Shops and hotels in Swedish
Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. Play the ten Swedish words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Swedish phrases in this lesson
- Har ni...?har NEE
- Do you have...?
- Var är...?var air
- Where is...?
- ÖppetURP-et
- Open
- Stängtstengt
- Closed
- Kasse?KAH-seh
- A bag?
- För dyrtfur DEWRT
- Too expensive
- Jag har en bokningyah har en BOOK-ning
- I have a reservation
- Ingår frukost?IN-gor FROO-kost
- Is breakfast included?
- Vad är wifi-lösenordet?vad air VEE-fee LUR-sen-oord-et
- What's the wifi password?
- Får jag...?fawr yah
- Can I...?
"Har ni rågbröd?" (do you have rye bread?). "Ni" is the polite you-plural for shops. In informal speech with a single person: "har du?" Staff at Swedish supermarkets tend to be efficient and direct; a brief question gets a direct answer.
"Var är mjölken?" (where is the milk?). The answer comes with pointing. Swedish supermarkets are organized clearly. Self-checkouts are universal and a Swedish card always works; visiting cards should also be fine.
Plastic bags have a fee and Swedes bring their own bags as a matter of course. The environmental framing is genuine rather than performative; sustainability consciousness is deep and mainstream in Swedish consumer culture.
Literally "does breakfast go in?".
"Får jag sitta här?", may I sit here?