Tag Archives: Swedish blog
Lands and people in Swedish Posted by Tibor on Mar 9, 2011
We usually learn in the beginning of our studies what language people speak in the surrounding countries and how we call our native language and country of origin in a foreign language. So you might know that Sweden is called Sverige and the people who live here are Sweds or Swedish people svensk(ar) and they speak Swedish language…
Swedish baby trashes bar in Las Palmas by Johannes Nyholm Posted by Tibor on Mar 7, 2011
The synopsis of the film is: A middle-aged lady on a holiday in the sun tries to make new friends and have a good time. 🙂 “Las Palmas wins the short film award of Gothenburg International Film Festival 2011, Startsladden, as well as the Audience Award. The Award is 800 000 SEK in cash and…
Veronica Maggio – Dumpa mig Posted by Tibor on Feb 23, 2011
This song is based on a true story, I have heard it through the grapevine. The only difference is that in real life a guy from Stockholm travelled down to Gothenburg to meet his loved-one who was working at the Opera House in Gothenburg. The girl didn´t want to break up through the telephone so she did it on-site…
Imperative form and cooking/baking Posted by Tibor on Jan 31, 2011
I was thinking the other day that grammar doesn´t necessarily has to be a pain in the ass. I have noticed that you guys go crazy for sweets and cakes. So let´s practice Swedish imperative form in the best way we can. They often say “Learning by doing”. So your homework for now is to practice…
Swedish Idioms Posted by Tibor on Dec 20, 2010
Guys note that the idioms are seldom direct translations. But of course there are common idioms in every language. If you have better suggestions for idioms in English language, please do not hesitate to share it with us. Jag anade ugglor i mossen när telefonen ringde tidigt på morgonen. Maria var tvungen att stanna hemma…
Meet the world in Gothenburg Posted by Tibor on Sep 2, 2010
Let me give you a short introduction to the student and educational life of Gothenburg. Yesterday I wrote about education in general in Sweden on the Swedish blog. I hope I could provide some useful information for you. This post is a kind of part two. At the moment you can study in Swedish higher…
Pippi Longstocking Posted by Tibor on Aug 5, 2010
Här var det hoppsan hejsan, här ska du se på mejsan. Kan å kan du gissa, kan du gissa vem jag är? Vill å vill du veta vad en sån som jag kan heta? Strunta i att fråga för jag säger som det är. Här kommer Pippi Långstrump, tjolahopp tjolahej tjolahoppsan-sa Här kommer Pippi Långstrump…