Archive for September, 2009
European Capital of Culture 2014 Posted by Transparent Language on Sep 9, 2009
I really don’t know what to say. Much to my disappointment, it was Umeå, not Lund that became selected as the Swedish candidate for the European Capital of Culture in 2014. The jury made its decision yesterday and when the results were announced during a press conference, I know that the good people of Lund…
Particles of Position and Direction Posted by Transparent Language on Sep 5, 2009
Uhuh, I knew this day would come. I knew that sooner or later someone would email me asking about the difference between “hemma” and “hem” and “hemifrån”. “Ute” and “ut”, and “inne” and “in”. Yeah, you get the picture… It’s not very exciting stuff (hey, I’d much rather write about the lovely city of Lund)…
Anybody’s “man” – another personal pronoun Posted by Transparent Language on Sep 2, 2009
Since we were talking about personal pronouns the other day, and as I see, it has provoked some very interesting comments, I thought it would be a good idea to continue on the subject. “What? There are even more pronouns in Swedish?” I hear you say. Well, not that many more. Actually, just one more…