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20 random personality adjectives in Swedish

allvarlig - serious arbetsam - hard-working bestämd - determined blyg - shy elak - evil envis - stubborn inåtrikad - introverted känslig - sensitive listig - cunning lynnig - temperamental omtänksam - considerate rättvis - just självisk - selfish skenhelig - hypocritical skum - shady sparsam - thrifty stolt - proud udda - odd utåtrikad - outgoing ärlig - honest

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Hello! Can you recommend Swedish writers that are a must read? Sorry if you already answered this!

hello! :) the biggest must-read for any swede (or person speaking swedish) that wants to call themselves well-read to any degree would be

August Strindberg, who amongst others wrote Röda rummet, Tjänstekvinnans son, Ett drömspel, Fröken Julie, Inferno, En dåres försvarstal, Hemsöborna, I Havsbandet, Skärkarlsliv, Till Damaskus, Giftas, Ensam, Leka med elden

though do note that August Stringberg lived between 1849 and 1912 and the swedish language has undergone a lot since then, alors he can be a bit hard to understand if you’re not used to reading older literature

Hjalmar Söderberg, who amongst others wrote Den allvarsamma leken, Dr. Glas, Förvillelser, Martin Bircks ungdom, Historietter, Gertrud

Selma Lagerlöf, member of Svenska Akademien and winner of Nobelpriset i litteratur, who amongst others wrote Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige, Gösta Berlings saga, Löwensköldska ringen, Charlotte Löwensköld

Viktor Rydberg, who amongst others wrote Singoalla, Den siste athenaren and the famous poem Tomten which is customary to read around Christmas

Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, who amongst others wrote Det går an

Stig Claesson, more famous as Slas, who amongst others wrote Blues för Mr Shelley, Vem älskar Yngve Frej?, På palmblad och rosor, Om vänskap funnes, Nästa man till rakning, Efter oss syndafloden, En vandring i solen, Att resa sig upp och gå, Flickor

Klas Östergren, member of Svenska Akademien, who amongst others has written Gentlemen, Gangsters, Den sista cigaretten

Sara Stridsberg, (up until recently member of Svenska Akademien) who amongst others has written Drömfakulteten and Darling River

Per Lagerkvist, who was a member of Svenska Akademien and winner of Nobelpriset i litteratur, who wrote amongst others Dvärgen and Ångest

the poet Harry Martinson who was a member of Svenska Akademien and winner of Nobelpriset i litteratur, and wrote amongst others Nässlorna blomma, Vägen till klockrike, Aniara

the poet Tomas Tranströmer who won Nobelpriset i litteratur and who wrote, 17 dikter, Hemligheter på vägen, Den halvfärdiga himlen, Klanger och spår, Mörkerseende, Stigar, Östersjöar, Sanningsbarriären, Det vilda torget, För levande och döda, Sorgegondolen, Fängelse, Den stora gåtan

the poet Gustaf Fröding who amongst others wrote Nya dikter, Guitarr och dragharmonika, Stänk och flikar

Frans G Bengtsson who wrote among others, Röde Orm

Stig Larsson who has written amongst others, Autisterna, Nyår, and who worked on Kris together with Horace Engdahl, Tomas Näsholm and a list of other important names in modern swedish literature

Per Wästberg who is a member of Svenska Akademien and who has written amongst others Förbjudet område, Minnets stigar

the (primarily) poet Kristina Lugn who is a member of Svenska Akademien and who has written amongst others om jag inte, Till min man, om han kunde läsa, Döda honom!, om ni hör ett skott…, Percy Wennerfors, Bekantskap önskas med äldre bildad herre, Hundstunden, Hej då, ha det så bra!

