Basic Swedish in 10 Days: Food and drink, Shopping and prices and At a café
Untimed topic quiz: 30 questions on Food and drink, Shopping and prices and At a café, with an explanation after each answer. Questions and answers are shuffled every time.
Day 4: Food and drink, Shopping and prices and At a café
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Question 1 of 30
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Answer: B. cheese
Ost means cheese. Bread is bröd and butter is smör.
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Question 2 of 30
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Answer: A. I don’t eat meat.
Äter means eat, inte means not and kött means meat.
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Question 3 of 30
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Answer: D. mjölk
Mjölk (milk) is a drink. Smör is butter, ost is cheese and kyckling is chicken.
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Question 4 of 30
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Answer: A. äpplen
Äpple is an ett-word that ends in a vowel, so the plural adds -n: äpplen.
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Question 5 of 30
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Answer: A. gurkor
En-words that end in -a usually take -or: en gurka → gurkor.
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Question 6 of 30
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Answer: C. ägg
Ägg is an ett-word that ends in a consonant, so the plural has no ending: fyra ägg.
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Question 7 of 30
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Answer: D. Tack för maten!
Tack för maten means “thanks for the food” and is said after eating. Smaklig måltid is said before you eat.
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Question 8 of 30
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Answer: C. Vegetarisk lasagne
Vegetarisk lasagne has no meat. Köttbullar are meatballs, fisk is fish and kyckling is chicken.
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Question 9 of 30
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Answer: B. Tea
Elin says “Nej, jag dricker te”: no, I drink tea.
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Jonas: Dricker du kaffe på morgonen, Elin?
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Question 10 of 30
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Answer: C. Meat and fish
Jag äter inte kött eller fisk means “I don’t eat meat or fish”. Eggs (ägg) and cheese (ost) are fine.
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Jag är vegetarian. Jag äter inte kött eller fisk, men jag äter ägg och ost.
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Question 11 of 30
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Answer: C. How much is it?
Kosta means to cost. Vad kostar den? asks for the price.
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Question 12 of 30
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Answer: C. cheap
Billig means cheap. Expensive is dyr.
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Question 13 of 30
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Answer: A. trettionio nittio
Say the kronor first, then the part after the comma: trettionio (39) nittio (90).
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Question 14 of 30
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Answer: C. Kan jag prova den?
Prova means to try (on). Kan jag prova den? means “Can I try it on?”
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Question 15 of 30
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Answer: D. det
Paraply is an ett-word (paraplyet), so “it” is det.
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Question 16 of 30
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Answer: C. Jag tittar bara, tack.
Jag tittar bara means “I’m just looking”.
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Question 17 of 30
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Answer: D. Do you have it in a bigger size?
Större means bigger and storlek means size. Smaller is mindre.
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Question 18 of 30
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Answer: A. 499 kr
Jackor 499 kr means jackets cost 499 kronor now. Förut 899 kr means the old price was 899.
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Question 19 of 30
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Answer: B. 85 kr
Åttiofem is åttio (80) + fem (5) = 85.
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Kassör: Det blir åttiofem kronor.
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Question 20 of 30
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Answer: B. If you want a bag
Påse means bag. Vill du ha …? means “Do you want …?”
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Vill du ha en påse?
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Question 21 of 30
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Answer: B. A coffee break with something to eat
Fika is a coffee or tea break, often with a bun or a cake.
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Question 22 of 30
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Answer: A. Kan jag få en kaffe, tack?
Kan jag få …? (Can I have …?) with tack is polite. Ge mig (give me) sounds rude.
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Question 23 of 30
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Answer: D. I would like a sandwich.
Jag skulle vilja ha means “I would like”. Smörgås means sandwich.
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Question 24 of 30
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Answer: C. få
After kan, use the dictionary form of the verb: Kan jag få …?
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Question 25 of 30
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Answer: B. Nej tack, det var allt.
Något mer? means “anything else?”. Answer nej tack, det var allt: no thanks, that’s all.
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Question 26 of 30
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Answer: D. without sugar
Utan means without and med means with. Socker is sugar.
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Question 27 of 30
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Answer: D. If you eat here or take it away
Äta här means eat here, and ta med means take it with you.
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Question 28 of 30
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Answer: A. A coffee and a cinnamon bun
The customer asks for en kaffe och en kanelbulle: a coffee and a cinnamon bun.
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Barista: Hej! Vad vill du ha?
Kund: Hej! Kan jag få en kaffe och en kanelbulle, tack? -
Question 29 of 30
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Answer: B. To take it away
Jag tar med means “I’ll take it with me”, so the food is to take away.
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Barista: Äter du här eller tar du med?
Kund: Jag tar med, tack. -
Question 30 of 30
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Answer: C. With milk, without sugar
Med mjölk means with milk and utan socker means without sugar.
Transcript
Jag skulle vilja ha en kopp te med mjölk, men utan socker.
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