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Sweden’s King of Condiments – Ketchup Posted by Marcus Cederström on Apr 20, 2011
I love ketchup. Not love as in I make weird ketchup sandwiches every day, but I slather it on fries and burgers. Your standard ketchup vessels. It wasn’t until I left for college though that I realized my love of ketchup, and what I considered a suitable receiver of ketchup, differed from that of many…
Swedish Worksheet – Verb Answers Posted by Marcus Cederström on Apr 13, 2011
As promised, the answers. Hope it went well! Infinitiv Presens Preteritum Supinum Imperativ English lyssna lyssnar lyssnade lyssnat lyssna listen hoppa hoppar hoppade hoppat hoppa jump, hop stänga stänger stängde stängt stäng close resa reser reste rest res travel må mår mådde mått må feel (abstract) undvika undviker undvek undvikit undvik avoid sova sover sov…
Swedish Worksheet – Verb Posted by Marcus Cederström on Apr 6, 2011
Here is a quick worksheet for everyone working on different verb forms. Good luck, and answers will follow in a few days. Infinitiv Presens Preteritum Supinum Imperativ English lyssna listen hoppar hoppade hoppa jump, hop stänga stängt stäng resa reser rest res travel må …
Var vs. Vart + Platsadverbials Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 28, 2011
Steve did a great job of explaining the difference between var vs. vart. As Steve said, “var” is the word “where” in a static sense and “vart” is “to where.” As you continue learning Swedish, this will become more and more natural. But as this becomes more natural, there is a second aspect of questions…
Swedish Pancakes Got Nothin’ on Swedish Waffle(s) Day Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 22, 2011
‘Tis the baking season in Sweden. Or so it would seem, especially if you’re keeping tabs on us here at Transparent. We’ve written about Semlor and just the other day we got a lovely recipe for some äpplekaka. Neither of which I have dared tried making on my own. But it gets better, because this…
Min Familj Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 17, 2011
You guys have put up with all of us writing about Sweden and what we deem to be important about the language and the culture, but I for one haven’t done a good job of introducing myself. So today I thought I would introduce a set of vocabulary words focusing on family and write a…
Melodifestivalen Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 11, 2011
Saturday night is that time again. The time of the year that schlager lovers throughout Sweden wait for. It’s Melodifestivalens final. Finally. For those of you who might not be lucky enough to have experienced schlager first hand in Sweden, you are, quite simply, missing out. It’s an amazing experience that tends to involve a…