snälla
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
See the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
snälla
Etymology 2 edit
Definite of snäll (“kind”), as if short for "snälla du" (kind you) or the like.
Adverb edit
snälla (not comparable)
- please (when pleading)
- Snälla, gör det inte!
- Please, don't do it!
- Kan vi inte få godis, mamma? Snälla!
- Can't we have candy, mom? Please!
- Snälla mamma, kan vi inte få godis?
- Please mom ("kind mom," literally), can't we have candy?
- Jättesupersnälla mamma, bara en påse!
- Pleeease ("very super kind" – arbitrary ad-hoc intensifiers) mom, just one bag!
- Nu vill de tydligen att jag ska arbeta helg. Men snälla ...
- Now they apparently want me to work weekends. But please ... (expressing frustration, dissatisfaction, or the like)
- Men snälla du! Så här gör man. Kolla.
- Oh come on! / But please! This is how you do it. Look. ("snälla du" often has a tone of frustration, though it could also be endearing banter in this example)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- tack (“please (to add politeness)”)
- tack snälla
- vänligen
- varsågod
- är du snäll (“please (in polite requests)”)