#swedish langblog

[ett-hus-i-skogen]

Partikelverb NER(E)

lägga ner: put (down), close down, stop lägga ner på: expend ligga nere: stop working temporarily (of a website/internet) bryta ner: divide something in smaller parts bränna ner: burn down dimpa ner: fall heavily, appear (surprisingly) flotta ner: get grease stains on gräva ner: bury gå ner: set (heavenly body), descend, lose weight, (+sig) crash through kladda ner: make dirty korta ner: shorten ladda ner: download lugna ner: calm down meja ner: mow down (kill/slaughter, brutally) packa ner: stuff (in e.g. a suitcase) slå ner: knock down, strike/hit (something below) slå sig ner: sit down, settle supa ner: drink alcohol to become drunk ösa ner: pour down (rain) skräpa ner: litter, spread trash/debris stänga ner: shut down, take down vika ner sig: give up fälla ner: fold, close grisa ner: make a dirty mess (less angry sounding than svina ner) svina ner: make a dirty, disgusting mess (angrily said) gå ner sig: get bogged down and stuck, become shabby/unkempt kavla ner: roll down (sleeves, socks and the like) kämpa ner: destroy lägga ner på: expend nörda ner sig: geek out, nerd out racka ner på: belittle, sharply criticize

[balloons-and-shadows]

Masterlist Langblr challenges

Following from my previous posts, if you do feel like working on your languages, but don't know where to start; here are some langblr challenge you might like!

Language Blog Challenge: 20 weeks of challenges | by @lily-learns-finnish

Langblr Reactivation challenge | by @prepolyglot

14 Day langblr challenge | by @lass-uns-studieren

Langblr News challenge | by @tealingual

90-day vocab challenge | by @jibunstudies

100 Happy Days Langblr Challenge | by @nordic-language-love

Mini speaking challenge | by @nordic-language-love

16 words challenge | by @neblina-a-blin

30 day langblr challenge | @moltre-s

Brick-by-brick language learning challenge | by @linguistness

Langblr word of the day challenge | by @nordic-language-love

Target Language Reading challenge | by @onigiriforears

P.S. Please let me know if you know some more fun langblr challenges!

[mehilaiselokuva]

you mentioning hetalia as your motivation for teaching finnish made me think of a fun question to ask any polyglots in general: what "thing" inspired you guys to start learning/studying a certain language?

my motivation for finnish was originally uhm. a metal dinosaur band. meant for kids. BUT IT KICKS ASS I PROMISE

and based on this info, you (op) can probably guess who this anon is lol

yeah I know you!

Most of the time when I get inspired to learn a language it's usually not something like "I want to move to the country" or "I want to speak with the people" but something like "I want to understand the culture better". I love cultural studies and learning languages helps a bunch!

[hoysuri]

my introduction! - enchantée.

SALUT! ÇA VA?

salut mes amis! i decided to create this account so i can share with you all my progress on language learning! i plan on writing some daily/weekly journals in my target language and also reblog posts and tips that are gonna help me in my study routine.

also, i'd love to make new friends so we can practice and study together!

so here it goes, a bit about me:

i'm from brazil and i'm 23 years old!

i am a biologist and i'm attending my masters degree programm soon

languages i speak: portuguese, spanish and english;

languagues i'm currently learning: french;

my next target language: swedish.

oh! on my "tags" button you can find posts for a specific language you may be interested to!

what about you, guys? what are your goals or currently target languages? i'd love to hear from you.

bienvenue et au revoir!

[jenlearnsswedish]

Daily Words

att bidra - to contribute (han bidrar när han har åsikter i ämnet)

ett bidrag - a contribution (bidraget till samtalet var besvärligt)

[swedishaesthetic]

England; ah look at this pretty flower it's so majestic, like a lion 🦁 I'm going to call it dandelion.

Sweden; that's cool and all but I'm going to call it maskros.

England: alright, what does that mean then?

Sweden; worm-rose 🐛🐛

England;

[alteregoauthentica]

BEST TIP Learning Languages ;

SIMPLICITY is KEY. Simplify the learning process.

MAKE LEARNING A LANGUAGE ;

Simple & understandable.

LEARNING TIP: DO NOT LEARN WHAT YOU DO NOT USE.

