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- Lucas: Hej hej! Welcome back to Learn Swedish with Fexingo. This is episode nineteen, and we have a colorful topic today. Luna: Ooh, I love colorful topics! What are we learning? Lucas: Colors! Basic colors in Swedish. You know, like red, blue, yellow… Luna: Oh, that's perfect. I can already think of things I want to describe. Lucas: Right? Let's start with the first one. The color red in Swedish is röd. Luna: Röd. Lucas: Exactly. Röd. Say it again? Luna: Röd. Lucas: Good. Now, in a sentence: En röd bil. A red car. Luna: En röd bil. That's easy. I see a red car outside. Lucas: Perfect. Next color: blue. In Swedish, blå. Luna: Blå. Lucas: Yes! Blå. Like a blue sky. En blå himmel. Luna: En blå himmel. I love blue skies. Lucas: They're nice. Now, yellow. Gul. Luna: Gul. That sounds like 'gull' in English but with a long u. Lucas: Yeah, exactly. Gul. Like a yellow banana. En gul banan. Luna: En gul banan. I had a yellow banana for breakfast. Lucas: Nice. Next, green. Grön. Luna: Grön. That's a tricky one. Grön. Lucas: Almost. Try to round the 'ö' sound. Grön. Luna: Grön. How was that? Lucas: That was perfect. Grön. Like green grass. Grönt gräs. Luna: Grönt gräs. Wait, why is it grönt and not grön? Lucas: Ah, good question! In Swedish, the adjective changes form when it's with a neuter noun. Gräs is neuter, so it becomes grönt. But we'll cover that in a future episode. For now, just remember the basic color: grön. Luna: Okay, I'll stick with grön for now. Lucas: And our last one for today: black. Svart. Luna: Svart. Like a black cat? En svart katt? Lucas: Exactly! En svart katt. You're already making sentences. Luna: Aww, I love black cats. They're so sleek. Lucas: They are. Let's do a quick review. I'll say the color in English, you say it in Swedish. Red? Luna: Röd. Lucas: Blue? Luna: Blå. Lucas: Yellow? Luna: Gul. Lucas: Green? Luna: Grön. Lucas: Black? Luna: Svart. Lucas: Nailed it. Now, let's use them in a little scene. Imagine you're at a store and you see a red hat. How would you say 'a red hat'? Luna: En röd hatt. Lucas: Perfect. And a blue scarf? Luna: En blå halsduk. Lucas: Great. And a yellow umbrella? Luna: En gul paraply. Wait, is paraply en or ett? Lucas: It's ett. But don't worry about that now. You said en—but we'll work on that later. The color is right: gul. Luna: Okay, so ett paraply. But gul is still gul. Lucas: Exactly. So, a green plant? Luna: En grön växt. Lucas: And a black bag? Luna: En svart väska. Lucas: Wonderful. You see how the color always comes before the noun? Just like in English. Luna: Yeah, that makes it easy. Lucas: Let's do one more quick round. I'll point to something, and you say the color in Swedish. Ready? Luna: Ready. Lucas: The sky is… Luna: Blå. Lucas: Grass is… Luna: Grön. Lucas: A lemon is… Luna: Gul. Lucas: A tomato is… Luna: Röd. Lucas: And a crow is… Luna: Svart. Lucas: You did it. Five colors, all solid. Luna: Thanks, Lucas. I feel so colorful now. Lucas: Excellent. Remember, practice makes perfect. Try naming the colors of things around you during the day. Say röd for a red apple, blå for your blue jeans, gul for a yellow sign, grön for a green tree, svart for your black phone. Luna: I will. Tack, Lucas! Lucas: Varsågod. And thank you for joining us on Fexingo. Keep practicing, and we'll see you next time. Hejdå! Luna: Hejdå!