your goodbyes.
- 6.Exercises
- 6.1.Introducing yourself in Swedish exercise
- 6.2.How to introduce yourself in Swedish exercise
How to introduce yourself in Swedish.
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Introducing yourself is a very important part of your communication skills, it is very important in your daily and professional life. 
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Sentences to learn
The sentences below are brief examples on how to introduce yourself in Swedish. Words are marked with accent signs, those are to show you which syllable should be more stressed than others. The English translations are here to help you understand the sentences immediately.
Hej! Jag héter ar - Hello! my name is...
jag är från - I am from...
vad heter du ? - what is your name?
var bor du ? - where do you live?
I study in Sweden ? I study in Sweden.
Jag är också en student - I am also a student.
jag är tjugoett år gammal - I am twenty one years old.
Have a look at the 'Swedish pronouns' lesson in order to increase your vocabulary for your self introduction.
Useful pronouns 
Personal prounouns | Objective forms |
|---|---|
Singular (one person only) | |
| jag = I | mig/mej = me |
| du = you (Polite form) | dej = you (polite form) |
| han = he | hónom = him |
| hon = she | hénne = her |
| den = it | den = it |
| det = it | det = it |
Plural (referring to two or more) | |
| vi = we | oss = us |
| ni = you | er = you |
| de = you (Polite form) | dem = them (Polite form) |
In Sweden people normally address each other with the pronoun 'du', regardelss of the position they might have it in. 'Ni' is used when talking to older people, in Swedish they do not have the habit of putting the name of the person you are talking about, it seems too intimate.
As you saw in the table, there are two words for 'it' in the Swedish language. I know it may sound very complicated, but in fact it is very simple! It is simply becasuse in Swedish we define animals and things in terms of gender. Whether we should use 'den' or 'det' will always be decided by what the gender the subject is.
Swedish verbs - Doing or Being words
Swedish only uses one form of ending for regular verbs regardess of the person. i.e:
- jag är
- du är
- han är
- hon är
- vi är
- du är
- dom är
Note that the ending will never change regarless the person.
Swedish greetings and goodbyes
| Greetings | Purpose |
|---|---|
Hej! (Hey) | Most common and used way to greet a person, used for formal and informal situatons. Hej! can also be used for 'how are you' and 'Hi there'. |
Used for informal and friendly situations. | |
Very informal and cool. A shorter form of ''tjenare''. | |
Used in both formal and informal situations. | |
This is the equivalent to 'How are you doing', it's mostly used for people who are called 'Ni' i.e elderly people. | |
Good evening in Swedish is mainly reserved for something like meetings or people you use the pronoun 'Ni'. |
Being introduced to
When being introduced to a person or a group, in order to demonstrate that you are a well-behaved and a polite person. You should may use the sentences below.
- Trévligt att rå´kas! (Nice to meet you).
- Ángenä´mt! (nice to meet you) : This is the same as the French which uses Enchanté.
Possible answers
- Tack, jag är bra! - Thanks, I am great !
- Jag gör bra, hur du? - I am doing good what about you?
- Skápligt - Alright
- Det kúnde vára bä´ttre - It could be better
- Ínte så bra, tyvä´rr - Not so good
How to say your goodbyes.
- Hej då! - Bye Bye!
- Adjö´! - Goodbye!
- Adjö´ så lä´nge! - Goodbye for now!
- ha en bra dag! - Have a good day!
- vi ses imorgon! - I will see you tomorrow!
Exercises
Introducing yourself in Swedish exercise
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Introducing yourself in Swedish exercise
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