Göran Tunström who wrote among others Tjuven, Juloratoriet, Berömda män som varit i Sunne

Ivar Lo-Johansson who wrote among others Godnatt, jord, Pubertet, Bara en mor, Analfabeten, Jordproletärerna, Stockholmaren, Statarna

Vilhelm Moberg who wrote among others Utvandrarna, Invandrarna, Nybyggarna, Det gamla riket, Sista brevet till Sverige, Långt från landsvägen

Per Anders Fogelström who wrote among others Sommaren med Monika, Medan staden sover, Mina drömmars stad, Möten i skymningen, Barn av sin stad, Minns du den stad, I en förvandlad stad

Bodil Malmsten who wrote among others Nefertiti i Berlin, Och en månad går fortare nu än ett hjärtslag, Priset på vatten i Finistère

if you want to know more about swedish literature (or literature in general) you can read the books of literary scholar Sara Danius, especially Husmoderns död

dsm-wannabe-linguist

The Swedish equivalent of “it costs an arm and a leg” is “det kostar skjortan”, which literally means “it costs the shirt”.

That would explain all the people crying at H&M in Stockholm.

meliaz

Body parts | Части тела

A few words to start the day with Russian vibes 🌸

1. heart - сердце

2. eye - глаз

3. ear - ухо

4. nose - нос

5. eyebrow - бровь

6. forehead - лоб

7. mouth - рот

8. cheeks - щеки

9. arm - рука

10. leg - нога

11. spine - спина

12. fingers/toes (there’s no difference in Russian) - пальцы

13. neck - шея

14. throat - горло

15. belly - живот

Remember to smile! - Не забывай улыбаться!

learn-russian-language

#russian

tiny-loudness

useless Russian fact #5

There is a sentence hidden in the Russian alphabet: Где ёж? (Where is the hedgehog?)

ricardastudies-deactivated20170

Resources for learning Russian

PDF:

Russian to go

Teach Yourself Beginner’s Russian Grammar

A Comprehensive Russian Grammar

A Basic Modern Russian Grammar

Russian Grammar

The Oxford Russian Grammar and Verbs

Websites:

learn russian step by step

everyday russian

masterrussian

russianforeveryone

russianmentor

yesrussian

study-languages-online

russianlessons

learn-russian

funrussian

russianforfree

practice russian

russian-translation-pros

worddive

russian.cornell.edu

russian.ucla.edu

practicerussian

taste of russian

speak russian

goethe verlag

wikibooks

Conjugation:

conjugate russian verbs

cooljugator

verbix

wiktionary

Declension:

Declension overview

Wikipedia - Russian Declension

Wiktionary

russian learn - declension of nouns

Exercises:

russian for free (grammar exercises)

goethe verlag (exercises)

master russian (tests)

The Case Book for Russian INTERACTIVE (exercises)

Youtube:

ROU Russian

funrussian

Antonia Romaker

Easy Russian

R for Russian

learn russian easily

Ru-land

Russian grammar

Маша и Медведь

Old Russian Cartoons

Russian Cartoons with English subtitles!!

Listening:

rutube

bestrussiantv

top-russian-movies

russianremote

ОЧЕНЬ по-РУССКИ

TORFL:

Training tests

Tumblr:

properrussian

ruspeach

russiangrammar

#russian

heartyearning

tips my french teacher gave me for studying a language:

cause yall know hes GOOD:

- if u have an oral exam lead the conversation and offer up information, this way they can’t stump you as much with words you don’t understand cause ur the one saying all the words, only say what you know, not what u dont -this ones a bit dorky so more for actual language lovers than jus ppl trying to pass an exam but keep notebooks where u write down all turns of phrases, to the left in ur first language and to the right the one ur studying for, this is mostly also gonna give u the image of being really well read and spoken since u know a few of these turns of phrases that they don’t just give u in the vocab lists

-he gave me this little scheme of like things that are vital when forming a sentence -> writing a text: 4 things to pay attention to:

the gender of the word (un/une, le/la)

the amount (like is it singular or plural)

the conjugation of the verb with the subject (if its feminine plural the verb must be too) and the adjective with its subject)

the tense

thats it, thats like all u need 2 know to make a text work.. also personal tip from me if u dont know a word, you have plenty of knowledge to work around it. if its a text on a written exam, they’re not gonna hear ur umming, and u can jus change the sentence. - most people know and do this one but read news stories in ur target language, and then here the notebook w turns of phrases can be helpful - FIND A VOCAB LIST THAT IS RELEVANT TO YOUR INTERESTS AND HOBBIES if you are going to be doing an oral exam where they ask u to introduce urself, dont waste too much time on words that aren’t relevant to you personally. im not going to learn too many words about fixing cars, but im gonna learn all the art words. - relevant in every language but if u have to write a text based on something they give u, write from the bottom up, by which i mean form an opinion of whatever they’ve given you (which is ur conclusion) and then find ways to get to that conclusion

i think thats all i got for now if i remember more ill tell ya, also i might post some more pics of things hes given me and also my actual workbook cause its really good and useful

dagenssvenska

I'm an american who wants to go to sweden for uni,any tips?

