"Välkommen!"

Translation: Welcome!

[Lundgren8]

Note that this changes to ”välkomna” when you’re talking to more than one person.

[Sarah-Cheung]

Tack så mycket! :P

[juanitadur8]

Tack

[amsyarzero]

Tack så mycket, man!

[Kayla34398]

Tack

[LinkTheHamster]

Hmm. I'm seeing alot of similarities to German in Swedish so far...

[ManicLord]

I have a german friend and a swedish friend that actually tried to see how much they understood of each other's language. He did pretty well in finding what was being discussed in a paragraph or sentence; she did pretty well in pointing out some nouns and other things.

So they are a bit similar.

[Zmrzlina]

German is also by far the single language that's had the most influence on Swedish, due to the extremely heavy economic domination of the North German Hanseatic League in the late middle ages.

[Bryan.EDU]

Both are Germanic languages :)

[ThoopidThathe]

Yeah.... I havent relized it yet but my brother is learning german and m learning this so i guess at some point ill relize it.....

[LeonelVale62561]

Yo también encuentro similitudes con el inglés (pronunciación y gramática)

[BilboBaggins0135]

Well, come in!

[Zinthak]

Wow this lesson is filled with so many ''welcome'' phrases lol

[integra0]

Yes, not very much like the swedish chef from the muppets.

[InternetUser]

Sounds like a vampire saying "Well, come in."

[eyadyaseen]

Could someone explain to me,the difference in use between "varsågod" and "välkommen" ?

[Zmrzlina]

Välkommen is used to welcome someone to a place. Varsågod is used the way English uses "you're welcome!" or "don't mention it!" or the like, stressing politeness.

[eyadyaseen]

Tack snälla :)

[Strobro3]

holy crap 'varsågod' is a cool word! sounds totally viking man!

[lagolas2010]

So we're on the way to become vikings at the end of the course? I'll get myself ready for it listening to Amon Amarth

[kirslyra]

I'm confused as well

[devalanteriel]

Check out Zmrzlina's comment above.

[Br0ckie]

välkomna sounds a lot like welkom in dutch

[xemus83]

Why in other phrases such as Hej dä, the ä sounds more like an english moderate "o." In this phrase, the ä sounds more like an "a" or even a bit close to "e." Is it where it is in the word (beginning vs end), or just more of a word by word thing?

Thanks!

[Lundgren8]

You must be mistaken. You’re thinking of ”hej då”. The long <å> is a rounded back vowel pronounced roughly as British English ”law”, or ”paw”. Whereas <ä> is a front unrounded vowel which is similar to British English ”fair” or ”hair”.

[lagolas2010]

I'm also confusing these ä and å :)

[qwerty12302]

It's hej dÅ

[Jovial.Josh]

Welcome in Välkommen!

[SpazzMania]

Bu-but i said "you are welcome" D:

[PatrickGriswold]

Could i become fluent in two years by practicing on this app because I am going on a trip to sweden after i graduate highschool

[jafer22511]

Is it posible to learn svedish through thi apd?

[purpl.lflow.r]

Valcomna evertone to this discussion

[annethony]

I wonder whether there is really any any true english translation of varsågod. For example I can think of no english expesion which captures its use to invite to start a meal. We just don't have one.

[RevonTheTsundere]

So varsagod is you are welcome and valkommen is welcome..?

[D-Guv]

What is the difference between "varsågod meaning you are welcome" and "valkomen meaning welcome"? Why welcome in the two languages!?

[devalanteriel]

• välkommen = welcome, as in "welcome to my place"
• varsågod = you're welcome, as in "here you go"