The document provides guidance on how to ask for the time in Swedish, including useful phrases and vocabulary. It also covers number dictation exercises and pronunciation practice for numbers up to 100. Additionally, it offers tips on how to correctly pronounce the Swedish 'u' sound.

1. Ask the time Speaking &
Fråga om klockan Listening
Distinguishing
words
Asking a question
Ask a native speaker what time it is. Make sure you
understand their response.
Thank them afterwards.
Bonus:
Repeat what they said and record it
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2. Ask the time Helper words (for time)
In Swedish, you ask someone for the time with the question: en klocka a clock / watch
Vad är klockan?
litteraly "What's the clock?" en kvart a quarter
If you ask a stranger, you can add an "excuse-me": halv half
Ursäkta , vad är klockan?
över past
But if you're in the middle of a conversation, you might ask instead:
Förresten, hur mycket är klockan? i till
litteraly "By the way, how much is clock [at]?"
noon middag
Don't forget to say thank you!
Tack! midnight middnatt
ursäkta (mig) excuse-me

3. Number Dictation Vocabulary
Pronounciation
Comprehension
Numbers
Recollection
Take turns dictating numbers to a co-learner. You can use
the set of numbers on the reverse.
If you're listening, try to write down the numbers you're
being dictated.
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4. Number Dictation Helper words
12 46 92 53 27 14 9 7 34 88 87 en rad a row
22 67 85 98 100 21 5 2 67 11 13
12 18 20 26 97 39 10 25 99 17 19 en kolonn a column
15 3 54 62 58 31 72 81 53 29 70
första first
Use this list (or any other) and dictate the numbers to a co-learner.
They must listen to what you dictate and attempt to re-create the above andra second
grid of numbers as it stands.
tredje third
You can take turns dictating the grid in random orders:
På första raden, femte kolumnen står numret tjugosju. fjärde fourth
ett nummer a number

5. Numbers 1 00 Vocabulary 42, 43...
Pronounciation
Numbers
Learn numbers up to 1 00
There's no shortcut to these, but you'll see, they come in
really handy in all aspects of life.
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6. Numbers 1 00
ett två tre fyra fem sex sju åtta nio tio
elva tolv tretton fjorton femton sexton sjutton arton nitton tjugo
tjugoett tjugotvå tjugotre tjugofyra tjugofem tjugosex tjugosju tjugoåtta tjugonio trettio
trettioett trettiotvå trettiotre trettiofyra trettiofem trettiosex trettiosju trettioåtta trettionio fyrtio
fyrtioett fyrtiotvå fyrtiotre fyrtiofyra fyrtiofem fyrtiosex fyrtiosju fyrtioåtta fyrtionio femtio
femtioett femtiotvå femtiotre femtiofyra femtiofem femtiosex femtiosju femtioåtta femtionio sextio
sextioett sextiotvå sextiotre sextiofyra sextiofem sextiosex sextiosju sextioåtta sextionio sjuttio
sjuttioett sjuttiotvå sjuttiotre sjuttiofyra sjuttiofem sjuttiosex sjuttiosju sjuttioåtta sjuttionio åttio
åttioett åttiotvå åttiotre åttiofyra åttiofem åttiosex åttiosju åttioåtta åttionio nittio
nittioett nittiotvå nittiotre nittiofyra nittiofem nittiosex nittiosju nittioåtta nittionio ett
hundra

7. SaySäga klockan
the time Speaking
Pronounciation
Numbers
Word order
Grammar
Practice saying the time out loud. You can check the time
now and again later today.
Bonus:
Write the time in Swedish
Record yourself saying the time in Swedish
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8. Say the time
Helper words (for time)
In Swedish, you say the time by litteraly announcing that en klocka a clock / watch
"The clock is 14:25." (for example)
Klockan är fjorton tjugofem. en kvart a quarter
You can express "quarter till" or "quarter past" like this. halv half
Klockan är kvart i två. (13:45)| Klockan är kvart över två. (14:15)
Klockan är fem i två. (13:55)| Klockan är sju över två. (14:07) över past
You can express "half past" by saying "It's half three." Think about it as i till
the minutes hand is halfway to three.
Klockan är halv tre. (14:30) noon middag
You can also compound these methods and create sentences like "It's midnight middnatt
eight minutes to half seven." (6:22)
Klockan är åtta i halv sju.
Practice with these: 03:15, 09:47, 10:45, 12:00, 17:26, 23:40, 00:00

9. Swedish u Speaking
Svenska u:n
Pronounciation
Swedish sounds
Phonology
The Swedish "u" sound is quite difficult to pronounce for
native speakers of English.
This exercise will hopefully teach you how to make that
signature "u" sound (IPA1 [y]) or close enough that you'll be
understood.
1: International Phonetic Alphabet
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10. Swedish u
1. To make the Swedish u sound, start with the English "ee" sound (like "eek!"). Make sure you exagerate
the shape of your mouth. It should look like an exagerated smile.
2. From there, squeeze the corners of your mouth together as if you were making a kissy face. Keep
saying "eee".
3. If you've made it to the center without the sound changing from "ee" to "oo", you've probably
succeeded. You can grab a native and give them a listen of your Swedish "u" to maybe get some pointers
on how you're pronouncing it.
1. eeee 2. ee -> uu 3. uuuu