Bli (to become) and Swedish emotion words
What the lesson covers
This lesson focused on how to express "becoming" in Swedish using the verb "bli" (to become) and its past tense "blev" (became). It also introduced vocabulary for emotional states such as "glad" (happy), "trött" (tired), and "hungrig" (hungry). The lesson reinforced the use of adverbs of frequency like "ibland" (sometimes), "normalt" (normally), and "ofta" (often), and reviewed grammatical concepts such as verb-subject inversion when an adverb begins a sentence, the distinction between "hit" (to here) and "här" (here) for motion versus location, and correct pronoun usage.
Vocabulary in this lesson
49 words. Inside Lingolib each one is tappable in the transcript and saved to your library with one tap.
- att bli
- to become
- att vara
- to be
- av
- of
- bli
- become
- blir
- become / becomes
- bra
- good
- brukar
- usually
- de
- they
- del
- part
- denna
- this
- det
- it
- du
- you
- en
- a/an (common gender)
- glad
- glad / happy
- hade
- had
- han
- he
- har
- have
- här
- here
- hit
- here (motion)
- honom
- him
- hungrig
- hungry
- ibland
- sometimes
- igår
- yesterday
- inte
- not
- jag
- i
- kommer
- come
- mat
- food
- med
- with
- men
- but
- när
- when
- nej
- no
- normalt
- normally
- ofta
- often
- om
- if
- presenterade
- presented
- pratar om
- talk about
- sedan
- since
- snäll
- nice / kind
- talade
- spoke
- talar om
- talk about
- trevlig
- nice
- trött
- tired
- varit
- been
- värld
- world
- vi
- we
- vill
- want / wants
- äta
- to eat / eat
- är
- am / is / are
- blev
- became
How the lesson starts
The opening of the lesson transcript. The rest is in the course, synced to the video.
How to express becoming is what we're going to talk about in this lesson. We're also going to cover some emotional states, like being happy, for example, or being tired. So, before we begin, let's start out practicing some sentences. How do you say "sometimes" in Swedish?
Ibland. Ibland.
"It would have been good." If you forgot how to say "it would have been", you say hade, det hade. So, how would you say "It would have been good"?
Det hade varit bra. And we're using the past here, "been", right? Att vara, "to be", and then in the past it's "been": varit.
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.