{"id":2889,"date":"2011-02-01T18:24:10","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T18:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=2889"},"modified":"2011-02-01T18:25:06","modified_gmt":"2011-02-01T18:25:06","slug":"a-sad-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/a-sad-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"A sad vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warning: This post contains sorrow and sadness!
\n<\/strong>Since I lost a very dear friend of mine yesterday, I will dedicate today’s post to 17 sad words, words that I have used a lot today talking to friends and family. Hopefully, you won’t find any use for them. But – life is a very fragile thing, make sure to the most of it!<\/p>\n

Liv<\/strong> = Life
\nD\u00f6d<\/strong> (n) = Death
\nBortg\u00e5ng<\/strong> = Decease
\nSorg<\/strong> = Sorrow
\nS\u00f6rja<\/strong> (v) = Greif
\nT\u00e5rar<\/strong> = Tears
\nLedsen<\/strong> (a) = Sad
\nSm\u00e4rta<\/strong> = Pain
\nGr\u00e5ta<\/strong> = Cry
\nTr\u00f6sta<\/strong> (v) = Comfort
\nOr\u00e4ttvist<\/strong> = Unfair
\nOfattbart<\/strong> = Unbelievable
\nSakna<\/strong> = Miss
\nMinnas<\/strong> = Reminisce
\nD\u00f6dsannons<\/strong> = Obituary
\nBegravning<\/strong> = Funeral
\nVila i frid<\/strong> = Rest in peace<\/p>\n

To end on a sad but still very beautiful note, here’s the most popular song choice for a Swedish funeral. It’s written by Benny Andersson and it’s called Tr\u00f6stevisa (Song of solace). It’s an instrumental song from the beginning, but the Swedish singer Cajsa-Stina \u00c5kerstr\u00f6m gave it lyrics. Here, she preforms it together with the Norwegian singer Finn Kalvik. He sings in Norwegian, she sings in Swedish. Can you spot the difference? Unfortunately I couldn’t find a video with the lyrics, but I have added them – in Swedish – underneath.<\/p>\n