Archive for July, 2012
Just how tired are you? Posted by Katja on Jul 4, 2012
Depending on what modifiers you use in front of the adjective the degree of what is or what you are changes quite a lot. We’ll take a look at the most common words which change the degree of how you are feeling. Once you have learned these words your language will take on a much…
English “self” vs. Swedish själv Posted by Stephen Maconi on Jul 2, 2012
The Swedish word själv has the same has the same origin and meaning as its English equivalent “self”, but its pronunciation and therewith its spelling have developed rather differently from the English – “self” vs. själv. However, if we look back at Runic Swedish from around 800 AD, we can find many instances of a…