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Learn Swedish with videos · A2–B1 · 27 min

Learn Swedish with “Tala svenska med självförtroende - 5 steg (podd på lätt svenska)”

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

“Händer det dig att du blir nervös när du ska prata svenska? Att du blir rädd eller blockerad?…” is the opening line. Video © Swedish Linguist, embedded from YouTube.

How hard is it?

81% of the words spoken in this video are among the 1,000 most common in Swedish, 85% among the 2,000 most common and 91% 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.

språk
language
väldigt
enormously, very
alltså
in other words, accordingly
självförtroende
confidence, self-confidence
svenska
Swedish, Swede
bygga
construct, build
person
person
lära
teach
kontakt
contact, socket
situation
position, occasion
tänk
(way of) thinking
viktigt
importantly
användare
user
faktiskt
as a matter of fact
engelska
English
student
student
avslappnad
relaxed
kul
fun
kände
sensed
direkt
direct
lär
be said to
personlig
personal
spanska
Spanish
fortsätta
continue, go on

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.

In Lingolib, Watch opens any Swedish YouTube video with a transcript that follows along: tap a word to see what it means and save it for practice.

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