Today we will learn all the different ways to say Hello in Swedish ^^ The most common ones (and correct, most are slang) are written in bold letters, most unusual in italic ^^ So, lets start!
Hej
Hejsan
Hallå (Mostly used when you’re talking to someone far away, like when you’re answering your phone or while waving to a friend so he/she sees you)
Shoo Breeeeeee (Say this, and voilà… You’re an irritating immigrant kid!!)
Tja (In the most common dialects aka Stockholmska and Rikssvenska it’s pronounced ‘cha’ or ‘cho’)
Tjena
Tjenare
Tjo/Shuuup (say it while breading in, may also mean yes in different parts of Sweden)
Tjoho (= irritating blond bitch)
Tjenixen/Tjaba (= 5 years old)
Remember, Swedes loves to create new words so I probably haven’t listed every form there is! Besides all these, we also have a lot of more traditional greetings. Like Good Afternoon. But a lot of them are not commonly used, so the bold one are common ones and the normal ones are the rest. Here they come! ^^
God morgon = Good morning(usually pronounced Go’ morron, the go is not like the English word Go but much shorter)
God natt = Good night (same as above, we are lacy and don’t have the energy to say god so we say go)
God dag = Good day (usually something older generations, teachers and bosses says :P)
God eftermiddag = Good afternoon
God kväll = Good evening (not commonly used, but we tend to say “ha en fortsatt god/bra kväll” when we end a conversation at the end of the day. It means “continue to have a good/nice evening”)
God förmiddag = Good forenoon (never heard any one say it though XD)