Maybe something from here could be some helpful tips?

16 Insider Tips On Studying In Sweden

7 Steps To Studying In Sweden

8 Tips For The 7 Days Before You Move To Sweden

Study in Sweden

American-Scandinavian Foundation

“Don’t be too shy to ask for advice if you want to stay in Sweden”

Hej! Looking for advice on studying in Sweden

7 Thrifty Tips for Studying Abroad in Sweden on a Budget

warau-okami

My friend posted this. Not sure if anyone is aware of it. Of course Google translate isn’t always accurate, but it’s a good start and you can double check another source.

polyglotswede

😍💙 wow

thelanguagecommunity

Many of you may know that I keep youtube playlists of language samples, and I thought it was about time to compile them all into one post. They contain pretty much anything where you can hear the language clearly – music, dialogues, tutorials, movie trailers, readings, etc. I’ll probably add more in the future. Hope someone finds them useful!

afrikaans

ainu

akkadian

albanian

american sign language (ASL)

amharic

angolan portuguese

arabic

aramaic

aranese

armenian

aromanian

assamese

asturian

aymara

azerbaijani

bashkir

basque

bavarian

belarusian

belizean creole

bengali

berbice creole dutch

biblical (classical) hebrew

bosnian

brazilian portuguese

breton

british sign language

bulgarian

canadian french

cantonese

cape verdean creole

catalan

chechen

cherokee

chickasaw

coptic

cornish

corsican

cree

crimean tatar

croatian

crow

czech

danish

dogri

dutch

early modern english

egyptian

emilian-romagnol

esperanto

estonian

etruscan

faroese

fijian

finnish

flemish

french

french sign language (LSF)

frisian

fula (fulani, fulah, peul)

galician

gallo

garifuna

georgian

gottscheerish

greek

greenlandic

griko

gujarati

gullah

guyanese creole

haitian creole

hawaiian

hawaiian pidgin

hebrew

hiberno-english (irish english)

hindi

hindko

hittite

hungarian

icelandic

indonesian

irish

italian

jamaican patois

japanese

javanese

kannada

karelian

kashmiri

kazakh

khmer

kinyarwanda

konkani

korean

kristang

kurdish

kyrgyz

ladino

lakota

latin

latin american spanish

lebanese arabic

lemko

lithuanian

livonian

lombard

louisiana french

luganda

luo

luxembourgish

macedonian

malagasy

malay

malayalam

maltese

mandarin

maori

mariupol greek

martinique creole

mayan (general)

meitei (manipuri)

mirandese

mongolian

mossi

nahuatl

neapolitan

nheengatu (língua geral amazônica)

norwegian

nuosu (yi)

odia

ojibwe

okinawan

old english

old french

old norse

old welsh

pashto

pennsylvania german

persian

piedmontese

polari

polish

punjabi

rajasthani

rioplatense spanish

romani (general)

romanian

romansh

russian

ryukyuan

saint lucian creole

salish

sami (general)

samoan

santali

saraiki

scots

scottish gaelic

serbian

shanghainese (hu dialect, wu chinese)

shona

sicilian

silesian

sindhi

slovak

slovene

soga

somali

sumerian

swabian

swahili

swedish

swiss german

tagalog

tahitian

taíno

tajik

tamazight (general)

tamil

tatar

telugu

texas german

thai

tibetan

tlingit

tocharian

tokelauan

tongan

totonac

trinidadian french creole

tuareg

turkish

turkmen

ukrainian

urdu

uzbek

venetian

vietnamese

vurës

welsh

wolof

yiddish

zaza (zazaki)

zulu

alkavienkeisarinna

HOW TO TEACH YOURSELF LANGUAGES SUPER EFFICIENTLY

I write this bcz I’m a huge language enthusiast and I’m frustrated about the way most methods and language classes/courses approach the process of learning. I’m not a professional but I have a lot of experience in studying foreign languages: I have taught myself Lithuanian and reached the upper intermediate level (B2) in 4-5 years without much help from others, and in Spanish reaching the same level took me only 2 years bcz I simultaneously studied it at school and already knowing French helped me a little. I want to help everyone who wants to start a new language, does not have the possibility to join a language course or just feels frustrated of the stagnation they might experience in the early phase of learning a foreign language.

