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Random Swedish words
Daffodil => Påsklilja (literally ”Easter Lily”)
Vegetables => Grönsaker (literally ”Green Things”)
Vacuum cleaner => Damsugare (literally ”Dust Sucker”)
Suicide => Självmord (literally ”Self Murder”)
Strawberries => Jordgubbar (literally ”Earth old men”)
Orphan => Föräldralös (literally ”Parent-less”)
The Swedish language is WEIRD.
Dammsugare, not damsugare.
Damsugare would be “lady sucker”.
when duolingo yells at you for missing a day of language practice
'Menos’ expressions // spanish
echar de menos - to miss Os echaré de menos. - I’ll miss you all. más o menos - more or less / about Tenemos más o menos la misma edad. - We’re about the same age. al menos / por lo menos - at least Al menos no está lloviendo. - At least it’s not raining. menos mal - it’s a good thing / luckily Menos mal que llegamos a tiempo. - It’s a good thing we arrived on time. a menos que - unless No lo haré a menos que quieras que lo haga. - I won’t do it unless you want me to.
Nothing will ever be as iconic as Swedish just adding and removing pronouns from the language. Like in the 1960′s when we said peace out to the use of the formal pronoun Ni and then in the early 2010′s we loaned the gender neutral third person pronoun hen from Finnish (truly the most iconic loanword of all time in my opinion). Like grammarians said pronouns is a closed word class and Swedish said hold my snaps.
Tbh if you genuinely think a language can be "ugly"............ Get well soon
Can you please make a list of must-read Swedish books? ✨
Everything written by Astrid Lindgren, Selma Lagerlöf and Elsa Beskow.
“Ondskan” by Jan Guillou.
“Cirkeln” book series by Mats Strandberg and Sara Bergmark Elfgren.
Sara Lövestam’s series about Kouplan (although her other books are great too!).
Other famous Swedish authors that I often see people rave about are Camilla Läckberg and August Strindberg.
I really enjoyed “I en familj finns inga fiender” by Viktoria Myrén too!
Here’s some lists from people who probably aren’t applying as much personal bias as I am though lol:
https://www.selmastories.se/artikel/kanda-svenska-klassiker-bocker/
https://www.enligto.se/2012/12/05/100-viktiga-svenska-bocker/
Sara Lövestam’s Kouplan series is also available in easy Swedish, so if you can find them they’re great for beginners!
"Isdraken" by Mikael Engström is a great book and probably my favorite if I had to choose!
Physical Conditions in Spanish
Note: this is about how your body feels not medical conditions (which i do plan on making a post about!) also there is references to alcohol use and sickness in this post
Physical Conditions - Las Condiciones Físicas
achy, sore - dolorido bad, lousy - mal clumsy - torpe dizzy - vertignoso drunk - borracho empty - vacío full - lleno healthy - sano hurt, injured - dañado itchy, mangy, scabby - sarnoso miserable, rotten - miserable relaxed - relajado seasick - mareado sick, ill - enfermo so-so - así así sober - sobrio tired - cansado (very) well, okay, fine - (muy) bien wide awake, alert - alerta
Hope yall enjoyed this post! If you have any additions please let me know ♥
Que la force soit avec vous • May the force be with you • /kə la fɔʁs(ə) swa.t‿a.vɛk vu/ #StarWars #MayThe4th #StarWarsDay
How to express excitement in Swedish (in some ways)
Hello! I am back with a “how to express…” in Swedish–it’s very exciting–and I decided to do excitement this time (lol)
Vad spännande! - How exciting! Jag kan knappt vänta - I can barely wait Jag önskar att tiden gick fortare - I wish time went by faster Jag är väldigt exalterad - I am really thrilled Är du taggad? - Are you excited? (Note: ‘Taggad’ is slang (and grammatically bent)) Alla är så hypade - Everyone’s so thrilled (Note: ‘Hypade’ (hype) is slang (and grammatically bent)) Spänningen är olidlig - The thrill is excruciating Vilket drag det är - (Used to express a very energetic situation, like in a club)
Spänning - Thrill Exalterad - Exalted Hype - Hype Tagga - Basically to load/hype up for something, like loading/hyping lots of energy. It’s slang and it can mean other things too.
