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Swedish Present Tense in relation to “before and after now” Posted by Tibor on Sep 14, 2011
FÖRE NU (past aspect) NU (present aspect) EFTER NU (future aspect) Perfect: Finished activity, but unknown or continous time sequence. Jag har arbetat mycket den här månaden. I have worked much this month.Perfect: Perfect has usually a result in the now. The activity might have started before “now”. Jag har öppnat fönstret. result: Fönstret är…
To work in Sweden II. (jobs) Posted by Tibor on Sep 5, 2011
When you look for a job in Sweden, you should start with reading the job ads in Swedish platsannonser. All the jobs are supposed to be announced by law. But of course many of the jobs has already been assigned for interns or people who have connection to a certain employee at a certain company…
To work in Sweden I. (Type of employment) Posted by Tibor on Aug 31, 2011
Tillsvidareanställning: Post with conditional tenure. Usually starts with a period of 3 to 6 month so called provanställning. Provanställning: Trial period of employment. Maxiumum 6 months and usually leads to a permanent job. Visstidsanställning: Fixed-term contracts. Vikariat: Temporary post/job. (Doing someone elses job tasks until the person returns). Projektanställning: Employment on a special project. Timanställning: Pay…
Timbuktu – For the rest of your life Posted by Tibor on Jul 29, 2011
I thought it might be a good start for the weekend to give you a current Swedish favourite with some lyrics. The song is a humorously brilliant post break-up song by Timbuktu. He has been on the Swedish hip-hop scene for over two decades if not longer. And he is truly one of the most genuine…
Soldado&Soldiers by Fredrik Gynnestam Posted by Tibor on Jul 15, 2011
Fredrik Gynnestam has written a book about three people that all changed in the encounter with each other. People come from three different backgrounds but despite that, they all identify themselves with and find similarities in each other. Similarities that make them change, voluntarily or involuntarily and, above all, they start believing that change is possible. The purpose of this is…
The Faroe Islands Posted by Tibor on Jul 8, 2011
When I landed 4 weeks ago it was 9 C, wind and pissing rain and everyting was grey, just when the temperature climbed over 20 in Gothenburg I would leave of course. The first sign that I saw at the airport said “KOMA” (COMA in Swedish) which means “ARRIVALS” in Faroese language. The airport bus didn´t seem…
Sommar i Sverige Posted by Tibor on May 11, 2011
Inte ett moln så långt ögat kan nå inte en droppe regn på flera dar med en glass i min mun å i sandaler av plast går jag i solen och tänker på dig ljusblåa dagar seglar förbi Sommaren är kort de mesta regnar bort men nu är den här så ta för dig solen…