Archive for 'Grammar'
It’s a sin! Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 4, 2009
Well, not really a sin, but simply “sin”. It’s one of those fun “false friends”- words that look the same in both English and Swedish, but have different meanings. And we could pretty much leave it at that, but unfortunately, this Swedish “sin” can be a bit problematic for English speakers. You see, it’s a…
Swedish Possessive Pronouns Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 30, 2009
I have never suspected that possessive pronouns (possessiva pronomen) can be the cause of so many emails! In my post about birthdays, I used a couple of possessive pronouns, and seemingly all of you who had my email address got in touch saying something along those lines “Yo Anna, if you are going to use…
Happy Birthday Swedish Blog! Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 24, 2009
I don’t know if you’ve noticed (because I must say it has totally escaped even me) that our little Swedish Blog is one year old now! Can you believe it? I’m not sure about you, but somehow this fact is enough to put a big smile on my face. You’ve survived one whole year with…
Passive Voice – part 1 Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 12, 2009
Since we’ve been talking about past participles a lot lately (fortunately, we are done with them now, because I was getting bored. And if I’m getting bored, you must be fast asleep at the computer by now), getting started on the passive voice might be a good idea as well. But first things first. What…
Past Participles – Definite Forms Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 9, 2009
Good news! Our friends at Transparent say that the problem with uploading images and other files has been fixed! Yay! That means that I can go back to writing more interesting posts again! Sometimes, it’s hard to describe a particular feature or place without any photos – I’m sire you know what I mean, right?…
More Past Participle Goodness – Irregular (a.k.a. strong) Verbs Posted by Transparent Language on May 28, 2009
So let’s finish those past participles today and get on with more pleasant things in our lives, shall we? I promised you we’d save the best for last and talk about past participles of irregular verbs in this blog post. Irregular? Sounds scary? No worries, it’s not! Actually, it’s very easy. You see, if you…
Past Participles of Regular Verbs Posted by Transparent Language on May 25, 2009
Last time when we talked about Swedish supines (in Swedish it’s the verb form that’s used in perfect tenses,) and past participles (in Swedish, it’s the verb form that’s used as an adjective), I picked a really tough example – “skriva” (to write). Of course, since “skriva” is an irregular verb (just like in English)…