Archive for the year 2009
We Have a Winner!!! Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 12, 2009
Ladies and gentlemen!!! We have a winner!!! In a totally random drawing, conducted by my mother in law, because I couldn’t find a suitably cute kid named Per or Karin to pull names out of the hat, Kristina became the lucky winner of “Populärmusik från Vittula” – a novel by Mikael Niemi. Grattis Kristina!!! Kristina…
Culture Shock When Moving to Sweden? Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 9, 2009
Lately it seems that almost all of my on-line friends are planning a move to Sweden. One friend found a Swedish boyfriend, and boom, she’s moving. Another one got a job with a Swedish company. And yet another one is being transferred by his current company to Sweden. And oh yeah, one is going as…
How to Read Apartment Rental Ads Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 7, 2009
I haven’t forgotten about the book contest! Don’t worry. I am just waiting for the weekend – I think it will be more festive to announce the winner then. In the meantime, I want to talk about something that seemed very puzzling to one of my friends. And because it also happens to be a…
It’s a sin! Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 4, 2009
Well, not really a sin, but simply “sin”. It’s one of those fun “false friends”- words that look the same in both English and Swedish, but have different meanings. And we could pretty much leave it at that, but unfortunately, this Swedish “sin” can be a bit problematic for English speakers. You see, it’s a…
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…