Archive for 'Grammar'
Swedish prepositions: Till Posted by jennie on May 24, 2010
Prepositions can be a real horror to master when you are speaking a foreign language and for me – a native Swedish speaker living in England -, it is to/for that is extremely confusing. The reason for this is quite obvious: I translate from Swedish to English when I speak and where it is “till” in Swedish, it’s either “for”, “to” or even…
A Swedish lesson from a 3-year old Posted by Gabriel on May 24, 2010
Valborgsmässoafton tonight, May Day tomorrow Posted by Gabriel on Apr 30, 2010
So, let’s all light big fires and get drunk. I love Sweden. This is one of those Swedish holidays which is kind of funny. It derives from a number of different pagan spring customs (traditioner). It’s also celebrated in other countries like Germany and Estonia for example. Students will party hard, with their white student…
How Often Do You Speak Swedish? Posted by Marcus Cederström on Apr 20, 2010
How often do you actually nee to respond to the question how often? Often enough it seems. And the Swedish language offers you a couple of different options when answering. As a general rule, the response is the word “i.” Hur ofta läser du dina mejl? En gång i timmen. How often do you read…
Tänka, tycka, tro Posted by Tibor on Mar 4, 2010
You guys have surely been wondering what the differences are between these three words. It is nothing strange with them, since everyone can find similar words in their own languages. But sometimes it can happen that you would use a different verb in cases when tänka, tycka, tro are used in Swedish. It can be tricky. Sometimes the translation of…
Vad tycker du om för musik? Posted by Gabriel on Feb 3, 2010
Irregular verbs and a certain melody Posted by Tibor on Jan 20, 2010
First of all sorry guys but WordPress and Office, seems to live two different lives. We usually say that there are 5 verb groups in Swedish and one of them are the irregular verbs ( starka/oregelbundna verb). This group must be familiar for anyone who speaks a German language. But what is the easiest way…