Complete Swedish – Season 2 · Lesson 11 of 44 · 9 min

Swedish words ending in -port

This lesson uses the -port ending as a memory aid, since words like transport and support look almost identical in Swedish. It contrasts this with the more reliable -tion pattern, and reviews dit versus där, sedan (since) and mår bra (to feel well).

What the lesson covers

The lesson introduces a Swedish structure using the -port ending, which often mirrors English words like rapport, port, sport, support, and transport, to facilitate memorization. While some of these can form verbs (e.g., rapportera, transportera), not all follow this rule, though incorrect usage is often still understood. This is contrasted with the more consistent -tion ending (e.g., information, informera). The lesson also reviews concepts such as "to go" (att gå), "to be" (att vara), the use of "dit" for motion versus "där" for static location, "since" (sedan), "to feel well" (mår bra), and the word "för" for "too" as in "too kind," while noting the modern use of "nice" alongside the traditional "snäll."

Vocabulary in this lesson

65 words. Inside Lingolib each one is tappable in the transcript and saved to your library with one tap.

att: to (infinitive marker)
bra: Well / Good
den: It
din: Your (singular)
dit: There (with motion)
dokumentera: Document
du: You (singular)
där: there
en: a/an (common gender)
er: Your (plural)
flyga: Fly
för: Too (excessively)
gillar: Like
gå: Go / Walk
han: He
har: Have
hit: Here (with motion)
hon: She
honom: Him
hoppas: Hope
här: here
igår: yesterday
information: Information
informera: Inform
inte: not
it: IT
it-support: IT support
jag: I
kan: can / to be able to
kommer: Will (future auxiliary)
med: With
mig: Me
mår: feel (health/mood)
ni: You (plural)
nice: Nice
oss: Us
port: Port
presentera: Present
rapport: Report (noun)
rapportera: Report (verb)
rapporterar: report / reports
redan: Already
sedan: Since
sitta: Sit
ska: Will / Shall
snäll: Kind / Nice
sport: Sport
support: Support
syster: Sister
tala: to speak / speak
tillsammans: Together
transport: Transport (noun)
transportera: Transport (verb)
transporterar: transport / transports
var: Where
vara: to be
varför: why
varit: Been
vi: We
vilken: Which
vill: want / wants
älskar: Love
är: am / is / are
äta: to eat / eat
ätit: eaten

How the lesson starts

The opening of the lesson transcript. The rest is in the course, synced to the video.

going to stick with our philosophy of trying to borrow knowledge from English as that makes it a lot easier to remember.

Let's look at a new structure this time using the ending -port. This doesn't work all the time, and if you're unsure and you want to use the same structure, you will still be understood, which is the most important thing. So, even if you're technically not correct, you will probably still be understood.

And the structure, the way it works, is you have a word like "report".

In Swedish that becomes rapport, rapport.

For the word "port", it's just port, port.

For "sport", spelled the same: sport.

And "support", also, you guessed, the same. How would you pronounce it in Swedish, if you were to guess?

Watch the whole lesson with the synced transcript

How the lesson works in Lingolib

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.