Archive for July, 2011
Sommar i P1 – a Swedish institution Posted by jennie on Jul 5, 2011
It is as Swedish as the Midsummer pole and pickled herring and the famous theme song – played exactly 1 pm every day between June 25 to August 21 – takes me back to a warm and lazy summer’s day in Sweden within seconds. I’m talking about the radio program and institution “Sommar” (Summer) who has been airing…
The logic behind Swedish noun gender Posted by Stephen Maconi on Jul 4, 2011
When you first start learning Swedish, the whole noun gender thing might be confusing. In Spanish and French, the gender thing makes sense since ‘masculine’ and ‘feminine’ correspond to human gender. In Swedish, however, the genders are ‘common’ and ‘neuter’. This does not mean Swedes aren’t male or female! 😉 Some nouns, as you may…