[Swedish] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] W 1.35-.30-3IZ. Document Reserve I_________ __' 2 HOUR BUILDING USE ONLY I WhHjHMIJin I iimw; num ......____ . Swedish Language Guide A Tssu«l D«f. 1943; printed 194+ TM 30-312 non-circulating ■ill SWEDISH INTRODUCTORY SERIES NG II A G E GUIDE U OF NT LIBRARIES '''x. Accession No. Shelf No. CO>Y 1 XP133.A3 X TM30-312 THE ENOCH. PRATT FREE LIBRARY z \OF BALTIMOREMARYLAND /' REFERENCE BQOK ■Received -------------------- TM 30-312 SWEDISH A GUIDE TO THE SPOKEN LANGUAGE GIFT AUS 1 4 2012 u of NT LIBRARIES 76203 WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 3, 1943 Ya copy WAR DEPARTMENT Washington 25, D. C., 3 December 1943. TM 30-312, Swedish Language Guide, to be used with the Introductory Series Language Records, is published for military personnel only, and is not to be republished in whole or in part without the consent of the War Department. [A.G. 300.7 (3 Mar 43)] By order of the Secretary of War: G. C. MARSHALL, Chief of Staff. OFFICIAL: J. A. ULIO, Major General, The Adjutant General. I Ou* distribution: (For explanation of symbols, see FM 21-6.) DEPOSIT MAR 1 5 1947^ TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE How to Use the. Records and Guide............. 5 Hints on Pronunciation........................ 7 Special Points................................ 8 Useful Words and Phrases......................11 Greetings and General Phrases...............12 Location....................................15 Directions..................................15 Numbers.....................................17 What’s This?................................20 Asking for Things...........................20 Money.......................................24 Time........................................25 Other Useful Phrases........................28 Additional Expressions........................30 Fill-in Sentences.............................33 Important Signs . ............................48 Alphabetical Word List........................51 AS SOON AS I TURN MY BACK THOSE GUYS GET A GAME GOING/ SWEDISH LANGUAGE GUIDE Swedish is spoken by about seven million people in Sweden and parts of Finland. This Language Guide will enable you to ask directions, buy things or order a meal in these Swedish-speaking regions. Knowing a little Swedish will also help you get along with the people, for they will naturally be pleased to see a stranger showing enough interest in them to try to speak their language. v Swedish, like English, is spoken differently in different regions. You will be understood everywhere in Sweden if you follow the pronunciation given on the phonograph records, which is that used in Stockholm, but it is always best to try to speak like the people among whom you happen to be. HOW TO USE THE RECORDS AND GUIDE The records that go with this Guide give you a number of the most important words and phrases in 5 dou have lo usc’ ears /"'> >z even more than uou^ \ / eyes. 7 Swedish. Read the section called Hints on Pronunciation and then listen to the records until you know the Useful Words and Phrases by heart. Repeat each word out loud right after you hear it and say it exactly the way the Swedish speaker does. Imitate the pronunciation as closely as you can, just as you might mimic someone who has an unusual accent. Try to get every detail of the pronunciation, even the rhythm and intonation. Follow the words in your Guide but use them only as a reminder; if you hear something different from what you see written, go by what you hear. Remember that you can’t get the sound of a 6 language from the printed word alone—you have to use your ears