Archive for 'Swedish Language'
Reverse Culture Shock in the US Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jul 7, 2010
Five days ago I landed in the US. And not just for vacation. I am here to stay. For a while at least. It’s been a whirlwind these last few weeks, trying to cram European travel in, all the while preparing to move to a different country. It’s an incredibly intimidating feeling to move across…
Swedish adjective and noun Posted by Tibor on Jun 4, 2010
Article/pronoun Form of adjective Form of noun Indefinite article (Någon)/en (Något)/ ett (Några)/plural (stor) (stort) (stora) Villa Hus Villor/hus Swedish double definite article+adjective This is typical for Swedish. (den) (det) (de) (stora) (stora) (stora) villan huset villorna/husen Demonstrative Pronoun+adjective Both in written and spoken Swedish. Den (där/här) Det (där/här) De(där/här) (stora) villan huset villorna/husen…
Swedish prepositions: i Posted by jennie on May 31, 2010
Bad news first. No, we did not make it into the Eurovision Song Contest final for the first time ever and it was a huge shock for a Eurovision loving country like Sweden. But hey, better luck next year and let’s look forward to the Fifa World Cup in only two weeks…oh, that’s right! Sweden did not…
Butchering Swedish 101 Posted by Gabriel on May 25, 2010
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
Swedish Nouns Posted by Tibor on May 20, 2010
Whenever learning Swedish words you have to take into account that there are always exceptions. You really do not have to ask why. Language changes all the time. Just compare for example the slang you use with the way your parents speak. Slang is one of the most dynamically developing stratum of our language. When…