Swedish Language Classes
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Learn Swedish at Santa Monica Language Academy. Speak Swedish the very first day!
Swedish (Svenska) is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along the coast and on the Åland islands. It is to a considerable extent mutually intelligible with Norwegian and to a lesser extent with Danish (see especially "Classification"). Along with the other North Germanic languages, Swedish is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Era. Check our Weekly Schedule for times and days of our Swedish lessons. We currently offer online Swedish classes for groups and individuals. |
The Swedish weekly classes are structured into three levels: beginner, intermediate, advanced. Each level is divided into four sub-levels: A, B, C, and D.
For the Beginner levels we use Colloquial Swedish by Routledge.
Beginner A (lessons 1-5)
Topics: greetings and introductions, conversation about traveling, at the airport, on the phone, at the hotel
Grammar: the verb "to be", personal pronouns, word order, formation of questions, nationalities, main conjugations of verbs, verbal aspect, reflexive verbs, adverbs, nouns, nominal cases, adjectives from proper nouns, double negatives, prepositions, etc.
Beginner B (lessons 6-10)
Topics: flats and furniture, at the post office, in the restaurant, in the street, visiting friends
Grammar: adjectives, cases of adjectives, cardinal numbers, the use of verbs with numbers, prepositions, the use of reflexive verbs, asking for and giving directions, the past tense, negative past tense, the emphatic use of pronouns, etc.
Beginner C (lessons 11-15)
Topics: family relationships, travel plans, at the theater, packing, departure
Grammar: personal pronouns declension, word order with pronouns, use of pronouns, the future tense, using the long form of the future auxiliary, structures using the future tense, ordinal numbers, periods of time, dates, days of the week, time of day, the comparative of adjectives, the comparative of adverbs, the superlative, clothes, colors, demonstrative pronouns, possessive adjectives, etc.
Beginner D (lessons 16-20)
Topics: the car, shopping, road accident, everyday life, writing a letter
Grammar: possessive pronouns, future perfect tense, interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns, aspect 2, the imperative, negative imperatives, adjective phrases expressed by verbs, aspect 3, parts of the body, the conditional, conditional clauses, reflexive phrases, participles, verbal nouns, etc.
For the Beginner levels we use Colloquial Swedish by Routledge.
Beginner A (lessons 1-5)
Topics: greetings and introductions, conversation about traveling, at the airport, on the phone, at the hotel
Grammar: the verb "to be", personal pronouns, word order, formation of questions, nationalities, main conjugations of verbs, verbal aspect, reflexive verbs, adverbs, nouns, nominal cases, adjectives from proper nouns, double negatives, prepositions, etc.
Beginner B (lessons 6-10)
Topics: flats and furniture, at the post office, in the restaurant, in the street, visiting friends
Grammar: adjectives, cases of adjectives, cardinal numbers, the use of verbs with numbers, prepositions, the use of reflexive verbs, asking for and giving directions, the past tense, negative past tense, the emphatic use of pronouns, etc.
Beginner C (lessons 11-15)
Topics: family relationships, travel plans, at the theater, packing, departure
Grammar: personal pronouns declension, word order with pronouns, use of pronouns, the future tense, using the long form of the future auxiliary, structures using the future tense, ordinal numbers, periods of time, dates, days of the week, time of day, the comparative of adjectives, the comparative of adverbs, the superlative, clothes, colors, demonstrative pronouns, possessive adjectives, etc.
Beginner D (lessons 16-20)
Topics: the car, shopping, road accident, everyday life, writing a letter
Grammar: possessive pronouns, future perfect tense, interrogative pronouns, relative pronouns, aspect 2, the imperative, negative imperatives, adjective phrases expressed by verbs, aspect 3, parts of the body, the conditional, conditional clauses, reflexive phrases, participles, verbal nouns, etc.