still not a polyglot

Duolingo or Memrise? Class or self-study? Movie immersion or music immersion? Learning a few languages or just one language at a time?

health - স্বাস্থ্য (shastho)

healthy - সুস্থ (shustho)

sick - অসুস্থ (ôshustho)

hospital - হাসপাতাল (hashpatal)

doctor - ডাক্তার (ḍaktar)

treatment - চিকিৎসা (cikitsha)

illness/disease - রোগ (rog)

patient - রুগি (rugi)

accident - দুর্ঘটনা (durghôṭona)

pain - ব্যথা (bêtha)

medicine - ওষুধ (oshudh)

cold - সর্দি (shordi)

vomit - বোমি (bomi)

insurance - বীমা (bima)

Once you get the general understanding of a language you might be able to guess the meaning of some words based on the context of the conversation.

However, some Swedish expressions sound completely random. If the expression is weird enough, it might throw you off. This might be the case with “kanon” which literally means cannon.

Talking about your Swedish teacher:

Jag älskar henne. Hon är kanon! = I love her. She is a cannon!? That doesn’t sound right.

Jag älskar henne. Hon är kanon! = I love her. She is great!

Kanon can also be used as “great!” or “perfect!”.

Arranging a fika:

Vill du ses på måndag? = would you like to meet on Monday?

Ja, gärna = yes, gladly

given how Americanized this site is, it’s important to celebrate all our countries and nationalities - with all their quirks and vices and ridiculousness, and all that might seem strange to outsiders.

1. favourite place in your country?

2. do you prefer spending your holidays in your country or travel abroad?

3. does your country have access to sea?

4. favourite dish specific for your country?

5. favourite song in your native language?

6. most hated song in your native language?

7. three words from your native language that you like the most?

8. do you get confused with other nationalities? if so, which ones and by whom?

9. which of your neighbouring countries would you like to visit most/know best?

10. most enjoyable swear word in your native language?

11. favourite native writer/poet?

12. what do you think about English translations of your favourite native prose/poem?

13. does your country (or family) have any specific superstitions or traditions that might seem strange to outsiders?

14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV?

15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?

16. which stereotype about your country you hate the most and which one you somewhat agree with?

17. are you interested in your country’s history?

18. do you speak with a dialect of your native language?

19. do you like your country’s flag and/or emblem? what about the national anthem?

20. which sport is The Sport in your country?

21. if you could send two things from your country into space, what would they be?

22. what makes you proud about your country? what makes you ashamed?

23. which alcoholic beverage is the favoured one in your country?

24. what other nation is joked about most often in your country?

25. would you like to come from another place, be born in another country?

26. does your nationality get portrayed in Hollywood/American media? what do you think about the portrayal?

27. favourite national celebrity?

28. does your country have a lot of lakes, mountains, rivers? do you have favourites?

29. does your region/city have a beef with another place in your country?

inspired by this post made by @salutcavaouiettoi

We have a lot of ways to say “like” in swedish, and it’s a really bad habit that i do not endorse… However, using these will make you sound more like a native. To show them in the most natural context as possible, I’ve resorted to screenshots of messages between my partner and I! (..and a random tweet for the last one)

1. TYP

This is the most common one. Can also mean “type” (as in a type of coffee, tea etc.) or “guy/person” (han är en rolig typ -  he is a funny guy, hon är en konstig typ -  she is a weird person). Is also used as “kinda”.

Translation: “I wrote like German car or something”

Translation: “And tiredness and so on but i kinda don’t feel it”

2. LIKSOM/LIXOM/LXM

Liksom is the one that is the most similar to the english “like”. Liksom is made up of two morphemes, “lik” and “som” – “lik” means “similar” (in another context it would mean corpse) and “som” means “as” or “like”. So the word liksom literally means “as well as, similar to”. But it is only used like that in formal texts. (ex. Bananer, liksom blåbar, är bär – Bananas, as well as blueberries, are berries). It can also be spelled “lixom” or “lxm” when using it as “like”.

Translation: “And like you can empathize without feeling bad”

3. ASSÅ/ALLTSÅ

Asså comes from alltså, but it gained another meaning and pronunciation and now they’re pronounced differently depending on which meaning you want. Alltså means “thus” and you can use alltså to mean asså, but you can’t really use asså to mean alltså. Some people shorten asså even further to “aso”. It is a very special word and is best understood through context, but can indeed be used as like. 

Translation: “like why should i pay 50 crowns a day to go to school” (this was right when i had lost my free public transport card that i get from school)

Translation: “When do you think we should have “blockus”party? The day before i have my birthday or on monday?” “That is, the monday my birthday is on.” (Here you can see that “asså” is also used to clarify what you meant from a previous message)

I can’t find a message where either of use have used alltså in the formal sense, so heres a sentence from an essay I wrote some time ago:

“Han lever alltså i en identitetsanarki” -  He thus lives in an anarchy of identity

4. BA/BARA

Means like in the sense of “he was like…”. It is casually pronounced as ba, but if often also pronounced as bara which is the original form. “Bara” means “just” or “only”. So when we say “han ba(ra)…” it means “he just…”

“mom and I are watching @/filipdikmen96 on yt and she was like “Sine that Filip is handsome after all(,) does he have a girlfriend?””

