Learn words and phrases

This section introduces some expressions in Runska, followed by translations into Standard Swedish and English.

• Moren! Gō moren! – God morgon! Good morning! (usually before 10 or 11 o’clock)
• Goss frē! – Guds frid! (from 11 until 4 or 5 o’clock)
• Gō afton! – God kväll! Good evening! (after 5 o’clock in the evening)
• Gōsinna! – Gud signe! God bless! (a common answer to the greetings above)
• Gōsinna māt! God signe maten! (a way to greet a person who is eating)
• Wǟlkome heim! – Välkommen hem! Welcome home! (said when someone is returning home)
• Tack! – Tack! Thank you!
• BLiē nu vǟl! (said upon leaving)
• Gått nit oar! – Gott nytt år! Happy New Year!
• Gō jul! – God jul! Merry Christmas!

Most of the expressions originate from [Frgl. Tilltal och hälsningar. Dialekttext med översättning.] – Folke sök – Institutet för språk och folkminnen.

The following pages cover the days of the week (p. 2), numbers (p. 3), and (in)definite forms (p. 4).