Swedish verbs: ligga, stå, sitta
What the lesson covers
The lesson serves as a practical application and remembrance session for Swedish phrases, focusing on verbs of position such as "att ligga" (to lie/be situated), "att stå" (to stand), and "att sitta" (to sit). A significant emphasis is placed on the common Swedish usage of "ligger" (to lie) for inanimate objects being situated, even where English might simply use "is" (`är`). The lesson encourages the use of "ligger" over "är" for objects' positions, while acknowledging that "är" would still be understood. It also covers prepositions like "på" (on), "nära" (near), and "vid" (at/by), noting that "nära" can often substitute "vid" if uncertain. Additionally, it briefly touches upon the possessive pronoun "sin" (his/her own) which can be used for both "han" (he) and "hon" (she), and introduces the adjective "stor" (big). Participants practice forming sentences using these concepts in various scenarios.
Swedish English att ligga to lie (situated) den ligger it lies stol chair på stolen on the chair nära near dörren the door vid at jag är vid dörren I am at the door jag är nära dörren I am near the door att stå to stand står stand (verb form) jag står vid dörren I stand at the door / I'm standing at the door att sitta to sit sitter sit (verb form) jag sitter på stolen I am sitting on the chair han sitter på stolen He is sitting on the chair hon sitter på stolen She is sitting on the chair vägg wall vid väggen at the wall just nu just now just just den är här It is here det är här It is here den ligger här It is lying here butiken the store i butiken in the store den är inte där It is not there där there inte not den ligger inte där It is not lying there bordet the table på bordet on the table varför why varför ligger den inte på bordet? Why is it not on the table? maten the food maten ligger på bordet The food is lying on the table sin his/her (own) stor big en stor stol a big chair
Vocabulary in this lesson
30 words. Inside Lingolib each one is tappable in the transcript and saved to your library with one tap.
- bordet
- the table
- butiken
- the store
- de
- they
- där
- there
- dörren
- the door
- en
- a/an (common gender)
- han
- he
- hon
- she
- här
- here
- i
- in
- inte
- not
- jag
- I
- just
- just
- ligga
- to lie (be situated)
- ligger
- lies / is lying
- maten
- the food
- nära
- near
- på
- on
- sin
- his/her (own)
- sitta
- to sit
- sitter
- sit (verb form)
- stol
- chair
- stolen
- the chair
- stor
- big
- står
- stand (verb form)
- varför
- why
- vid
- at
- vägg
- wall
- väggen
- the wall
- är
- am / is / are
How the lesson starts
The opening of the lesson transcript. The rest is in the course, synced to the video.
Let's now look at how we can use the knowledge that we gained from the earlier lesson and try to use that in some real-life use cases.
Okay, so before we begin practicing, it's probably good to do a short remembrance or rekindle our memory here. How do we say "to lie"? We would say "att ligga". Or "it lies" would be "den ligger".
Now, we're talking about lies in terms of something being situated, not in terms of somebody speaking untruths, which in English is spelled the same. But here we're talking about something being situated. So let's say, "It lies on the chair." So, if you remember, "chair" is of course "stol". So how would you say, "It lies on the chair"?
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.