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Swedish Time!
I am a week into Swedish and it is good.
Swedish has been in my life on a daily basis for a long time. Not the language—the genetic material. Brandt. Husband. My husband, Brandt, is of Swedish descent. He looks it, no? Swedish is a North Germanic language,…
More Swedish Books Have Arrived!
I love when I get a package notice from the mailroom.
Today four more Swedish books arrived. Left to right are Get Started in Swedish, by Ivo Holmqvist (Teach Yourself); Essential Swedish Grammar by Julian Granberry (Dover); Swedish: Essentials of Grammar by Åke…
Duolingo Swedish Day
I finally return to a site people rave about.
For quite a while now, people I know have been going on about how great Duolingo is. I have been told multiple times how addictive it is and how much fun and bla bla bla. Well, that wasn’t my…
Swedish Pronunciation Tools
My pronunciation challenges with Dutch would have been addressed by all the web-based tools available to me today.
When I studied Dutch in 2012, I had a hard time figuring out how to pronounce things. And I am not a person who can read a text about or in a foreign language without knowing how to pronounce the foreign…
A Definite Article Shocker
Swedish articles often show up in unexpected locations.
In my neighborhood last week, I auspiciously came across a new Swedish cafe, Fika, pictured here. At least I think it’s Swedish; I guess it could be pretend Swedish. Att fika in Swedish means “to have…
Big Apple Greeter Preparation
I have to brush up on Italian, so I'm reading Assimil's Lo Svedese!
After a winter hiatus, I am back to doing weekly Big Apple Greeter visits. What that means is I take tourists around New York through the Big Apple Greeter volunteer program. The goal is to show visitors a slice of…