av LYS editorial team | 2021, dec, fre | Swedish language
Sjuksköterska. Sjö. Tjena. Tjej. Växjö. Tjugosju. Stjärna. Kjol. Any Swedish learner recognises this as their worst nightmare. As a novice, you also tend to think that the apparently most difficult things are also the ones that will cause you the most trouble when...
av LYS editorial team | 2021, nov, ons | Swedish language
You know that sucking feeling when your body or mind really wants something? Well, the Swedes made a word for it! Sugen. Pronounced, according to your favourite anglo-something lifestyle magazine as [soohgen], but obviously, not really, as the Swedish long U sound...
av LYS editorial team | 2021, okt, tis | Swedish language
Listen carefully. Your brain may trick you. We hear things that are not there, because we expect them, and we miss other sounds because they are unfamiliar to our ears. Swedes who speak English often pronounce ‘ice’ and ‘eyes’ the same, because the voiced s (‘eyes’)...
av LYS editorial team | 2021, okt, mån | Make Sweden your Home, Swedish language
What the h**l is a roundabout dog? Every country has its traditions, and although some of them may be rooted in something historically significant, something that had consequences, something important, some traditions stem from nowhere, and are entirely whimsy....
av LYS editorial team | 2021, sep, tis | Make Sweden your Home, Swedish language
Until recently, not many Swedish words were known outside the country, with just a few of its words adopted elsewhere, most of them fairly unexciting: ‘orienteering’, ‘ombudsman’, ‘smorgasbord’. But then a trend for Scandinavian culture swept the globe, boosted by...
av LYS editorial team | 2020, dec, mån | Make Sweden your Home, Okategoriserad, Swedish language
The Swedish language (just like all languages) has its peculiarities. Social media has become a great place for memes that share the funny, obscure, and downright nonsensical. But who makes these memes and how accurate are they? And what do they teach us about Swedish...
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