What are my American grandpa’s Swedish words and phrases?
My grandpa and his family are from Sweden but he grew up in the US and doesn’t speak Swedish. However, there are some Swedish words and phrases he uses that he remembers his parents saying. For example, pepparkaka (ginger snaps) was an easy one for me to find online, though he definitely doesn’t pronounce it right. I’m wanting to ask about a word and a phrase he would always use, because I can’t find them and I’d like to know what is accurate Swedish.
The word he uses for bathroom, he says like “Boo-sa.” From what I know about Swedish, I think that first vowel could be o, u, y, or ö.
The phrase he uses whenever he arrives back home (he’d always tell me it means “we’re home”) is something like “himmen harmen”. That’s spelling it the way it sounds coming from my grandpa’s mouth, but I have no clue what it may have sounded like coming from my fully-Swedish great-grandparents and so I definitely don’t know how I should spell it.
If anyone knows what these words are in Swedish, I would love to know.