Archive for March, 2014
The peculiar Swedish “k” Posted by Stephen Maconi on Mar 28, 2014
Hejsan! I’ve had a lot going on for the past weeks so haven’t managed to finish editing my latest video until now. It’s called “The cat who drove the refrigerator into the church” and is about the Swedish letter “k”. “K”, in Swedish, is a peculiar letter that can be pronounced in (basically) two different…
Democracy in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 26, 2014
It’s been a while since we talked about Swedish culture. It’s been grammar heavy lately, which is obviously important when learning a language, but when studying a language, it’s also important to understand what is happening culturally in a country. That includes the good things (like delicious Swedish candy and amazing Swedish movies and wonderful…
Swedish with Steve Returns to Life Posted by Stephen Maconi on Mar 3, 2014
Hej, dear readers! On the 10th of June, 2011, I posted my last Swedish language video, a review of my series Swedish with Steve, here on the Transparent Swedish Blog. It was my final year of high school and I was planning a return back to Sweden to study Swedish at university level. My plans ended…