Avoid learning useless vocabulary. Do not learn the things that are truly of no use for you in your daily life. 

Think about it …. In reality,

if you NEVER use it ... simply don’t use it .. don’t learn it.

Learn what you will use, and nothing extra. 

For now - Just focus on what you use on a daily basis.

Here’s great exercise to follow this tip ;

Create a realistic list of vocabulary you use day to day - A LIST of only the things you say the most, on a DAILY BASIS.

Focus on learning this list in your target language.

Learn this list

ABOVE ALL ELSE.

Because you will be forced to learn how to say only relevant and useful sayings.

You will learn only WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WILL USE. LOGICALLY, YOU WILL USE THIS LIST, DAILY!

AND YOU WILL HAVE AN EASIER TIME PRACTICING, BECAUSE YOU WILL ACTUALLY USE THE LIST!

Try it ... and see how much this focus shift can make a worlds difference.

[jeglaerenorsk]

Hey peeps ☺️ I want to hear your thoughts on LANGUAGES!

I really like Hebrew, Italian and Greek.

But none of them are useful for my day to day life or spare time. So I want advice.

I am pregnant, I know some Swedish, Danish and Arabic(only oral Arabic), when I started this blog I was decent level of travel Spanish and could read news in Spanish.

I have family who speak French and Spanish but together we speak Norwegian & English.

Quite a few of my friends do speak Arabic so the baby will definitely hear Arabic a lot but also Arabic mixed with different languages.

English baby will learn naturally at school and just life. Norwegian too. We learn a third language when we are 13 and can pick between Spanish, French and German (and some schools have more languages too to pick from).

But I'm thinking I want to give my baby best possible beginning of language learning. I have been raised around languages from all over world and even though I don't speak many languages fluent, I understand many words from many different languages and it has meant a lot.

French is smart language to pick but I personally struggle so much with pronunciation and I'm the opposite of a Francophone 😅 and people I know who speak it are often very arrogant, that they are better because they know French which I don't like. But it gives many school and work opportunities and can be good for travel too, especially Africa and France.

Spanish, this will be easy for me to atleast participate in teaching. But I only have family who I see maybe 4 times a year that speaks it around me. And traveling to South America is not very likely financially for me with the baby so then it means Spain and I don't know if it's worth it... I don't see it as a language in my country that will help my baby for work or education. Only for entertainment and vacation.

Then it's Arabic, I think I definitely will teach my baby it because it's good to know when spoken, only risk is of course understanding when someone talks bad. It can be good for work and daily life because baby will know many who speak it and in most of Europe you will now be able to find someone who speaks it if you are lost.

Chinese (mandarin). If I'm thinking of the future then of course I believe Chinese is maybe smartest language to learn. But I don't have friends or someone close from China. And I'm not very into their cuisine. It's a very different culture from mine and way of thinking but again, China is the future, it will prepare my baby for the future to learn their culture and language. On the other hand, I will not have money to go to China and I don't know anyone who could help to practice the language.

Russian is also a language I like and internationally and some part of the country it's useful. But not for education. And it's difficult to find people where we live, to practice with because it's not practical where we live. And it's not likely to travel much there either.

I want my baby to learn another way to read and write other than the Latin scripture. But Greek and Hebrew are not useful for work (like of course it depends what kind of work but if it's about the future and not history then I believe it's not useful)-but I do enjoy music from there and enjoy listening to their language. Italian is good for travel and Greek is good for travel, but again, it's only in their respective countries its spoken, it doesn't create many opportunities 😓. So I want help and advice.

[ett-hus-i-skogen]

Partikelverb IGEN

komma igen: come on stänga igen: shut, close slå igen: shut/close with force, close down/shut up/discontinue sy igen: close with needle and thread hålla igen: hold back känna igen: recognize ge igen: retaliate, get back at ta igen: catch up on få igen: be retaliated against imma igen: fog up, mist over knipa igen: shut up knäppa igen: close by fastening button(s), keep quiet känna igen sig: recognize one's surroundings, relate to mura igen: brick up, cause to swell shut (of an eye, by punching it)

[balloons-and-shadows]

Swedish podcasts

I just got two messages asking about podcasts for learning Swedish, so here we go :)

Disclaimer: I only use Spotify for podcasts, so I only know about podcasts that are available there

Coffeebreak Swedish | audiolessons, grammar and culture

Say it in Swedish | different 'levels' available

Lätt svenska med Oskar | 5-minute episode

Simple Swedish podcast | past-beginner stage podcast

Radio Sweden på lätt svenska | actual news in Sweden

Livet på lätt svenska | about Swedish culture

Easy Swedish with Viktoria | episodes about everyday stuff

Lysande lagom | about swedish culture and the language

Hope this helps!

