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 | 17,06,02 | ARTICLES, FEATURED, featured: SUMMER, Grammar, Swedish Geography, Vocabulary
If you have visited Sweden, and particularly the northern parts, you must have heard people talking about mygg, or myggor. Both would translate as [mosquitoes]. And the question you will ask your hosts is of course, what is the difference? Normally, referring... 
by Sofi | 17,06,02 | ARTICLES, Language Learning, Swedish Language Training, Vocabulary
These words are confusing and easy to mix up, also for advanced users of Swedish. The confusion often arises from the belief that these terms should be differentiated according to their meaning, whereas in fact it is not the meaning that is different, but how they are... 
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 | 17,03,10 | ARTICLES, FEATURED, Language Learning, Vocabulary
Learning Swedish Vocabulary Although most of you would agree that any language is made up with – well, words, I encounter endless numbers of students that have a difficult time integrating vocabulary learning in their Swedish studies. Although some... by Sofi | 15,11,20 | Etymology, FEATURED, Vocabulary
Although even hugely accessible sources, like Wikipedia, claim the opposite, most Swedes believe that the word lagom cannot be translated into other languages. There is a huge myth surrounding this little word, it almost has the status of a conceptual national mascot.... by Sofi | 15,07,23 | ARTICLES, Vocabulary
Än, ännu, även. Do they mean the same? Does it matter which one I use? This is a question I get very often. Fair enough. There is some confusion, and I am pretty sure that your Swedish friends will also get a tiny bit perplexed if trying to explain this. When using... by Sofi | 15,07,02 | ARTICLES, Vocabulary
I am grateful my students are so patient with me. I am fully aware that as a teacher, I often contradict myself. I start off by blaming my students for not bringing a dictionary to the course, and when they finally show up with one, I tell them off for using it too... by Sofi | 15,06,20 | ARTICLES, Vocabulary
Some people I know rather well live in a small, detached house – what you would call villa in Swedish, but not in any other language. Their next-door neighbours since a few years back is a young couple. My friends are very suspicious of this couple. Why? They have...