by Sofi | 17,06,19 | ARTICLES, FEATURED, Featured: VOICES, Language Learning, Pronunciation, Vocabulary
It is late mid morning, and your Swedish colleague you are working together with, suddenly says: Hejurere? Jörenåt aja ätelunch nu? Jae ungri. You will need to answer with: Reelungt. Gårebra omja joinarej? Your colleague, a bit distracted on their phone, goes: Vasaru?... 
by Sofi | 17,05,30 | ARTICLES, FEATURED, Featured: VOICES
Being Swedish was probably the most boring way of being I could imagine, as I was growing up in a mediocre place called Jakobsberg, just north of Stockholm. At E18, the big road stretching east-west not far from my home, the speed limit changed from 90 to 110 km/h for... 
by Sofi | 17,04,04 | Featured: VOICES, Swedish Language Training, Vocabulary
In most languages, there are prefixes or suffixes to make things smaller, and by that, cuter and more loved. In old Swedish, the suffix -ling or -ing was used, and we still see traces of this in words referring to baby animals, such as killing [kid] and gässling... 
by Sofi | 16,10,20 | ARTICLES, Expressions, FEATURED, Featured: VOICES
Honeymoon is over, the sun sets a little earlier every evening, and the Swedish mood is dipping. And with that, so is your positive, easy-going attitude towards learning Swedish and trying to get more integrated at your Swedish workplace or with your Swedish new... 
by Sofi | 16,08,30 | Featured: VOICES, Uncategorised
Jack Morgan is a young Brit (eligible for an Irish passport, following Brexit fears), who ended up living in Stockholm by chance. He works as a project manager for FNUF, which is short for Norden Association Youth League Sweden. Besides having the best-sounding... 
by Sofi | 16,06,25 | ARTICLES, FEATURED, Featured: VOICES, Interviews, Language Learning, Swedish Language Training
Has it ever happened to you during your Swedish classes, that suddenly there are German words coming out of your mouth, although you have not said one single word in that language since you finished high school? Does your teacher tell you over and over again that you... 
by Sofi | 16,06,02 | ARTICLES, Featured: VOICES, Pronunciation, Swedish Language Training
Recently, one of our Facebook posts caught much more attention than I expected. The question: how to pronounce number 27 – tjugosju – like a Swede. Most Swedes would not spell out the whole tjugo, but would shorten it to tju – making 27 tju-sju.... 
by Sofi | 16,05,10 | Featured: VOICES, Swedishness, Uncategorised
Far too many times, I have listened to international professionals telling me how unsatisfied they are with their salaries in Swedish companies. Many of them have started a new position with a rather low salary, in the belief that they have better chances getting a... by Sofi | 16,01,02 | ARTICLES, Expressions, Featured: VOICES, Reader's Question
Reader’s Question: Hey @BeeSwedish do you have any tips on fika room small talk? How to begin a conversation when you have no idea where to start. Swedes are rather infamous for the lacking small-talk skills. We even call it kallprat – cold talk, which...