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Lands and people in Swedish Posted by Tibor on Mar 9, 2011
We usually learn in the beginning of our studies what language people speak in the surrounding countries and how we call our native language and country of origin in a foreign language. So you might know that Sweden is called Sverige and the people who live here are Sweds or Swedish people svensk(ar) and they speak Swedish language…
Swedish baby trashes bar in Las Palmas by Johannes Nyholm Posted by Tibor on Mar 7, 2011
The synopsis of the film is: A middle-aged lady on a holiday in the sun tries to make new friends and have a good time. 🙂 “Las Palmas wins the short film award of Gothenburg International Film Festival 2011, Startsladden, as well as the Audience Award. The Award is 800 000 SEK in cash and…
RUMSADVERBIAL (Adverbs of place) Posted by Tibor on Mar 2, 2011
Ner-nere, upp-uppe, här-hit, hemma-hem, fram-framme, där-dit, bort-borta, ut-ute, in-inne. Adverbs of place tell us where something happens. In Swedish you make a difference when it comes to directions. Vart? ———- Var? ——— Varifrån? (Where to——-Where?—–From Where?) ut ————– ute ———– utifrån in ————– inne ———- inifrån upp ———– uppe ———- uppifrån ner ———– nere ———–…
Veronica Maggio – Dumpa mig Posted by Tibor on Feb 23, 2011
This song is based on a true story, I have heard it through the grapevine. The only difference is that in real life a guy from Stockholm travelled down to Gothenburg to meet his loved-one who was working at the Opera House in Gothenburg. The girl didn´t want to break up through the telephone so she did it on-site…
Swedish Humor (The Angry Law Show on P3) Win two tickets! Posted by Tibor on Feb 16, 2011
What do you do if you need to do a poo in Sweden? Well, this is nothing really what we research here on the Swedish Blog. I am so sorry guys! For finding toilet facilities in Sweden; the easiest way is to brush up your Swedish or English before coming here. But talking about poo….My and Linnea…
“It´s the gays´fault” Posted by Tibor on Feb 10, 2011
Okay, so you have not only an awful lot of verbs that are easy to understand but some really good expressions as well. The nouns are also easy to find in online vocabulary books. What you have to know about this song that is from a Swedish humor program (Grotesco) that SVT (Svergies Television) sends with…
Finlandsvenska Posted by Tibor on Feb 9, 2011
Did you guys know that there are Swedish-speaking Finns and that Finland is a bilingual country? Or at least they have a very generous language policy when it comes to people whose first language is Swedish. FinnishSwedish or Finlandsvenska is considered as an eastern dialect of Swedish with Finnish influence (this mainly regards vocabulary and intonation)…