Feel free to add other ways to show excitement in Swedish
MUSIC in swedish
requested by anon, click here x for classical music in swedish
musik(en) - music
att spela - to play
att lyssna - to listen
att lyssna på musik - to listen to music
att öva - to practise
att spela in - to record
att stämma - to tune (can also mean to sue)
(ett) instrument - instrument
(en) gitarr - guitar
(ett) piano - piano
(en) trumma - drum
(en) not - note
(ett) stycke - piece
(en) låt, sång - song
(ett) album - album
(en) artist - artist
(en) kompositör - composer
(en) musiker - musician
(en) melodi - melody
(en) rytm - rythm
(en) orkester - orchestra
(ett) band - band
(en) dirigent - conductor
(en) gitarrist - guitarist
(en) pianist - pianist
(en) sångare, sångerska - singer
(en) symfoni - symphony
(en) svit - suite
(en) opera - opera
(en) ballad - ballade
(en) sonat - sonata
(en) konsert - concert
(en) publik - audience
(en) repetition - rehearsal
(ett) ackord - chord
pop - pop
rock - rock
hårdrock, metal - metal
klassiskt - classical
jazz - jazz
renässans - rennaisance
barock - baroque
galant stil - galant style
klassicism - classicism
romantiken - romanticism
samtida - contemporary
Våroffer - The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps)
Swedish books/movies/tv shows you should read/watch
Here is a list of swedish books/movies/tv shows that you should read/watch if you want to !
(this is not a ranking)
1. BOOKS
April Witch
(Aprilhäxan) by Majgull Axelsson.
Desirée wants to know who stole her life. Institutionalised since early childhood due to severe disabilities, she lies in her hospital bed making plans. She can neither walk nor talk, but she has special abilities. Desirée is an ‘April witch’, which means that she’s able to see through other creatures’ eyes and can make them take her wherever she wants to. In her quest to find out which of her three foster sisters has stolen her life, Desirée becomes an invisible presence in their lives, following them, biding her time.
Simon and the Oaks
(Simon och ekarna) by Marianne Fredriksson.
Simon Larsson grows up in a working-class family in Gothenburg in the 1940s. World War II is raging. Simon’s father is a man of principles and strong views; his mother runs the home with love and warmth. But they are not his biological parents. Simon finds out that he was adopted and that his real father is Jewish. At school, Simon meets Isak Lentov, the son of a rich Jewish bookkeeper. The Lentovs, who fled from Nazi Germany before the war, becomes closely linked to Simon’s own family as the two boys make the transition from childhood to adulthood.
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
(Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann) by Jonas Jonasson.
On his 100th birthday, Allan Karlsson breaks out of an old people’s home, through the window. He is determined to fill his remaining days with adventure and embarks on a long journey through Sweden, being chased by thieves and police, making friends along the way. Mixed with his old-age adventure, his life’s story is told: he dines with president-to-be Harry S. Truman, hitchhikes with Winston Churchill, travels on a river boat with Mao Zedong’s wife and treks through the Himalayas.
Gösta Berling’s Saga
by Selma Lagerlöf.
A priest defrocked for misbehaving and drinking, Gösta Berling wants to die. The Mistress of Ekeby saves him from freezing to death and takes him in. As one of 12 party-loving homeless men in the manor at Ekeby, Gösta Berling becomes a leading spirit. But the evil Sintram lures the men into making a deal with the devil, which leads to the Mistress of Ekeby leaving home. Wild adventures, power struggle and redemption follow.
Let the Right One In
(Låt den rätta komma in) by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
It’s the winter of 1981 in the grey Stockholm suburb of Blackeberg. Twelve-year-old Oskar is being bullied. But he has a friend who lives next door, Eli. The two develop a close relationship, and Eli helps Oskar fight back against his tormentors. But this story is more than just a snapshot of average suburban life. Eli is a vampire, which Oskar has yet to find out. As mysterious murders spread fear and confusion in the community, Oskar starts to understand – but doesn’t abandon Eli.
The Road
(Vägen till Klockrike) by Harry Martinson.
In 1898, cigar maker Bolle faces big changes. Hand-rolled cigars have to give way to modern, machine-made, mass-produced cigars. Industrialisation is here and Bolle doesn’t like it. He hits the road. On wood-lined gravel roads we follow his vagabond journey through a Sweden about to change. Bolle learns how to beg without provoking people, faces the fear of inhabitants and meets riding policemen as well as vagabond friends. The vagabonds share a longing for freedom and a feeling of scepticism of the brave new world.
Popular Music from Vittula
(Populärmusik från Vittula) by Mikael Niemi.
Matti and his silent friend Niila grow up in Pajala in the very north of Sweden, in an area called Vittula. This is the 1960s/70s, when roads are covered with asphalt, small farms are closed and rock music hits the radio. The older generation doesn’t like the novelties, shaped as they are by memories of poorer times and by Laestadianism, a conservative Lutheran movement that started in Swedish Lapland. Mikael and his friends dream of another life, a life that awaits beyond the horizon.
Let Me Sing You Gentle Songs
(Nu vill jag sjunga dig milda sånger) by Linda Olsson.
One dark evening in March, Veronika arrives at a remote cottage in a small Swedish village, having come all the way from New Zealand. She is a young author longing for peace and quiet to be able to finish her novel and get on with her life after mourning a great loss. Veronika’s closest neighbour is Astrid, a loner. Behind her walls, dark family secrets and a personal tragedy are hidden. As the cold winter turns to spring, the two women slowly form a bond. Their friendship will change both of their lives forever.
