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A week in Sweden

6 juin 2007

The end

After a week in Sweden, I think I have to thank some people whose permited to us to visit a country where we wouldn't go of our own. So, thank you very much, Mr Denieul, muchas gracias, Sña Delattre, et merci beaucoup, Mme Neu !
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6 juin 2007

The Swedish language : Swadesh list

No English Swedish
1 I * jag
2 you sing., thou du
3 he han
4 we * vi
5 you pl. ni
6 they de
7 this * det här
8 that * det där
9 here här
10 there där
11 who * vem
12 what * vad
13 where var
14 when när
15 how hur
16 not * inte, ej
17 all * alla
18 many * många
19 some några, vissa
20 few
21 other annan
22 one * ett
23 two * två
24 three tre
25 four fyra
26 five fem
27 big * stor
28 long * lång
29 wide bred, vid
30 thick tjock
31 heavy tung
32 small * liten
33 short kort
34 narrow trång
35 thin tunn
36 woman * kvinna
37 man (adult male) man
38 man * (human being) människa
39 child barn
40 wife hustru, maka, fru
41 husband man, make
42 mother mamma, mor
43 father pappa, far
44 animal djur
45 fish * fisk
46 bird * fågel
47 dog * hund
48 louse * lus
49 snake orm
50 worm mask
51 tree * träd
52 forest skog
53 stick pinne
54 fruit frukt
55 seed * frö
56 leaf * löv, blad
57 root * rot
58 bark * (from tree) bark
59 flower blomma
60 grass gräs
61 rope rep
62 skin * hud
63 meat kött
64 blood * blod
65 bone * ben
66 fat * (n.) fett
67 egg * ägg
68 horn * horn
69 tail * svans
70 feather * fjäder
71 hair * hår
72 head * huvud
73 ear * öra
74 eye * öga
75 nose * näsa
76 mouth * mun
77 tooth * tand
78 tongue * tunga
79 fingernail nagel
80 foot * fot
81 leg ben
82 knee * knä
83 hand * hand
84 wing vinge
85 belly * mage
86 guts inälvor
87 neck * hals, nacke
88 back rygg
89 breast * bröst
90 heart * hjärta
91 liver * lever
92 drink * dricka
93 eat * äta
94 bite * bita
95 suck suga
96 spit spotta
97 vomit kräkas, spy
98 blow blåsa
99 breathe andas
100 laugh skratta
101 see * se
102 hear * höra
103 know * (a fact) veta
104 think tänka
105 smell lukta
106 fear frukta, rädas
107 sleep * sova
108 live leva
109 die *
110 kill * döda
111 fight strida
112 hunt jaga
113 hit slå
114 cut skära
115 split dela, klyva
116 stab sticka
117 scratch klia
118 dig gräva
119 swim * simma
120 fly * (v.) flyga
121 walk *
122 come * komma
123 lie * ligga
124 sit * sitta
125 stand * stå
126 turn svänga
127 fall falla
128 give * ge
129 hold hålla
130 squeeze klämma
131 rub gnida
132 wash tvätta
133 wipe rensa
134 pull dra
135 push trycka
136 throw kasta
137 tie knyta, binda
138 sew sy
139 count räkna
140 say * säga
141 sing sjunga
142 play leka, spela
143 float flyta
144 flow rinna
145 freeze frysa
146 swell svälla
147 sun * sol
148 moon * måne
149 star * stjärna
150 water * vatten
151 rain * regn
152 river flod
153 lake sjö
154 sea hav
155 salt salt
156 stone * sten
157 sand * sand
158 dust damm
159 earth * jord
160 cloud * moln
161 fog dimma
162 sky himmel
163 wind vind
164 snow snö
165 ice is
166 smoke * rök
167 fire * eld
168 ashes * aska
169 burn * brinna
170 road * väg
171 mountain * berg
172 red * röd
173 green * grön
174 yellow * gul
175 white * vit
176 black * svart
177 night * natt
178 day dag
179 year år
180 warm * varm
181 cold * kall
182 full * full
183 new * ny
184 old gammal
185 good * bra
186 bad dålig
187 rotten rutten
188 dirty smutsig
189 straight rak
190 round * rund
191 sharp vass
192 dull slö
193 smooth len, slät
194 wet våt, blöt
195 dry * torr
196 correct rätt, riktig
197 near nära
198 far långt bort, fjärran
199 right höger
200 left vänster
201 at hos, vid
202 in i
203 with med
204 and och
205 if om
206 because eftersom, ty
207 name * namn
6 juin 2007

