i'm qj

native english speaker. learning french and swedish. gcse 2018. 15, nonbinary. infj-t

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Swedish indefinite

Swedish has two kinds of gender: grammatical and natural.

When talking about people, the natural gender is used e.g. he and she , but everything else has a grammatical gender. These are either ett or en. This is the indefinite form which relates to a(n) in English.

Tips for guessing en and ett words - Roughly 75% of words are en - Most ‘people’ words (mother, woman) are en - Most words ending in a, ing, or hen are en

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moon or stars? roses or sunflowers? autumn or spring? sunrise or sunset? fairy lights or lanterns? snow or thunder? cold or hot? boats or planes? velvet or lace? pastels or darks? gold or silver? late walks or midnight drives? camouflage or contrast? summer or winter? violets or daisies? balloons or streamers?

[deatheaters]

Though we may come from different places, and speak in different tongues… our hearts beat as one.

[languagebender]

you: why can’t everyone just speak english

me, an intellectual: wHY cAn’T eVerYOnE juSt SpEAk EnGLisH

[language-princess]

reblog if you happen to forget words in your native language and sometimes you just sound…like…an idiot

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i forgot the word broom the other day so i was just like … ya know.. the sweeping stick…..

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family : familj

basics : - father : far - mother : mor - parent : förälder - husband : man - wife : fru - son : son - daughter : dotter - child : barn - brother : bror - sister : syster - sibling : syskon

grandparents : - mother’s mother : mormor - father’s mother : farmor - mother’s father : morfar - father’s father : farfar

uncles and aunts : - father’s brother : farbror - father’s sister : faster - mother’s brother : morbror - mother’s sister : moster

others : - dad : pappa - mum : mamma - cousin : kusin - grandchild : barnbarn

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Identifying as nonbinary can be difficult when learning languages, but Sweden has an official gender neutral pronoun: hen. I did some research on it and got some notes from natives that I thought I’d share!

As I’ve mentioned, “hen” is the Swedish neutral pronoun, very similar to the use of singular “they” in English.

It took inspiration from the neutral pronoun of Finland (hän) and after much debate “hen” was adopted.

Its use is: - for talking about someone who’s gender is unknown - for talking about someone who identifies as neither male nor female - when the gender is unnecessary in the conversation

It’s been used in various places in Sweden, some say since the 60s, but was in mainstream media in 2013 and placed into the official Swedish dictionary in 2015.

It has two main uses in Sweden. The first is, obviously, for LGBT+ groups but the second is interesting. Some schools or nurseries have started using “hen” for their pupils so as not to push gender roles or identities on their students.

Its use is the same as han or hon

e.g. hen är vacker - they are beautiful

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Tid - time

Months, days, seasons

January - januari February - februari March - mars April - april May - maj June - juni July - juli August - augusti September - september October - oktober November - november December - december

Monday - måndag Tuesday - tisdag Wednesday - onsdag Thursday - torsdag Friday - fredag Saturday - lördag Sunday - söndag

Winter - vinter Spring - vår Summer - sommar Autumn - höst

Timing

Morning - morgon Afternoon - eftermiddag Evening - kväll Night - natt Minute - minut Hour - timme Day - dag Week - vecka Month - månad Year - år

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hello, hi … hej what’s up … hur är läget? what’s new … vad är nytt? let’s go … nu kör vi cheers … skål thanks … tack you’re welcome … varsågod good morning … god morgon good day … god dag good evening … god kväll good night … godnatt see you … vi ses goodbye … hejdå how are you … hur mär du? good/well … bra what’s your name … vad heter du? my name is … jag heter

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yes and no

no - nej yes - ja okay/fine - okej i don’t know - jag vet inte of course/sure - javisst perhaps/maybe - kanske yes (answering a negative) - jo yes (unhappy agreement) - nja yes and no - både och oh really (surprise) - jaså absolutely - absolut

question words

who - vem what - vadå when - när where - var why - varför how - hur which - vilken

apologies

excuse me - ursäkta mig forgive me - förlät mig i’m sorry - jag är ledsen