{"id":36,"date":"2008-07-29T17:13:21","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T21:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=36"},"modified":"2008-07-29T17:13:21","modified_gmt":"2008-07-29T21:13:21","slug":"useful-words-jobbig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/useful-words-jobbig\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Words: Jobbig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In every language there are words that you either just love or simply hate for whatever reason. Personally, I\u2019m not a fan of words that are difficult to spell, and unfortunately the English language is full of them. Like \u201cassassinate\u201d. The only reason I remember how to spell it is because it has two of \u201cyou know what\u201d in it.<\/p>\n<p>I much prefer words that are useful and good at describing whatever it is that they mean. And the Swedish language is full of them! Like \u201c<strong>jobbig<\/strong>\u201d for example.<\/p>\n<p>See? One look at it and I don\u2019t think I need to explain what it means. It means exactly what it looks like what it sounds like.<\/p>\n<p>My Swedish-English dictionary does not bother to provide a translation for \u201c<strong>jobbig<\/strong>\u201d. Instead, it gives an example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>jobbig \u2013 det \u00e4r jobbigt<\/strong> \u2013 it\u2019s hard work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2008\/07\/jobbig.jpg\" aria-label=\"Jobbig\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-37\"  alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"211\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2008\/07\/jobbig.jpg\"><\/a>But c\u2019mon now! \u201c<strong>Jobbig<\/strong>\u201d is so much more than that. It describes a situation, or a task perfectly. In case you haven\u2019t noticed, \u201c<strong>jobbig<\/strong>\u201d is an adjective, so its job is to describe. And describe it does. When you hear that something is \u201c<strong>jobbig<\/strong>\u201d you know it\u2019s a tiring, boring, mundane, difficult task. A task you\u2019d sell your left foot to avoid. It just makes you sigh with desperation. And in fact, \u201c<strong>jobbig<\/strong>\u201d does sound like a sigh.<\/p>\n<p>So what can be \u201c<strong>jobbig<\/strong>\u201d? It depends on a person and that person\u2019s individual dislikes. For me it\u2019s cleaning the bathroom floor drain. <strong>Jobbig<\/strong>! Pretty much anything that has to do with cleaning is \u201c<strong>jobbig<\/strong>\u201d for me. Preparing tax returns is definitely \u201c<strong>jobbig<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easy to see that the word comes from \u201cjob\u201d, which in Swedish is spelled with two \u201cb\u201d, hence &#8211; \u201c<strong>jobb<\/strong>\u201d. And even though it\u2019s spelled with a \u201cj\u201d, you may hear (in fact I\u2019m sure you will certainly hear) Swedish people pronounce it as \u201c<em>yob<\/em>\u201d. It\u2019s because in Swedish \u201cj\u201d sounds like \u201cy\u201d. It\u2019s the same with \u201cJenny\u201d aka \u201c<em>Yenny<\/em>\u201d and \u201cJon\u201d aka \u201c<em>Yon<\/em>\u201d. And of course, with \u201c<strong>jobbig<\/strong>\u201d, or rather &#8220;<em>yobbig<\/em>&#8220;, as it sounds in Swedish.<\/p>\n<p>As you\u2019ve seen above in the example from my dictionary, \u201c<strong>jobbig<\/strong>\u201d acquired a \u201c<strong>t<\/strong>\u201d ending and became \u201c<strong>jobbigt<\/strong>\u201d. And why is that? It behaved like most Swedish adjectives do. They get a \u201c<strong>t<\/strong>\u201d ending when paired with \u201c<strong>ett<\/strong>\u201d nouns. And \u201c<strong>det<\/strong>\u201d is an \u201c<strong>ett<\/strong>\u201d noun of sorts. When an adjective describes a noun in plural, it gets an \u201c<strong>a<\/strong>\u201d ending.<\/p>\n<p>So this is how it would look in a Swedish-Swedish dictionary:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>jobbig, jobbigt, jobbiga \u2013 som g\u00f6r att man blir tr\u00f6tt eller irriterad; arbetsam; besv\u00e4rlig<\/strong> \u2013 what makes a person tired or irritated; laborious, tiresome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And all those explanations are fine, but none get even close to the impact of \u201c<strong>jobbig<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>So next time when you\u2019re faced with a particularly mundane task that makes you tired even thinking about it, you know what to say. <strong>Det \u00e4r jobbigt<\/strong>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"250\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2008\/07\/jobbig.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>In every language there are words that you either just love or simply hate for whatever reason. Personally, I\u2019m not a fan of words that are difficult to spell, and unfortunately the English language is full of them. Like \u201cassassinate\u201d. 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