Archive for January, 2017
HEN Posted by Tibor on Jan 31, 2017
![](https://blogs.transparent.com/swedish/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/01/vallda-sandö-350x263.jpg)
Hen is a new pronoun in Swedish. It is a gender neutral pronoun that many people mean was needed very much to fill a hole in the Swedish language. The purpose of the pronoun isn’t to gender-neutralize a person but more like not revealing gender in cases when you don’t want to, or not important…
Saying Please in Swedish Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jan 31, 2017
![](https://blogs.transparent.com/swedish/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/01/5745848642_38a91a112f_z-234x350.jpg)
Last week, we learned several different ways to say thank you in the creatively titled post, Saying Thank You in Swedish. When you’re learning a new language, all of those polite words can really come in handy. So let’s take a look at how to say please in Swedish. You don’t. I’m kidding. Kind of…
Saying Thank You in Swedish Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jan 25, 2017
![](https://blogs.transparent.com/swedish/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2017/01/Tack-on-tack-e1485383421174-263x350.jpg)
As you learn a new language, it’s handy to have a few words in your vocabulary pretty early on. Learning a couple of variations on “thank you” is a good start. There are a lot of different ways to say “thank you” in Swedish so let’s take a look at a few examples. The first…
Celebrate the New Year in Swedish Posted by Stephen Maconi on Jan 3, 2017
Hej, kära läsare! It’s that time of year again – the New Year! Some people will have New Year’s resolutions, which to them mean a lot and are a great way to get motivated to try something new or get back to something old, whereas other people prefer to carry on as usual without any…