Archive for June, 2009
Swedish Possessive Pronouns Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 30, 2009
I have never suspected that possessive pronouns (possessiva pronomen) can be the cause of so many emails! In my post about birthdays, I used a couple of possessive pronouns, and seemingly all of you who had my email address got in touch saying something along those lines “Yo Anna, if you are going to use…
Interesting Places – Linbana in Norsjö Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 27, 2009
A week ago the season started at one of my favorite tourist attractions in Sweden. And I hear you groan… If it’s one of Anna’s favorite attractions it must be somewhere up north. Ridiculously up north. Hard to get to. Rather obscure. Infested with mosquitoes. Filled with blueberries. And surrounded by wild nature. Yep. You’re…
Happy Birthday Swedish Blog! Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 24, 2009
I don’t know if you’ve noticed (because I must say it has totally escaped even me) that our little Swedish Blog is one year old now! Can you believe it? I’m not sure about you, but somehow this fact is enough to put a big smile on my face. You’ve survived one whole year with…
Bus Travel in Sweden Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 22, 2009
To continue with our theme of summer travels in Sweden, today let’s talk a little about different modes of transport that are available to you when vacationing in this lovely country. I know I covered air travel once before, and because not that much has changed since then (except perhaps for a few airlines going…
Midsommar Book Contest! Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 18, 2009
It’s almost summer! I am saying “almost”, because we all know that the summer season officially starts with midsommar. And speaking of midsommar – what are your plans? I will spend the occasion in Vancouver, actually, I’m on my way there right now – I’m sitting at the airport while typing this. But, it’s not…
Hostels in Sweden Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 15, 2009
Yeah, it seems to be the coldest beginning of summer in Sweden in the last 50 years or so! Brrr… The calendar says one thing, but the weather – another. Still, summer is summer, and as you’ve probably noticed (or know very well, if you’re Swedish) Swedes tend to believe the calendar more than the…
Passive Voice – part 1 Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 12, 2009
Since we’ve been talking about past participles a lot lately (fortunately, we are done with them now, because I was getting bored. And if I’m getting bored, you must be fast asleep at the computer by now), getting started on the passive voice might be a good idea as well. But first things first. What…