Posts under "The Swedish blog team"

Let’s improve the blog together!

Posted by Katja 7 Comments
Jan 3 2012

The Swedish Blog wish you a fantastic 2012!  For some of you this might be the year you finally are able to go to Sweden, for others you might make a major break through in swedish, who knows. We bloggers will try our best to help you achieve your goals concerning Sweden and our language.

To help us to know what we should write about, occasionally make videos of or take pictures of please tell us by writing a comment with a suggestion. Doesn’t it seem slightly pointless for us to write about lots of different things if they hold no interest to you readers…?

Here are some examples of different topics/themes that the Swedish blog can contain, please add others if you think of them. We are always trying to improve the contents of our blog and the New Year is generally a good time to start anew.

Themes/topics:

 Cultural topics:

-Literature

-Film

-Music

-Modern Society/Everyday life (living in Sweden)

-Humor

 

Political topics, Royal family

Environmental, Climate related topics

Geography, Cities

Sport

History

Development, Working in Sweden

Tourism

 

Cuisine related topics:

-Cooking

-Beverages

-Recipes

Linguistic related topics:

-Grammar, Sentence structure

-Vocabulary

-Pronunciation

-Everyday use, Slang

-Abbreviations

-Numbers, Weekdays, Simple Phrases

Win a Swedish book!

Posted by jennie 55 Comments
Jan 27 2011

Inspired by Tibor’s book-post from yesterday, I figured it is definitely time for another book competition! This time, the fabulous price is the most popular and bestselling book in Sweden at the moment, Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann. (Something along the lines of: The hundred year old man who walked out through the window and disappeared). It’s an amazing Forrest Gump-like adventure about 100 year old Allan Karlsson, who decides to escape from his own birthday party and with 50 kronor in his pocket and slippers on his feet, he begins an amazing journey…

I have just read this book myself and boy what a story! I highly recommend it and I’m more than happy to send it anywhere in the world, it deserves to travel! So, in order to get your hands on this little diamond, all you need to do is to leave a comment along with your email address (for my eyes only) in the comment field. I will pick and announce a winner on the 11th of February. The jury consists of me and me only and you might be able to bribe me with sweet talk, fun blog post suggestions, your Swedish stories, book recommendations…  Good luck and happy reading always!

Hej from a brand-new member!

Posted by Steve 22 Comments
Sep 29 2010

My name is Steve, and I’m happy to announce that I’ve just joined the Swedish Blog Team here at Transparent.com! From now on, I’ll be posting video entries to assist you in your studies of Sweden and its wonderful language and culture. I guess a better way to introduce myself might be to present to you my first video for the blog! Here it is; hope you like it!

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Notes:

Most common ‘hello’ phrases:

  • Hej!
  • Hejsan!
  • Tja!
  • Tjena!
  • Tjenare!
  • Hallå! (Slightly more formal)

Ways to announce your name:

  • Jag heter [name].
  • Mitt namn är [name].

To tell your birth date:

  • Jag är född den [date (ordinal form)] [month], [year]. (Literally: I was born on… / Verb ‘vara’ is in present tense as ‘är’, not past tense as ‘var’.)

To state your age:

  • Jag är [age].
  • Jag är [age] år.
  • Jag är [age] år gammal. (gammal = old)

To say where you live:

  • Jag bor i [name of city/country].

Nice to meet you!:

  • Trevligt att träffas!
  • Kul att ses!

Daniella’s full introduction (for reference):

  • Hejsan! – Hello!
  • Jag heter Daniella, och jag bor i Uppsala i Sverige. – My name is Daniella, and I live in Uppsala, Sweden.
  • Jag är född den 19:e (nittonde) oktober, 1990 (nittonhundranittio), – I was born on the 19th of October, 1990,
  • så jag är 19 (nitton) år gammal. – so I am 19 years old.

Extra words in this lesson:

  • Hejdå! – Goodbye!/Bye!
  • Detsamma – The same to you!

Thanks for watching, and I hope that you have enjoyed and learned from this first video! There should be more along the way soon, so check back within the next few weeks to learn more. And of course, pay the other bloggers a visit, too!

Leave a comment on this post if you have any questions and I’ll get back to you as soon as possible. Also, don’t be afraid to leave some of your thoughts about the video; some constructive criticism might come to be very helpful!

Hejdå!

Thanks

Posted by Katja 2 Comments
Sep 27 2010

Thanks Everybody for all your input! Comments and personal experiences always give a bigger and more interesting dimention to whatever article, post or discussion. Continue the good reading,                SBT

(Swedish Blog Team)

Find the Swedish celebrity!

Posted by jennie 7 Comments
Sep 10 2010

Let’s finish off a week of politics with a light and easy Friday puzzle! Can you name the Swedish celebrity/band? And more importantly, can you find them in the word puzzle? Some are easy, some are a bit more difficult… But if you manage to find all eight of them and actually present the solution in a correct and creative - can’t think of any easy way of doing this – way in the comment field, I will pick a winner next Friday. The price? Possibly something tasty from the country in our hearts!  Just make sure to leave your email address in the required field (for my eyes only).

Happy puzzling and have a great weekend!

PS: If anyone of the celebrities has a å, ä or ö in their name, it has been transformed into an a, a or o…

S R N J V Z C E N B W S D W C K A P
A T K Y H S P F J P Z Q A V P O L K
E Y I O B N W O C R O S T X M N F V
L N M E H O R P O B Y W S K E Y R G
I Z M Z G N R J P Y C M N R Y D E F
N S B Y B L H D E S X V G R U D D Y
A P I O S V A D B V X D Y U Q P N O
K F R U G L X R K K N O L J Y J O I
I G M W K O X Q S I N G D Z B G B H
K K Q A J B I H L S W D I S L Z E K
L Y P E H C J D U D O U R Q B G L Z
A H Q X A D I B A T B N F Y Q J X N
M E T P X R K V B P E B I C T M M H
Y P E T T E X O R D I W N W F P Y M
G F E S P T M M U B C C N R L F H T
I G A I R I N G V A R K A M P R A D
A G O M I K B I W T G J H G U W U B
V Q A Y M Q E G P W H Q L O V O F L

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