Multilingual Phrase Finder

On this page you can see useful phrases in over 300 languages in any combination of two of those languages. Just select the languages from the drop-down menus. If the phrases are in blue, you can click on them to hear recordings.

Key to abbreviations: frm = formal, inf = informal, sg = singular (said to one person), pl = plural (said to more than one person), m = said by males, f = said by females, pl = said to several people, > = said to.

English	Swedish
Welcome	Välkommen (sg) Välkomna (pl)
Hello Hi (inf)	God dag (frm) Hej (inf) Hallå (inf) Tjena Tja (vinf)
How are you? How are things? (inf) How's it going? (inf) Alright? (inf)	Hur står det till? (frm) Hur mår du? (frm) Hur är det? (inf) Läget? (vinf)
Fine thanks, and you? Not bad, and yourself? (inf) Okay, and you? (inf)	Bara bra tack. Och du?
Long time no see I haven't seen you for a long time I haven't seen you for ages It's been a while I haven't seen you in donkey's years	Det var länge sedan vi sågs sist!
What's your name? What are you called?	Vad heter du?
My name is ... I'm called ...	Jag heter ...
Where are you from? Where do you come from?	Varifrån kommer du?
I'm from ... I come from ...	Jag kommer från ... Jag är från ...
Pleased to meet you Nice to meet you A pleasure to meet you	Trevligt att träffas Trevligt att råkas Angenämt (vfrm)
Good morning Morning	God morgon
Good afternoon Afternoon	God eftermiddag
Good evening Evening	God kväll
Good night Night night (inf) Sweet dreams Good night, sleep tight Good night, sleep tight, hope the bedbugs don't bite	God natt
Goodbye Farewell (frm) Bye Bye bye See you See you later later so long cheers cheerio toodle-oo ta-ta tara ciao	Hej då
Good luck! Break a leg! (said before a musical/theatrical performance)	Lycka till!
Good health! Cheers! Bottoms up! Down the hatch!	Skål!
Have a nice day Have a lovely day Have a pleasant day Have a good day	Ha en trevlig dag! Ha en bra dag!
Have a nice weekend!	Ha en trevlig helg!
Enjoy your meal! Enjoy! Bon appetit!	Smaklig måltid!
Bon voyage! Have a good journey! Have a good trip!	Trevlig resa! Lycklig resa!
Yes Yeah (inf)	Ja
No Nah (inf)	Nej
Maybe	Kanske
I don't know I dunno (inf) Dunno (inf)	Jag vet inte Jag har ingen aning Inte en susning (inf)
Do you understand?	Förstår du? Fattaru? (colloquial)
I understand I see I get it	Jag förstår
I don't understand I don't get it	Jag förstår inte
Please speak more slowly Could you speak a bit more slowly? Slow down please	Var snäll och tala långsammare
Please say that again Could you say that again? Please repeat that	Förlåt? Ursäkta? Förlåt, vad sa du?
Please write it down Could you possibly write it down? Could you write it down? Would you mind writing it down?	Skulle du kunna skriva ned det åt mig?
Do you speak English? Can you speak English?	Talar du engelska? Pratar du engelska?
Yes, a little	Ja, lite
Excuse me	Ursäkta!
I want ... I'd like ... I would like ... Can I have ... Can I get ... Could I (possibly) have ...	Jag skulle vilja ha ...
How much is this? What does this cost? How much does this cost?	Hur mycket kostar det?
Sorry I'm sorry Terribly sorry Awfully sorry I apologise	Förlåt!
Please	Snälla Tack
Thank you Thank you very much Thanks a lot (inf) Thanks (inf) Ta (inf) Cheers (inf)	Tack (thanks) Tack så mycket (thanks very much) Tusen tack (a thousand thanks)
You're welcome You're very welcome Don't mention it No problem No worries	Inget att tacka för Ingen orsak Var så god Det var så lite
Where's the toilet? Where's the loo? Where's the bathroom? Where's the gents? Where's the ladies? Where's the bog? (inf)	Var är toaletten?
This gentleman will pay for everything	Den här herrn betalar för allting
This lady will pay for everything	Den här damen betalar för allting
Would you like to dance with me? Would you like to dance? Would you care for a dance? (vfrm) Do you want a dance? You dancing? (inf)	Vill du dansa med mig? Får jag lov? (May I?)
Do you come here often?	Kommer du hit ofta?
I miss you	Jag saknar dig
I love you I adore you	Jag älskar dig
Get well soon	Krya på dig!
Bless you! God bless you! Gesundheit! Thank you (reply)	Prosit! (Good health!) Tack (Thank you - reply)
Go away! Scram! Get out of it! Get lost!	Bort! Stick! Dra!
Leave me alone!	Lämna mig ifred!
Fire!	Det brinner!
Stop!	Stanna!
Call the police!	Ring polisen!
Merry Christmas	God jul
Happy New Year	Gott nytt år
Happy Easter	Glad Påsk
Happy birthday	Grattis på födelsedagen Hjärtliga gratulationer på födelsedagen Ha den äran på födelsedagen Ha den äran
Congratulations!	Grattis! Gratulerar!
One language is never enough	Ett språk är aldrig nog
My hovercraft is full of eels	Min svävare är full med ål Min svävare är full med ålar
Stop the world, I want to get off!	Stanna världen, jag vill hoppa av! Stanna världen, jag vill kliva av!

Please note that not all phrases are available for every language. If you can help to supply any of the missing phrases, and/or can make recordings of phrases that don't already have them, please contact me.

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