Swedish bakery vocabulary and fika
What the lesson covers
The lesson introduces Swedish vocabulary for items found in bakeries, a common feature in Europe. Key terms covered include "bröd" for bread, "fika" referring to a coffee break with accompanying sweets, and "bulle" for sweet buns, exemplified by "kanelbulle" (cinnamon bun) and "vaniljbulle" (vanilla bun). Other bakery items like "donut" (also "munk" in Swedish) and "chokladboll" (chocolate ball) are also discussed. The lesson further practices the Swedish verbs "att ta" (to take) and "att få" (to get) through various conversational examples, including phrases related to ordering and expressing desires.
Vocabulary in this lesson
60 words. Inside Lingolib each one is tappable in the transcript and saved to your library with one tap.
- allt
- everything
- allting
- everything
- att
- to (infinitive marker)
- bröd
- bread
- bulle
- sweet bun
- chokladboll
- chocolate ball
- chokladbulle
- chocolate bun
- det
- it
- detta
- this
- donut
- donut
- du
- you
- en
- a/an (common gender)
- favorit
- favorite
- fika
- coffee break
- fikabröd
- coffee-break pastries
- fotboll
- football
- få
- get
- får
- get
- för
- for
- gillar
- like
- ha
- have
- han
- he
- hand
- hand
- henne
- her
- hon
- she
- hur
- how
- idag
- today
- inte
- not
- jag
- I
- kan
- can / to be able to
- kanel
- cinnamon
- kanelbulle
- cinnamon bun
- kostar
- cost
- köpa
- buy
- lite
- a little
- mamma
- mom
- men
- but
- mig
- me
- min
- my
- munk
- donut
- mycket
- much
- när
- when
- och
- and
- om
- of/about
- pasta
- pasta
- på
- on/at
- rekommenderar
- recommend
- ser
- see/watch
- som
- that/as
- stor
- big
- ta
- take
- tar
- take
- tror
- think
- tv
- TV
- vad
- what
- vaniljbulle
- vanilla bun
- vi
- we
- vill
- want / wants
- är
- am / is / are
- äta
- to eat / eat
How the lesson starts
The opening of the lesson transcript. The rest is in the course, synced to the video.
Life is of course about giving and taking, not just taking. And so, today we're going to talk a little bit about how to say "I want to take this" or "I want to give this", for example. Uh but before we can do that, we can also talk a little bit about something else that life is about, at least uh something that gives me a lot of joy in life is is visiting the bakery.
And bakeries are very common in Europe, much more so than than many other parts of the world, especially more so than America, for example, or I would say most countries, really. Outside of Europe, you won't find as many bakeries per square meter as you would in most European cities. That's, of course an, a simplification, but generally speaking, that that would hold true. And um so it's nice to know a few different words you could use if you want to buy something from a bakery.
So we're going to practice that. And what you see here uh at the top are different kinds of bread.
The video plays beside a transcript that follows it line by line. Swedish words are underlined; tap one and the video pauses, the meaning appears, and the word goes into your library. At the end there is a five-question quiz written from this exact lesson, and every word can be practised out loud.