The People of Hemsö
(Hemsöborna) by August Strindberg.
Carlsson is on his way to the island of Hemsö in the Stockholm archipelago to work at widow Flod’s farm. With Flod’s husband dead and her son Gusten not caring about farming, the farm is in a state of disorder. When Carlsson starts taking care of everything, Flod is happy, but her son finds Carlsson very snobbish. Eventually Carlsson marries Flod – but let’s just say she’s not the only woman on the island.
The Serious Game
(Den allvarsamma leken) by Hjalmar Söderberg.
Arvid Stjärnblom and Lydia Stille accidentally meet again, ten years after their young romance ended. Now, they are both married, but can’t help falling for each other again and start an affair. Lydia is an independent woman who gets a divorce and is prepared to follow her emotions, which turns out to have far-reaching consequences. Arvid, on the other hand, stays married to his wife with whom he has two children. It soon becomes clear that love is a serious game.
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Swedish Vocab Lists Masterpost Part 1
Let’s try this again
If any of the links aren’t working or if you know of a list that isn’t linked here, please let me know!
300 words by @languagesandshootingstars and @languagemoose (myself hehe)
Adjectives by @svensklangblr
Adverbs by @languagesandshootingstars
Adverbs by @spraakhexe2
Animals and their Noises by @dagenssvenska
Animals by @scandinavian-studies
Art by @isusbellus
Art by @svensklangblr
Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by @organizedstudy
Autumn by @languagesandshootingstars
Autumn by @useduppaper
Autumn by @spraakhexe2
Back to School by @svensklangblr
Berries by innaeon (linked from my blog because they deactivated)
Birthday by @svenskavarjedag
Body Parts by @linguisticsqueen
Book Lovers’ Day by @heliodurus
Breakfast by @linguisticsqueen
Breakfast by @organizedstudy
Candy/Lördagsgodis by @svenskavarjedag
Cats by @svensklangblr
Café by @aprilskyforever
Chat Speak by @useless-swedenfacts
Classical Music by @tuktuk-polyglot
Clothes by @linguisticsqueen
Construction by @svensklangblr
Cooking by @chopininthenight
Cozy Vocabulary by @languagesandshootingstars
Cute Words by @malteseboy
Crime by @silver-studies with corrections by @useduppaper
Crochet by @sem-valor
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some cute things to call your partner in swedish
sötnos - literally means cute nose
hjärtat - literally means “the heart”
älskling - darling
min vän - my friend
vännen - the friend
Svenska Pronomen (Swedish Pronouns)
Definitely one of the most important things to know and understand when learning a new language is knowing the pronouns! Here’s a list of the Swedish Pronouns and their meaning! :)
I: jag
you: du
he: han
she: hon
we: vi
they: de/dom
me: mig
you: dig
him: honom
her: hennes
us: oss
them: dem/dom
my: min
your: din
his: hans
hers: hennes
our: vår
their: deras
mine: min
yours: din
his: hans
hers: hennes
ours: vår
theirs: deras
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luftslott, ett - pipe dream, illusion; literally “air castle”
vintergata, en - galaxy, Milky Way; literally “winter street”
tystnad, en - silence
ljus, ett - light
stjärna, en - a star
känsla, en - a feeling
själ, en - a soul
himmel, en - a sky
verklighet, en - reality
ingenting - nothing
att frysa - to freeze
att lämna - to leave
att längta - to yearn
att sakna - to miss sth/sb
In Swedish we don’t say “vocabulary”, we say “ordförråd” which literally means “word storage” or “word stock”.
Submitted by anonymous
Common Plants in Swedish
This is a vocab list for flowers and trees in Swedish.
(Ett) Träd-Tree(s) (En) Björk(ar)-Birch(es) (En) Gran(ar)-Fir/spruce tree(s) (En) Ek(ar)-Oak(s) (En) Tall(ar)-Pine tree(s) (En) Bok(ar)-Beech tree(s) (En) Pil(ar)-Willow tree(s) (En) Rönn(ar)-Mountain ash tree(s)
(En) Blomma(blommor)-Flower(s) (En) Tusensköna(tusenskönor)-Daisy(daisies) (En) Prästkrage(prästkragar)-Ox-eye daisy(daisies) (En) Ros(or)-Rose(s) (En) Solros(or)-Sunflower(s) (En) Maskros(or)-Dandelion(s) (En) Tulpan(er)-Tulip(s) (En) Kaktus(ar)-Cactus (cacti/cactuses) (En) Orkidé(orkidéer)-Orchid(s) (En) Lilja(liljor)-Lily(lilies) (En) Smörblomma(smörblommor)-Buttercup(s) (En) Pion(er)-Peony(peonies) (En) Blåklocka(blåklockor)-Bluebell(s) (En) Förgätmigej(er)-Forget-me-not(s)
That’s enough for now. Let me know if there are any errors in the translation to English, or if you have any questions, or requests for that matter :)
