Easy Swedish 1 Typical Swedish

Learn Swedish with Easy Swedish: Olof is out in Malmö to ask people what s typical Swedish :) GLOSSARY: Fika: Could be a verb: att fika (to fika) or a noun: en fika (a fika). To fika is basically to have a coffee but often accompanied with pastries. It s often when you take a break from something. Example: you ve been out Christmas shopping all day with a friend and then say: Vi tar en fika (Let s take a fika). Lagom: Could be a adverb: lagom mycket godis (a suitable amount of candy) or an adjective: temperaturen är lagom (the temperature is moderate). There is no direct translation, but it sort of means: a suitable amout of, moderate, adequate. Many swedes explain it as not too much, not too little , and many think that Swedes are very lagom , not too extreme in any way; that we re moderate. Jantelagen: Jantelagen is a bit related to lagom . Jantelagen says that you re not allowed to succeed too much, you have to stay lagom (moderate, not too extreme) JOIN US ON FACEBOO