even more than your eyes. If you don’t have the records and can’t get a Swedish speaker to read the words, you will have to rely on the Hints on Pronunciation alone. By the time you have practiced the Useful Words and Phrases several times you will know what sound each letter stands for in the Guide. You will then be able to pronounce the Additional Expressions even though you have not actually heard them, and you will be able to form sentences of your own by using the section called Fill-in Sentences. HINTS ON PRONUNCIATION All the words and phrases are written in a spelling which you read like English. Each letter or combination of letters is used for the sound it normally represents in English and it always stands for the same sound. Thus, “oo” is always to be read as in too, boot, tooth, roost, never as anything else. Say these words and then pronounce the vowel sound by itself. That is the sound you must use every time you see “oo” in 7 the Pronunciation column. If you should use some other sound for example, the one in blood or the one in door—you might be misunderstood. Syllables that are accented, that is, pronounced louder than others, are written in capital letters. Curved lines are used to show sounds that are pronounced together without any break; for example, “F_YOOR-TAWN” meaning “fourteen.” SPECIAL POINTS Here are a few points to note as you listen to the records: EW stands for a sound like that of the e in let followed by the sound of a w. Example: “FREW” meaning “Mrs.” EB when underlined stands for a sound something like the er in her. Example: “FRER-ken” meaning “Miss.” EE when underlined stands for a sound we don’t have in English. To make it round your lips to say the oo sound in boot and without moving them say the 8 rhe Words are u>ritten in a simplify Spelling, Jike this... BUTTE.... BJTOOT । PHOENIX-- FEE-niks PHILWELPHIA—fil-a-DELF-ija POUCHKEEP5IE— po-KIP- see SIOUX CITY...SOO-SIT-ee WORCESTER ...WOOST- ur SCHENECTADY- ska-NEKT-a-dee the SYL Ia-bles LOUD-er are in CAP-rt-al LET-ters ef in see. Example: “FEE-ra” meaning “four.” I when underlined, as in hit, big, sick, ex- cept that you round your lips when you say it. Example: “MIK-ket” meaning “very.” U as in cut, bud, gun, except that you round your lips as you say it. Example: “CHUT” meaning “meat.” U when underlined, something like the sound in pull, put, push. Example: “BUSS-en” meaning “the bus.” a with a dot under it, as in sofa, china, vanilla. Example: “IN-ta” meaning “not.” USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES The following is the exact wording of the Swedish language records issued with this Guide. These records give you a few useful phrases in Swedish. To learn to say these phrases so that you will be understood, imitate the sounds exactly as you hear them. You will hear the English first, followed by the Swedish; then repeat the Swedish out loud, and say it good and loud. Remember! Repeat every Swedish phrase right after you hear it. In the Swedish Language Guide which should be used with these records, all the phrases you will hear are written in a spelling that you read like English. Listen to the records six or seven times and you will know the phrases by heart. GREETINGS AND GENERAL PHRASES English Pronunciation Swedish Spelling Hello or Good day goo DA God dag Good morning goo MAWR-RAWN God morgon Good afternoon goo MID-da God middag Good evening goo AHF-TAWN God afton 11 g°° MAW8-RAWN . \—A English Pronunciation Swedish Spelling Sir min HAYR-rg min herre Mr. HAYR herr Madam DA-men damen Mrs. FREW fru Miss FRER-ken froken You have just heard two sounds we don’t have in English. The