commonly used swedish phrases translated

midvinterfrost:

as used by me

herregud – lord-god (used in any and situations)

ÄHMEN/JAMEN

 – you can’t be serious/this is ridiculous/yea, you are complaining but I also want to complain about something

jahaaa – oh, okay, I see what you mean

ahaaa – I finally understand this thing that’s been bothering me ALL DAY

vafan – what-(the)-devil? (ranges all the way from “yeah, okay, why not” to “this is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen and my eyes will never be clean again” depending on how you stress the syllables)

nämen – no-but (used in pleasant surprise, or as a disguise for a unpleasant surprise) ex: I only speak to you when it’s socially unacceptable to pretend I haven’t seen you bc we have literally nothing in common, “nämen hi!” OR “I got off early from work, and I brought kanelbullar!” “nämen, how nice!”

skitsamma – shit-same ex: I am on the verge of giving up/I have already given up, I don’t give a fuck OR I am pretending I don’t care but I actually do and I will show it just enough to guilt trip you

ba – shortened version for “bara” which means “only”, often used in a similar way as “was like” or “said” ex: and then he ba “I hate macaroni” and I ba “who the fuck hates macaroni?”

ja skoja ba/asköjba – 

used when telling people you were only joking, regardless of how obvious it was that you were joking

kavla upp ärmarna – rolling up the sleeves (to make a real effort)

fullt ös medvetslös – full speed unconscious (the rad way to say you go all in)

andra bullar – other buns (the situation will change) ex: he might have won the debate yesterday but I have spent three hours looking up arguments to prove him wrong so next time I see him it’ll be andra bullar

full som en alika/fyllekaja – drunk as a jackdaw (fucking drunk as hell)

har du sett på maken – have you looked upon the likes of this ex: I didn’t expect this to happen and I am mildly surprised 

aa fast nä – yea except no (I don’t agree and I am right)

rövhål – dearest (used on your loved ones)