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🗣️ Phrase of the week: “Ursäkta, kan du prata lite långsammare?”
“Excuse me, can you speak a bit slower?” The phrase that helps most in a real conversation.
Word by word
| Ursäkta | excuse me |
| kan du …? | can you …? |
| prata | speak |
| lite långsammare | a bit slower |
Two more that help in real conversations
| Kan du upprepa det? | Can you repeat that? |
| Vad betyder …? | What does … mean? |
💡 Tip: Swedes use “du” with almost everyone, even strangers, so this sentence is perfectly polite.
Standard Swedish, as in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker (SO).
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