Language/Swedish/Vocabulary/Family
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In today's lesson you will learn how to talk about the family members in Swedish.
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Familj (Family)
"Familj" means family and "släkt" means relatives. How this is used in Swedish can vary a little. Some talk about family as only the people you live with, others with the relatives you are close to, and some for extended family.
Swedish usually don't use the word "släkt" unless it's more distant family that we aren't very close to.
Svenska | English |
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en farfar (farfadern)
en morfar (morfadern) |
paternal grandfather
maternal grandfather |
en farmor (farmodern)
en mormor (mormodern) |
paternal grandmother
maternal grandmother |
far , en fader (fadern)
en pappa (pappan) |
father
dad |
mor , en moder (modern)
en mamma (mamman) |
mother
mom |
en make (maken) | husband |
en hustru (hustrun) | wife, spouse |
en människa (människan) | human being |
en man (mannen) | man |
en kvinna (kvinnan) | woman |
släktingar (släktingarna),
anhöriga |
relatives |
en farbror (farbrodern)
en morbror (morbrodern) |
paternal uncle
maternal uncle |
en faster (fastern)
en moster (mostern) |
paternal aunt
maternal aunt |
en brorson / systerson
en brorsdotter / systerdotter |
nephew [brother/sister's son
niece [brother/sister's daughter |
en kusin (kusinen) | cousin |
en pojke (pojken)
en flicka (flickan) |
boy
girl |
en son (sonen)
en dotter (dottern) |
son
daughter |
en bror, broder (brodern)
en syster (systern) |
brother
sister |
ett barn (barnet) | child |
en baby (babyn) | baby |
en vän (vännen)
bästa vän, bästis |
friend
best friend |
en pojkvän (pojkvännen)
en flickvän (flickvännen) |
boyfriend
girlfriend |
en kompis (kompisen) | companion, comrade |
en granne (grannen) | neighbour |
Videos
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