The Car Park Lift
Levels, tickets and never remembering where you parked.
The parking-garage lift, minus two: the lost-car crisis (vilket plan parkerade vi på? — ta en bild på skylten), the payment archaeology (automat, app, and the extinct kontanter), the sensory review of every garage (avgaser, iskallt), the exit logistics with the trolley that won't fit — and the chivalrous split: jag hämtar bilen, vänta vid ingången.
- 1
Vilket plan parkerade vi på?
Which level did we park on?
Tip: plan = level in a car park
- 2
Plan minus två.
Level minus two.
Tip: Underground levels are counted down
- 3
Jag har glömt var bilen står.
I've forgotten where the car is.
Tip: stå is used for parked vehicles
- 4
Ta en bild på skylten.
Take a photo of the sign.
Tip: The advice everyone ignores
- 5
Den står nära hissen.
It's near the lift.
Tip: Reassuring yourself
- 6
Var betalar man?
Where do you pay?
Tip: man for the general you
- 7
Det står en automat vid hissen.
There's a machine by the lift.
Tip: betalautomat = payment machine
- 8
Man betalar i appen.
You pay in the app.
Tip: EasyPark and similar are standard
- 9
Har du växel?
Do you have change?
- 10
Ingen använder kontanter längre.
Nobody uses cash any more.
Tip: Very true in Sweden
- 11
Hur länge har vi stått här?
How long have we been here?
Tip: Working out the fee
- 12
Första timmen är gratis.
The first hour is free.
Tip: Common at shopping centres
- 13
Det luktar avgaser i hissen.
The lift smells of exhaust.
Tip: avgaser = exhaust fumes
- 14
Det är iskallt här nere.
It's freezing down here.
Tip: här nere = down here
- 15
Vilken utgång tar vi?
Which exit are we taking?
- 16
Åk upp till gallerian.
Go up to the shopping centre.
- 17
Kundvagnen får inte plats.
The trolley won't fit.
Tip: kundvagn = shopping trolley
- 18
Lämna vagnen här.
Leave the trolley here.
Tip: There's usually a rack by the lift
- 19
Jag hämtar bilen.
I'll bring the car round.
Tip: hämta = to fetch
- 20
Vänta vid ingången.
Wait by the entrance.
Tip: Out of the rain