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Swedish Idioms Posted by Tibor on Dec 20, 2010
Guys note that the idioms are seldom direct translations. But of course there are common idioms in every language. If you have better suggestions for idioms in English language, please do not hesitate to share it with us. Jag anade ugglor i mossen när telefonen ringde tidigt på morgonen. Maria var tvungen att stanna hemma…
Loan words in Swedish Posted by Tibor on Dec 13, 2010
How Swedish is Swedish? How English is English? Well, it depends on what we consider as a loan word in one language. Can ancient Latin and Greek heritage called loan? Loan words have always been there all through the centuries. Some of the loans stayed some of them did not in our language. And some of them has been outranked by words…
Agnetha Fältskog-Doktorn Posted by Tibor on Dec 7, 2010
Do you remember Agnetha from ABBA? Of course you do. But have you heard her singing in Swedish? Here is this song (in Swedish with the English translation) from 1975. I haven´t succeeded in finding a live performance or a video to this song but if you do, please link me to it. So I can…
Homonyms Posted by Tibor on Dec 1, 2010
Homonyms are words you spell and pronounce in the same way but they have different meanings. So be careful! We have homonyms in every language. eka Kalle sitter och fiskar in en eka som han har själv byggt. (Kalle is sitting and fishing in his boat that he made himself.) Jag hör ännu dina ord eka…
Mulled wine of the year (Årets glögg) Posted by Tibor on Nov 30, 2010
Every year the Swedish company Blossa releases a new bottle of mulled wine (glögg). This time the taste of the year is saffran bun with cognac and pomerans. The gold colour of the bottle makes it look very Christmasy and luxurious. Previous tastes: 2009 – Tangerine 2008- Blueberry 2007- Cinemon and sea buckthorn But if…
Liseberg 2010 Posted by Tibor on Nov 25, 2010
So it was time for opening the Christmas market again already in november. It feels like Christmas comes earlier and earlier every year. I wouldn´t have a problem with that as a child. And I love the market at Liseberg. But when I saw a Santa getting on the tram I almost fell off the seat the…
We will never die! Posted by Tibor on Nov 22, 2010
So let me give you another Swedish song with translation and lyrics. Learning vocabulary from lyrics/songs is like a guldgruva (gold mine) i.e. where you have lots and lots of treasures/resources, would maybe our Marcus say. I am referring to his previous blog post of course. I have chosen a song from one of my favorite bands Bo Kaspers…