33. How Was Your Childhood?

Hejsan, hoppsan, alla svensk elever! Welcome back to Learn Swedish with Katrin, the podcast where you learn Swedish from scratch in a fun and relaxed way. I hope you are doing well. I'm back from my summer vacation this week, and I'm ready to dive into new episodes of the podcast. We have a fun fall ahead of us. In today's episode, we're going to talk about something very personal. Your childhood.

We'll go through how to talk about your memories, what you liked and didn't like as a kid, your family, your hobbies, and where you grew up. All in Swedish. We'll also take a look at the past tense, so you can describe what life was like back then. As always, the full transcript, vocabulary lists, and exercises are available on Patreon. Go to patreon.com forward slash slow swedish to join us for just $10 a month.

Let's jump in. We'll start with some basic vocabulary. en barndom ett minne a memory ett minne När jag var liten. Som barn. Som barn. En vän. A friend. En vän. En kompis. A buddy. En kompis En bästis A best friend en bestis, ett hus, a house, ett hus En lägenhet. En gård. A farm. En gård. En aktivitet. An activity. En aktivitet. På fritiden. A toy. En leksak. A stuffed animal. ett gosedjur en utflykt

Let's try some full sentences. Repeat after me. I had a happy childhood. Lycklig barndom. Jag hade en svår barndom. I had a difficult childhood. I remember when I was little. Vi bodde i ett stort hus. We lived in a big house. Vi bodde i ett stort hus. Jag hade många vänner. Jag hade många vänner Jag hade många aktiviteter på fritiden. I had many activities in my free time.

Notice how I don't pronounce the R in barn. I don't say barn. That's because R... often creates new sounds when combined with other letters, like S, L, N, and G. I'll go deeper into this in a later episode, but today you just have to know that r plus n creates a rrrr sound. Listen to the difference. barn ett barn Most likely, the vocabulary from earlier episodes like 2, all about your family, 5, your daily routine, 24, sports and workouts,

25, animals and pets. 28, school and subjects, etc. will come in handy during this episode. Here are some childhood-related words.

That can come in handy as well. Att rita. Att läsa böcker. To read books. Att klättra i träd. To climb trees. Att klättra i träd. Att titta på TV. To watch TV. Att titta på TV. Att bygga med Lego. To build with Lego. Att bygga med Lego. Att bada. To swim. Att bada. Att springa. To run. Att springa. Att gömma sig. To hide. Att gömma sig. Att rimma. att rymma att bråka to argue att bråka Example sentences. Repeat after me. I played outside every day. Jag lekte ute varje dag.

Vi ritade teckningar till mamma. Vi ritade teckningar till mamma. I biked to school. Min bror klättrade i träd. My brother climbed trees all the time. Min bror klättrade i träd hela tiden. Vi tittade på barnprogram. På tv. Vi tittade på barnprogram på tv. Jag gillade att bygga med Lego. Jag gillade att bygga med Lego.

tense in Swedish. This is used to describe actions you did. I played. Things you had. En hund. I had a dog. How things were. Vi var glada. We were happy. Let's take a look at some common verb endings in past tense. Played. Lived. Att bo. Bor. Bodde. Had. Att ha. Har, hade, was. Att vara, är, var. Liked. Att gilla. Gillar. Gillade. Ran. att springa, springer, sprang, went, att gå går gick traveled att åka åker åkte Eight. Att äta. Äter. Åt. Red. Att.

läsa, läser, läste, loved, att älska, älskar, älskade, hated, att hata, hatar, hatade learned att lära sig lär sig lärde sig Here are some examples. Jag bodde i en liten stad. Vi lekte mycket i skogen. We played a lot in the forest. Att läsa böcker. Jag gillade att läsa böcker. We were often at grandma's. Vi var ofta hemma hos mormor. När jag var liten hade jag en hamster. When I was little I had a hamster.

You'll use this tense all the time when you tell stories and talk about your childhood. And remember what we talked about in episode 10. If the sentence starts with when, so... As a child or when I was little, remember to move the verb to the second spot in the sentence. När jag var liten hade jag. Super important!

Go back to episode 10 and freshen up on the V2 rule if you need to. Now let's look at different ways you could have felt as a child. Hur du kände dig? eller hur du mådde. blyg shy blyg Modig. Brave. Modig. Glad. Happy. glad busig mischievous busig snäll Kind Snäll Bråkig Troublesome Bråkig nyfiken rädd Scared, rädd, energisk, energetic. Energisk Envis Stubborn Envis Anxious. Stressed. Stressad Osäker Insecure Osäker Trygg, secure, trygg. Wild, wild. Vild Ensam Lonely Ensam Repeat after me.

Jag var ett blygt barn. Min syster var väldigt busig. My sister was very mischievous. Jag var alltid glad och nyfiken. Jag var alltid glad och nyfiken. Hon var rädd för mörker. She was afraid of the dark. We were a bit troublesome sometimes. Vi var ganska bråkiga ibland. Jag var ofta orolig som barn. I was often anxious as a child. Min barndom var ganska vild. Min barndom var ganska vild. Other common things to discuss are daily habits as a child.

Here are some relevant phrases. en favoriträtt godis candy godis Sötsaker Sweets Sötsaker Grönsaker vegetables, grönsaker, en frukost, breakfast En frukost. To sleep. att gå och lägga sig En rutin. A routine. Att klä på sig. To get dressed. To put to bed. Att läsa saga. Att läsa saga. en dröm, a dream. And here are some example sentences. Jag älskade pannkakor! Jag hatade grönsaker. I hated vegetables. We got candy on Saturdays. Vi fick godis på lördagar. Jag gick och la mig klockan 8.

I went to bed at eight. Jag gick och la mig klockan åtta. My mom put me to bed each night. Jag drömde ofta mardrömmar I often had nightmares. Klä på mig själv. I always wanted to dress myself.

Want to practice talking about your childhood? Of course you do. This week's exercise sheet on Patreon will include a bunch of questions about your childhood that I want you to answer to the best of your ability. If you're keeping up your journaling habits that we talked about in episode 23, this is a perfect topic for today. Go to patreon.com forward slash slow swedish to join us for just $10 per month and you will access all the study materials immediately. Before we wrap it up for today,

Here's how I would describe my childhood in Swedish. See if you can follow along. Jag sportade väldigt mycket och var aktiv. Jag tyckte oftast om skolan. Jag hade inte jättemånga vänner. Men jag hade några bra vänner som jag lekte. Mycket med. Vi bodde i en jätteliten by i ett gammalt hus. Vi hade en stor trädgård att leka i. Vi hade katter, kaniner och höns. Vi reste ganska mycket när jag var liten. Vi reste till USA, Japan och runt i...

Europa Jag var ganska blyg och introvert. Jag gillade inte att prata med främlingar Jag spenderade mycket tid på sommaren hos min mormor. Jag gillade att rita, pyssla. titta på film och spela fotboll. Min favoritmat var moustacholi. Det är en pastarett med smält ost som man lagar i ugnen.

That's it for today. Now you can talk about your childhood in Swedish. What you did, how you felt, and what your life looked like back then. Study up and I'll see you back here next week with a brand new episode. Tack för att du lyssnade! Vi hörs nästa vecka! Hej då!