Swedish vocabulary for family, cafe and restaurant
What the lesson covers
The lesson focused on practicing Swedish sentence construction and expanding vocabulary. Key vocabulary introduced and reviewed included "bror" (brother), "träffa" and "möta" (to meet), "sakna" (to miss, literally "to lack"), "familj" (family), "café" (cafe), and "restaurang" (restaurant).
Grammatical points covered included forming future tense sentences using "ska" or "kommer att," constructing past perfect sentences with "har" + past participle (e.g., "har träffat"), and flexible placement of adverbs like "redan" (already). The lesson also emphasized common Swedish idioms such as "ligger här" (lies here) for "is situated here," and appropriate prepositions like "i" (in) and "på" (at/on) when referring to locations like cafes or restaurants.
Glossary
Swedish English Jag I är am med with min my bror brother broder brother (archaic) ska will / going to träffa meet kommer att will möta meet har have träffat met henne her redan already Vi We dig you (object) familj family sakna to miss / to lack saknar miss / lacks din your café cafe Ett A / An i in kaféet the cafe syster sister arbetar works / is working på on / at ett a / an Vill want (from 'to want') du you (subject) träffas meet (each other) ligger lies / is situated här here Ja Yes där there restaurang restaurant En A / An restaurangen the restaurant inne inside hoppas hope kan can äta eat tillsammans together imorgon tomorrow men but vet know inte not när when Han He nu now
Vocabulary in this lesson
50 words. Inside Lingolib each one is tappable in the transcript and saved to your library with one tap.
- arbetar
- works / is working
- broder
- brother (archaic)
- bror
- brother
- café
- cafe
- caféet
- the cafe
- dig
- you (object)
- din
- your
- du
- you (subject)
- där
- there
- en
- a/an (common gender)
- ett
- a/an (neuter)
- familj
- family
- han
- He
- har
- have
- henne
- her
- hoppas
- hope
- här
- here
- i
- in
- imorgon
- tomorrow
- inne
- inside
- inte
- not
- ja
- yes
- jag
- I
- kaféet
- the cafe
- kan
- can / to be able to
- kommer att
- will
- ligger
- lies / is situated
- med
- with
- men
- but
- min
- my
- möta
- meet
- nu
- now
- när
- when
- på
- on / at
- redan
- already
- restaurang
- restaurant
- restaurangen
- the restaurant
- saknar
- miss / lacks
- ska
- will / going to
- syster
- sister
- tillsammans
- together
- träffa
- meet
- träffar
- meet / meets
- träffas
- meet (each other)
- träffat
- met
- vet
- know
- vi
- We
- vill
- want / wants
- är
- am / is / are
- äta
- to eat / eat
How the lesson starts
The opening of the lesson transcript. The rest is in the course, synced to the video.
forward and practice a few sentences with the knowledge that we've gained so far. Let's begin with "I am with my brother".
Jag är med min bror. Of course brother is bror. You can also say broder, which is almost the same as in English, brother, broder. But it's more like archaic, like people would speak like that maybe 100 years ago they would say broder. People do still say it.
It's not as common, though, as just saying bror. It's sort of like saying "mother" to your mom in current day English. Like you would say "Mom". You wouldn't say "Mother, can I speak with you?" unless you're being very formal. "I'm going to meet my brother."
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.