When talking to friends or colleagues in Swedish, you often want to give gentle advice or make polite suggestions without sounding demanding. In this deck, you will learn how to suggest actions using the conditional modal 'skulle', explore polite possibilities with 'skulle kunna', and share wishes using 'skulle vilja'.

To give advice gently, Swedish uses the fixed phrase 'om jag vore du', which means 'if I were you'. You follow this with 'skulle jag' and a verb in the infinitive to say what you would do. For example, 'Om jag vore du, skulle jag vila idag' means 'If I were you, I would rest today'.

When you advise someone not to do something, place the word 'inte' directly after the pronoun 'jag'. For example, 'Om jag vore du, skulle jag inte oroa mig' means 'If I were you, I would not worry'. You can also suggest an alternative by adding 'istället', which means 'instead'.