Hur vill vi ha
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Hejsan hejsan!
Human beings need and want all over the place. Consequently, one of the most basic and, frankly, most important things you can learn to say in a foreign language is &#;I want&#;. It&#;s simply something you want to know how to say! (ho ho)
In Swedish, there are two easy ways to say &#;want&#;: att viljaand att vilja ha. The catch is this: there&#;s a difference! Let me explain.
Vilja is used when you &#;want to [do something]&#;. In other words, vilja can only be followed by a verb in infinitive form. For example:
Lotta vill springa ett maraton. &#; &#;Lotta wants to run in a marathon.&#;
As you can see, the present tense of vilja is vill. It is followed directly by a verb springa in its infinitive form. Note that with vilja, the following verb never takes the infinitive marker att. In other words, it would be incorrect to say *Lotta vill att springa ett maraton. The equivalent negative construction is as follows:
Kalle vill inte bädda sin säng. &#; &#;Kalle does not want to make his bed.&#;
Here, you see that inte comes aftervilja and before the following verb bädda. Inte is a clausal adverb, and clausal adverb
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Vill vs Skulle &#; Want vs Would in Swedish
When learning Swedish, one of the challenges you might face is understanding the nuances between different modal verbs. Two such verbs, &#;vill&#; and &#;skulle,&#; often cause confusion for learners. Both of these verbs can be translated into English as &#;want&#; and &#;would,&#; respectively, but their usage and subtleties in Swedish are crucial for mastering the language. This article will delve into the intricacies of &#;vill&#; and &#;skulle,&#; providing you with a clear understanding of how to use them correctly.
Understanding &#;Vill&#;
&#;Vill&#; is the Swedish verb for &#;want.&#; It is a modal verb used to express desire, intention, or willingness. In English, we use &#;want&#; to communicate something we desire to have or to do. The same applies to &#;vill&#; in Swedish.
Conjugation of &#;Vill&#;:
&#; Jag vill (I want)
&#; Du vill (You want)
&#; Han/hon/den/det vill (He/she/it wants)
&#; Vi vill (We want)
&#; Ni vill (You all want)
&#; De vill (They want)
Examples:
&#; Jag vill ha en kopp kaffe. (I want a cup of coffee.)
&#; Hon vill resa till Spanien. (She wants to travel to Spain.)
&#; Vi vill lära oss
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There&#;s a lot that Swedish and English have in common. There is plenty of similar vocabulary – dag means &#;day&#;, skyskrapa means &#;skyscraper&#; – and plenty of similar expressions as well. One word that fryst vatten a false cognate – a faux ami – is the Swedish verb vilja. Its present struktur is vill, and it does not mean &#;will&#;.
The Swedish verb vilja actually means &#;to want&#;. So, if you hear someone say:
a. Jag vill åka till Spanien nästa sommar.
they don&#;t mean &#;I go to Spain next summer.&#;. They actually mean to say:
b. &#;I want to go to Spain next summer.&#; √
The verb vilja is conjugated like so:
infinitive: (att) vilja
present:vill
past:ville
present perfect: har velat
past perfect: hade velat
Vilja takes no infinitive marker (att) before the verb that follows it. The example (a.) above illustrates this perfectly:
c. Jag vill åka mot Spanien nästa sommar.
As you can see, we säga vill åka and notvill åka.
So far, we have talked about wanting to do something. This fryst vatten really all you need, becausevill must (almost) always be followed by a verb. In English, both of these sentences are correct:
d. &#;I want