Phrases

Välkommen!

This means "welcome", but we don't use it in the expression you're welcome. That would be varsågod( How are you?/You are welcome!/Here you are! ).

I speak -ska

Nope, Swedes don’t have a particular thing for ska music but most names of languages are derived from the name of the country, the adjective or the nationality with the ending –ska added to it.

Examples

Country	Adjective	Nationality	Language
Sverige Sweden	svensk(t) swedish	en svensk a Swede	svenska Swedish (language)
England England	engelsk(t) English	en engelsman an Englishman	engelska English (language)

Oh, and as you have probably already noticed, we do not capitalize adjectives, nationalities or languages (only countries). Unless they happen to come first in the sentence, of course.

Excerpt

Hej! hallå (Hello!)

Ja. (Yes.) (German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Swedish and Norwegian : Ja /Spanish and Italian : Sí / French : Oui)

Nej. (No.)

God morgon och välkommen! (Good morning and welcome!)

God natt och hej då! (Good night and goodbye! )

Hallå, ett äpple tack! (Hello, an apple please!)

Nej tack! (No, thanks!)

Ursäkta ! (I am sorry./ excuse me)

Ja, tack så mycket! (Yes, thank you very much.)

Jag talar inte svenska. (I do not speak Swedish. )

Jag tycker om en pojke. (I like a boy.)(tycker:to think,to deem/tycker om: to like)

jag älskar dig. (I love you. ) (Danish : jeg elsker dig)

Här har du ! (Here you are! ) (I'm giving this to you.)

Här är du ! (I found you!)