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Particle Verbs Posted by Marcus Cederström on Nov 28, 2013
Particle verbs (or phrasal verbs) aren’t always easy. In fact, tacking on that particle, usually a preposition or adverb, at the end of a verb can really change the meaning of a word. We have them in English too: pick on, look after, make out. So how do you tell the difference? When speaking (and…
15 Scary Swedish Adjectives Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 31, 2013
Happy Halloween! As we learned in 15 Scary Swedish Creatures, Swedes don’t really celebrate Halloween. They’ve got Alla helgons dag instead. Of course, scary creatures can come out at any time of the year and that means you need some scary adjectives to describe them. Steve has covered some of the grammatical details of adjectives…
15 Scary Swedish Creatures Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 24, 2013
Halloween isn’t really a Swedish holiday. In fact, it hasn’t been until the last few years that Halloween has really made any sort of appearance in Swedish culture. Of course, just because there aren’t a bunch of witches and wizards running around looking for treats on October 31, doesn’t mean there aren’t witches and wizards…
How fast can you eat 25 hot dogs? In Swedish. Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 30, 2013
Prepositions are hard. They’re hard in English. They’re hard in Swedish. They’re just hard. They can be used in so many different ways and mean so many different things. There are pages and pages of rules. It’s kind of exhausting and overwhelming. And now that we’ve got all that negative stuff out of the way…
Drunken Moose and Swedish Months Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 27, 2013
Maybe you saw the news from a month ago. Radio Sweden released a short report about a gang of drunken moose tormenting Swedes. (You can click here for the original.) It was picked up by plenty of news agencies here in the US and categorized under the “Weird” news section in plenty of places. It’s…
30 Common Swedish Adjectives Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 26, 2013
It’s been a while since we looked at adjectives here on the blog. Steve wrote Adjectives and specificness in Swedish and Adjectives and specificness in Swedish, Part 2 about a year ago, so head over there for a look at the grammar behind adjectives. This post is simply going to be a vocabulary sheet looking…
One Million? One Billion? Big Swedish Numbers Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 5, 2013
If you’re like me, you probably find yourself having to count all of the money you made last year. And they are big numbers. Billions even. Obviously. There’s a lot of money to be made in teaching. But what if you want to count all that money in Swedish? Have no fear. Below I’ve included…