Mowgli’s Swedish #3

Dialogue:

M: hej, jag ska checka in

H: okej, ditt pass tack

M: här har du. Var finns det flest snygga tjejer?

H: haha, jag vet inte. Kanske på Avenyn.

M: Okej, då vill jag till Avenyn. Hur kommer jag dit?

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Translation:

Jag ska – I’m going to (you say this instead of "I want to" in this context)

Checka in – check in (obviously)

Okej – Okay

Ditt pass – Your passport

Tack – Please (literally thank you. You use this word instead in these kind of situations)

Här har du – Here you go (literally "here have you")

Var – where

Finns det – are there (literally "exsists it")

Flest – the most

Snygga tjejer – hot girls

Jag vet inte – I don’t know (literally "I know not")

Kanske – maybe

På Avenyn – At Avenyn (the Avenue)

Då vill jag – Then I want to (literally "then want I")

Till – To (in this context “go to”)

Hur – How

Kommer jag dit – Do I get there (literally "come I there")

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Language points:

1.

I want to go to (a place) - Jag vill till (en plats)

I want to (do something) - Jag vill (göra nåt)

I want to eat - Jag vill äta

I want to go to Sweden - Jag vill till Sverige

2.

Pronounciation of the sje-sound. It can be written in different ways (sk, stj, sj, sch etc). You can practise on these:

-Kanske

-Stjäla

-Sjö

-Schampoo

-Skära