How are you in Sweden vs USA

[@beorlingo]

It's actually becoming the same in Sweden. I feel that "Tjena, läget" is basically the same

[@niceguy1891]

Nej

[@beorlingo]

@@niceguy1891 joj

[@niceguy1891]

@@beorlingo kanske beror på var i sverige men här i stockholm så frågar vi varandra hur man mår och svarar ärligt.

[@beorlingo]

@@niceguy1891 inte här i Stockholm, inte med den frasen jag postade.

[@niceguy1891]

@@beorlingo Du kanske bor på Södermalm men utanför södermalm har jag svårt att tänka mig att folk använder frasen "Tjena, läget".

[@Blixthand]

As a swede, I hate it when you ask a question you don't want an answer to, even though I know by now. I don't usually elaborate in Swedish either, unless it's with someone close, but I'll at least say Good, or OK, or Could be worse, or A bit so and so, and meassure by their response if they want to hear more. I'll basically never say "Bad" with just a co-worker, cause then it would be expected of them to ask why, and I'd be stuck telling and they'd be stuck listening when neither of us want that.

[@andreasv9472]

That's not why they(we) think Americans are superficial. Just so there are no confusion.

[@Emily-T]

is this why my friends is a little wierded out when i say "Idk" or "Bad ish"- lmafo

[@Bonglecat]

And yet to give an American the British equivalent to “how you doing” which is “Alright?” They lose they’re minds.

[@sbirulinocozzamara7813]

thanks bro for the interesting information, even in other languages and cultures it's the same C:

[@leorosin8089]

I from Sweden. MAN SWEDEN CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT USA SAY

[@zezmcguffin5190]

As an American, not all of us aren’t interested in your answer. Speaking for me personally, I actually do want to know, otherwise I wouldn’t ask. A bunch of people have said that we don’t really want an answer, which seems superficial. But I know plenty of people, myself included, who actually care about the answer and how you actually are. Maybe it’s because I live in the South where everybody cares about everybody, but otherwise, it definitely depends on the setting for whether or not they want a genuine answer.

[@FitzATW]

I've been looking for a way to explain this!! I'm from formally known as, California...now commi-fornia, and I genuinely am asking and interested in "How are you?", Not just a greeting... they're so confused though 😂

[@TheKitCatLol]

Instead of saying “how are you” to a swede, I recommend saying “ey tjena broder har du haft en bra dag elle har du skitit ner dig som i måndags”

[@SteamboatW]

Yeah.. a Swede will propably answer with their total medical history from childhood until 4th generation, often including showing off embarassing scars... ;-)

[@iandoreasu]

So how do you ask how are you and mean it? xD

[@SilverionX]

I know, I just think it's one of the oddest things about US culture. Why ask a question you don't want an answer to? So, in protest, I go into excruciating detail about how I am. No one asks how I am any more.

[@magnussongunnarsson6207]

This is how we say how are you in Sweden hej hur mår du

[@jmolofsson]

English speakers can hear the difference. Foreigners can seldom hear any difference between "How are you!" and "How are you?"

[@sunnysun3740]

So sad

[@V530-15ICR]

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[@kalleleo]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo