Listening versus hearing in Swedish
What the lesson covers
This lesson focuses on giving orders and understanding the difference between listening and hearing in Swedish. It demonstrates how to form imperatives by simply stating the verb (e.g., "Fråga!" from "att fråga"), noting that using "Kan du...?" (Can you...?) is a more polite approach. The lesson then distinguishes between active "listening" (att lyssna) and passive "hearing" (att höra), explaining their respective conjugations and common phrases like "Jag lyssnar på dig" (I listen to you), emphasizing the use of object pronouns such as "dig" (you), "honom" (him), and "oss" (us). Key vocabulary discussed includes verbs like "to ask," "to answer," "to speak," "to like," "to inform," "to eat," "to listen," and "to hear," along with terms such as "volume" and "podcast."
Vocabulary in this lesson
65 words. Inside Lingolib each one is tappable in the transcript and saved to your library with one tap.
- att fråga
- to ask
- att svara
- to answer
- svara
- to answer / answer
- fråga
- to ask / ask
- att tala
- To speak
- prata
- to speak / speak
- gilla
- like
- tycka om
- to like
- informera
- to inform
- tala
- to speak / speak
- kan
- can / to be able to
- ge
- give
- mig
- me
- den
- that
- dig
- you (object)
- någonting
- something
- något
- something
- ja
- yes
- vad
- what
- du
- you (subject)
- vill
- want / wants
- ät
- Eat (imperative)
- behöver
- need (verb)
- att äta
- to eat
- äter
- eat / eats
- för
- too
- mycket
- much
- lyssna
- to listen
- lyssnar
- listen (present tense)
- han
- He
- hon
- she
- ni
- you (plural)
- det
- It
- är
- am / is / are
- viktigt
- important
- på
- on
- honom
- him
- oss
- us
- vi
- we
- min
- my
- mamma
- mom
- mor
- mother
- moder
- Mother
- podcast
- podcast
- din
- your
- favoritpodcast
- favorite podcast
- när
- when
- höra
- to hear
- hör
- hear (present tense)
- jag
- I
- inte
- not
- volym
- Volume
- en
- a/an (common gender)
- intressant
- interesting
- höja
- to raise
- volymen
- the volume
- ljudet
- the sound
- höjer
- raises
- de
- They
- så
- so
- att
- to (infinitive marker)
- snälla
- please
- tack
- Thanks
- nu
- now
- allting
- everything
How the lesson starts
The opening of the lesson transcript. The rest is in the course, synced to the video.
is of course important not just in a hierarchical sort of organization but just in everyday life you tell people, give me that, give me the salt or you say can you give me the salt or you say close the door please, so you give orders all the time. Not in a sort of a military way militaristic fashion, but just speaking to people.
Generally speaking, you're asking for things, or you're asking to avoid things and so forth. So it's important to know how to give orders and also how to listen and to hear. They tend to go hand-in-hand, giving orders and then following orders means that you can listen. And there's a difference between listening and hearing of course. The difference is that listening is active and hearing is passive. So, you can hear somebody without listening to them, but you cannot listen to somebody without also hearing them.
So we're going to talk about those differences as well.
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.