~💕

[mehilaiselokuva]

Amazing Fin-Swe-Eng food packaging word list

Produced by my question on how much Swedish one could pick up from just reading the Swedish one encounters in Finland! It's a lot even if you don't live in the Swedish-speaking area. This isn't even all, expect more lists like this!

Ainesosat - Ingredienser - Ingredients Ravintosisältö - Näringsinnehåll/Näringsdeklaration - Nutritional Content Energia - Energi - Energy Rasva - Fett - Fat Josta Tyydyttynyttä - Varav Mättat Fett - Of Which Saturated Fat Hiilihydraatit - Kollhydrat - Carbohydrates Josta Sokereita - Varav Socker - Of Which Sugars Proteiini - Protein - Protein Suola - Salt - Salt Per Annos - Per Portion - Per Portion Virvoitusjuoma - Läskedryck - Soft Drink Makeissekoitus - Sötsaksblandning - Assorted Sweets Mansikka - Jordgubbe - Strawberry Sitruuna - Citron - Lemon Hedelmä - Frukt - Fruit Mehu - Saft/Juice - Juice Täysjyväkaura - Fullkornshavre - Whole Grain Oats Jauho - Mjöl - Flour Hiutale - Flingor - Flakes Vesi - Vatten - Water Sokeri - Socker - Sugar Vehnäjauho - Vetemjöl - Wheat Flour Siirappi - Sirap - Syrup Hiiva - Jäst - Yeast Vihannekset - Grönsaker - Vegetables Tomaatti - Tomat - Tomato Jauheliha - Nötfärs - Minced Meat Margariini - Margarin - Margarine Maito - Mjölk - Milk Jauhe - Pulver - Powder Sipuli - Lök - Onion Valkosipuli - Vitlök - Garlic Mausteet - Kryddor - Spices Porkkana - Morot - Carrot Yrtit - Örter - Herbs Muna - Ägg - Egg Keksi - Kex - Cookie Täytekeksi - Fyllda Kex - Cookie With Filling Kreemitäyte - Krämfyllning - Cream Filling Vaniljanmakuinen - Med Vaniljsmak - Vanilla Flavored …makuinen - Med Smak Av… - …flavored Saattaa Sisältää…jäämiä - Kan Innehälla Spår Av… - May Contain Residues Of… Kuidun Lähde - Fiberkälla - A Source Of Fiber Laktoositon - Laktosfritt - Lactose Free Vegaaninen - Vegan - Vegan Sisältää Makeutusaineita - Innehäller Sötningsmedel - Includes Sweeteners Pantti - Pant - (Deposit For Returning Bottle) Paino - Vikt - Weight Kpl - St - Pcs Kappalemäärä - Antal - Quantity Kuluttajapalvelu - Konsumentservice - Consumer Service Säilytys - Förvaring - Storage Parasta Ennen - Bäst Fore - Best Before Valmistuspäivä - Tillverkningsdag - Date Of Manufacture Valmistuttaja - Producerad För… - Manufactured For… Katso Tölkin Pohja - Se Burkens Botten - See Bottom Of Can Kansi - Lock - Lid Etiketti - Etikett - Label Muovirasia - Plastburken - Plastic Box Pääty - Kortsidan - Gable/End Pussinsulkija - Påsförslutare - Bag Sealer Lajittele Metallina - Sorteras Som Metallförpackning - Sort As Metal Kartonki - Kartong - Cardboard Muovipakkaus - Plastförpackning - Plastic Packaging Luokka - Klass - Class Valmistaja - Tillverkare - Producer Pakkaaja - Förpackare - Packer Alkuperämaa -  Ursprungsland - Country Of Origin Säilytetään Kuivassa Ja Viileässä - Förvaras Torrt Och Svalt - Stored In A Dry And Cool Place Huoneenlämpö - Rumstemperatur - Room Temperature Avattuna - Öppnad - Opened Tiiviisti Suljettuna - I Tätslutande Förpackning - Tightly Sealed Tarjoiluehdotus - Serveringsförslag - Serving Suggestion Lue Lisää - Läs Mer - Read More Puhdas - Ren - Clean Kotimainen - Inhemsk - Domestic Other - Annan - Other

[ana-actually]

Listening comprehension in Swedish. 

