Summer activities Posted by Katja on Jun 8, 2010
The sun is shining in most parts of Sweden and people are spending all their free time outside sunning themselves or working in their gardens. You will also see people playing “kubb”. The rules for kubb are these: Each team has 5 blocks of wood (kubbs) which stand on a line (baseline) waiting for the…
Skolavslutning Posted by Katja on Jun 8, 2010
Some of you might know this day as “Speechday”, other might just call it “End of the school year day”. What ever you call it, it is a wonderful day for almost all students. The skolavslutning takes place on different days each year. usually the school term stops in the second week of june. Most…
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 Akvavit and Drinking Songs Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jun 3, 2010
This year, midsommarafton will be celebrated on June 25th and midsommardagen will be on the 26th. Some people take the time to dance around the midsommarstång, others celebrate the long hours of daylight, still others sing. That singing (and dancing for that matter) is often accompanied by a snaps. A snaps is a shot of…
Brännboll Posted by Katja on Jun 2, 2010
Just this past weekend a very big event took place. In Swedish it is called “Brännbollsyran” Literally translated it means “burn ball”. This past weekend teams gathered and played each other, followed by a lot of drinking. University students especially, have a great time, just before graduating or going home for the summer holidays they…
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…
The one Swedish word you need to know Posted by Gabriel on May 28, 2010
This is my last post. Thanks for watching and good luck with your Swedish!