first you heard in the word for “Mrs.” Listen again and repeat: “FREW,” “FREW.” It is written in your Guide as “ew” and sounds something like the e in let followed by a w. Try just the sound again: “ew,” “ew.” 12 O WAN z— 03^^' -^_ "Mp REPEAT THE WORDS OUT LOUD The second you heard in ‘ ‘Miss. ’ ’ Listen again and repeat: “FRER-ken,” “FRER-ken.” It sounds something like the er in her said without the r. Try just the sound again: “er,” “er.” How are you? HEWR stor det TIL? Hur star det till? I am well, thanks tahk, BRA Tack, bra Thank you TAHK Tack You’re welcome VAR so goo Var sa god Excuse me ewr-SEK-ta Ursakta Yes YA Ja 13 English Pronunciation Swedish Spelling No -NAY Nej Do you under- fur-STOR nee MAY? Forstar ni mig? stand me? I understand YA fur-STOR Jag forstar I don’t under- YA fur-STOR IN-tg. Jag forstar inte stand , Please speak TA-la LAWNG-sahmt Talalangsamt slowly Say it again SAY det ee-YEN Sag det igen You have probably noticed by now that Swedish has a definite sing-song quality. This is very important in the language and you should try to imitate the phrases exactly as you hear them. ' LOCATION When you need directions to get somewhere you use the phrase “where is” and then add the words you need: Where is ? VAR ayr ? Var ar ? a restaurant en rest-o-RAHNG en restaurang Where is a restaurant? VAR ayr en rest-o-RAHNG? Var ar en restaurang? a hotel et ho-TEL ett hotell Where is a hotel? VAR ayr et ho-TEL? Var ar ett hotell? the railroad station sta-SHOO-nen stationen Where is the railroad station? VAR ayr sta-SHOO-nen? Var ar stationen? a toilet en twa-LET en toalett Where is a toilet? VAR ayr en twa-LET? Var ar en toalett? DIRECTIONS The answer to your question “Where is such and such?” may be “Go to the right” or “Go to the left” 15 or “Straight phrases. ahead,” so you need to know these Go to the right GO til HER-ger Ga till hoger Go to the left GO til VEN-ster Ga till vanster Straight ahead RAHKT frahm Rakt fram It is sometimes useful to say “Show me” or “Take me there.” Show me VEE-sa MAY Visa mig Take me there FERR may DEET Formigdit If you are driving and ask the distance to another town, it will be given you in kilometers, not miles. Kilometer chil-o-MAY-ter Kilometer One kilometer equals of a mile. HOW DO YOU SAY IT IN SWEDISH? GO TO THE RIGHT GO TO THE LEFT STRAIGHT AHEAD NUMBERS You need to know the numbers. One ET ett Two TVO tv& Three TRAY tre Four FEE-RA fyra In the last word you heard another sound you must practice. Listen again and repeat: “FEE-RA,” “FEE-RA.” It is written in your Guide as “ee” with a line under it. To make it you round your lips as though to say “oo” and without moving them say “ee” Try just the sound: “ee,” “ee.” Five FEM fem Six SEKS sex Seven SHEW sju Eight AWT-TA atta Nine NEE-YOO nio Ten TEE-YOO tio Eleven EL-VA elva Twelve TAWLV tolv Thirteen TRET-TAWN tretton 17 ET TVO TRAY FEE-ra. FEM / English Pronunciation Swedish Spelling Fourteen F_YOOR-TAWN fj orton Fifteen FEM-TAWN femton Sixteen SEKS-TAWN sexton Seventeen SHUT-TAWN sjutton Eighteen AR-TAWN aderton Nineteen NIT-TAWN nitton Twenty CHEW-GOO tjugo Twenty-one CHEW-goo-ET tjugoett Twenty-two CHEW-goo-TVO tjugotva Thirty TRET-tee trettio Forty FUR-tee fyrtio Fifty FEM-tee femtio Sixty SEKS-tee sextio Seventy SHUT-tee sjuttio Eighty AWT-tee &ttio Ninety NIT-tee nittio A hundred HUN-dra hundra A thousand TEW-sen tusen 19 -TO0- ! u- A~? mjhMra a «>unV'nS- but ,rts jv-f *>______ Ap’no+ *qis pa*i■ ........ & WHAT’S THIS? When you want to know the name of something, you can say “What’s this?” and point to the thing you mean. What is ? VAHD ayr ? Vad S.r ? this DET-TA detta What is this? VAHD ayr DET-TA? Vad ar detta? ASKING FOR THINGS When you want something you can say ‘ ‘Can I get?’ ’ and add the name of the thing wanted. Can I get-? kahn ya FO_____? Kan jag fa_____? food MAHT mat 20 English Pronunciation Swedish Spelling Can I get kahn ya fo MAHT? Kan jag fa mat? food? water Can I get water? VAHT-ten kahn ya fo VAHT-ten? vatten Kan jag fa vatten? To say “please” in Swedish you use an expression which means “Be kind and_______” please VAR SNEL o var snail och give me YAY may ge mig Please give me VAR SNEL o YAY may Var snail och ge mig « Give me cigarettes YAY may see-ga-RET-ter Ge mig cigaretter Give me a match YAY may en TEN- Ge mig en tand-STIK-ka sticka Here are the words for some of the things you may require: bread BRERD brod butter SMERR smor 21 ^7 J? Iyi Pru 5K£L ° **<1 w&60 ^oo £s?L> ^TsT t s irb G'^ / Ey V r NvV /^X/ < Sx 1 A ffSM /mW I I \ I v 1 ^! English Pronunciation Swedish Spelling soup SAWP-PA soppa fish FISK fisk meat CHUT kott chicken CHIK-LING kyckling eggs EG &gg vegetables GRERN-SA-ker gronsaker potatoes po-TA-tiss potatis beans BER-NOR honor tomatoes to-MA-ter tomater spinach spen-NAHT spenat cabbage KOAL kal oranges ah-pel-SEE-ner apelsiner lemons see-TROO-ner citroner salad SAHL-LAHD sallad milk M^YULK mjblk chocolate shoo-KLAHD choklad ice cream GLAHSS glass pepper PEP-PAR peppar salt SAHLT salt 23 English Pronunciation Swedish Spelling sugar SAWK-ker socker tea TAY te wine VEEN vin coffee KAHF-fa kaffe beer PILSS-ner pilsner MONEY To find out how much things cost you say: what VAHD vad costs KAW-STAR kostar 24 English Pronunciation Swedish Spelling this DAYT det What does this cost? VAHD KAW-STAR Vad kostar det? DAYT? The answer will be given you in “KROO-nor” and “ER-ra.” One hundred “ER-ra” make a “KROO-na.” A “KROO-na” is worth about 23 cents in American money. ore ER-ra ore one krona EN KROO-na en krona five kronor FEM KROO-nor fem kronor TIME To find out what time it is, you say “What is the clock?” What time is VAHD ayr KLAWK- Vad ar klockan? it? KAHN? “One o’clock” is “the clock is one.” One o’clock KLAWK-kahn ayr ET Klockan Sr ett Ten minutes after two TEE-yoo ef-ter TVO Tio efter tv4 A quarter past three en KVART ef-ter TRAY En kvart efter tre 25 For “half past two” you say “half three.” Half past two hahlv TRAY Halv tre For “ten minutes to four” you say “ten in four.” Ten to four TEE-yoo ee FEE-RA Tioifyra If you want to know when a movie starts or when a train leaves, you say: when NAYR nSr starts BERR-YAR borjar the movie FIL-men filmen When does the NAYR BERR-yar Nar borjar movie start? FIL-men? filmen? leaves gor gar the train TOAG-et taget When does NAYR gor TOAG- Nar gar t&get? the train et? leave? the bus BUSS-en bussen When does NAYR gor BUSS- Nar gar bussen? the bus en? leave? Yesterday ee GOR i gAr 26 WHAT’S THE TIME IN SWEDISH? English Pronunciation Swedish Spelling Today ee DA i dag Tomorrow ee MAWR-RAWN i morgon The days of the week are: Sunday Monday SUN-da sondag MAWN-da mandag Tuesday TEESS-da tisdag Wednesday Thursday OONSS-da onsdag TOORSH-da torsdag Friday FRAY-da f redag Saturday LERR-da lordag OTHER USEFUL PHRASES The following phrases will be useful: What is your name? vahd HAY-ter nee? Vad heter ni? My name is ya HAY-ter Jag heter How do you say “table” (or anything else} in Swedish? vahd HAY-ter Vad heter “table” po SVEN- “table” pa ska? svenska? 28 English Pronunciation Swedish Spelling I am an American YA ayr ah-may-ree- Jag ar amerikan KAHN I am your friend YA ayr ayr VEN Jag ar er van How far is it? HEWR LAWNKT Hur langt ar det? ayr det? How far is the nearest town? HEWR LAWNKT ayr Hur langt ar det det til NAYR-ma- till narmaste st