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onsdag 6 juni 2007

kroppsdelar/body parts

hjässa > crown
tinning > temple
hår > hair, ett
Öron > ears  (öra>ear, ett)
Ögonbryn > eyebrow(s), ett
Ögonfransar > eyelashes
Nacke > back of the neck
Hals > neck, throat. 
Näsa > nose (animals nose = nos!)
Näsborre > nostril
huvud > head, ett
huvud- (huvudanledning), often means main, (main reason).
mun>mouth
läppar>lips
haka>chin
kind>cheek
tänder>teeth
tandkött>gum, ett
tunga>touge
skägg>beard, ett
raka>shave
överarmar > upper arms
armbåge > elbow
armhåla > armpit
handled > wrist
hand > hand
fingrar > fingers, ett
nagel > nail
tumme > thumb
The fingers: lillfinger, ringfinger, långfinger, pekfinger
 (ett) nyckelben > collarbone
bröstvårta > nipple
ett hårigt bröst > a hairy chest
mage > belly, stomach, abdomen
navel > belly button
midja > waist
rygg > back
ryggrad > spine
handled > wrist
vrist > ankle!
(A word ankel also exists, referring to the ankle "bumps".)

måndag 4 juni 2007

Familj

I am glad to learn that Swedish can tell father's brother from mother's brother.

btw, I read a book on the food of China. The author even explained why Chinese like eating pork and chicken! Perhaps some anthropologist has tried to explain why there is no difference between father's father and mother's father in ENGLISH!
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Far>Father

Mor>Mother

Farfar>Grandfather (father’s father)

Morfar>Grandfather (mother’s father)

Farmor>Grandmother (father’s mother)

Mormor>Grandmother (mother’s mother)

Bro>Brother

Syskon>Brother(s) and sister(s)

Syster>Sister

Farbror>Uncle (father’s brother)

Faster>Aunt (father’s sister)

Morbror>Uncle (mother’s brother)

Moster>Aunt (mother’s sister)

Son>Son

Dotter>Daughter

Brorsdotter>Nephew (Brother’s daughter)

Brorson>Nephew (Brother’s son)

Systerdotter>Nephew (Sister’s daughter)

Systerson>Nephew (Sister’s son)

Sonson>Grandson (son’s son)

Sondotter>Granddaughter (son’s daughter)

Dotterson>Grandson (daughter’s son)

Dotterdotter>Granddaughter (daughter’s daughter)

Barn>Child

Barnbarn>Grandchild

Barnbarnsbarn>Great grandchild

Kusin>Cousin

Syssling or tremänning>Second cousin

söndag 3 juni 2007

adverbs

First, some tips about Swedish adverbs. The original link is here.

There are basically three kinds of Swedish adverbs: plain adverbs, older noun or adjective case forms (mostly datives) surviving as adverbs, and neuter adjectives used as adverbs. The latter group is straightforwardly formed just as when one would form an indefinite neuter singular adjective, so there isn't much more to say about them.

Some basic adverbs are: igen (again), tillbaka (back in the sense of returning), fram(åt) (at/in the front, forward), bak(åt) (at/in the back, backward), in (inwards, inside).

Some prepositions can double as adverbs, sometimes in a sense very similar to the prepositional meaning, and sometimes in a slightly different sense. Examples: (on), av (preposition: of, from; adverb: off), ur (out of), från (preposition: from, adverb: a wide and vague sense of away, out of reach, ahead of, etc), i (preposition: in, adverb: into).

Some preposition+noun phrases have been contracted to adverbs, e.g. iväg (away), isär (apart in a sense of drifting apart), itu (apart, in the sense of cutting or breaking, especially into two parts). Some of these have become petrified and only exist in connection with a limited set of words, e.g. ihåg (originally i+håg, e.g. `in mind', `in intension') which now mainly occurs in connection with the verb komma (to come), as komma ihåg någonting (to remember something; the originally construction similar to the English expression of something "coming to mind").

Some older adverbs (and other words) have petrified, much like the preposition+noun phrases mentioned above, into idiomatic adverbs with only a vague meaning of their own. The most common of these are probably an, till and för. (Note that both till and för are perfectly alive as common prepositions, though, meaning `to' and 'for', while an is mostly dead as a separate word in Swedish, although it has survived in German.)

Various directional, locational and demonstrative words can be considered adverbs, too; e.g. här (here), hit (hither), där (there), dit (thither) .

Then some adverbs (related to time) for today:

aldrig: never

alltid: always

då: then

förr: before

i dag: today

i går: yesterday

i morgon: tomorrow

ibland: sometimes

i allmänhet: usually

nu: now

nuförtiden: nowadays

när: when

ofta: often

plötsligt: suddenly

samtidigt: at the same time

strax: soon

sällan: seldom

tidigt: early

tidigare: earlier

än så länge: thus far

ännu: still

äntligen: finally



onsdag 9 maj 2007

a quiz for kids

Vad ska bort, och varför?
What will be away and why?
flod å dal älv
river brook velley river 
äpple apelsin plommon öl
apple orange plum beer
älg svamp rådjur räv
elk fungus roe deer fox
mask sol måne stjärna
worm sun moon star
gumma tjej kvinna kille
old woman girl women fellow
 
vår sommar häst vinter
spring summer horse winter
ekonom biolog polis kanin
economist biolgist politice rabbit
tröja kruka byxa hatt
sweater pot trousers hat
betong glas räka trä
concrete glass shrimp wood
ko myra tvestjärt skalbagge
cow ant earwig bettle
 
soffa säng stol ben
sofa bed chair leg
tång rep snöre tråd
tongs rope string thread
hjärta njure strumpa lever
heart kidney stocking liver
katt hund guldfisk grävling     
cat dog goldfish badger
såg hammare skruvmejsel elvisp
saw hammer screwdriver electricity 
 
kudde täcke filt handtag
pillow covering blanket hand
kastrull stekpanna gröt gryta
saucepan frying pan porriage pot
läsk kaka tårta bulle
soft drink buiscuit cake cake or roll
kniv sprit gaffel sked
knife alcohol fork spoon
mögel snö regn hagel

mould snow rain hail or shot

tisdag 1 maj 2007

some bodily soundeffects

Lars told me some bodily soundeffects. I put them here just for fun. You know, it is always easier to remember fis than blomma (flower) or flod (river)...

fart = fis (general fart), or: prupp (innocent), mök (smelly, äggmök = egg fart), fjärt (vulgar).

Fart was fis in Swedish, but fart in swedish means velocity! (Speed is hastighet.)

Another synonym to fart:prutt (general, a little childish). En brakskit is an impressive fart. (Brak means crash, racket, sudden noise. As when something large, such as the roof, falls down.) Skit means shit. (Poop is bajs, pee is kiss, piss is piss).

Swedish word for kiss is kyss or, less seriously sensual, puss. The plot thickens. Swedish word for puss is var. Var means other things too, notably where and was. And it also means each. Even pillow-case is called var, but that is kinda old-fashioned, currently one would use the word örngott for pillow case.

Hiccup = hicka

Cough = hosta

Sneeze = nysa

Burp = en rap, att rapa

To hum = att nynna

Murmur = mummel, att mumla

Whisper = viskning, att viska

Att tralla means to merrily sing tralala, or else merrily sing or sing along.
Trallvänlig = easy to sing along to.

Trallpunk = particular swedish punk genre, fast, but kind of sing a long-ish