"Nej, hej då!"
Translation:No, goodbye!
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Yeah, maybe bye makes it sound like you've had a longer conversation than that before. But I think you get my point.
And the reason we need to have this sentence is that there are so few words in the course at this point, but we still want to teach basic words like ja and nej very early on.
Well, but there is a difference between 'bye' and 'good bye'. 'good bye' rather has the meaning of farewell.
But changing to 'No, bye' might not help anyway since that exact phrase was what OP was complaining about?
Perhaps as an appropriate response to a telemarketer interrupting one's family dinner.
How do I say 'bye' instead of 'good bye' in Swedish? Is there a difference or is it also 'hej då'?
It is just practice it doesn't have to make sense. I think it makes the learning fun.
Is the pronunciation for different letters and accents standardised? Like, does "å" always sound the same? And if so, where can I find an explanation of all the pronunciation? I feel like I'm missing out on some learning by only doing reading/writing and not picking up much on pronunciation.
It actually is. Å always sounds something like "ore" in British pronounciation of "more" or "shore". There are differences between dialects, though. For instance, "r" is pronounced similarly to Spanish short r in standard (Northern) Swedish, but it's pronounced like German or French "R" in the South of Sweden. I'd say even that it's more rrrolled in the very North of the country, it's softer in the Center and it's uvular (French-like) in the South. And also, different native speakers realize the Sj-sound a bit differently, but I can't describe it in writing, it should be heard. If you are just learning, you haven't had a chance to see it here yet. I wouldn't like to frighten you, but the Sj-sound is the most complicated thing in Swedish phonology: some linguists claim it's unique in the world.
None of the voice questions ever registers properly for me and it causes me to get every single one of them wrong. Anyone else having this problem?
Yes, this question never works for me and it's making me mad, because I'm saying it exactly like it sounds.
Having studied German and not Dutch, I understood all but "hetzelfde" and "wanneer" from that sentence.
Bye then is pretty common in Scotland, and a literal translation, but yet it fails here. How come?
no, hi bye?, HEJ was hello so far, and DA was good bye, why are they together meaning goodbye?
då on its own means 'then', but the combination hej då means 'goodbye'. Stress on då.
"I'll say hi to you the next time we see each other because I'm going now. I'll say hi to you then, too."
A bit lengthy, but it might help those who need mnemonic devices for literal word meanings.
in swedish is there formal and informal language like in french? and if so, would saying goodbye as hej då be formal or informal? like, would you use it with friends? (sorry long)
"Hej då" works both formally and informally. Works no matter who you're speaking to.
Why is this exercise not recognizing, when I say "hej då"? I do not spell different than the audio on it, yet it has not recognized...
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Ok, there has to be a technical issue with this question. I have tried everything but it won't accept my "hej då". I'm getting all words green on most of my spoken answers but this one will be flagged as wrong 100% of the time. I even had to have my boyfriend say it to my phone the first time around so I could finish the lesson! I've tried speaking it loud, less loud, closer to the mike, farther from it, through my headset, and it will always refuse it, flagging the hej då part in red even before or while i speak. Am I really the only one with this issue?
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I've seen hej då joined as hejdå. Is that informal or just as valid as the two word option?
So, just "då" means "then", but in combination like "hej då" means "bye" (or "goodbye") ? :)
If you were talking to someone you didn't know and they ask a question, you can say "nej, hej då!"
Ex:
Weirdo "Hallå, vill du ha lite godis?"
You: "Nej, hej då!"
Made me laugh because the wall at the exit at our Ikea says "Hej då", and i said when i started that i wanted to walk around there speaking Swedish. I might pencil in the "nej" next time i go.
it accepts my answer when I pronounce hej då incorrectly but not when I accent it properly. super weird.
So does adding "då" to some phrases contradict them? (reverse the meaning)
I am watching some Swedish shows on TV. They often use "hej" for both hello and goodbye. Sometimes they say "hej hej" or "hej då" or hej something else. I assume that this is true in real life?
Duolingo keeps reminding me that I should write "hej då" instead of "hejdå", which is strange as I have seen it written like that a fair number of times in daily life.
I do think it's like "i dag"/"idag" and "i går"/"igår" where both forms are accepted.
Also, this is my first result searching the issue on the internet: https://www.ordkollen.se/ihop-eller-i-sar/hejda-eller-hej-da/
Can I report this as faulty. It isn't recognising my voice, it's only this one that won't work!! Even my Swedish wife isn't being recognised
It is impossible to say hej då.the app doesnt recognise my voice no matter how i say it
OK, why is it that it usually allows you to respond without caps or an exclamation point, but this time "no, goodbye" was wrong?