Comments for Swedish Blog

Comment on Swedish Photoblogs by Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:24:24 +0000

Anna, Where are you? Are you OK? I miss your blogs

Comment on Mother’s Day! by Julie

Julie — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:24:05 +0000

Here in the UK we have Mother’s Day in March. I would say the real answer to the question people asked you, is that the world doesn’t revolve around America and it’s customs…..

Comment on A Little Bit About Adjectives by hgvlgv

hgvlgv — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:18:02 +0000

Some really goods comments. Swedish must be hard to learn

Comment on Vegans, Vegetarians and Organic Food by Majlis Hanson

Majlis Hanson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:37:46 +0000

Anna;

You have been too busy to continue with the blogs or by some reson you have quit? Whatever you do thank you for the numerous articles. Will miss your jumor though.

Take care!

Comment on Swedish Photoblogs by Lizbeth

Lizbeth — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:07:12 +0000

Hej!
I miss you! Even if I did not wish to learn, I would still love to read your blog.
Come back, Anna

Comment on Swedish Photoblogs by David from Oregon

David from Oregon — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:14:18 +0000

Please come back Anna. We miss you!!

Comment on Swedish Photoblogs by Kenia

Kenia — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:14:06 +0000

I’ve been waiting for weeks but there’s been nothing new, I’m even a little worried, are you fine, Anna? I wanted to get in touch with you but I don’t have your email…
Snälla, hör av dig!

Kenia

Comment on Why Do We Learn Swedish? by Stephan from Germany

Stephan from Germany — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:38:42 +0000

Hej,

Well, I have to admit, that when I came for a six month contract for an international swedish company I fell into that same trap not to get started immediately with swedish.
Later when we prolonged the stay, there was never enough time to get started (most collegues were even not from Sweden at that time - and my wife is also german. So embarrissingly, I found myself after 7 years being able to read papers, but completely unable to speak.

And then our first daughter came into dagis (swedish day-care) and that produced the ultimate reason to learn swedish:

You need to speak swedish to meet parents and their children. The parents might speak english, but if you want to talk to their kids you need swedish - full stop.

The other big reason is, if you want a job in Sweden: No chance without swedish. Some international companies might hire you, but in reality you reduce your chances to find a job dramatically, if you don’t speak swedish.

I just warn all germans: Don’t be fooled by anyone telling you, it will be easier for you to learn swedish, because it is close to german. I would claim, that the first 100 word you need to know are completely different and I had massive problems to simply understand where a word begins and stops when trying to listen. Conclusion: You need to learn the basic vocabulary the hard way.
After that initial step you will discover a lot of funny differences between swedish and german (example: “Polacke” is a german swearword for a person of polish origin, but in swedish a totally neutral denomination for a person from Poland)

Comment on Swedish Photoblogs by Renee Graef

Renee Graef — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:14:43 +0000

Hi Anna,
I read your fun blog about the Jokkmokk Market.
Would you happen to know who has the copyright for the photo?
Thanks. I appreciate it!
Renee

Comment on Swedish Photoblogs by Minty

Minty — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:13:23 +0000

Anna where are all the blogs!??? I want to read more….Im coming to Sweden in 30 days, and I need my swedish blog fix