Tag Archives: Grammar
A Little Bit About Adjectives Posted by Transparent Language on Aug 19, 2008
It’s grammar time today, because we can’t have just fun and games all the time. I want you to learn something really useful here, even if only occasionally. 🙂 When talking about “jobbig” I briefly mentioned the rules regarding Swedish adjectives. That when an adjective describes an “ett” noun, it gets a “-t” ending. And…
Useful Words: Jobbig Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 29, 2008
In every language there are words that you either just love or simply hate for whatever reason. Personally, I’m not a fan of words that are difficult to spell, and unfortunately the English language is full of them. Like “assassinate”. The only reason I remember how to spell it is because it has two of…
Plural Ett Words Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 26, 2008
I have a foreign neighbor who reads this blog (hi neighbor!), and I think it’s very convenient that she does. She’s right under my nose, she’s learning Swedish, speaks passable English and is not afraid to ask questions. So I wasn’t surprised when she spied me out while I was taking my cats out for…
PĂĄ And More PĂĄ Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 21, 2008
I went to the movies tonight with my friend and we saw “Hancock”, it was actually pretty good. Yes, I know, I know. This movie is old news in the US, but here it’s just opened and the theatre was packed. I didn’t even know there were that many people left in my town on…
En or Ett Continued Posted by Transparent Language on Jul 4, 2008
Remember when we talked about “ett” and “en” words? I think my post confused a couple of people, who were quick to point out that you can’t put an indefinite article in front of SOME nouns. Yes, that is correct. But even without that article in front of them, the nouns can still be distinguished…
En or Ett Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 23, 2008
It’s time for a little bit of grammar today, don’t you agree? And this particular bit of grammar is always confusing for English speakers. People, Swedish people naturally, will tell you that Swedish nouns are classed according to gender. And it’s all good, except when you try to find out exactly what gender those Swedish…
The Basics: Swedish is Easy! Posted by Transparent Language on Jun 3, 2008
I know some foreigners who’ve been living in Sweden for about 10 years, yet they still don’t know any Swedish. They say there’s no need for them to learn, because everyone here speaks English. Some even go as far as to complain that Swedish is difficult to learn. Yeah? You think so? How much Absolut…