Archive for 'Swedish Language'
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…
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…
Fun with Swedish Grammar– Perfect Perfekt Posted by Marcus Cederström on Dec 16, 2010
Now that we know the imperative form (and we are all experts now of course), we can move on to the perfect tense. The perfect tense describes an action that has been completed, but the consequences are still ongoing. For example: Marcus har sprungit till jobbet. This suggests that I have run to work, the…
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…
Fun with Swedish Grammar – Imperative Posted by Marcus Cederström on Dec 9, 2010
The imperative form (or imperativ in Swedish) is that form where you really just want to make some demands. Like “Stop!” or “Look!” or even “Listen!” It’s a good form to know, and it comes in handy in a few different verb tenses. Like the perfect tense. But first, we need to learn the imperative…
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…