Swedish Sentence Adverbs and Modifiers

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering common Swedish sentence adverbs, discourse particles, and connective words with their English definitions.

inte

not

också

also, too

kanske

maybe

alltid

always

aldrig

never

sällan

rarely, seldom

ofta

often

redan

already

bara

only

ändå

still, yet, anyway

egentligen

actually, really, basically

tyvärr

unfortunately

fortfarande

still

faktiskt

actually

ju

(hard to translate), as you already know, as you should know (I’m reminding you), well, why, of course

nog

(hard to translate), probably, likely, I’m guessing

i alla fall

anyhow, anyway

antagligen

probably, presumably, supposedly, likely

snart

soon, shortly, before long

väl

(hard to translate), well, surely, wouldn’t you agree?, isn’t that so (hoping the listener/reader agrees with the speaker/writer)?

säkert

surely, certainly, undoubtedly

förstås

of course, indeed

jämt

always, non-stop

åtminstone

at least

äntligen

finally

nämligen

namely

naturligtvis

naturally

förresten

by the way, incidentally, besides

dessutom

on top of that, moreover, furthermore

därför

therefore, that’s the reason why

däremot

on the other hand, however

dock

though, yet, nevertheless, still, however