Tag Archives: Swedish Language
25 Most Frequent Academic Words in Swedish Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jan 22, 2013
Academic writing can be difficult to get through, no matter what language you’re working in. It can be even more of a challenge if you’re trying to get through an academic text in your second (or third, or fourth, or whatever…) language – like Swedish. Just like all aspects of language though, there are certain…
15 (+1) Swedish Language Newspaper Sites Online Posted by Marcus Cederström on Jan 15, 2013
One important aspect of learning a language is reading. Of course, if you’re in the US, it can sometimes be tough to get your hands on Swedish language sources. Luckily, there’s the internet. That you can find Swedish language stuff online, no matter where in the world you are, isn’t new. This post isn’t about…
Som – A Swedish Relative Pronoun Posted by Marcus Cederström on Nov 16, 2012
I have a brother. He lives in Sweden. I have another brother. He lives in the US. These are four acceptable English sentences. If I was describing my family to you, you would know exactly what I was talking about. I would have conveyed meaning. You may also have found this manner of speaking to…
Education Vocabulary in Swedish Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 9, 2012
Plenty of readers here are working on their Swedish as they study away at university. So what better way than to include yet another vocabulary list? This one covers about about 20 different fields of study and an extra 15 words or so. It’s a long vocabulary list this time. It’s a long vocabulary this…
Autumn Vocab List – Swedish Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 2, 2012
Fall is here. Officially it’s been here for a while, but as the leaves fall from the trees, the days get shorter, and the temperatures get just a bit cooler, it’s time to take a look at some of the common words used to describe the fall. So, without further ado, here is list with…
Fronting – Swedish Style Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 27, 2012
We’ve talked about adverbials before (Swedish Sentence Adverbials), they are those super handy words and phrases that help modify our sentences. Tibor has done an amazing job writing about some of the different types like Time Adverbs with certain tenses and RUMSADVERBIAL (Adverbs of place). Definitely check them out for more information. Today, I’m going…
Days of the Week – In Swedish Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 11, 2012
It’s Tuesday. Nothing too remarkable about that. But Tuesday might just be the day you learn the different days of the week in Swedish. When learning a new language, there are a few things just about everyone focuses on early on. The days of the week are one of those things. Luckily, in Swedish, they…