Swedish
Det är sommar.
English translation
It is summer.
Swedish · Absolute Beginner
Myran och gräshoppan
Adapted from The Ant and the Grasshopper
A grasshopper spends the summer singing while an ant stores food for winter.
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Scene 1 · Absolute Beginner
En flitig myra på sommaren
A busy ant in summer
Swedish
En gräshoppa hoppar på ett fält och sjunger.
English translation
A grasshopper hops in a field and sings.
Swedish
En myra går förbi.
English translation
An ant walks by.
Swedish
Myran bär mat till sitt bo.
English translation
The ant carries food to its nest.
Swedish
Det är tungt att bära maten.
English translation
The food is heavy, and carrying it is hard work.
Swedish
Gräshoppan vill prata med myran.
English translation
The grasshopper wants to talk to the ant.
Swedish
Men myran måste jobba.
English translation
But the ant has to work.
Swedish
”Jag sparar mat till vintern.
English translation
“I’m saving food for the winter.”
Swedish
Du kan också spara mat”, säger myran.
English translation
“You can save food too,” says the ant.
Swedish
Gräshoppan tänker att det finns mycket mat nu.
English translation
The grasshopper thinks there is plenty of food now.
Swedish
Den sparar ingen mat.
English translation
It doesn’t save any food.
Swedish
Myran går vidare och jobbar.
English translation
The ant walks on and keeps working.
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