Språkcafé #100, 19/11/2025: Presents (gifts)

language workshop

Part 1

1. Do you like giving gifts? Why yes or why not?

   
   

2. Do you like receiving gifts? Why yes or why not?

   
   
   
   

3. On what occasions do you buy gifts for others?

   
   

4. How do you choose a gift for a particular person?

   
   

5. Which is the best gift for you out of these 3 when you are visiting someone - candy, flowers, a bottle of wine?

   
   

6. What would you give as a gift to a very rich person?

   
   
   
   

7. What kind of gifts do you like to receive?

   
   

8. What was the best gift you received?

   
   

9. If your romantic partner gave you a kitchen utensil, would you consider it a good gift?

   
   

10. Have you ever received an unusual gift, and if so, what was it?

    
    
    
    

11. How should one behave when one receives a gift?

    
    

12. Have you ever received a gift that you didn’t like?

    
    

13. Should one say so if one doesn't like a gift?

    
    
    
    

14. If you receive a gift from someone, do you feel obligated to return the favor?

    
    

15. Why do we give gifts - what is our motivation behind it?

    
    
    
    

16. What would you rather receive as a gift - a book or tickets to a movie, and why?

    
    

17. What would you prefer to give as a gift - a vase or a cake, and why?

    
    
    
    

18. Do you give expensive gifts?

    
    

19. What was the most expensive gift you bought for someone?

    
    

20. What was the most expensive gift you received?

    
    
    
    

21. Do you buy souvenir gifts for your family and friends when you travel?

    
    

22. Do you like receiving souvenir gifts?

    
    
    
    

23. If you buy Christmas presents, who do you buy them for and how much do you usually spend on them?

Part 2

24. On what occasions do people give gifts in your country?

    
    

25. Is there a custom in your country to bring something with you when you visit someone? If so, what kind of gift does one usually bring?

    
    

26. What kind of gift does one give when one is invited to a wedding?

    
    

27. Do you buy gifts for doctors and nurses in your home country, and if so, is it considered a bribe?

    
    

28. Does one buy a gift for teachers at the end of the school year?

    
    
    
    

29. A Swedish family invited you to a party - what do you bring: a) you bake a cake, b) you buy a bottle of vodka, c) you buy something else?

    
    

30. Have you noticed any difference when it comes to gifts in Sweden and in your country?

    
    
    
    

31. Do you think gifts have lost their value because things are cheaper these days?

    
    

32. What kind of gifts did you receive as a child, from your parents or your friends?

    
    

33. Do you notice any difference between giving gifts when you were a child and now?

    
    
    
    

34. If you have children, what kind of gifts do you usually buy for them?

    
    

35. Do you think that children today get too many gifts?

    
    

36. How does receiving too many gifts affect a child?

    
    

37. Is it right to tell children that Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny brought them presents?

    
    
    
    

38. What do you think about homemade gifts, is it a good idea?

    
    

39. Has anyone ever made you a gift?

    
    

40. Have you ever made a gift for someone yourself?

    
    
    
    

41. What do you think about gift cards, is it a good gift?

    
    

42. Is it important that gifts are nicely wrapped?

    
    
    
    

43. What do you think about pharmaceutical companies giving doctors trips as gifts?

    
    

44. Should politicians accept gifts?