{"id":9452,"date":"2021-10-22T02:03:07","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T02:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=9452"},"modified":"2021-10-24T21:06:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T21:06:23","slug":"into-the-woods-swedish-tree-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/into-the-woods-swedish-tree-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Into the Woods: Swedish Tree Vocabulary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Markus Spiske on Unsplash<\/p><\/div>\n

Trees deserve all the credit. They provide us with clean air, the material to wood to build and heat our homes, so why don’t we know their names? Seems like the least we could do. To keep the<\/span> skog<\/span><\/i> momentum going from last week\u2019s mushrooming post<\/a>, I thought we should spend some time catching up with the trees. As a language student, it may be easy for you to hop over technical vocabulary lists because you take one glance and think, “when will I really<\/em> need to know the names of Swedish trees?” But imagine the moment when a seemingly simple Swedish fika<\/em> conversation shifts focus to the type of wood used to build your coffee table, and all of the sudden, you’re stumped. (Ha!) This week, we’ll deepen our ordf\u00f6rr\u00e5d<\/em> (vocabularies) with common Swedish tree names, and cover some tree anatomy.<\/span>
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Bygg up ditt ordf\u00f6rr\u00e5d<\/em> \/ Build up your vocabulary
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Engelsk bildordbok : svenska \u2013 engelska*<\/p><\/div>\n

Whether it\u2019s car parts, cooking ingredients, or in this case, trees, it\u2019s always valuable to go on a vocabulary deep dive. I try to do this regularly to keep my language dynamic and fresh. My favorite resource is a <\/span>bildordbok<\/span><\/i> (picture dictionary) because as research shows, people have an easier time memorizing vocabulary when it’s tied to imagery. The specific one that I use is called <\/span>Engelsk bildordbok – svenska\/engelska,<\/span><\/i><\/a> published in 2007* and consists of 576 pages of detailed illustrations of topics ranging from the <\/span>djurriket<\/span><\/i> (animal kingdom) to <\/span>k\u00e4rnv\u00e4rme<\/span><\/i> (thermal energy), to the features of a <\/span>barockkyrka<\/span><\/i> (Baroque church). It is DETAILED, and we’ll use it to guide us.<\/span>
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Ett tr\u00e4d, flera tr\u00e4d!<\/em> One tree, several trees!\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The following vocabulary is featured from pages 68-71 of my bildordbok<\/em>, starting with the Swedish noun for tree:
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\n<\/span>ett tr\u00e4d \u2192 tr\u00e4det \u2192 tr\u00e4d \u2192 tr\u00e4den <\/span><\/em>
\n<\/span>a tree \u2192 the tree \u2192 trees \u2192 the trees<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

*OBS – don’t forget to include the d at the end of tr\u00e4d<\/em> in your pronunciation. I hear a lot of beginners drop the d, and say tr\u00e4,<\/em> which means wood. Close, but not what you were going for!<\/p>\n

Now, let’s meet two categories of trees, b\u00e4rrtr\u00e4d<\/em> (conifers) and bredbladiga<\/em> (broad-leaved trees), also referred to as l\u00f6vtr\u00e4d<\/em> (deciduous) trees.<\/p>\n

Umg\u00e5s med b\u00e4rrtr\u00e4d<\/em> \/ Hang out with conifers<\/span><\/h2>\n

Ett b\u00e4rrtr\u00e4d<\/em> is a conifer. Let meet some common ones below:
\n<\/span>
\nen l\u00e4rk \u2192 l\u00e4rkar\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a larch\/es, sometimes Tamarack
\nen cedar \u2192 cedrar\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0a cedar\/s
\n<\/span>en gran \u2192 granar\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0general word for fur tree, often used for types of <\/span>spruce
\n<\/span>en tall \u2192 tallar\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a pine\/s
\n<\/span>amerikansk sekvoja \u2192 sekvojor<\/span><\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 a redwood\/s
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Skaka med l\u00f6ven! \/ <\/i>Shake with the leaves!<\/span><\/h2>\n

Okej<\/em>, now for some tr\u00e4d<\/em> with a different type of l\u00f6vverk<\/em> (foliage), the bredbladiga <\/em>(broad-leaved):<\/span><\/p>\n

en ek \u2192 ekar<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 an oak\/s
\nen bj\u00f6rk \u2192 bj\u00f6rkar<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0a birch\/es
\nen bok\u00a0 \u00a0 \u2192 bokar<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0a beech\/es
\nen l\u00f6nn\u00a0 \u2192 l\u00f6nnar<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0a maple\/s
\n*bonus – l\u00f6nnsirap<\/em> is the word for maple syrup, mums!<\/p>\n

en poppel \u2192 popplar<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0a poplar\/s
\nen palm \u2192 palmar\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 a palm tree\/s
\nen ask \u2192 askar<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 an ash\/es
\n*ask<\/i> is also the word for a small box or container, for example a box of matches – t\u00e4ndsticksask<\/i><\/p>\n

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Pages 68-69, Engelsk Bildordbok, QA*.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ett tr\u00e4ds uppbyggnad – <\/em>The structure of a tree<\/span><\/h2>\n

Want even MORE detail? Super, you’ve come to the right part of this post! Let’s address the structure of a tree now, as it’s depicted on page 68 (see the imagery above):
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\nen rot \u2192 r\u00f6tter\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>a root\/s\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/b>en stam \u2192 stamar<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>a trunk\/s<\/span>
\n<\/span> *a person who is considered “a regular” at maybe a bar or a restaurant is called a stammis.\u00a0<\/em>Like a tree trunk, they are always found in the same place. Do they ever leave?
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\n<\/span>en krona \u2192 kronor\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/em>a crown\/s<\/span>
\n<\/span>en gren \u2192 grenar<\/span>\u00a0<\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a branch\/es<\/span>
\n<\/span>en kvist \u2192 kvistar<\/span>\u00a0<\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 a twig\/s<\/span>
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\n<\/strong>Which trees do you have where you live? And I’m always curious, do you have a favorite tree? I’ll post mine in the comments!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Source:
\n*Engelsk bildordbok – svenska\/engelska,<\/i> 3rd ed. Montreal: QA International, 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Trees deserve all the credit. They provide us with clean air, the material to wood to build and heat our homes, so why don’t we know their names? Seems like the least we could do. To keep the skog momentum going from last week\u2019s mushrooming post, I thought we should spend some time catching up…<\/p>\n

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