Languages can create funny and weird sentences when they are translated literally from for example Swedish to English. In this clip, I play out a scene that has been translated that way. Then, I break it down and explain the… Continue Reading →
It’s Sunday the 22nd of January and we are about two weeks into the Youtube World Project (I’m trying to collect video clips from every hörn/corner of the world) so let’s have a look at where we are. The 13… Continue Reading →
January 1, 2023 is finally här/here. Every new beginning brings hope of a better framtid/future. Some of it we can affect, some we can’t. A year ago we were fortfarande/still very much in a pandemic with restrictions, and most of… Continue Reading →
Right now, I’m sitting here planning out my äventyr/adventures for 2023, and I am excited. It’ll be a cool year. Sweden firar/celebrates 500 years, culminating on June 6 as Gustav Vasa was coronated on that date in 1523. Our current… Continue Reading →
It has been a really rolig/fun and rewarding vecka/week for me. On måndag/Monday I met up with Mary and her dotter/daughter Isabel from Washington state for a fika and chat, mest/mostly about politics. Meeting like-minded people when it comes to… Continue Reading →
In the hjärta/heart of Stockholm, on the island of Stadsholmen, you will find Gamla stan/Old Town which traces back to the 13th century. It was officiellt/officially, until 1980, named Staden mellan broarna/the town between the bridges. For centuries, this was… Continue Reading →
So am I doing denna/this whole podcast thing or just provar/trying out something nytt/new here. I’m not entirely säker/sure myself but we’ll see what happens. Okay, so here’s an embedded ljudfil/audio file about the artist Sven-Bertil Taube and below are… Continue Reading →
I have done många/many language challenges on my youtube channel over the years and for me, many of these are very minnesvärda/memorable. Six years ago on a kall/cold winter day, while professional skiers were racing on a special track around… Continue Reading →
So aside from the minority of you that are här/here for my pretty blå ögon/blue eyes, most of you who follow this blog, my instagram konto/account and my youtube channel do it to learn svenska/Swedish and get a glimpse into… Continue Reading →
Even before the mobile phone texting language came into play, we did have quite a few shortenings or abbreviations as they are called. So let’s have a look at a few Swedish ones. There’s also a video linked at the… Continue Reading →
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