Basic Swedish in 30 Days: Services

1. Question 1 of 10

   What does “efternamn” mean?

   • Aaddress
   • Bsignature
   • Clast name
   • Dfirst name
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   Answer: C. last name

   Efternamn is your last name. Your first name is förnamn.

2. Question 2 of 10

   What does “Skriv under här” mean?

   • AWait here.
   • BRead this.
   • CSign here.
   • DWrite your address here.
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   Answer: C. Sign here.

   Skriva under means to sign. Underskrift is a signature.

3. Question 3 of 10

   A form says “Födelsedatum”. What do you write?

   • AToday’s date
   • BYour phone number
   • CYour place of birth
   • DYour date of birth
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   Answer: D. Your date of birth

   Födelsedatum means date of birth (födelse = birth, datum = date).

4. Question 4 of 10

   A Swedish form shows 1998-11-04. What date is it?

   • A4 November 1998
   • B14 November 1998
   • C4 December 1998
   • D11 April 1998
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   Answer: A. 4 November 1998

   Swedish forms often write year-month-day, so 1998-11-04 is 4 November 1998.

5. Question 5 of 10

   You want money from your account. What do you say at the bank?

   • AJag vill skicka ett paket.
   • BJag vill öppna ett konto.
   • CJag vill köpa ett frimärke.
   • DJag vill ta ut pengar.
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   Answer: D. Jag vill ta ut pengar.

   Ta ut pengar means to take out (withdraw) money.

6. Question 6 of 10

   How do you ask someone to spell a word?

   • AKan du upprepa det?
   • BKan du stava det?
   • CKan du betala det?
   • DKan du skriva under?
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   Answer: B. Kan du stava det?

   Stava means to spell. Kan du upprepa det? asks someone to repeat it, not to spell it.

7. Question 7 of 10

   Read the form. When was Sara born?

   Anmälan – Simskola
   Förnamn: Sara
   Efternamn: Ek
   Födelsedatum: 2015-06-21
   Adress: Björkvägen 8
   Postnummer och ort: 752 31 Uppsala

   • A6 June 2015
   • B21 June 2015
   • C21 May 2015
   • D15 June 2021
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   Answer: B. 21 June 2015

   Födelsedatum 2015-06-21 is written year-month-day, so it is 21 June 2015.

8. Question 8 of 10

   Listen. What does Tim want to do?

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   Tim: Hej, jag vill skicka ett paket till Kanada.

   • ASend a parcel to Canada
   • BPick up a parcel
   • CBuy a stamp
   • DOpen a bank account
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   Answer: A. Send a parcel to Canada

   Tim says jag vill skicka ett paket till Kanada: I want to send a parcel to Canada.

   Transcript

   Tim: Hej, jag vill skicka ett paket till Kanada.

9. Question 9 of 10

   Listen. What is Adam’s phone number?

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   Lena: Vad har du för telefonnummer?
   Adam: Noll sju två, nio åtta sju, sextiofyra, trettiotvå.

   • A072-987 46 23
   • B072-978 64 32
   • C070-987 64 32
   • D072-987 64 32
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   Answer: D. 072-987 64 32

   Noll sju två is 072, nio åtta sju is 987, sextiofyra is 64 and trettiotvå is 32.

   Transcript

   Lena: Vad har du för telefonnummer?
   Adam: Noll sju två, nio åtta sju, sextiofyra, trettiotvå.

10. Question 10 of 10

    Listen. Which queue number and counter do you hear?

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    Nummer trettiofyra till lucka två.

    • ANumber 34, counter 3
    • BNumber 34, counter 2
    • CNumber 43, counter 2
    • DNumber 24, counter 2
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    Answer: B. Number 34, counter 2

    Trettiofyra is 34, and lucka två is counter 2.

    Transcript

    Nummer trettiofyra till lucka två.

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