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Possessives not used for Swedish body parts Posted by on Sep 5, 2012

Although it may seem strange, when Swedes say “Every morning I brush my hair” the literal translation from Swedish sounds more like “Every morning I brush the hair”. Varje morgon borstar jag håret. This is however not limited to brushing your hair alone, it goes for all the body parts in Swedish. In English it…

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