Archive for 'Swedish Language'
3 000 Swedish fans… Posted by jennie on Feb 11, 2010
…on Facebook about an hour ago! That is a great number and we are just about to start celebrating with a huge meatball feast. Please feel free to drop a comment about yourself, if we lucky we might get 3 000… Tack och bock! /Gabriel, Jennie, Katja, Marcus and Tibor
Useful short words (attitudinal adverbs) in everyday Swedish; ju, nog, väl, heller Posted by Tibor on Feb 10, 2010
You put these small words after the verb in sentences with staright syntax in main clauses. Staright syntax means: 1st. Subject. 2nd. Verb 3rd. Object. Please note that these small words end up as 3rd. so the object ends up as 4th in the sentence (in written language). In spoken language they can end up…
En stor stark i solnedgången… Posted by jennie on Feb 9, 2010
Just got back from a four days holiday in the north, and blimey it sure IS freezing and packed with snow up there – even in the southern parts. Never in my life have I experienced anything like that back home. Cars driving on the frozen ocean, snowmen that last for a month and a…
Swedish Stand-Up. In English. Posted by Marcus Cederström on Feb 4, 2010
Last Thursday night I saw something that I will never forget. Stand-up comedy in Gamla Stan, Stockholm. In English. By Swedes. It’s not that the comedians were snort-inducing (they weren’t), or that the crowd was lively (we weren’t), or that the beer was cheap (it never is), it’s that all but one of these men…
Vad tycker du om för musik? Posted by Gabriel on Feb 3, 2010
New Election brings racism to a higher level Posted by Katja on Feb 2, 2010
This autumn there will be an election of parliament in Sweden. (Riksdagsval = election of parliament) The Swedish Democrats (The party’s Swedish name is Sverige Demokraterna) was founded in 1988, but we haven’t noticed it until now, this past year. In 2009 and even 2010 we have been made aware of their radical, right-wing politics…
The Swedish Blog’s Ultimate Slang Lexicon part II Posted by jennie on Jan 31, 2010
Let’s end another great month of Swedish studies with part II of our Ultimate Slang Lexicon: Barr = hair (on your head) Proper Swedish: Hår Brallor = trouses. Proper Swedish: Byxor Dega = relax, do nothing. Derives from the Swedish word for dough, deg. To “dough” around doing nothing. Proper Swedish: Slappa Frulle = breakfast…