And that’s it, I think! If you’re Swedish and feel like I’ve forgotten something, feel free to reblog and add your own! Hope this helps (:

woo! sorry I think I might be a bit behind.  Idk what a normal week is anymore LOL. so for me technically it’s week 2, but kind of the last day because my days are all weird but anyway, this took me a hot minute to do because my main blog isn’t a studyblr so I have so many accounts I follow. so in no order, here are some of the studyblrs I follow =D 

it’s week two of the langblr activation challenge woohooo 

 @languagessi

 @langblr-rose

@funwithlanguages

@frenchy-french

@gwendolynlerman

@chokopan

@chocolateandlanguages

@nihononthego

@language-and-stuffs-i-guess

@learnjapanesekanjiwallpapers

@blackgrad

@mediocrelanguagelearner

@lovelybluepanda

@the-inverted-langblr

@wanderlustlanguages

@sciogli-lingua

Im sure I follow a lot more but like I follow over 800 blogs so here’s the top 16 that show up LOL 

also since I generally like to learn things might I give a shout out to 

i hope that this hasn’t already been done yet, but I couldn’t find one, so my apologies if it has!!

i put the nouns in the definite article so the bolded part is the actual indefinite word! 

födelsen – birth livet – life kärleken – love kyssen – kiss människan – human humaniteten – humanity vänskapen – friendship skratten – laughter hoppet – hope glädjen – joy leendet – smile namnet – name kinden – cheek ögat – eye huden – skin månen – moon ljuset – light jorden – Earth stjärnan – star solen – sun solljuset – sunlight universumet – universe freden – peace molnet – cloud fältet – field världshavet – ocean naturen – nature himmelen – sky gryningen – dawn framtiden – future poesin (poesien) – poetry konsten – art älgen – moose norrskenet – northern lights bergen – mountain midsommaren – midsummer köttbullen – meatball kanelbullen – cinnamon bun

att bli född – to be born att leva – to live att älska – to love att förälska sig – to fall in love att kyssa – to kiss att skratta – to laugh att le – to smile att röra vid – to touch att vakna upp – to wake up att lysa – to shine att lära sig – to learn

lugn, lugnt, lugna – calm vänlig, vänligt, vänliga – friendly bra – good nyfiken, nyfiket, nyfikna – curious lycklig, lyckligt, lyckliga – happy delikat, delikata – delicate generös, generöst, generösa – generous mild, milt, milda – gentle snäll, snällt, snälla – kind ärlig, ärligt, ärliga – honest slät, slätt, släta – smooth mjuk, mjukt, mjuka – soft silver – silver lysande – shining glittrande – glittering lagom – just right

2. Tell me what language you think of first when you see my url.

3. What’s your favorite script / writing system?

4. How old were you when you first started learning a second language? What language was it?

5. Tag three of your favorite langblrs.

6. What’s something you have a hard time expressing in your target language(s)?

7. Name a grammar point that seemed really heard to you at first but is now second nature.

8. Are you a grammar snob in your native language(s)?

9. Language pet peeve?

10. What’s your opinion on learning dead languages?

11. Who is one person (famous or not) that is a language-learning inspiration for you?

12. Have you achieved any of your language goals yet?

13. What’s a part of your personality that doesn’t translate when you speak another language?

14. Which language sounds the most romantic to you?

15. Have you ever dreamt in your target language(s)?

Klartext - simplified news, mostly with audio (the texts are not a transcript tough)

https://sweflix.net - movies with swedish subtitles or dubbed

http://www.swefilmer.com/ - same as sweflix but requires to make an account (they never spammed my inbox though, never had any problems with this site) 

http://ielanguages.com/swedish.html - this is my site to go to when I don’t understand grammar; it has also lesson on vocab and basic phrases

http://www.digitalasparet.se/safir/startsida.htm - a nice interactive course

http://duolingo.com/ - has a swedish course for english speakers

http://lexin.nada.kth.se/lexin/ - a swedish/swedish dictionary that gives you examples (I use it to make flash cards) 

https://www.youtube.com - has some swedish audiobooks (simply search ljudbok) and films online

Playaling: Watch Arabic Videos by Level/ Dialect

Welcome to Playaling, the first free online resource for learning Arabic through engaging real-world content and interactive captioning. With new clips and features being added all the time, we’re a dedicated team of language professionals making engaging real-world Arabic content available to teachers and students across the globe.

If you’re a student or teacher of Arabic like us, you’ve surely shared our frustration with the shortage of quality resources for learning Arabic, especially when it comes to colloquial.

This is where Playaling comes in. It makes authentic, real-world Arabic online content fun, accessible, and pedagogically useful.

I came across this website and think it will be very helpful to those also learning Arabic! It has several videos to choose from and has captions for them.

German: What is your favorite song that is not in your target language?

Chinese: Do you like K-Pop, J-Pop or C-Pop?

French: Do you like musicals, if so, what’s your favorite?

Spanish: Have you ever listened to the same song in different languages?

Russian: Have you listened to Disney songs in other languages?

Arabic: Do you like Multilanguage versions of songs?

Polish: Do you have a favorite band/artist that sings in your target language?

Hungarian: Have you memorized the lyrics to a song in your target language?

Portuguese: Have you memorized the lyrics to a song in a language you don’t speak?

Italian: Do you listen to music you normally wouldn’t just because it is in your target language?

Dutch: Name your top three artists that sing in your target language.

Japanese: Name your top three artists that don’t sing in your target language.

Romanian: Name your top three songs in your target language

Korean: Name your top three songs in any language

Basque: Have you ever decided to learn a language just because you loved a song sung in it? If so, what language and what song made you learn it?

Slovak: Do you have different playlists for different languages in your music library?