Archive for 'Vocabulary'
There is a dog buried here somewhere Posted by jennie on May 26, 2011
As said many times before; direct translations of idioms can cause major confusion and most definitely a few laughs. Do you remember the dog’s head? Well, I tried another dog the other day. The buried dog, this time. Det ligger en hund begraven här = There is a dog buried here – is used when something isn’t…
Vowels, Part 2 Posted by Stephen Maconi on May 14, 2011
Hej! After a short-term illness, I’m back to blogging with my second video on vowels! You may have noticed that in the past several videos I have mainly covered more beginner-level concepts. This is because I thought it would be a good idea to try to offer something useful to the wide spectrum of readers…
The Swedish alphabet Posted by Stephen Maconi on Apr 19, 2011
Today’s video is all about the Swedish alfabetet. Although it’s pretty much the same as the English one, it might be helpful to review each letter’s pronunciation. Also, tell me if you feel that it’s easier to concentrate with or without background music. Of course, this might depend on who’s watching, but majority rules, I…
Test: What have you have learned this month? Posted by jennie on Mar 24, 2011
Time for a word puzzle! Today, the eight words included have all been mentioned in the blog during March. Can you find them? It’s quite tough this one… But, we all love a challenge, don’t we? If you need the words as a clue, just check the comments! Will publish the solution in a couple of…
Signs of spring/Vårtecken Posted by jennie on Mar 21, 2011
Ladies and gentlemen, the spring equinox (vårdagjämningen) is here which officially means SPRING. Or…? The past two winters in Sweden has been unbelievably long and hard – even with Scandinavians standards. The snow came early and left late – even down south – and the snowman we made during Christmas last year was still standing when we returned almost three…
Frequency of action Posted by Stephen Maconi on Mar 8, 2011
Hej ~ Here we have a guide to using frequency terms such as ibland, varje dag, and en gång i veckan. Hope you find it useful!
Why the girl ate the cookie Posted by Stephen Maconi on Feb 8, 2011
Tjaaaaa ~ Here we go: Episode 8 of Swedish with Steve: Why the girl ate the cookie. Prepare yourselves for a useful but tedious grammar lesson. I hope you all manage to enjoy it, as technical as it is! But believe me, this will come in handy in the future!! Ha en bra vecka!