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v51: älskogskrank
The cold time of year in Sweden is also a common time for people to become ill. Perhaps with the common cold: common cold = förkylning, where kyla = both the noun cold and the verb to cool, whereas the...
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Påse (bag) was one of the first words I had to learn. Sweden is keen on recycling, and you have to pay for bags at the supermarket, so: Vill du ha en påse? Do you want a bag? Påse is related to the...
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v53: reklam
Reklam = advertising. It’s a word you see often on letterboxes: Ingen Reklam Tack = No Advertising Material: The fact that reklam and advertising are such common words caused me to miss that there is...
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v0: interlude
Of course there is no week zero. I just thought I’d take this opportunity to comment on my own blog, a meta-post if you like. Those of you who have been following this blog will have noticed there were...
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73: lussekatt
Today (December 13) is St Lucy’s Day, Luciadagen. Lucy/Lucia lived in Syracuse, Sicily, from 283-304. She was martyred when she (a Christian) refused to marry a non-Christian. Her name derives from the...
View Article74: rädd
The adjective rädd = afraid, scared, and is inflected as follows: common: rädd neuter: rätt plural: rädda However, according to Språkrådet, the neuter form, rätt, is rarely used. Rädd is used in the...
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75: var
English used to have three words for where: where (location), whither (motion towards), and whence (motion from). Now we rely on context: Where are you going? clearly denotes motion towards, for...
View Article76: kronärtskocka
Not long after arriving in Sweden, I went to a dinner; the first course was soup; the soup was kronärtskocka. It took us a while to work out the translation, but then it’s obvious enough that...
View Article77: skott
Sweden has a system of name days: most days on the calendar have one or more given names associated with them. Some days with fixed dates don’t have associated names; these include obvious dates such...
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Thankyou to everyone who has followed my Swedish language blog over the past years. As you would know, I left Sweden in 2011 to return to Australia. This made it difficult for me to continue playing...
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