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Numbers, Time & Days

Counting, days and telling the time

Numbers 1–20

Core counting words.

📊 Numbers
Number Swedish
1 ett/en
2 två
3 tre
5 fem
10 tio
11 elva
12 tolv
20 tjugo
21 tjugoett
100 hundra
1000 tusen
💬 Examples
ett, två, tre, fyra, fem
one, two, three, four, five
📝 numbers 1–5
sex, sju, åtta, nio, tio
six, seven, eight, nine, ten
📝 numbers 6–10
Days of the week

måndag through söndag; all lowercase in Swedish.

📊 Days of the week
Swedish English
måndag Monday
tisdag Tuesday
onsdag Wednesday
torsdag Thursday
fredag Friday
lördag Saturday
söndag Sunday
💬 Examples
måndag, tisdag, onsdag
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
📝 first three days, all lowercase
torsdag, fredag, lördag, söndag
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
📝 rest of the week
Telling the time: Swedish uses halv differently

halv tre = half past two (half-way to three); kvart i/över for quarter.

💬 Examples
halv tre / kvart i tre / kvart över två
half past two / quarter to three / quarter past two
📝 halv X = 30 min before X
Vad är klockan? — Den är tre.
What time is it? — It is three.
📝 klockan = the clock / the time