tjenare
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally a Stockholm pronunciation of tjänare, where /ɛː/ traditionally merges with /eː/.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]tjenare
- (colloquial) Alternative form of tjänare (“hey, yo”)
- Synonym: tjena
- Tjenare kompis!
- Hey man!
- 1790, Carl Mikael Bellman, “Fredmans epistel n:o 45”, in Paul Britten Austin, transl., Fredmans epistlar [Fredman’s Epistles][1]:
- Tjenare Mollberg, hur är det fatt? / Hvar är din Harpa? hvar är din hatt?
- Servant, sir, Mollberg, where are ye at? / Where is your harp, and where is your hat?
- 2013, Viveca Sten, I farans riktning:
- ”Tjenare Andreasson”, sa Carl-Henrik Sachsen. ”Nu kan du få komma och titta om du vill.”
- Hello there Andreasson”, said Carl-Henrik Sachsen. ”You can come and have a look now if you wish.”
Usage notes
[edit]More common compared to tjänare.
Derived terms
[edit]- tjenis (“chummy”)
See also
[edit]- hej (has a list of greetings and farewells)