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Laga mat

Cook food

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Laga mat is the standard Swedish phrase for preparing a meal, used in almost every daily context.

  • Means: To prepare or cook food for consumption.
  • Used in: Talking about daily chores, dinner plans, or asking someone's hobbies.
  • Don't confuse: 'Laga' with 'göra' (make) in this context; 'laga mat' is the fixed collocation.
Pot + Stove + Ingredients = Laga mat

Erklärung auf deinem Niveau:

Laga mat means to cook. You use it when you make food in the kitchen. It is a very common phrase for beginners.
The phrase 'laga mat' is the standard way to describe preparing meals. It is used in daily life, such as when talking about your evening plans or your hobbies. It is a neutral, everyday expression.
Laga mat is a fundamental collocation in Swedish. It encompasses the entire process of meal preparation. While it is neutral, it can be modified with adjectives to describe the quality or type of food being prepared, making it highly flexible for intermediate speakers.
As a primary collocation, 'laga mat' serves as the anchor for culinary discourse in Swedish. It is distinct from 'baka' (baking) and 'värma' (reheating), reflecting a nuanced understanding of kitchen activities. Its usage is consistent across both domestic and professional registers, demonstrating its high functional load in the language.
The collocation 'laga mat' exemplifies the Swedish preference for functional, verb-object structures in daily life. From a sociolinguistic perspective, it bridges the gap between domestic labor and social engagement. Its stability in the language highlights the cultural importance of the kitchen as a site of social reproduction and communal interaction.
Laga mat functions as a lexicalized collocation that encapsulates the semantic field of food preparation. Cognitively, it maps the process of 'ordering' (laga) onto the domain of 'sustenance' (mat). Its ubiquity across registers underscores its role as a core linguistic unit, essential for navigating the Swedish cultural landscape where the act of cooking is deeply intertwined with social cohesion and domestic identity.

Bedeutung

Preparing a meal.

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Kultureller Hintergrund

Cooking is a social activity.

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Practice

Use it daily.

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Practice

Use it daily.

Teste dich selbst

Fill in the missing word.

Jag ska _____ mat ikväll.

✓ Richtig! ✗ Nicht ganz. Richtige Antwort: laga

The standard collocation is 'laga mat'.

🎉 Ergebnis: /1

Aufgabensammlung

2 Aufgaben
Wähle die richtige Antwort Fill Blank

✓ Richtig! ✗ Nicht ganz. Richtige Antwort:
Fill in the missing word. Fill Blank A1

Jag ska _____ mat ikväll.

✓ Richtig! ✗ Nicht ganz. Richtige Antwort: laga

The standard collocation is 'laga mat'.

🎉 Ergebnis: /2

Häufig gestellte Fragen

1 Fragen

It's understood but not natural.

Verwandte Redewendungen

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Baka bröd

similar

Bake bread

Wo du es verwendest

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Dating App Chat

A: Vad gör du ikväll?

B: Jag ska laga mat hemma.

informal
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Work Break

Colleague: Har du tid att laga mat ikväll?

You: Nej, jag köper hämtmat.

neutral

Einprägen

Eselsbrücke

Think of 'Laga' as 'Legos'—you are building a meal piece by piece.

Visuelle Assoziation

Imagine a chef in a white hat carefully arranging ingredients on a plate like a puzzle.

Rhyme

Laga mat, det är bra för din kamrat.

Story

Sven enters the kitchen. He puts on his apron. He starts to 'laga mat' for his friends. The smell fills the room.

In Other Languages

Similar to 'preparar comida' in Spanish or 'faire la cuisine' in French.

Word Web

kökreceptingrediensermiddaglunchfrukostkock

Herausforderung

Describe what you cooked for dinner in 3 sentences using 'laga mat'.

Review in 1, 3, 7, and 14 days.

Aussprache

Betonung First syllable.

Long 'a' sound.

Formalitätsspektrum

Formell
Vi kommer att laga mat för gästerna.

Vi kommer att laga mat för gästerna. (Dinner plans)

Neutral
Vi ska laga mat ikväll.

Vi ska laga mat ikväll. (Dinner plans)

Informell
Vi fixar lite käk.

Vi fixar lite käk. (Dinner plans)

Umgangssprache
Vi slänger ihop nåt.

Vi slänger ihop nåt. (Dinner plans)

From Old Swedish 'lagha', meaning to put in order.

16th century:

Wusstest du?

It shares a root with 'lag' (law).

Kulturelle Hinweise

Cooking is a social activity.

“Vi lagar mat tillsammans.”

Gesprächseinstiege

“

Vad gillar du att laga för mat?

Häufige Fehler

✗

Göra mat

✓

Laga mat

wrong context
While 'göra' means 'to do/make', it is not the standard collocation for cooking.

L1 Interference

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In Other Languages

Spanish Very Similar

Preparar comida

Swedish uses 'laga' (fix/repair) while Spanish uses 'preparar' (prepare).

French moderate

Faire la cuisine

French refers to the room (cuisine), Swedish refers to the object (mat).

German Very Similar

Essen kochen

Swedish uses 'laga' (fix) instead of 'kochen' (boil).

Japanese moderate

料理を作る (Ryōri o tsukuru)

Japanese focuses on the act of making the dish.

Arabic Very Similar

طبخ الطعام (Tabkh al-ta'am)

Arabic has a dedicated verb for cooking, unlike Swedish 'laga'.

Chinese Very Similar

做饭 (Zuò fàn)

Chinese specifically mentions 'rice' as the base for a meal.

Korean moderate

요리하다 (Yorihada)

Korean uses a specific 'cooking' noun.

Portuguese moderate

Cozinhar

Swedish prefers the two-word collocation.

Spotted in the Real World

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(2010)

“Jag ska laga mat.”

Home scene.

Leicht verwechselbar

Laga mat vs. Värma mat

Both involve food.

Use 'värma' for reheating.

Häufig gestellte Fragen (1)

It's understood but not natural.

basic understanding

Learning Path

Prerequisites

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