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Rough Winter Months in Sweden Posted by Marcus Cederström on Nov 11, 2010
What’s the worst month out of the year? It’s a strange question really. Surprisingly, it’s a relevant question in Sweden. At least at this time of year. Every winter, the discussion is renewed. Some people argue that November is the worst. The days just keep getting shorter. The dark keeps getting darker. The cold keeps…
Swedish Plural Endings Posted by Marcus Cederström on Nov 3, 2010
Because we give you what you want (or at least try to every now and again) we’ve decided to write another post on plural endings. Tibor has put together a great post on nouns in general including the different plural endings, so for a more encompassing look at nouns check out Swedish Nouns. When trying…
Swedish Helping Verbs Posted by Marcus Cederström on Nov 1, 2010
A couple of weeks ago a commenter was asking about the use of “vill,” so we thought we would put together a quick overview of some other helping verbs used in Swedish. Below you will find a quick list of some common helping verbs: Vill = to want to Behöver = to need to Ska…
Swedish Curse Words Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 23, 2010
I’m not going to teach you any Swedish curse words. Sorry. They are easy enough to find online anyway, and to be perfectly honest, cursing in Swedish is such a common thing that it doesn’t carry nearly the same gravitas as it does in the English language. Which is what is so fascinating to me…
Subjects vs. Objects Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 20, 2010
Sometimes Swedish pronunciation can be a bit tricky. Är sounds like e, dagen sounds like dawn, sedan sounds like sen. Plenty of letter are ignored. Then of course, there is de. Which sounds like dom. And dem, which also sounds like dom. Both are pronouns, one however, de is a subject, while dem is an…
Vilken vs. Vilket Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 5, 2010
We all know our en and ett words by now right? ett hus en bil ett äpple en familj ett bord en flodhäst ett skrivbord en penna ett näbbdjur en telefon There’s no real rule to knowing the en and ett words (except that there are many more en words than ett words so when…
The Right to Public Access – Allemansrätten Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 27, 2010
The natural wonders of Sweden seem to be never ending. There are the gorgeous forests of southern Sweden, the archipelago of Stockholm, the mountains of northern Sweden. Countless rivers and lakes and islands dot the landscape. It’s beautiful. And it’s open to everyone. Allemansrätten is the right to public access. It essentially gives people the…