Swedish A1 Reading Practice: My Family
Family words are usually the first list a beginner memorises. Here they appear inside real sentences instead, so you also learn how to use them.
Min familj
Jag heter Oskar. Jag är tjugofem år och jag bor i Göteborg. Min familj är inte stor.
Min pappa heter Lars. Han är lärare. Min mamma heter Eva. Hon jobbar på ett sjukhus. Jag har en syster. Hon är arton år och hon läser engelska.
Vi har också en hund. Han heter Bosse. Han är gammal men mycket snäll.
På söndagar äter vi tillsammans hemma hos mina föräldrar. Min mamma bakar en kaka. Min pappa pratar mycket. Jag tycker om de här söndagarna.
English translation
My name is Oskar. I am twenty-five years old and I live in Gothenburg. My family is not big.
My dad is called Lars. He is a teacher. My mum is called Eva. She works at a hospital. I have a sister. She is eighteen and she studies English.
We also have a dog. He is called Bosse. He is old but very kind.
On Sundays we eat together at my parents' place. My mum bakes a cake. My dad talks a lot. I like these Sundays.
Why this is A1
The text repeats a small set of high-frequency verbs, heter, är, har and bor, which are the first Swedish verbs a learner needs. Possessives and simple adjectives appear in short, predictable sentences.
Grammar you will meet
- Heter for names: jag heter Oskar
- Possessives: min, mina
- Age with år: jag är tjugofem år
- Negation with inte: är inte stor
- Hos for at someone's place
Words worth keeping
- jag heter — my name is
- hemma hos — at someone's home
- snäll — kind
- tillsammans — together
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