Telling the time in Swedish with klockan
What the lesson covers
This lesson focused on telling time in Swedish, introducing the structure "klockan" followed by the hour, such as "klockan ett" for 1:00. It covered how to specify time relative to events like lunch using "före" (before) or "efter" (after). A key distinction highlighted was Sweden's use of the 24-hour system instead of AM/PM, though one can clarify morning or evening by adding "på morgonen" or "på kvällen" if not using the 24-hour format. The lesson also briefly reviewed other Swedish words like "när" (when), "ibland" (sometimes), "normalt" (normally), "ofta" (often), "fortfarande" (still), and "då" (then), along with the use of "hit" for motion towards "here."
Vocabulary in this lesson
28 words. Inside Lingolib each one is tappable in the transcript and saved to your library with one tap.
- dit
- there (motion)
- då
- then
- efter
- after
- en
- a/an (common gender)
- ett
- a/an (neuter)
- fortfarande
- still
- före
- before
- hit
- here (motion)
- här
- here
- ibland
- sometimes
- imorgon
- tomorrow
- innan
- before
- klockan 14
- 2 PM
- klockan ett
- 1:00
- klockan åtta på kvällen
- 8:00 PM
- komma
- to come
- kommer
- come / comes
- kvällen
- evening
- lunch
- lunch
- morgonen
- the morning
- nej
- no
- normalt
- normally
- när
- when
- ofta
- often
- tid
- time
- två
- two
- åtta
- eight
How the lesson starts
The opening of the lesson transcript. The rest is in the course, synced to the video.
about time, and not about the passage of time, which of course is interesting and something to contemplate, but rather to talk about how to tell time. And specifically when you're looking at a watch, or these days you would look at your phone, perhaps.
And we're going to talk about how to describe time, basically. We've already talked about things that relate to the passage of time. We had the word for "when", if you can remember. So, how do we say "when" in Swedish?
När, när. How would you say, "When can I meet you?" När kan jag träffa dig? So, we know that "one" in Swedish is "ett"
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.