The Swedish verb tro (to believe)
What the lesson covers
This lesson introduces the Swedish verb "att tro" (to believe) and the noun "en tro" (a belief), highlighting its versatility in everyday statements. It covers the conjugations of "tro" for all personal pronouns (jag tror, du tror, han/hon/den/det tror, ni tror, de tror, vi tror). A key takeaway is that "to believe in" is expressed as "tro på" (literally "believe on") in Swedish, used for both motivational belief in someone and believing their words, as well as belief in concepts like God. The lesson also notes that "tro" can sometimes translate to "think" in English, and provides examples combining it with other verbs like "att veta" (to know).
Vocabulary in this lesson
34 words. Inside Lingolib each one is tappable in the transcript and saved to your library with one tap.
- tro
- believe
- att tro
- to believe
- en tro
- belief
- jag
- I
- tror
- believe
- du
- you
- han
- he
- hon
- she
- den/det
- it (common/neuter)
- ni
- you
- de/dom
- they
- vi
- we
- vem
- who
- det
- that / it
- kan
- can / to be able to
- på
- on / in
- dig
- you
- honom
- him
- henne
- her
- dem/dom
- them
- gud
- God
- äta
- to eat / eat
- nu
- now
- är
- am / is / are
- att
- to (infinitive marker)
- vet
- know
- att veta
- to know
- kom
- came
- igår
- yesterday
- inte
- not
- när
- when
- men
- but
- imorgon
- tomorrow
- imorron
- tomorrow
How the lesson starts
The opening of the lesson transcript. The rest is in the course, synced to the video.
Let's talk about beliefs and specifically using the verb for believing. This is very useful and versatile word that you use a lot. So, you could say anything from "I believe that happened", "I believe you", "I believe her", "I believe in God", "I believe this is a good idea", "I believe this is a bad idea".
So, these are all statements that you might use in everyday life, and you typically use that word "believe". And it occurs in a lot of different sentences, so it's useful to to learn. And so, we're going to start out by saying what the word is in Swedish. The word is tro,
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.