Archive for November, 2014
Thanksgiving Foods in Swedish Posted by Marcus Cederström on Nov 26, 2014
American Thanksgiving is coming up. It’s the fourth Thursday of November (since 1941). There’s plenty to be said about the holiday in the US, both good and bad – there’s the consumerism that has bled over from Black Friday into the actual holiday, there’s the origins of the holiday itself, the romanticization of a coming…
Swedish Grammar: General and specific “this” Posted by Stephen Maconi on Nov 3, 2014
Mmmmm! Hallå mina vänner! I had thought I was done with my series on demonstrative pronouns in Swedish, but I noticed a comment at the last minute with a great question that I decided deserved a full post. You might notice when listening to Swedish that when a person is presenting something new, they will…