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Preteritum – the Swedish Past Tense Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jan 24, 2011
We’ve learned all kinds of different tenses here at Transparent, along with different verb forms. Now it’s time to learn how to say learned. It’s time for the past tense. Since we already know how to put a verb into the imperative, creating the past tense, or preteritum, is no problem at all. Especially with…
SwS Episode 5: Gå versus åka Posted by Stephen Maconi on Jan 18, 2011
Hej! One thing that can be confusing for Swedish learners is the difference between the two main ‘to go’ verbs. They’re actually not very hard to get used to; it just takes a little extra practice. Here, I tell you the difference: Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you guys later this week! Or, well…
Shocking documentary on Sweden´s role in WWII Posted by Tibor on Jan 12, 2011
No comment…We might have to rewrite history now in Sweden.
The fish church aka Feskekörka Posted by jennie on Jan 11, 2011
If you – like me – love to eat anything (almost…) that comes from the sea – well, then you must make your way to Gothenburg’s finest, the fish church! The fish church – or Feskekörka as the place proudly is called in a Gothenburg accent – is not exactly a place where you go to…
God jul från oss! Posted by jennie on Dec 24, 2010
It’s finally 24 December, the day when we wait for Santa to knock on our door while we eat an enormous amount of meatballs, ham and herring and sing this song to every shot of Aquavit: Hej, tomtegubbar, slå i glasen och låt oss lustiga vara! Hej, tomtegubbar, slå i glasen och låt oss lustiga vara! En…
The Swedish – scandal – King? Posted by jennie on Nov 4, 2010
Today is the day when our King, Carl XVI Gustaf, ends his annual elk hunt with a press conference about his prey, the days in the woods and similar not particularly exciting stuff. This press conference normally doesn’t attract many journalists – understandably. But today, the King was greeted by over 60 reporters from all over Scandinavia. An extraordinary good…
Swedes love HUGS! Posted by Katja on Oct 15, 2010
If you have lived in Sweden for a period of time and have Swedish friends then you will surely recognize all the hugs (kramar/kram) that are given. If you look sad, when you are happy or look worried, anytime you are around friends (and sometimes even when you aren’t) you will receive hugs. It is…