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<\/p>\nSight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. What are they in Swedish?<\/p>\n
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The sight of Gamla Stan <\/em>(the Old Town) in Stockholm on a Spring day. The sound of waves against rock in the Swedish archipelago. The scent of trees in the forests of Norrland. The taste of a delicious fish dinner on the squares of G\u00f6teborg. The feeling of the summer wind on your face near Turning Torso<\/em> in Malm\u00f6.<\/p>\n Sweden has many sensual experiences for the traveller. As such, it’s not a bad idea to learn how to talk about the five senses in Swedish!<\/p>\n De fem sinnena<\/strong> – The five senses<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n syn[en]<\/strong> – sense of sight<\/strong> The letters enclosed in [brackets] are the definite endings to the nouns. The word sinne<\/em> itself is a neuter-gender word ending in -t<\/em> in definite form (compare ett sinne<\/em> “a sense” to sinnet<\/strong><\/em> “the<\/strong> sense”).<\/p>\n Syn[en]<\/em> can also be expressed synsinne[t]<\/em> – it just sounds more formal. In normal speech, you might say:<\/p>\n Jag har bra syn<\/strong>.<\/em> – I have good sight<\/em>.<\/p>\n but at a formal conference, you might say:<\/p>\n Synsinnet<\/strong> \u00e4r viktigt f\u00f6r m\u00e4nniskan.<\/em> – The sense of sight<\/em> is important for the human being.<\/p>\n In other words, the difference is approximately “sight” vs. “sense of sight”.<\/p>\n You can use the same distinguishment with h\u00f6rsel[n]<\/em> (“hearing”) vs. h\u00f6rselsinne[t]<\/em> (“sense of sound”) and k\u00e4nsel[n]<\/em> (“touch”) vs. k\u00e4nselsinne[t]<\/em> (“sense of touch”).<\/p>\n Mormor har d\u00e5lig h\u00f6rsel<\/strong>.<\/em> – Grandmother has bad\u00a0hearing<\/em>. In practice, as long as you’re not at a scientific conference, it won’t matter which of the words h\u00f6rsel<\/em> or h\u00f6rselsinne<\/em>, etc., you choose – just learn the initial five words above and you’ll be good to go! Happy Swedishing! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. What are they in Swedish? The sight of Gamla Stan (the Old Town) in Stockholm on a Spring day. The sound of waves against rock in the Swedish archipelago. The scent of trees in the forests of Norrland. The taste of a delicious fish dinner on the squares of…<\/p>\n
\nh\u00f6rsel[n]<\/strong> – sense of sound<\/strong>
\nluktsinne[t]<\/strong> – sense of smell<\/strong>
\nsmaksinne[t]<\/strong> – sense of taste<\/strong>
\nk\u00e4nsel[n]<\/strong> – sense of touch<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHundens h\u00f6rselsinne<\/strong> \u00e4r mer utvecklat \u00e4n m\u00e4nniskans.<\/em> – The dog’s sense of sound<\/em> is more developed than the human’s.
\nJag har ingen k\u00e4nsel<\/strong> i fingrarna!<\/em> – I can’t feel my fingers! (Literally:\u00a0 I have no touch<\/em> in my fingers!)
\nHan f\u00f6ddes med nedsatt k\u00e4nselsinne<\/strong>.<\/em> – He was born with an impaired sense of touch<\/em>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/forest-1808520_640-350x263.jpg\")