Board Game Night Expressions
Din tur, slå tärningen, dålig förlorare — the language of a Swedish spelkväll.
A full spelkväll, in play order: the twenty-minute setup, the rules crisis (nobody understands, we've played it wrong all along), the mid-game politics (alliances, backstabs, ganging up), analysis paralysis and its cure (gör något bara), the sore-loser theatre — and the closing treaty: en runda till, revansch nästa vecka, still friends. Mostly.
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en spelkväll
a games night
Tip: lit. 'a game evening'.
- 2
ett kooperativt spel
a co-operative game
Tip: lit. the same — everyone against the game.
- 3
ett tävlingsspel
a competitive game
Tip: lit. the same.
- 4
ett festspel
a party game
Tip: lit. the same.
- 5
ett tungt strategispel
a heavy strategy game
Tip: lit. the same — four hours minimum.
- 6
ett nybörjarvänligt spel
a gateway game
Tip: lit. 'a beginner-friendly game'.
- 7
spelplanen
the game board
Tip: lit. the same.
- 8
pjäserna
the pieces
Tip: lit. the same.
- 9
en markör
a counter
Tip: lit. the same.
- 10
regelboken
the rulebook
Tip: lit. the same — forty pages.
- 11
ett snabbreferenskort
a quick reference card
Tip: lit. the same.
- 12
en instruktionsvideo
a tutorial video
Tip: lit. the same — how everyone actually learns.
- 13
uppställningen tar tjugo minuter
the setup takes twenty minutes
Tip: lit. the same.
- 14
läsa reglerna högt
to read the rules aloud
Tip: lit. the same — nobody listens.
- 15
ingen fattar reglerna
nobody understands the rules
Tip: lit. the same.
- 16
vi har spelat fel hela tiden
we played it wrong all along
Tip: lit. the same — discovered at the end.
- 17
husregler
house rules
Tip: lit. the same — every family has them.
- 18
spela med en husregel
to play a house rule
Tip: lit. the same.
- 19
yngst börjar
the youngest starts
Tip: lit. the same — a common tiebreak.
- 20
vems tur är det?
whose turn is it?
Tip: lit. the same.
- 21
det är din tur
it's your turn
Tip: lit. the same.
- 22
slå tärningen
to roll the dice
Tip: lit. 'strike the die'.
- 23
blanda korten
to shuffle the cards
Tip: lit. 'mix the cards'.
- 24
dela ut
to deal
Tip: lit. 'hand out'.
- 25
dra ett kort
to draw a card
Tip: lit. the same.
- 26
stå över en runda
to skip a turn
Tip: lit. 'stand over a round'.
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leda
to be in the lead
Tip: lit. 'to lead'.
- 28
komma ikapp
to catch up
Tip: lit. the same.
- 29
beslutsförlamning
analysis paralysis
Tip: lit. 'decision paralysis'.
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gör något bara
just move something
Tip: lit. 'just do something'.
- 31
gadda ihop sig mot någon
to gang up on someone
Tip: lit. 'gang together against someone'.
- 32
göra en allians
to make an alliance
Tip: lit. the same — and break it two turns later.
- 33
hugga någon i ryggen
to backstab
Tip: lit. 'stab someone in the back'.
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en dålig förlorare
a sore loser
Tip: lit. 'a bad loser'.
- 35
vara en dålig vinnare
to be a bad winner
Tip: lit. the same — worse, arguably.
- 36
det är bara ett spel
it's only a game
Tip: lit. the same — said by whoever is losing.
- 37
välta brädet
to knock the board over
Tip: lit. the same.
- 38
nybörjartur
beginner's luck
Tip: lit. the same.
- 39
ett spel som förstör vänskaper
a game that ends friendships
Tip: lit. the same.
- 40
en runda till
one more round
Tip: lit. the same.
- 41
det börjar bli sent
it's getting late
Tip: lit. the same.
- 42
spela till två på natten
to play until two in the morning
Tip: lit. the same.
- 43
revansch nästa vecka
a rematch next week
Tip: lit. 'revenge next week'.
- 44
bra spelat, allihop
good game, everyone
Tip: lit. 'well played, everyone'.
- 45
lära ut det till någon ny
to teach it to someone new
Tip: lit. the same.
- 46
ta det lugnt med dem
to go easy on them
Tip: lit. the same — and then not.
- 47
vi är fortfarande vänner, ungefär
we're still friends, mostly
Tip: lit. the same.