Swedish verbs for love, hate and like
What the lesson covers
This lesson focused on describing feelings in Swedish, particularly love ("älska") and hate ("hata"), along with liking ("gilla"). Students practiced forming sentences like "Jag älskar min bror" (I love my brother) and "Han älskar att hata" (He loves to hate). A key grammatical point was the use of "tror" (believe) instead of "tänker" (think) when expressing opinions or beliefs, as in "Jag tror min man älskar kebab mer än mig" (I think my husband loves kebab more than me). The lesson also covered important vocabulary such as "fru" (wife), "barn" (children), "vänner" (friends), "rädd" (afraid), and prepositions "efter" (after) and "innan" (before), emphasizing "innan" for its versatility. Additionally, it reinforced the correct use of plurals (e.g., "mina barn") and "heller" (either) in negative contexts.
Vocabulary in this lesson
34 words. Inside Lingolib each one is tappable in the transcript and saved to your library with one tap.
- barn
- children
- broder
- brother
- bror
- brother
- det
- this / that
- detta
- this
- dig
- you
- dricka
- drink
- efter
- after
- fru
- wife
- före
- before
- gilla
- like
- hata
- hate
- heller
- either
- hon
- she
- innan
- before
- italien
- Italy
- kaffe
- coffee
- kommer
- come
- man
- husband
- med
- with
- mer
- more
- mig
- me
- min
- my (singular)
- mina
- my (plural)
- prata
- to speak / speak
- rädd
- afraid
- tror
- believe / think
- tänker
- think
- vän
- friend
- vänner
- friends
- älska
- love
- älskar
- love / loves
- än
- than
- äter
- eat / eats
How the lesson starts
The opening of the lesson transcript. The rest is in the course, synced to the video.
Having feelings is of course an important part of life, and we've already talked a little bit about this, what do you love, what do you hate, what do you like, att gilla is like, att älska is to love, att hata is to hate. So we're going to double down here a little bit. What was the word for to love, as I just said? Älska, of course.
How would you say I love my brother?
Jag älskar min bror. And if you can't remember bror, you can say broder. It's a bit archaic, but it's perfect Swedish and it's very similar to the English.
Brother: broder, or bror, which is much more common.
He loves me.
Han älskar mig.
I think my man loves kebab more than me.
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.