So, if you want to learn a new language, I suggest following tips:

• Immerse yourself from the beginning! This is really important so that you can get yourself familiar with the intonation and pronunciation of the language. Listen to radio or tv and try to read whatever you can (ingredient lists from the food packages, newspaper articles, whatever!) it doesn’t matter if you can’t understand much yet, it will come! If you start a language with a new alphabet learn the alphabet really well first thing.

• Get an overview of the grammatical structure of the language! This is often not properly done in language courses where you learn some vocabulary and greetings but after 60 pages of the textbook you still have no idea how many verb tenses or noun cases the language has. Take a look even at the “hardest” topics, bcz they might not be that hard after all. (for example the Spanish equivalent of past perfect is much easier than the present tense)

• With that being said, learn to recognise past tenses even when you are still learning the present tense! I find it absurd that most courses expect you to master present tense _perfectly_ before even taking a look at other tenses. Most of the time, in everyday communication, past tenses are used more frequently than the present tense + in some languages mastering the past tense can also help you to form the conditional. So, learn the past tense earlier than most ppl would recommend!

• In general, study the easiest things first! If you find something particularly difficult you gain more confidence and knowledge if you first focus on what you find more interesting (however, you can’t postpone studying boring topics eternally, especially if you are preparing or hoping to prepare for an exam at some point) In Lithuanian, I taught myself a lot of grammar before learning how to tell the time… and it was ok.

• For material: usually the country’s universities have a reading list on their website which proposes what books one could use to study the language. These are often preferable to handbooks aimed for tourists and some language methods for beginners because those mostly focus on useless vocabulary you might only need when you rent a car or book a room in a hotel. The grammar is often also relatively poorly explained in those “tourist language books”, whereas books that are aimed at immigrants or university students usually focus more on the efficient language acquisition and are written by professors and specialists. If you are persistent enough and google all possible search words in both English and the target language, you can probably find whole textbooks in PDF format, which you can then save on your laptop.

• Don’t get stuck on vocabulary! Remember that grammar is the skeleton of the language and that vocabulary is the muscles hair and eventually the clothes you use to dress up and embellish your apperance. Vocabulary is useful once you know how to use it. For me, learning vocab is the hardest part of a new language, especially bcz I like starting languages that are not really similar to any other languages I know (consider Lithuanian and Greek when I previously knew Finnish, English, French and Spanish) ofc you need to learn some of it to be able to form sentences but most traditional methods focus on that too much. My suggestion is to read a lot: start by children’s books and comics and gradually get more advanced material. When you read them, make notes!! Look up the words you don’t know and don’t be afraid of using unconventional, seemingly challenging ways to learn, such as buying a bilingual poetry collection and trying to decipher what the original poem says and compare it to the translation. 100% recommend, even for the beginner level + it’s a nice way to connect to the culture but still focus on the language itself, not on the way ppl make breakfast in that country. (That’s something that irritates me a lot in most Youtube’s language videos where ppl are just discussing the traditions of the country in English when you had come there to look for the explanation of grammatical structures or just to hear the language being spoken. smh.)

• A really important thing about vocabulary is to learn all the abstract words, such as conjunctions, really soon! For example, if you find yourself in a situation where you have to use the words therefore and otherwise, it is almost impossible to try to explain those words without first translating them to another language.

• Make vocabulary learning more interesting and deep by learning about the etymology of the words you learn. It can be mind-blowing and it helps you to remember the words better.

That’s it!

I hope these tips inspire you in pursuing your interest in foreign languages and facilitate your learning process. I might add more to this if I remember I have forgotten something of great importance.