Basic Swedish in 30 Days: Home

1. Question 1 of 10

   What is “ett sovrum”?

   • Aa bathroom
   • Ba kitchen
   • Ca bedroom
   • Da living room
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   Answer: C. a bedroom

   Sova means to sleep and rum means room, so a sovrum is a bedroom.

2. Question 2 of 10

   Complete: “Det ___ tre rum i lägenheten.”

   • Aligga
   • Bhar
   • Cfinns
   • Dfinna
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   Answer: C. finns

   Det finns means “there is” or “there are”.

3. Question 3 of 10

   How do you say “the bed”?

   • Asängen
   • Bsängan
   • Cen säng
   • Dsäng den
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   Answer: A. sängen

   Swedish adds “the” as an ending. Säng is an en-word: en säng → sängen.

4. Question 4 of 10

   How do you say “the table”?

   • Aett bord
   • Bbordan
   • Cborden
   • Dbordet
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   Answer: D. bordet

   Bord is an ett-word, so “the” is the ending -et: bordet. Borden means “the tables”.

5. Question 5 of 10

   Complete: “Det finns ___ hiss.” (There is no lift.)

   • Ainte
   • Binga
   • Cingen
   • Dinget
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   Answer: C. ingen

   Hiss is an en-word, so “no” is ingen. Inget is for ett-words and inga for plurals.

6. Question 6 of 10

   What is “en trea”?

   • AA room for three people
   • BA house with three floors
   • CAn apartment with three rooms and a kitchen
   • DAn apartment with three bedrooms and a bathroom
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   Answer: C. An apartment with three rooms and a kitchen

   Apartments are counted by rooms, not counting the kitchen. En trea has three rooms and a kitchen.

7. Question 7 of 10

   Which word is a piece of furniture?

   • Ahall
   • Bbalkong
   • Csoffa
   • Dkök
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   Answer: C. soffa

   En soffa is a sofa. Kök, hall and balkong are parts of a home.

8. Question 8 of 10

   Read the ad. Which sentence is true?

   Ljus trea i Västerås, 72 kvm. Stort kök, vardagsrum och två sovrum. Balkong mot söder. Det finns ingen hiss.

   • AThe kitchen is small.
   • BThere is no lift.
   • CThere are three bedrooms.
   • DThere is no balcony.
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   Answer: B. There is no lift.

   “Det finns ingen hiss” means there is no lift. A trea has two bedrooms and a living room.

9. Question 9 of 10

   Listen. Where is the toilet?

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   Per: Ursäkta, var är toaletten?
   Anna: Den är bredvid köket.

   • ANext to the bedroom
   • BNext to the kitchen
   • CIn the kitchen
   • DUnder the stairs
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   Answer: B. Next to the kitchen

   Bredvid köket means next to the kitchen.

   Transcript

   Per: Ursäkta, var är toaletten?
   Anna: Den är bredvid köket.

10. Question 10 of 10

    Listen. How many bedrooms are there?

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    Lägenheten är stor. Det finns tre sovrum och ett stort kök.

    • AOne
    • BTwo
    • CFour
    • DThree
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    Answer: D. Three

    Det finns tre sovrum means there are three bedrooms.

    Transcript

    Lägenheten är stor. Det finns tre sovrum och ett stort kök.

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