After living in Sweden for a few winters, you’ll notice that a not-so-uncommon phenomenon is: snow! Well, chances are that if you know anything about Sweden at all, you at least know that it snows a lot here. Contrary to popular believe in certain parts of the world, it only snows here during the winter and early spring (and sometimes parts of the autumn in the north). But wherever you are in Sweden, the winter is generally relatively long and can be a bit tiresome.<\/p>\n
When it does snow, the Swedish communes are generally very good about keeping their roads safe for busses and other modes of transportation. Also, school is very rarely canceled during a heavy snow storm (although your teachers may not expect everyone to show up in such a case). Sweden is a nation (or in this reference a chunk of land with people on it) that has survived around 14,000 winters, so every year the Swedes are well-prepared!<\/p>\n
So, for you with interest in the Swedish language, here’s now you conjugate the common-gender noun sn\u00f6<\/em>:<\/p>\n (Notice that the ‘sn\u00f6’ is pronounced with a long \u00f6<\/em> and ‘sn\u00f6n’ is pronounced with a short \u00f6<\/em> and long n<\/em>.)<\/p>\n And here is a conjugation table for the verb ‘to snow’, att sn\u00f6a<\/em>. It works [almost] just like in English!:<\/p>\n (Remember that the English present\/past progressive forms are non-existent in Swedish and are expressed instead with the simple present\/past, etc.)<\/p>\n Hope this was helpful! And to those of you in Sweden for the first time this winter, good luck! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After living in Sweden for a few winters, you’ll notice that a not-so-uncommon phenomenon is: snow! Well, chances are that if you know anything about Sweden at all, you at least know that it snows a lot here. Contrary to popular believe in certain parts of the world, it only snows here during the winter…<\/p>\n\n\n
\n Swedish<\/span><\/td>\n Pronunciation<\/span><\/td>\n English equivalent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n sn\u00f6<\/strong><\/td>\n [\u00b4sn\u00f8:]<\/td>\n snow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n sn\u00f6n<\/strong><\/td>\n [\u00b4sn\u0153n:]<\/td>\n the snow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n
\n Swedish<\/span><\/td>\n Pronunciation<\/span><\/td>\n English equivalent<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Det sn\u00f6ar.<\/strong><\/td>\n [`sn\u00f8:\u02ccar]<\/td>\n It is snowing. (Lit.: It snows.<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Det sn\u00f6ade.<\/strong><\/td>\n [`sn\u00f8:\u02ccad\u025b]<\/td>\n It was snowing. (Lit.: It snowed.<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Det har sn\u00f6at.<\/strong><\/td>\n [`sn\u00f8:\u02ccat]<\/td>\n It has been snowing. (Lit.: It has snowed.<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Det hade sn\u00f6at.<\/strong><\/td>\n [`sn\u00f8:\u02ccat]<\/td>\n It had been snowing. (Lit.: It had snowed.<\/em>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n