Student Accommodation Expressions
Korridorsrum, bostadskö, andrahand — finding somewhere to live as a student in Sweden.
Corridor life remembered: queue-day arithmetic, loppis furniture, trumpet neighbours, taped fridge shelves — och det luktar likadant, ten years on.
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en studentlägenhet
a student flat
Tip: lit. the same.
- 2
ett korridorsrum
a corridor room
Tip: lit. the same — own room, shared kitchen.
- 3
ett delat kök
a shared kitchen
Tip: lit. the same.
- 4
tolv personer på ett kök
twelve people on one kitchen
Tip: lit. the same.
- 5
eget badrum, oftast
own bathroom, usually
Tip: lit. the same.
- 6
bostadskön
the housing queue
Tip: lit. the same — join it the day you turn sixteen.
- 7
ködagar
queue days
Tip: lit. the same — the real currency.
- 8
ha för få ködagar
to have too few queue days
Tip: lit. the same.
- 9
ett studentbostadsföretag
a student housing company
Tip: lit. the same.
- 10
vara registrerad student
to be a registered student
Tip: lit. the same — required to keep the contract.
- 11
visa sina poäng
to prove your credits
Tip: lit. the same — every term.
- 12
bli av med lägenheten om man halkar efter
to lose the flat if you fall behind
Tip: lit. the same.
- 13
en andrahandslägenhet
a sublet
Tip: lit. the same.
- 14
en tredjehandslägenhet
a sublet of a sublet
Tip: lit. the same — and legally shaky.
- 15
bli lurad på en lägenhet
to be scammed on a flat
Tip: lit. the same — never pay before viewing.
- 16
betala aldrig i förskott
never pay in advance
Tip: lit. the same.
- 17
titta på den först
to view it first
Tip: lit. the same.
- 18
kontrollera kontraktet
to check the contract
Tip: lit. the same.
- 19
en ockerhyra
an overpriced rent
Tip: lit. 'a usury rent' — illegal, and reportable.
- 20
få hyran sänkt i efterhand
to get the rent reduced afterwards
Tip: lit. the same — the tribunal can order it.
- 21
bostadsbidrag
a housing supplement
Tip: lit. the same — for some students.
- 22
en depositionsavgift
a deposit
Tip: lit. the same.
- 23
ett möblerat rum
a furnished room
Tip: lit. the same.
- 24
omöblerat, troligare
unfurnished, more likely
Tip: lit. the same.
- 25
en säng via en kompis kompis
a bed from a friend of a friend
Tip: lit. the same.
- 26
allt från loppis
everything from the second-hand shop
Tip: lit. the same.
- 27
ett städschema på väggen
a cleaning rota on the wall
Tip: lit. the same.
- 28
vecka trettiofyra är din
week thirty-four is yours
Tip: lit. the same.
- 29
byta veckor
to swap weeks
Tip: lit. the same.
- 30
ett korridorsmöte
a corridor meeting
Tip: lit. the same.
- 31
om disken
about the washing-up
Tip: lit. the same — always about the washing-up.
- 32
en hylla var i kylen
a shelf each in the fridge
Tip: lit. the same.
- 33
märkt med tejp
labelled with tape
Tip: lit. the same.
- 34
en korridorsmiddag
a corridor dinner
Tip: lit. the same — the good part.
- 35
alla lagar en gång var
everyone cooks once
Tip: lit. the same.
- 36
en filmkväll i soffan
a film night on the sofa
Tip: lit. the same.
- 37
tunna väggar
thin walls
Tip: lit. the same.
- 38
någon som övar trumpet
someone practising the trumpet
Tip: lit. the same.
- 39
hörlurar, tack
headphones, please
Tip: lit. the same.
- 40
tyst under tentaperioden
quiet hours during exams
Tip: lit. the same — an unwritten rule.
- 41
flytta ut efter tre år
to move out after three years
Tip: lit. the same — the contract limit.
- 42
till en riktig lägenhet till slut
into a real flat at last
Tip: lit. the same.
- 43
och sakna korridoren
and to miss the corridor
Tip: lit. the same — everybody does.
- 44
vännerna man får där
the friends you make there
Tip: lit. the same.
- 45
håller livet ut
last a lifetime
Tip: lit. the same.
- 46
mer än studierna
more than the studies
Tip: lit. the same.
- 47
det säger ingen just då
nobody says that at the time
Tip: lit. the same.
- 48
men alla säger det efteråt
but everyone says it after
Tip: lit. the same.
- 49
komma tillbaka tio år senare
to visit ten years later
Tip: lit. the same.
- 50
och det luktar likadant
and it smells the same
Tip: lit. the same.