by Sofi | 17,05,02 | ARTICLES, Expressions, FEATURED, Language Learning
Ten Swedish insect-related expressions you should master Why? Idiomatic expressions are useful in many ways. First of all, the will teach you something of the local culture or history. Second, remembering and knowing an expression by heart will help you to... 
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 | 16,01,02 | 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... by Sofi | 15,05,29 | ARTICLES, Expressions
To the horror of many visitors to Sweden, the Swedish language completely lacks an equivalent to the English please, the French s’il vous plait, or the German Bitte. This, according to many of my students, proves their hypothesis that the Swedish are impolite by...