{"id":5795,"date":"2012-09-05T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=5795"},"modified":"2012-08-29T19:01:46","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T19:01:46","slug":"possessives-not-used-for-swedish-body-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/possessives-not-used-for-swedish-body-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"Possessives not used for Swedish body parts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although it may seem strange, when Swedes say \u201cEvery morning I brush my hair\u201d the literal translation from Swedish sounds more like \u201cEvery morning I brush the hair\u201d. Varje morgon borstar jag h\u00e5ret. <\/strong>This is however not limited to brushing your hair alone, it goes for all the body parts in Swedish. In English it is not grammatically correct to say \u201cI was the hair\u201d, in Swedish you have the luxury of using both, even though using the possessive may not be that common.<\/p>\n

Jag _kammar_ \u00a0 _h\u00e5ret_.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jag kammar mitt h\u00e5r.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I _wash_ my _hair_.<\/p>\n

In the table below there are a couple of examples of when different body parts are used. You can substitute \u201cjag\u201d for any other pronoun, han, hon, vi, ni, dom <\/strong>and du. <\/strong>The rest of the sentence does not change, this is one of the nice things about the Swedish language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Svenska<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Borsta t\u00e4nderna<\/td>\nbrush my teeth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Borsta h\u00e5ret<\/td>\nbrush my hair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tv\u00e4tta h\u00e5ret<\/td>\nWash my hair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kamma h\u00e5ret<\/td>\nComb my hair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fixa h\u00e5ret<\/td>\nFix my hair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tv\u00e4tta ansiktet<\/td>\nWash my face<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Klippa naglarna<\/td>\nCut my nails<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plocka \u00f6gonbrynen<\/td>\nPluck my eyebrows<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M\u00e5la naglarna<\/td>\nPaint my toe\/finger nails<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M\u00e5la l\u00e4pparna<\/td>\nPut lipstick on<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Klippa h\u00e5ret<\/td>\nGet my hair cut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tv\u00e4tta kroppen<\/td>\nWash my body<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raka benen<\/td>\nShave my legs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
S\u00e4tta up h\u00e5ret<\/td>\nPut my hair up in a ponytail<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

As always, if your goal is to become a fluent speaker of Swedish then take every <\/em>opportunity to practice, repeat and use all the words which are posted on this blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Although it may seem strange, when Swedes say \u201cEvery morning I brush my hair\u201d the literal translation from Swedish sounds more like \u201cEvery morning I brush the hair\u201d. Varje morgon borstar jag h\u00e5ret. This is however not limited to brushing your hair alone, it goes for all the body parts in Swedish. In English it…<\/p>\n

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