Swedish words ending in -isk
What the lesson covers
This lesson focuses on identifying patterns between English and Swedish words to facilitate learning. It demonstrates that English words ending in -LE, particularly those with -GLE, often involve placing an 'E' between the G and L in Swedish (e.g., "single" becomes "singel", "jungle" becomes "djungel"). Additionally, English words using 'C' for a 'K' sound typically switch to 'K' in Swedish (e.g., "cable" becomes "kabel", "cycle" becomes "cykel"). Other words like "signal," "model," and "tunnel" often retain similar spellings with minor vowel adjustments. A significant pattern covered is the conversion of English adjectives ending in -ic or -al to Swedish by adding the suffix -isk (e.g., "economic" becomes "ekonomisk," "political" becomes "politisk," "strategic" becomes "strategisk"). The lesson concludes with practice sentences reinforcing these grammatical and phonetic transformations.
Vocabulary in this lesson
39 words. Inside Lingolib each one is tappable in the transcript and saved to your library with one tap.
- djungel
- jungle
- kabel
- cable
- cykel
- cycle
- signal
- signal
- vi behöver
- We need
- modell
- model
- tunnel
- tunnel
- signalen
- the signal
- jag tror
- I think
- gå
- go
- att
- to (infinitive marker)
- lämna
- leave
- usb-kabel
- USB-cable
- köpa
- buy
- min
- my
- ekonomisk
- economic
- -isk
- -ic / -al
- effektiv
- effective
- president
- president
- politisk
- political
- ledare
- leader
- strategi
- strategy
- strategisk
- strategic
- plan
- plan
- idé
- idea
- jag blir
- I become
- person
- person
- när
- when
- jag får tid
- I get time
- tänka
- think
- den är
- it is
- inte
- not
- bra
- good
- metod
- method
- hon vill inte
- She does not want
- tala om
- speak about
- prata om
- speak about
- framför
- in front of
- alla
- everyone
How the lesson starts
The opening of the lesson transcript. The rest is in the course, synced to the video.
Let's keep on using our tested method of borrowing from English and trying to identify patterns that work in both English and Swedish. In this lesson, we're going to look at some words that end with -le or some variant of that. So, for example, you have "single", you have "jungle", "cable", and so forth.
For these words in Swedish, you can often just switch the order of the g and the l. So, you don't get "single" as in g-l-e, g-l-e, g-l-e, you get singel. So, you need that e to be in between the g and the l, essentially.
And then, for some of the other words, you might need to do some other changes to make it look a bit more Swedish.
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.