{"id":2738,"date":"2011-02-10T09:15:06","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T09:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2011-02-10T09:29:57","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T09:29:57","slug":"it%c2%b4s-the-gays%c2%b4fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/it%c2%b4s-the-gays%c2%b4fault\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;It\u00b4s the gays\u00b4fault&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grotesco - Det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T1lvMJ-l0_A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Okay, so you have not only an awful lot of verbs that are easy to understand but some really good expressions as well. The nouns are also easy to find in online vocabulary books. What you have to know about this song that is from a Swedish humor program (Grotesco)\u00a0that SVT (Svergies Television) sends with a great success. I have heard that these provocative and funny songs are now downloadable\u00a0on itunes. Some people think they are pushing the envelope too hard. Well, I am not here to judge (although I like them) but I am going to use their lyrics to give you some good and useful\u00a0Swedish expressions.<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6ver hela denna jord \u00e5h yeah\u00a0\u00e5h yeah<br \/>\nSker katastrofer, terrormord <strong>\u00e5h ack och ve (to cry lament or woe)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Men vi som g\u00e5r med Jesus <strong>ha<\/strong>r \u00e4nd\u00e5 <strong>ryggen fri (att ha ryggen fri &#8211; to be free from responsibility or problem)<br \/>\n<\/strong>F\u00f6r<strong> roten till all v\u00e4rldens ondska<\/strong> \u00e4r inte vi (<strong>roten till n\u00e5gonting<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>the root of something<\/strong>&#8230;.like a problem, in this case the root of the evil in the world)<br \/>\nNej, det \u00e4r <strong>b\u00f6g<\/strong>arnas fel, b\u00f6garnas fel <strong>(gay in plural definite genetive form<\/strong> <em>b\u00f6g-ar-na-s<\/em><strong>)<br \/>\n<\/strong>B\u00f6garnas fel, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nI Bibeln st\u00e5r det skrivet det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nJag vet inte vilken rad och vers, kapitel eller del<br \/>\nMen<strong> n\u00e5nstans<\/strong> h\u00e4r i st\u00e5r det, det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel (<strong>n\u00e5gonstans<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>somewhere, in the lyrics you find the variant\u00a0from spoken Swedish<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Kriget i Afghanistan, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nDiktaturen i Iran, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nOch jordskalv, \u00f6versv\u00e4mningar och allt annat hemskt<br \/>\nAtt Vin och Sprit och Saab och Volvo<strong> inte ens<\/strong> \u00e4r svenskt (<strong>not even<\/strong>)<br \/>\nJa, det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nB\u00f6garnas fel, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\n<strong>V\u00e4rlden st\u00e5r i brand<\/strong> och det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel (<strong>The world is on fire<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>Min son med jaktgev\u00e4ret fyra m\u00e4nniskor sk\u00f6t ihj\u00e4l<br \/>\n<strong>P\u00e5 n\u00e5t s\u00e4tt<\/strong> kan jag k\u00e4nna det var b\u00f6garnas fel (s<strong>omehow, in some kind of way<\/strong>)<br \/>\nSkilsm\u00e4ssor och alkoholism, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nLapplisor och ateism, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nAtt ungar nu f\u00f6r tiden aldrig<strong> l\u00e4r sig veta hut (att l\u00e4ra sig veta hut &#8211; to learn manners)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Att schlagerfestivalen <strong>numer\u00b4<\/strong> aldrig vill ta slut (<strong>numera<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>nowadays<\/strong>)<br \/>\nJa, det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nB\u00f6garnas fel, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nAllt \u00e4r upp och ner och det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel<\/p>\n<p>Min uppv\u00e4xt har gjort att jag nog aldrig kan <strong>bli psykiskt hel (att bli\/vara psykiskt hel &#8211; to become\/be psychologically or mentally\u00a0\u00a0 healthy, <\/strong>hel<strong> <\/strong>means whole\/complete<strong>)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Men min familj <strong>\u00e4r enig<\/strong> det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel <strong>(to agree on or agree about something)<\/strong><br \/>\nundamentalism, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nVarje v\u00e4rldshistorisk schizm, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nP\u00e5 religi\u00f6sa grunder, vi krigar, d\u00f6dar, sl\u00e5ss<br \/>\nMen skulden till att det \u00e4r s\u00e5, det faller <strong>ej<\/strong> p\u00e5 oss (<strong>inte<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>not<\/strong>, a more stricter, conservative\u00a0form used in law texts or in the Bible for example)<br \/>\nNej, det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nB\u00f6garnas fel, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nD\u00e4rom kan vi <strong>enas<\/strong>, det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel (<strong>att enas<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>to agree on<\/strong>)<br \/>\nMan tror att det \u00e4r Satan sj\u00e4lv som<strong> spelar<\/strong> oss <strong>ett spel <\/strong>(<strong>att spela ett spel<\/strong> &#8211;<strong> to play a game<\/strong>)<br \/>\nmen han <strong>g\u00e5r fri f\u00f6r<\/strong> allt \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel<strong> (att g\u00e5 fri f\u00f6r n\u00e5got &#8211; to escape something, <\/strong>like a problem or responsibility<strong>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ja, det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nB\u00f6garnas fel, b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nAllting som \u00e4r fel ja det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nJag har suttit framf\u00f6r datorn s\u00e5 <strong>min nacke blivit stel (n\u00e5gons nacke blir stel &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0one\u00b4s neck gets stiff)<br \/>\n<\/strong>Det r\u00e5der<strong> inget tvivel<\/strong>, det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel (<strong>no doubt<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>inget tvivel<\/strong> or with prepostion <strong>about<\/strong>\/<strong>om<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>no\u00a0doubt about\/inget tvivel om<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>B\u00f6garnas fel<br \/>\nB\u00f6garnas, b\u00f6garnas, b\u00f6garnas<br \/>\nJa det \u00e4r b\u00f6garnas fel, b\u00f6garnas, b\u00f6garnas, b\u00f6garnas, b\u00f6garnas, fel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay, so you have not only an awful lot of verbs that are easy to understand but some really good expressions as well. The nouns are also easy to find in online vocabulary books. 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