Archive for 'Vocabulary'
Julskinkan – the centerpiece of the Swedish julbord Posted by jennie on Dec 8, 2011
Warning: If you don’t like the look of meat being prepared, you should probably stop reading now! I assume all you fellow Sweden lovers are familiar with our buffet style habit of eating. Our beloved smörgåsbord comes out at Easter, at Midsummer’s eve and most importantly – at Christmas. This time of the year, our…
Writing utensils in Swedish Posted by Stephen Maconi on Nov 25, 2011
Sweden has just as many different types of writing utensils as any other country. And as in many languages (although certainly not all) there are different words for these different types of writing utensils. However, there is one main word used to refer to a writing utensil, and that is penna. Penna can mean either…
Wordfeud – a new way of practicing Swedish Posted by jennie on Oct 19, 2011
Have you been bitten by the Wordfeud-bug yet? Well, if you haven’t and you have no intention to be bitten by it either, I strongly advice you to stop reading now. Wordfeud is highly addictive and might harm your relationships- unless your family, friends and partner are addicts too, that is. But Wordfeud can also…
I Love You in Swedish Posted by jennie on Oct 5, 2011
Ah those magic words, so lovely to hear and sometimes so hard to say. Well, especially if you don’t know HOW to say them. Therefore, we decided that a blog post about these three little words would be absolutely essential. So here goes: I love you = Jag älskar dig (“dig” is pronounced “dej”)…
Swedish Idioms I. (animals) Posted by Tibor on Sep 28, 2011
Det var som katten! or Det var som fan! eng. Well, I´ll be damned Att ge katten/fan på. eng. To bet one´s life on it. Att lägga lök på laxen. eng. To make matters worse. Det är något i hästväg. eng. It´s something extraordinary. Arg som ett bi. eng. To be furious. Envis som…
Learning with Veronica Maggio Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 27, 2011
I’m a big fan of trying to use different forms of media to learn a language. Last week we posted some tips for learning Swedish. One of those tips was to listen to the radio. Sveriges Radio does a great job of offering many of their programs no matter where you are in the world. …
Infinitives in Swedish Posted by Stephen Maconi on Sep 6, 2011
When learning Swedish vocabulary, you will come across many different types of words, and naturally, many of these words are verbs – action words. For example, springa – to run – is a verb. Verbs can be shown to students of Swedish in many different forms, but for memorization, the most common form is the…