Friday, May 19th, 2006:
Quick Swedish lesson
Further to last night's entry, I just remembered that when I started learning Swedish, I had come up with a phrase that sounded kind of funny (to me anyway).
The Swedish for "Where was our spring?" is actually "Var var vår vår?"
"Where" and "was" are both "var", and
"our" and "spring" are both "vår" (roughly pronounced "vor").
Just had to share.
Here endeth the lesson.
The Swedish for "Where was our spring?" is actually "Var var vår vår?"
"Where" and "was" are both "var", and
"our" and "spring" are both "vår" (roughly pronounced "vor").
Just had to share.
Here endeth the lesson.
posted by Mark Base at 9:49 am
23 Comments:
So, the Swedish Chef really IS speaking Swedish!
You want to hear someone say seven thousand, seven hundred and seventy-seven in Swedish.
This is cool! More lessons in the future please!
If I only have to learn 2 words (or so), Swedish ROCKS. Course people trying to understand me would be fun. So what's the seven thousand, seven hundred and seventy-seven in Swedish??
It's not pronounced how it's spelled; you have to make odd breathing out sounds with your mouth that we English speakers simply aren't used to. The closest I can describe it is that it's a bit like a "whew" sound but not really.
Took me over three years to get it right (although I didn't exactly practice much).
Anyway, it's sju tusen, sju hundra sjutti-sju.
Here in Southern Cali, the only language you need is smattering of English,and primarily Spanish. Heck even at the local Blockbuster, everything is labeled in Spanish.
that's about anywhere U.S. anymore. Hell, I'm thrown off when I get an automated answer on the phone & it doesn't start with "for English, press 1". pathetic. I'm going to practice my odd breathing out sounds now. whew.
"I laughed and laughed until I cried and cried"...The Stranglers
You're a tug and a half, you are.
ha! I still remember when I came up with that sentence myself! ;-)
I put your link on my brand-spanking-new blog, hope that's fine with you.
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The Swedes must love you!
Scandinavian countries are all the rage right now. There's a finnish folk song that's been turned into a meme that's everywhere.
http://users.utu.fi/paejar/loituma.swf
-Far, får får får?
-Nej, Får får inte får, får får lamm.
På tallrik man äter efterrätt,
men om man tänker efter rätt,
tallrik man kallar den skog
som talrik är på tallar.
Yeah :)
Thank you for coming by my site, and for your delightful one. Enjoyed it a lot. Go English!
Blessings,
Shirley
Isn't swedish a lovely language? LOL
I always have trouble with that Shanghai bit.
say this fast:
sex laxar i en laxask
or
smält och avsvalnat smör
or
sex vaskade laxar i en vaxad laxask
More interesting facts for you non-Swedes: "Sex" and "six" are the same word in Swedish, which is the source for untold amounts of high-jinx.
Also worth noting: "Married" and "poison" are the same word as well. Strangely, the word is for both is "gift".
wow. So six is my fave........number. but it could lead to poison...wrapped in a pretty bow. Funny thing is, in Tug-speak, married & poison mean the same thing too. It was NOT a gift. whew. (she said as she breathed out oddly yet again)
hejhej, hah.. very good ;)
var var vår vår :D
hej då
You're invited. Please see my latest post and all the comments. :)
I need to know the Swedish word for: blessings.
Swedish for 'blessings' would be 'välsignelser' (sing. 'välsignelse') - only we don't use it the same way, in Sweden it's strictly religious. /Marks GF
vart tog vägen vägen?
jag åker på en åker
Nu har det rått rått väder ett tag, men nu har det blitt blitt, sådana dagar kan man inte kalla kalla utan dom får heta heta..
there are some examples on words that is the same..
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