Comments on: Useful Words: Jobbig

By: Mo

Mo — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:58:26 +0000

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A Little Bit About Adjectives | Swedish Blog — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:18:27 +0000

[...] talking about “jobbig” I briefly mentioned the rules regarding Swedish adjectives. That when an adjective describes an [...]

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:44:20 +0000

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By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:42:15 +0000

Ok, Anna, I am confused. “Jobbigt” sounds like a noun - is it?

So work is jobbigt? How about jobbig work (using as adjective)? Help!!!!

I guess the real problem is that I am still thinking in English instead of Svenska!

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:38:19 +0000

Hi Rebecca,
I noticed that you use “jobbig” as if it were a noun. Please remember it’s an adjective, OK?
And there will be upcoming posts about other “essential” Swedish phrases! No worries!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:23:50 +0000

Anna,
I managed to complete my jobbigt by setting a computer alarm that said “Restart jobbigt” every 15 minutes!

I would really like to know about “jag orkar inte…” Tack so myket!

By: ceci

ceci — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:18:37 +0000

ok, my work in this moment is jobbigt! because i dont like what i do…
thanks!!!
you may say also: det är inte jobbigt???

By: Rebkin

Rebkin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:47:30 +0000

Anna,
«Jag orkar inte för jag är så less» LOL

‘Jag orkar inte’ is probably the one I miss the MOST. I can’t find anything really good that corresponds to it.

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:21:32 +0000

Hi Rebecca,
so, how did it go with your particularly jobbigt jobb?

Rebkin,
Ah, I didn’t even go into the fact that people can be jobbig, too - like my MIL for example. The expression I missed when outside of Sweden was “jag orkar inte…” I think I should write a post about this one as well.

Christopher,
“chato” huh? VERY handy to know, indeed! But then I’m sure different varieties of Portuguese have their own little ways of expressing “chato”, too.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:06:13 +0000

‘Chato’ may touch some similar areas in Portuguese, though I suspect jobbig has quite its own meaning.

‘Chato’ literally means boring, but really is often used to mean tiresome or even annoying.

In common American English parlance, ‘chato’ may well be translated as ‘lame!’

-Christopher