Archive for September, 2011
Like this, like that Posted by Stephen Maconi on Sep 13, 2011
When trying to explain the extent to which something has a certain property in Swedish, you’ll have to know the following grammar! The extent to which something has a certain property – inside the nominal phrase Using the word ‘such’ in such cases as ‘You have such a pretty house!’ is possible to say in…
What’s wrong with Stockholm? Posted by jennie on Sep 9, 2011
Just came across this article from the CNN.com travel column “The State I’m In” by Brendan Francis Newnam. It’s about Stockholm and thought I’d share it with you. It’s spot on in so many ways, and fun and useful as well. A snippet: “In fact, Stockholm is so attractive and so user-friendly that your feelings about it…
Sweden mourns Stefan Liv 1980-2011 Posted by jennie on Sep 8, 2011
Yesterday, 43 people was killed when an airplane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl ice hockey team to Minsk, Belarus, crashed just minutes after take off from an airport north of Moscow. One of them was Stefan Liv, a much loved sportsman and Sweden’s national team goaltender. Stefan was 3o years old and he only got married to…
Infinitives in Swedish Posted by Stephen Maconi on Sep 6, 2011
When learning Swedish vocabulary, you will come across many different types of words, and naturally, many of these words are verbs – action words. For example, springa – to run – is a verb. Verbs can be shown to students of Swedish in many different forms, but for memorization, the most common form is the…
To work in Sweden II. (jobs) Posted by Tibor on Sep 5, 2011
When you look for a job in Sweden, you should start with reading the job ads in Swedish platsannonser. All the jobs are supposed to be announced by law. But of course many of the jobs has already been assigned for interns or people who have connection to a certain employee at a certain company…
How to buy Swedish food abroad Posted by jennie on Sep 1, 2011
As a Swede living abroad, the monthly trip to IKEA is big treat. Not so much for the flat packs and the tea candles, but more so for the mouth watering food department. Lingonberry jam, pickled herring, knäckebröd, Daim cake… Well, you probably all know what it’s like. Or, what it WAS like, I should…