HEN Posted by Tibor on Jan 31, 2017
Hen is a new pronoun in Swedish. It is a gender neutral pronoun that many people mean was needed very much to fill a hole in the Swedish language. The purpose of the pronoun isn’t to gender-neutralize a person but more like not revealing gender in cases when you don’t want to, or not important…
Saying Please in Swedish Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jan 31, 2017
Last week, we learned several different ways to say thank you in the creatively titled post, Saying Thank You in Swedish. When you’re learning a new language, all of those polite words can really come in handy. So let’s take a look at how to say please in Swedish. You don’t. I’m kidding. Kind of…
Saying Thank You in Swedish Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jan 25, 2017
As you learn a new language, it’s handy to have a few words in your vocabulary pretty early on. Learning a couple of variations on “thank you” is a good start. There are a lot of different ways to say “thank you” in Swedish so let’s take a look at a few examples. The first…
Celebrate the New Year in Swedish Posted by Stephen Maconi on Jan 3, 2017
Hej, kära läsare! It’s that time of year again – the New Year! Some people will have New Year’s resolutions, which to them mean a lot and are a great way to get motivated to try something new or get back to something old, whereas other people prefer to carry on as usual without any…
Glad Lucia! Happy Saint Lucy’s Day. Posted by Marcus Cederström on Dec 13, 2016
It’s December 13, which can mean only one thing: it’s Lucia in Sweden! We’ve collected four posts about the Lucia tradition. You’ll get some history, some music, and even some food. So check them out in the post below. First, I have to call myself out for a bit of erasure. I often write about…
The mysterious Swedish “sk” Posted by Stephen Maconi on Dec 5, 2016
Swedish pronunciation is known by language learners as having rather particular rules, but rules nonetheless. The idea is that once you’ve mastered the rules, you can pronounce most words naturally without having heard them pronounced by someone else. The pronunciation of the consonant combination <sk> in Swedish is one thing that often trips up…
Sentence analysis for Swedish Syntax (Main Clauses) Posted by Tibor on Nov 30, 2016
Fundament Verb 1 Subjekt Satsadverbial Verb 2 Objekt/predikativ Adverbial 1. Vi har inte mjölk hemma. 2. Igår hade vi inte mjölk hemma. 3. Om det är fint väder imorgon, kan vi gå ut. 4. Bananen äter han inte. 5. Varför har du inte sagt något idag? 6. Har vi inte mjölk hemma? There are six…