Comments on: Hej Hej!

By: www.go-to-sweden.com

www.go-to-sweden.com — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:42:53 +0000

That is so funny, and you have a good point. There is a lot of Hej-ing going on.
Come by my page for more fun facts about Sweden if your interested..

By: Simon The Swede

Simon The Swede — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:26:40 +0000

Nowadays you can even say Hej to complete strangers, Hej is infact the most used word when it comes to meet someone, almost no one says Hallå (Hello) to others. It’s very polite to say Ni (Du in a more polite art) to a bit richer person, or the person is also a member of a very very fine family. If you say “Du” To a person who is fine in Sweden you might be unpolite in the persons eyes. Sound it silly? Yes it is, but that how the Swedish language is. Swedish bad language: “Jävlar” means fuck, but it have no connections to make love, like in the english language, “fan” (the most used bad word) means the same as jävlar, Ä besides is outspelled like you say “ehhhh” but more round. Rövhål, is a word to say if you really hate some one, it means “Asshole” sorry but I can’t find how to tell you how to get it outspelled in the english mouth. Skitstövel, a rare bad word who often is said to Men that have act very dumb och silly to a woman. Men can also say Skitstövel, but that’s more rare. Hmm I have so much to tell you ladys and gentlemen!

Hej jag heter Simon, means “Hello my name is Simon” good to know thing if you visit Sweden. The most Swedish persons are blond and have blue eyes, so if you see a darker person its most like that it’s a imigrant.

“Ring mig” means Call Me
“Halloj” is a slang of Hallå (Hello)

“Tjenare” Is another word to make a greetings, it’s more a word to say to one you really know well. but also a friends friend.

Never ever use the bad words if isin’t is neccesary, Swedish people won’t back down to a fight.

“Krogen” in English means: The pub, so how to say What is the shortest way to the local pub?” I tell you rightaway, “Vad är den kortaste vägen till krogen?”

That’s all I can think out right now, my mail is: Sl.lekander@live.com if you need more help with a outspell or spell of a word.

By: Jerry Nelson

Jerry Nelson — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 04:32:40 +0000

I studied Swedish in 1975 in Uppsala, I am happy to read from your blog that I probably do not have to worry about when to use “du” eller “ni” anymore! My brain would stumble over this as not only did I have to evaluate my relationship to the person, I had to remember the variations! Tack tack! Jag läser din blogg varje dag.

By: fredrik

fredrik — Sun, 15 May 2011 08:58:27 +0000

“hej” and “hej hej” can be used both as a greeting and a farewell. “hej då” only as farewell. “hejsan” is a friendlier way of saying “hej” but I can’t say that it is more formal or more casual than just “hej”. It’s just different.

By the way, swedes also have “tjena” which I guess originated around Gothenburg. Tjena is much more informal than “hej” and you can also use it when departing as a farewell. You can also put “tjena” and “hej” together as “tjena-hej” which is only used when leaving!

such a funny little language swedish.. love it =)

Reference: born and raised in southern sweden by swedish parents (now living in spain!)

By: sarasweden

sarasweden — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:34:09 +0000

I have to agree with christina here. “hejsan” is in no sense a formal word in sweden today. i have actually never heard of it being anything other than informal and most people would never use it when talking to people they don´t know. /sara