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Learn Swedish with videos · A2–B1 · 17 min

Learn Swedish with “Han, honom, hans, sin, sitt, sina (använd rätt pronomen) SFI”

A video by Peter SFI, with the words to know first and an honest look at how hard it is.

“ja idag ska vi göra en klassiker pronomen pronomen och då pratar vi om eh ja de här…” is the opening line. Video © Peter SFI, embedded from YouTube.

How hard is it?

82% of the words spoken in this video are among the 1,000 most common in Swedish, 86% among the 2,000 most common and 88% among the 5,000 most common. That puts the vocabulary at roughly A2–B1.

This measures words only; speed, accents and background noise matter too. Not sure of your own level? Take the free level test.

Words to know before you watch

The words from the video most worth learning, most frequent first. Each one links to its full entry.

objekt
object
bror
a brother, a contracted form of broder, bro, brother (usually friendly or familiar term of address for a male)
först
first, at first
sitt
his, her
tillhöra
belong
bil
motorcar, car
hoppas
hope
använda
employ, use
sina
run short, become (run) dry
mening
opinion, idea
penna
pen
undra
wonder
tvätta
wash
därför
so, for that reason
person
person
sjuk
ill, sick
vanlig
ordinary, common
mm
mm
plats
place, room
flytta
move
ihåg
remember
olika
different, unlike
personlig
personal
papper
paper, papers

How to study with it

  1. Read the word list below first and say each word out loud once.
  2. Watch with Swedish subtitles on (the CC button), not English ones. Pause whenever a whole sentence goes past you.
  3. Watch a second time without subtitles. You will be surprised how much more you catch.
  4. Pick three sentences you understood and say them back, copying the rhythm.

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