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Imperative form and cooking/baking Posted by Tibor on Jan 31, 2011
I was thinking the other day that grammar doesn´t necessarily has to be a pain in the ass. I have noticed that you guys go crazy for sweets and cakes. So let´s practice Swedish imperative form in the best way we can. They often say “Learning by doing”. So your homework for now is to practice…
Pocket Top Ten – That´s what most Swedes read 2011 january Posted by Tibor on Jan 26, 2011
Topplista 2011 januari Do you know what the hottest books are in Sweden right now? Do you know what the most Swedes read at the moment? There was a few months ago when someone mailed me if I could recommend some Swedish books that are popular at the moment. Well, these are not all Swedish…
Shocking documentary on Sweden´s role in WWII Posted by Tibor on Jan 12, 2011
No comment…We might have to rewrite history now in Sweden.
“På svenska fin, if you know what I mean” (The evolution of Swedish Hip Hop) Posted by Tibor on Jan 10, 2011
1989 Neneh Cherry aka Neneh Marianne Karlsson – Buffalo Stance. Hip Hop was already popular in the early 1980s in underground clubs in Sweden, but the critics and the media didn´t really appriciate the genre until the breakthrough of Neneh Cherry. Neneh´s brother Eagle Eye Cherry is also a famous musician. Maybe you guys remember one of…
New Year in Barcelona Posted by Tibor on Jan 4, 2011
Happy New Year everyone! Greetings from Catalonia, Spain. I will make this post short and let the pictures talk. I have to mention it though in brackets… that the city is full of Swedes. I don´t know if you know it but there is a website for Swedish expats in Barcelona. Well, it is basically for…
Trubbel Monica Zetterlund/Olle Adolphson Posted by Tibor on Dec 28, 2010
Nu lyser ängarna av sommarns alla blommor. ( The meadows are lit with all the summer flowers now.) Nu surrar bin, och fåglar sjunger överallt. ( Bees are buzzing and birds singing everywhere now.) Nu stryker vinden genom trädens höga kronor (The wind is stroking through the high crowns of the trees) men i min trädgård…
Short words/Kortord Posted by Tibor on Dec 27, 2010
rea = realisation It is the Swedish word for the English word sale. If you ask me, I think this is when actually the “real prices” are carried out or let´s say implemented. Who are they fooling??? bil = automobil eng. automobile/car Self-propelled is the original meaning of this word. A Danish newspaper used the Scandinavian…