Swedish spoken at a slow speed. Short segments. Current events.

This is my favorite resource right now. 

[kristallers]

Lucia – 13:e december

On the 13th of December every year we celebrate Lucia in Sweden. She was a saint from Sicily who had her eyes gauged out, and for some reason we celebrate it. (Well, no, we celebrate her, I suppose) Anyway, on Lucia children dress up like pepparkaksgubbar/gummor, tomtegummor/gubbar, stjärngossar, tärnor and at last Lucia herself! Two of the pictures below are taken from an article about Lucia, from Svenska Kyrkans (the Swedish Church’s) website.

Schools arrange a so called Luciatåg (Lucia train(s)), with Lucia in the lead, behind her trailing the tärnor, then the stjärngossar, then the pepparkaksgummor/gubbar (of which there is none in the picture above) and tomtegummor. They sing the song that no one really knows the name of, but I call it Sankta Lucia, while walking to the stage (or wherever the performance will be), and once they’re all set, they perform Christmas carols for one hour and parents usually dread it. I mean, sitting in a school lecture hall with the parents of your kid’s friends, having to socialize, one hour straight of hearing the same songs you’ve heard for years... But it’s also fun and wholesome, I guess.

Lucia is dressed in a Lucialinne and she has a (flower)crown on her head, and when you get older you even get to have real candles on your crown! She has a red band tied around her waist, while tärnor have glitter on their head, hold a candle and sometimes also glitter around their waist.

This is a video of a performance and it brings me back to when I was a kid! (God I’m getting old) As you may see in the video, the tärnor (who usually wear glitter) have the red band tied around their waist. This might just be because in this particular case there is no Lucia in particular, but often you can just mix up these costumes however you want when you’re a child. In many cases, tärnor also wear these crowns with light, and even pepparkaksgubbar will have a candle in their hands, but once you grow up it’s not as fun anymore. Suddenly you can no longer be a pepparkaksgubbe or tomtegubbe, now you can only be a tärna, stjärngosse or Lucia.

Also this song is very funny, because it starts with “Natten går tunga fjät”, and I have no idea what fjät means, but I do know that it sounds like fjärt, which means fart. Now, you may see where this is going. As a child I, and many others, would sing “Natten går tunga fjärt” which means “The night goes heavy fart”. (Upon googling i have now found out that fjät means footstep)

Here are all the costumes (other than Lucia, since we already talked about her):

En tärna

A tärna has glitter tied around their waist and on her head, and they carry a candle and wear a Lucialinne.

En stjärngosse

A stjärngosse has a cone on their head with stars on it, wears a lucialinne and holds a star in their hand.

En tomtegubbe, en tomtegumma

They wear red and have santa claus-looking outfits.

En pepparkaksgubbe, en pepparkaksgumma

A pepparkaksgubbe and pepparkaksgumma wear gingerbread-themed outfits.

And that’s that!

Glad Lucia! Happy Lucia!

[jenlearnsswedish]

Daily Phrase

Det hä aldrig regnat så mycket förut - it has never rained so much before

[swedishaesthetic]

Harry Potter in Swedish Vocabulary

Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and wizardry - Hogwarts skola för häxkonst och trolldom

The Ministry of Magic - Trolldomsministeriet

Philosopher’s stone - De vises sten

Deathly Hallows - Dödsreliker

Mermaid - Sjöjungfru

Divination - Spådom

Prongs - Tagghorn

Padfoot - Tramptass 

Moony - Måntand 

Wormtail - Slingersvans

Marauders - Marodörer

Chamber of secrets - Hemligheternas kammare

Dumbledors army - Dumbledors Armé

Tom Riddle - Tom Dolder

Horace Slughorn - Horace Snigelhorn

Gilderoy Lockhart - Gyllenroy Lockman

[romanticpeaches]

Coffee break languages is a life saver when it comes to learning languages