{"id":185,"date":"2009-03-21T03:21:30","date_gmt":"2009-03-21T07:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=185"},"modified":"2009-03-21T03:21:30","modified_gmt":"2009-03-21T07:21:30","slug":"vernal-equinox-vardagjamning-and-seasons-in-swedish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/vernal-equinox-vardagjamning-and-seasons-in-swedish\/","title":{"rendered":"Vernal Equinox (v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mning) and Seasons in Swedish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m really happy today. Springtime is here. Well, at least officially, because you wouldn\u2019t know it from looking out the window. And while I\u2019m not a fan of <strong>v\u00e5r<\/strong> (spring) \u2013 too much rain and mud for my liking, I am a huge fan of <strong>v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mning<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mning<\/strong> (<em>def.<\/em> <strong>v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mningen<\/strong>) &#8211; <strong>den tidpunkt under v\u00e5ren d\u00e5 dagen och natten \u00e4r lika l\u00e5nga &#8211; omkring den 21 mars.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well, this year it was on March 20th, because every few years the sun likes to hurry up.<br \/>\nPersonally, I prefer <strong>v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mning<\/strong> (vernal equinox) to <strong>midsommar<\/strong>, because while <strong>midsommar<\/strong> might be the longest day of the year, it\u2019s rather depressing when you think about it carefully \u2013 after <strong>midsommar<\/strong> the days are getting shorter &#8211; what&#8217;s there to celebrate?<\/p>\n<p>And <strong>v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mning<\/strong> is nothing but TRUE joy and happiness, as every SAD (<strong>vinterdepression<\/strong>, seasonal affective disorder) sufferer can tell you \u2013 the days are getting longer!<\/p>\n<p>Soon the night will be banished altogether (at least up here in the North) and we can enjoy glorious daylight around the clock.<br \/>\nBut ancient Vikings apparently did not share my sentiment, instead of <strong>v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mning<\/strong>, they saved the really big bash for <strong>midsommar<\/strong>. For them, it was simply a matter of common sense.<\/p>\n<p>When compared to other European countries, where spring comes earlier, or at the very least \u2013 on time, in Sweden <strong>v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mning<\/strong> can still be bitterly cold. There\u2019s still snow covering most of the country and, especially the further North you go, the length of the day is the only indication that the season has indeed changed.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s talk about the word \u201cseason\u201d for a second. While in English, \u201cseason\u201d can signify the time of the year when it snows, or the time when guys in tight pants and helmets start throwing a ball around, or the time when the birds and the bees get together and make more birds and bees, it doesn\u2019t work quite the same in Swedish. Here, you have a \u201cseason\u201d and a \u201cseason\u201d and even a \u201cseason.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00e5rstid<\/strong> (<em>def.<\/em> <strong>\u00e5rstiden<\/strong>, <em>pl.<\/em> <strong>\u00e5rstider<\/strong>, <em>def.pl.<\/em> <strong>\u00e5rstiderna<\/strong>) &#8211; <strong>de fyra \u00e5rstiderna \u00e4r v\u00e5r, sommar, h\u00f6st och vinter <\/strong>&#8211; these are the four seasons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>s\u00e4song<\/strong> (<em>def.<\/em> <strong>s\u00e4songen<\/strong>, <em>pl.<\/em> <strong>s\u00e4songer<\/strong>, <em>def.pl.<\/em> <strong>s\u00e4songerna<\/strong>) &#8211; <strong>tid p\u00e5 \u00e5ret som passar b\u00e4st f\u00f6r n\u00e5got eller d\u00e5 n\u00e5got speciellt h\u00e4nder &#8211; bads\u00e4song, turists\u00e4song, skids\u00e4song<\/strong> \u2013 this would be the word to use when you want to talk about \u201cskiing season\u201d or \u201cfootball season\u201d or \u201ctourist season.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let\u2019s say, you are in the tropics, and it\u2019s rainy season &#8211; you\u2019d simply say \u201c<strong>regntiden<\/strong>,\u201d or when it\u2019s dry \u2013 \u201c<strong>torrtiden<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Similar with the mating season \u2013 in Swedish it\u2019s simply \u201c<strong>tid<\/strong>\u201d \u2013 \u201c<strong>parningstid<\/strong>,\u201d or \u201c<strong>brunsttid<\/strong>\u201d &#8211; useful words when you like to watch nature programs or have cats that are not spayed.<\/p>\n<p>And that pretty much covers all the seasons in Swedish. Now, what can we do to make this alleged spring appear faster, hmmm?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2009\/03\/springflower.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2009\/03\/springflower.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2009\/03\/springflower-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><p>I\u2019m really happy today. Springtime is here. Well, at least officially, because you wouldn\u2019t know it from looking out the window. And while I\u2019m not a fan of v\u00e5r (spring) \u2013 too much rain and mud for my liking, I am a huge fan of v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mning. v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mning (def. v\u00e5rdagj\u00e4mningen) &#8211; den tidpunkt under v\u00e5ren d\u00e5&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/vernal-equinox-vardagjamning-and-seasons-in-swedish\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3079,13],"tags":[3395,364865],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-swedish-language","category-vocabulary","tag-seasons","tag-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}