Basic Swedish Verbs

Verbs describe movement or action. You’ll need them whenever you want to talk about what you, somebody or something else does, did or wants to do. Essential stuff. Memorize the verbs below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic Swedish conversations.

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Important verbs
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Important verbs

English	Swedish	Pronunciation (Audio)
(to) be	vara	sv-sing_to-be
(to) have	ha	sv-sing_to-have
(to) do / (to) make	göra	sv-sing_to-doto-make
can / (to) know how to	kan	sv-sing_canto-know-how-to
(to) know (how)	veta	sv-sing_to-know-how
(to) know / (to) be acquainted with	känna	sv-sing_to-knowto-be-acquainted-with
(to) understand	förstå	sv-sing_to-understand
(to) speak / (to) talk	prata	sv-sing_to-speakto-talk
(to) listen to	lyssna på	sv-sing_to-listen-to
(to) hear	höra	sv-sing_to-hear
(to) see	se	sv-sing_to-see
(to) feel	känna	sv-sing_to-feel
(to) live	leva	sv-sing_to-live
(to) want	vilja	sv-sing_to-want
(to) need	behöva	sv-sing_to-need
(to) like	gilla	sv-sing_to-like
(to) love	älska	sv-sing_to-love
(to) give	ge	sv-sing_to-give
(to) take	ta	sv-sing_to-take
(to) play	leka	sv-sing_to-play
(to) laugh	skratta	sv-sing_to-laugh
(to) come	komma	sv-sing_to-come
(to) go	gå	sv-sing_to-go
(to) go by […]	gå	sv-sing_to-go-by
(to) write	skriva	sv-sing_to-write
(to) read	läsa	sv-sing_to-read
(to) count	räkna	sv-sing_to-count
(to) pronounce	uttala	sv-sing_to-pronounce
(to) spell	stava	sv-sing_to-spell
(to) conjugate	konjugera	sv-sing_to-conjugate
(to) remember	komma ihåg	sv-sing_to-remember
(to) forget	glömma	sv-sing_to-forget
(to) eat	äta	sv-sing_to-eat
(to) try	försök	sv-sing_to-try
(to) use	använda	sv-sing_to-use
(to) open	öppna	sv-sing_to-open
(to) close	stänga	sv-sing_to-close
(to) greet / (to) welcome	hälsa	sv-sing_to-greetto-welcome
(to) begin	börja	sv-sing_to-begin
(to) end	sluta	sv-sing_to-end

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