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“Swedish – An Essential Grammar” – book review Posted by on Feb 13, 2009

“Swedish – An Essential Grammar” Authors: Philip Holmes and Ian Hinchliffe Published by Routledge ISBN: 0-415-16048-0 I totally forgot I had this book. Yesterday I was cleaning out some stuff and whoops, it just fell out of the box and hit me on the head. I think I packed it away because once upon a…

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If – om, Adverbial Clauses Posted by on Feb 10, 2009

A couple of posts back Mo asked how to say stuff like “if you are….I am ….” And since she asked, I thought it would be a good idea to talk today about adverbial clauses (adverbialsbisatser). What is an adverbial clause? It’s when an entire subordinate clause sentence can act as an adverbial. Uh-huh, I…

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How to Make Questions Posted by on Jan 20, 2009

All this talk about how bad the economy is and how we are struggling in the midst of a serious recession, and guess who went on vacation? Anna did! When you read this post, I will be frolicking on the beaches of Antigua. Or maybe Barbuda. This year I decided not to use a Swedish…

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201 Swedish Verbs Posted by on Jan 3, 2009

Do you like learning about verbs? I mean, learning foreign verbs? If you’re like me, you probably love it and detest it, depending on the weather. Someone asked me not so long ago about a good book when it comes to mastering Swedish verbs. And I think I mentioned “201 Swedish Verbs (fully conjugated in…

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Nyårsafton Posted by on Dec 31, 2008

Today is nyårsafton and everybody, their mother and their dog are getting ready for some mad partying tonight. Yet, I am staying home, because jag är förkyld. Yes, I have a nasty cold, and so there’s no partying for me. I will stay at home, watch TV, and then watch fireworks, which they normally tend…

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Use of Capital Letters Posted by on Dec 18, 2008

In my last post I mentioned that “jul” in Swedish is written with a small letter. In all fairness, in some cases it IS written with a capital. You can see it especially in advertisements and greetings. And in his comment, Luke from Sydney very aptly pointed out that it’s not only “jul” – names…

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Julmarknad and “skriva ihop” Posted by on Dec 16, 2008

This year, because I was away, I missed our local julmarknad. No big deal, really, because it’s tiny and not all that interesting (went last year, and the year before, and the year before-before, and so on) and held only during one weekend at our local skansen-type attraction – Gammlia. Yet, the official city hall…

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