Can you find the hidden Swedish verbs? Posted by jennie on Apr 30, 2010 in Uncategorized
It’s not any random Friday in Sweden today, it’s Valborgsmässoafton (read Katja’s post about Walpurgis night here!) and it’s also the Swedish king’s 64th birthday! Grattis på födelsedagen HM Carl XVI Gustaf!
As Gabriel wrote earlier this week, the king probably has his hands full at the moment – or as we would say in Swedish when someone has a lot of things going on, not necessarily good things: Han har det hett om öronen just nu. Basically, it means “He is very hot around his ears at the moment”. Hot, as in very warm that is, not exciting and good looking… But, if you are in Stockholm around midday today, the king himself will briefly appear outside the Royal Palace and recieve grettings and flowers from the public. Read more about this spectacular event here. As a kid, I was convinced that all the bonfires and the Valborgsmässoafton-parties were held in honour of our king’s birthday…
Anyone celebrating Valborg anywhere else in the world today?
Anyway, enough of royalties and parties! Let’s finish off April with a challenge. I have hidden eight Swedish verbs describing movement (running, walking etc.) in the puzzle beneath, can you find them? It’s REALLY tough, and for those of you who want a clue, you can find the eight hidden words in the comments field. Please feel free to show off your skills there as well! And, if anyone is going bonkers and want the solution, just shout.
Puzzle away and have a great Valborgsweekend!
| M | I | A | M | Q | K | A | P | P | O | H | G | L | A | S |
| I | M | O | R | R | J | V | X | N | Z | T | B | T | N | O |
| J | R | J | Y | E | P | C | M | K | G | Y | R | S | T | J |
| W | C | P | A | S | N | S | B | S | X | H | C | V | H | L |
| D | A | B | B | P | S | E | V | Y | J | C | Y | K | L | A |
| I | A | L | X | M | K | C | M | N | B | N | S | A | L | S |
| L | I | N | P | Z | O | W | J | O | M | O | R | P | I | I |
| P | A | O | S | X | R | X | T | B | R | D | J | Y | U | M |
| Z | G | Z | E | A | E | S | Z | M | N | P | K | X | F | M |
| U | N | T | K | M | Y | S | M | A | O | W | P | A | M | A |
| X | I | K | Z | U | P | S | V | G | M | I | H | O | V | S |
| I | R | X | M | W | Q | X | E | C | K | P | F | R | T | P |
| O | P | D | E | C | X | P | L | R | H | J | Q | V | R | W |
| N | S | E | X | U | C | N | Y | N | K | O | L | Q | P | M |
| E | Z | J | F | F | P | K | J | B | K | I | A | C | M | R |
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Comments:
jennie:
The hidden verbs are:
CYKLA
DANSA
HOPPA
KRYPA
PROMENERA
SIMMA
SPRINGA
VANDRA
anna:
simma – to swim
se – to see
cykla – to cycle
Marija:
in Lithuania we celebrate something like that on the 24th June. And as a May Day we are going to celebrate an Official Opening of Motorcycling season tomorrow
Mmmm..by the way, could you ever post something about motorcycles in Sweden in your blog? I know you have the fastest biker -The Ghostrider . He’s the legend:-))) and there’s the interesting and exciting events like Malarnt runt, and Lele week in Gotland, and also the famous Bogesundsvägen. I would really love to read more about that. Tack 🙂
Kenia:
Vilket roligt inlägg Jennie!
Found HOPPA, CYKLA, PROMENERA, DANSA and SPRINGA on my own. Needed to read the hint to spot SIMMA, VANDRA and KRYPA.
Det var svårt och roligt samtidigt =)
Darlene:
Tack för gåta. Det var roligt! Jag hoppas att se mer…
Ankan:
Found them! cyckla, simma, springa, vandra, krypa, promenera, hoppa, dansa. Very proud of myself right now 🙂 (and no, I didn’t look at the comments before doing the puzzle)
Carol Goller:
Verb puzzle: Why didn’t you count short verbs such as se, sy, ro?
jennie:
Well done everyone!!
@Carol: Honestly, I didn’t know they where in there 🙂 It’s a puzzle constructed by an online puzzlemaker, and I just included the eight movement verbs. But well spotted!
@Marija: I am totally clueless when it comes to motorcycles but I am more than happy to give it a go! Or try to find a MC expert guest blogger! I’ll keep you posted! 🙂
Olof:
Nobody spotted the very inportant verb: hoa
Like the sound an owl makes. Guess you had to be swedish to see that one 🙂