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Have a conversation in Swedish

Task types:
Solo
Filmed
Mental
Social
Subjective
Single brief
Original

Task brief

The brief for the task is as follows:

Learn Swedish.

You will have a five minute conversation with a Swedish person in 15 minutes from now.

The phrase book and tablet must remain in the caravan.

Best demonstration of the Swedish language wins.

Your time starts when you first said 'Swedish'.

Task notes

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Official task video

Task stats

Points
15
Disquals
0

Attempts

Here's a brief description of the contestants' attempts. Someone's probably working on writing up some additional detail, though!

  • Ardal took notes during his revision time and managed to speak fluent Swedish, including singing a Swedish drinking song he had actually learnt whilst drinking in Sweden with people from the Volvo factory. He received 5 points.
  • Bridget ended up ringing her brother Jim who lives in Sweden to help translate the conversation, in the end demonstrating the Swedish language through the conversation between Fred and Jim. She received 4 points.
  • Chris was confident walking in but forgot everything, at one point pretending to sleep before repeatedly saying the word 'hungrig'. He received 1 point.
  • Judi struggled to say a lot, but did manage to say "good morning" and that her name is Judi. She received 2 points.
  • Sophie took notes during her revision time and managed to say several phrases to Fred, including "Welcome to Taskmaster"; "I am pregnant" and "Do you like McDonalds?". She received 3 points.

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