{"id":6149,"date":"2013-01-03T16:19:15","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T16:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=6149"},"modified":"2013-01-03T20:02:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T20:02:05","slug":"new-years-resolutions-in-swedish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/new-years-resolutions-in-swedish\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year’s Resolutions – in Swedish!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey there readers,<\/p>\n

We’ve already had our New Year’s celebrations this year, with fyrverkerier<\/strong> (fireworks), champagne<\/strong> (pronounced sjamm-PANJ<\/em>), and tons of festande<\/strong> (partying)! Now it’s time to set our goals for this new year of 2013. A lot of people think it’s a stupid concept, but believe it or not, setting such a goal, if you choose<\/em> to believe in it an follow it, can really get you somewhere. Why exactly now? Well, some people see the new year as a new beginning and use that as inspiration to make and follow a goal, with the constant reminder that it’s 2013 so they can keep asking themselves how far they’ve come in reaching their goal. Technically, you could choose any date to mark a ‘new beginning’, but if everyone makes new goals for the new year (which is the idea after all), the people around you striving for their goals will do nothing but inspire you. Unless you’re a die-hard rebel, of course. \ud83d\ude09 (I know plenty of those…)<\/p>\n

Here at the Transparent Swedish Blog<\/a>, we have put together a useful list of common New Year’s resolutions – in Swedish! Besides being a good time to mark a new beginning, it’s also a good time to learn how to say your goal in Swedish, a phrase which you can repeat every time you think about your resolution in order to memorize it. This will not only put a useful phrase in your long-term memory, but it will also help you improve your abillity to remember Swedish words. A lot of people seem to think that the more you fill your memory with words in foreign languages (or even your native language), the more capacity you will fill up and the less you will be able to remember in the future. Psychologists, however, have proved the very opposite. The more<\/em> you learn of a foreign language, the easier<\/em> it becomes to memorize new words and structures! So, as we say in Sweden, k\u00e4mpa p\u00e5!<\/em> – fight on!<\/p>\n

First, let’s start with how you say My New Year’s resolution is …<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Mitt ny\u00e5rsl\u00f6fte \u00e4r …<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>Hard? Nope. Well, okay, if you’re not very experienced with Swedish, that word in the middle can look intimidating. Let me break it up for you:<\/p>\n

ny<\/strong> – new
\n\u00e5r<\/strong> – year
\n= ny\u00e5r<\/strong> – New Year
\nny\u00e5rs<\/strong> – New Year’s
\nl\u00f6fte<\/strong> – resolution (lit. promise)
\n= ny\u00e5rsl\u00f6fte<\/strong> – New Year’s resolution<\/p>\n

And it’s mitt<\/span> ny\u00e5rsl\u00f6fte<\/strong> – not min<\/strong> – because l\u00f6fte<\/strong> is a word of the neuter<\/em> gender. \u00c4r<\/strong>, of course, means is<\/em> or are<\/em>. See? Swedish isn’t all that difficult!<\/p>\n

Anyway, let’s start with the most important goal that anyone could have: learning Swedish! Here’s how you say that:<\/p>\n

Mitt ny\u00e5rsl\u00f6fte \u00e4r att l\u00e4ra mig svenska<\/span>.<\/strong> – My New Year’s resolution is to learn Swedish<\/span>.<\/p>\n

But I guess<\/em> you could have some other goals, too. \ud83d\ude09 Here are some examples of what you might be aiming for this year (most borrowed from the Transparent Spanish Blog<\/a>):<\/p>\n

… att g\u00e5 ner i vikt<\/strong> – to lose weight<\/p>\n

… att tillbringa mindre tid p\u00e5 jobbet<\/strong> – to spend less time working<\/p>\n

… att tr\u00e4na oftare<\/strong> – to work out more often<\/p>\n

… att l\u00e4ra mig ett nytt spr\u00e5k<\/strong> – to learn a new language<\/p>\n

… att \u00e4gna mer tid \u00e5t mina studier<\/strong> – to spend more time studying<\/p>\n

… att l\u00e4gga mig tidigare<\/strong> – to go to bed earlier<\/p>\n

… att g\u00e5 upp tidigare<\/strong> – to get up earlier<\/p>\n

… att vara mer tacksam<\/strong> – to be more grateful<\/p>\n

… att klaga mindre<\/strong> – to complain less<\/p>\n

… att l\u00e4ra mig att laga mat<\/strong> – to learn how to cook<\/p>\n

… att sluta r\u00f6ka<\/strong> – to stop smoking<\/p>\n

… att ha mer t\u00e5lamod<\/strong> – to have more patience<\/p>\n

… att sluta g\u00e5 in p\u00e5 Facebook var femte minut<\/strong> – to stop going on Facebook every five minutes<\/p>\n

… att tr\u00e4ffa sl\u00e4kten oftare<\/strong> – to see my [extended]family more often<\/p>\n

… att l\u00e4sa mera b\u00f6cker<\/strong> – to read more books<\/p>\n

… att l\u00e4ra mig att spela ett instrument<\/strong> – to learn how to play an instrument<\/p>\n

… att b\u00f6rja \u00e4ta frukost varje dag<\/strong> – to start eating breakfast every day<\/p>\n

… att \u00f6verge mina f\u00f6rdomar<\/strong> – to abandon my prejudices<\/p>\n

… att v\u00e5ga vara mig sj\u00e4lv<\/strong> – to dare to be myself<\/p>\n

… att hj\u00e4lpas \u00e5t att st\u00e4da huset<\/strong> – to help out with cleaning the house<\/p>\n

And last but not least,<\/p>\n

… att inte ge upp!<\/strong> – to not give up!<\/p>\n

Hope you’ve found at least one of your New Year’s resolutions on this list! If you need a quick translation of one of your goals, feel free to ask for it in the comments. \ud83d\ude42 I’ll try to add the most requested ones! Otherwise, good luck with your goals!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey there readers, We’ve already had our New Year’s celebrations this year, with fyrverkerier (fireworks), champagne (pronounced sjamm-PANJ), and tons of festande (partying)! Now it’s time to set our goals for this new year of 2013. A lot of people think it’s a stupid concept, but believe it or not, setting such a goal, if…<\/p>\n

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