🇸🇪 Swedish Greetings & Basics
The polite essentials — hello, thank you, sorry. Twelve phrases that set the tone of every conversation you'll ever have. Read them below — then actually say them: recognising a phrase and producing it out loud are different skills, and only one helps you in the moment.
| English | Swedish |
|---|---|
| Hello | Hej |
| Good morning | God morgon |
| Good evening | God kväll |
| Goodbye | Hej då |
| Please | Snälla |
| Thank you | Tack |
| You're welcome | Varsågod |
| Yes | Ja |
| No | Nej |
| Excuse me | Ursäkta |
| I'm sorry | Förlåt |
| How are you? | Hur mår du? |
How to make these stick
- Say each phrase out loud three times — your mouth learns separately from your eyes.
- Rehearse the scene: imagine the café or the street corner and act out both sides.
- Then use them in a real conversation — Yap gives you a 30-second spoken role-play with an AI tutor that responds, corrects gently, and never judges.
More Swedish phrases
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