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Originally Posted by menhir
Thanks for all the help and advice. I guess I better bookmark this topic too. 
Hey pieterh, Hallå, Hur mår du?
Did I do that right?
That's pretty much exhausts my knowledge of Swedish.
(Except for some curse words I picked up.)
My In-laws were both born in Sweden and my wife grew up in a house where half the extended family spoke it. |
Hej, jag mår bra, tack!
Hallå is more often used as a way of getting attention, can sound a bit abrupt to a non-Swede (I find it a bit of a patronising way of getting someone’s attention) and can have a negative inflection (as in “hello, what is going on here...?). The usual way of saying hello or hi is more or less the same as American English, ie “hey!”.
Great to hear about your link with Sweden. Hälsa dina svärföräldrar från mig (say hi to the in-laws from me!).