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Basic information about Swedish Verbs

thelearner — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:19:23 +0000

Today I’m going to present you three important things about the Swedish verbs. You will learn how to conjugate the verbs, convert a present tense verb (ending with AR) to the past and know that Swedish verbs don’t have two forms of present and past.

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Personal Pronouns in Swedish

thelearner — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:17:03 +0000

In this podcast we are going to talk about the personal pronouns in Swedish.

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Indefinite articles: en and ett in Swedish

thelearner — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:42:34 +0000

One of the most visible difference between English and Swedish is the number of type of articles.

In English, we only have the differences of definite and indefinite articles. You could say that in English we have “a” and “an” but “an” exists because of sound and pronunciation issue.

However, in Swedish, we have two kinds of words: en words and ett words, something similar of the feminine “a” and masculine “o” articles we have in Portuguese.

Differently than in Portuguese, we can’t say if a word is en or ett word. We have to memorize all the words with the article and that’s a difficult part of the Swedish.

However, there are some easy loose rules:

- Usually, words related to people are en words.

- Most words are en words.

I’m sharing with you some words, so you can see how they are.

en stol – a chair

en pojke – a boy

en stad – a city

en bok – a book

ett bord – a table

ett barn – a child

ett land – a country

ett djur – an animal

Finally, the type of article will influence in the constructions of more complex phrases in Swedish. First, the adjective must follow the type of word. Also, if you want to use pronouns, you must know if the word is en or ett word.

I hope this explain this peculiar thing from Swedish!

Hej då!

– the learner

Presenting myself in Swedish

thelearner — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 23:52:34 +0000

Hi!

This is a special blog. Sometimes, I will only post but others I will create podcasts.

Today I’m going to present myself in Swedish. Then, I will explain my presentation in English.

Hej och välkomna!

Jag heter Chim.

Jag bor i Bresilien nu, men jag är född i Hong Kong.

Jag är ogift. Jag studerar svenska darför att jag vill åka till sverige och veta svenskultur.

Nu arbetar jag i Sao Paulo.

Och du?

—- English —-

Hey and Welcome!

My name is Chim.

I live in Brazil now, but I was born in Hong Kong.

I’m single. I’m studying Swedish because I want to travel to Sweden and learn about Swedish culture.

Now I work in Sao Paulo.

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Present yourself, now.

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