A Day at the Harvest Festival
What people say at a farm harvest festival: tasting, buying, picking apples and sharing an autumn dinner.
Follow Leo through his first Swedish harvest festival: planning the trip, tasting juice at the farm shop, picking apples in the orchard and sharing a meal with friends where everyone says thanks for the year.
- 1
Det är skördefest på gården i helgen.
There's a harvest festival at the farm this weekend.
Tip: No article before the festival here. 'This weekend' = in the weekend.
- 2
Ska vi åka dit?
Shall we go?
Tip: Go by vehicle = a different verb from going on foot.
- 3
Vad händer där?
What happens there?
Tip: Location 'there' (no movement).
- 4
Man kan plocka äpplen själv.
You can pick apples yourself.
Tip: The general 'you' pronoun, plus 'yourself' at the end.
- 5
Det finns massor att smaka på.
There's loads to taste.
Tip: Taste + 'on' when sampling something.
- 6
Måste man betala inträde?
Do you have to pay to get in?
Tip: Literally 'must one pay entrance?'
- 7
De flesta tar Swish.
Most of them take Swish.
Tip: The mobile payment app nearly every Swede uses.
- 8
Vill ni smaka på vår äppelmust?
Would you like to try our apple juice?
Tip: Plural 'you': the farmer speaks to you both.
- 9
Ja tack, gärna.
Yes please, I'd love to.
Tip: The last word = gladly.
- 10
Vad god den är!
This is so good!
Tip: Literally 'what good it is!' The adjective agrees with an en-word.
- 11
Är den hemgjord?
Is it homemade?
Tip: Literally 'home-made'.
- 12
Äpplena kommer från våra egna träd.
The apples come from our own trees.
Tip: Own = plural form before a plural noun.
- 13
Hur mycket kostar en flaska?
How much is a bottle?
Tip: Literally 'how much costs a bottle?'
- 14
Jag tar två.
I'll take two.
Tip: Take = buy, when shopping.
- 15
Kan jag swisha?
Can I pay with Swish?
Tip: The app name works as a verb.
- 16
Numret står på skylten.
The number is on the sign.
Tip: Text 'stands' on a sign in Swedish.
- 17
Vilka sorter har ni?
Which varieties do you have?
Tip: Literally 'which kinds have you?'
- 18
Får man äta medan man plockar?
Can you eat while you pick?
Tip: May one eat while one picks?
- 19
Det här äpplet är lite syrligt.
This apple's a bit tart.
Tip: Apple is an ett-word, so the adjective takes -t.
- 20
Vi har plockat mer än vi orkar äta.
We've picked more than we can eat.
Tip: The verb means 'have the energy/capacity to'.
- 21
Resten kan vi göra äppelmos av.
We can make apple sauce from the rest.
Tip: The preposition moves to the end of the sentence.
- 22
Ska vi ta med en pumpa hem?
Shall we take a pumpkin home?
Tip: Take along + home.
- 23
Den väger säkert tio kilo!
It must weigh ten kilos!
Tip: The adverb means 'surely, probably' here.
- 24
Maten är klar, kom och sätt er!
Dinner's ready, come and sit down!
Tip: Literally 'the food is ready'. Sit down = set yourselves.
- 25
Allt på bordet är närodlat.
Everything on the table is locally grown.
Tip: Literally 'near-grown'; neuter form after 'everything'.
- 26
Vilken härlig höstmiddag!
What a lovely autumn dinner!
Tip: What a + noun = which + noun.
- 27
Jag vill bara säga tack för det här året.
I just want to say thank you for this year.
Tip: This year = the here year.
- 28
Det har varit ett riktigt bra år.
It's been a really good year.
Tip: Really = properly, genuinely.
- 29
Jag är tacksam för att jag har fått så många nya vänner.
I'm grateful that I've made so many new friends.
Tip: Grateful + 'for that'. 'Get friends' = make friends.
- 30
Ta gärna mer!
Do have some more!
Tip: Gladly + imperative = a friendly invitation.
- 31
Jag är proppmätt.
I'm stuffed.
Tip: Literally 'plug-full'.