Swedish listening practice: visiting a new apartment
A short A1 Swedish listening dialogue. A friend visits a new apartment, admires it, and gets offered coffee. With transcript and English translation.
A friend comes to see a new apartment. In under a minute of Swedish you get the two most common exclamations (vilken fin...! and vad fint!), the standard offer of coffee, and the standard happy yes.
Listen first without the transcript and count the rooms.
Swedish
— Hej! Välkommen in!
— Tack! [excited] Åh, vilken fin lägenhet!
— Tack. Den är liten, men jag trivs.
— Hur många rum har du?
— Två rum och kök. Det är en tvåa.
— Och du har en balkong!
— Ja, jag sitter där varje kväll.
— Vad fint det är här.
— Vill du ha kaffe?
— Ja, gärna!
English
Hi! Come in, welcome!
Thanks! Oh, what a nice apartment!
Thanks. It's small, but I like it here.
How many rooms do you have?
Two rooms and a kitchen. It's a two-roomer.
And you have a balcony!
Yes, I sit there every evening.
It's so nice here.
Would you like some coffee?
Yes, please!
Passage vocabulary
- Välkommen in!: welcome in, come in
- Vilken fin lägenhet!: what a nice apartment! (vilken + adjective + noun is the standard way to admire something)
- Jag trivs.: I'm happy here, I feel at home. A very Swedish little verb; learn it as a fixed phrase for now.
- Vad fint!: how nice!
- Vill du ha kaffe?: would you like coffee? Learn it whole; you will hear it several times a day in Sweden.
- Ja, gärna!: yes, gladly. The standard warm yes to any offer.