Ha ha ha…funny me. Going back to my last post, where Michael told me to “feed him” in Swedish, yet “kill him” in Spanish, I went looking for more coincidences. Bad, bad turn. I should have known better. I recalled all of my high frequency Spanish verbs, and came up with nil for Swedish. I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Spanish’
I’m So Silly…
Posted in Learning Swedish, tagged coincidence, language, learning, Spanish, Swedish, translation, understanding on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Odd Coincidences…
Posted in Learning Swedish, tagged coincidences, English, learning, mata, Spanish, Swedish on May 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been amazing learning a new language. I keep finding coincidences, if you should call them such, between Spanish, English, and Swedish.
This weekend, Michael grabbed his stomach and yelled to me, “mata me!” Yikes! The first thing I thought was, “why is he asking me to kill him?” Mata me, in Spanish, means “kill me”. [...]
Swedish Tid-Bits, Två
Posted in Learning Swedish, tagged language, pronunciation, Spanish, Swedish, words on May 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s my second installment of words I find to be interesting…see if you like them as well!
Snuskig: dirty. The word just sounds filthy. Easy to remember.
Groda: frog. I kinda think that frogs are “grody,” which makes this word perfect.
Ljus: light. Close to the Spanish word for light, which is luz. Yea for me!
Blixt: flash. Michael [...]
Attempting to Learn Swedish
Posted in Learning Swedish, tagged conjugation, language, learning, Spanish, Swedish on April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Attempting is the only word I can use for learning Swedish. It’s difficult.
I’ve been trying to learn bits and pieces for a few months now, so I have a decent vocabulary. I could most likely have a wonderful fragmented conversation with a year-and-a-half old native speaker.
So I’ve got words, but I can’t seem to string them [...]
