by LYS editorial team | 2020, Mar, Tue | Uncategorized, Swedish language
avliden This is the word used to report that someone is dead. Avlidna in the plural, as this is a perfect participle from the verb avlider (decease). (avlid! – avlida – avlider – avled – avlidit). Don’t confuse this with avlivar...
by LYS editorial team | 2020, Mar, Sat | Dear Writer
Dear writer, Nope, at this stage I will not accept any revisions of wordings or sentence structure. Only obvious errors or typos that could be detected by the readers at this point. From Monday on, I accept no changes whatsoever. Can’t wait until next week!...
by LYS editorial team | 2020, Feb, Wed | Make Sweden your Home
Eating and drinking the Swedish way Test yourself and your friends: how Swedish are your eating habits? Download your free Bingo sheet here
by LYS editorial team | 2020, Feb, Wed | Dear Writer
Dear writer, Thanks for your email. No, it’s not illegal to publish a new book with a title that is identical to an existing publication by someone else, this is not my concern. Instead, the problem lies in visibility. Given that this is already the title of a...
by LYS editorial team | 2020, Jan, Wed | Dear Writer
Dear writer, Yes! I do love the idea of personal Twitter account hosted by the main character! Go for it! And yes, you will need to get started NOW, in order to build up a network and a decent number of followers that can be notified when you share the truth and the...
by LYS editorial team | 2020, Jan, Mon | Dear Writer
Dear writer, Many thanks for forwarding me the portfolio of your friend, the illustrator. What a talent! I do agree that her animal sketches are exceptional, if he hasn’t already thought of it, he should definitely contact a publisher specialising in visual arts, this...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Dec, Sat | Dear Writer
Dear writer, Ooooh! What great news about the interview! I wish you the best of luck! And no, I don’t see a problem with it being a small and local weekly. Of course, a full page in a national newspaper would have been more prestigious, but not as engaging for the...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Dec, Sat | Make Sweden your Home
Have you noticed the beautiful Swedish concept of förmiddag – “forenoon” as opposed to afternoon, and being the time between early morning and noon? Also, there’s the useful concept of dygn, meaning a full 24-hour period, whereas dag refers...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Dec, Thu | Make Sweden your Home
How has your body changed since you moved to Sweden? Let us guess? You have adapted the habit of coughing into the fold of your arm instead of your hand. You have developed some prominent facial muscles in order to pronounce the distinct vowels of Swedish. Your skin...
by LYS editorial team | 2019, Dec, Tue | Make Sweden your Home
It’s December and wherever you are in Sweden right now, you’re most likely not wearing flip-flops when outside. It is also likely that your footwear is affected by the current weather conditions. If it’s raining, they’re probably wet, and if...