The Swedish language : 6th part, grammar : adverbs and verbs.

1) Adverbs :
The adverbs are formed by adding -t to an adjective :

  • tjock (thick, fat) -> tjockt (thickly)
  • snabb (quick) -> snabbt (quickly)

2) Verbs :
The Swedish conjugation contains 4 groups, classed by their stem :
conjsuede

-In Class I verbs, the stem ends in -a, the present tense ends in -r, the past tense in -de, the supine in -t, and the past participle in -d. The infinitive is the same as the stem.

About 80% of all verbs in Swedish belong in Class I.

- Class II has stems ending in a consonant, and adds -er in the present. The infinitive ends in -a.

- Class III has stems ending in a vowel that is not -a, and adds -r in the present. The infinitive is identical to the stem.

-Class IV
is comprised of the Germanic strong  or irregular verbs.

6 juin 2007

The Swedish language : 5th part, grammar : adjectives

The Swedish adjectives agree with gender and number (as in French) with the following word. The ending gets an -t at singular and neuter, and an -a at plural.
Undefined :

  • En vacker sjö : A beautiful lake
  • Ett vackert hav : A beautiful sea
  • Vackra sjöar : Beautiful lakes
  • Vackra hav : Beautiful seas

Defined :

  • Den vackra sjön : The beautiful lake
  • Det vackra havet : The beautiful sea
  • De vackra sjöarna : The beautiful lakes
  • De vackra haven : The beautiful seas

We can see that an article (the pronoun de) is used at plural.

6 juin 2007

The Swedish language : 4th part, grammar : pronouns

Pronouns :
pronoms
  1 : this pronouns agreed in gender and number with the noun.
  2 : Same pronounciation.

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The Swedish language : 3rd part, grammar : Nouns

Nouns in Swedish get two genders, common (reale) and neuter (neutrum). The common article is en, the neuter one is ett. The  define article is a suffix :

En bil : A car

                       }  Common
Bilett
: The car

Ett hus : A house
                            } Neuter
Husett : The house

To get a plural, the formation depends of the noun gender and its ending. The defined article of plural is -na.
Common :
1) Ending -a => Plural -or

  • Blomma : Flower
  • Blommor : Flowers
  • Blommorna : The flowers

2) Ending -e => Plural -ar

  • Pojke : Boy
  • Pojkar : Boys
  • Pojkarna : The boys

3) Other words => -ar or -or (it is impossible to deduct which one must be used)

  • Bil : Car
  • Bilar : Cars
  • Bilarna : The cars
  • Restaurang : Restaurant
  • Restauranger : Restaurants
  • Restaurangerna : The restaurants

Neutrum :
1)Consonant ending => No plural form

  • Hus : House
  • Hus : Houses
  • Husen : The houses

2)Vowel ending => -n

  • Äpple : Apple
  • Äpplen : Apples
  • Äpplena : The apples
6 juin 2007

The Swedish language : 2nd part, pronounciation

Consonants :
suedois2
Combinations of consonants :
suedois1
Vowels :
suedois3

6 juin 2007

The Swedish language : 1st part, general knowledge.

Swedish is a Germanic language based on Old Norse (the Viking language), mainly spoken in Sweden and in some parts of Finland. In Sweden, it isn't considered as an official language, contrary to Finland and EU that recognized it.
Swedish is very similar to Norwegian and Danish, indeed a person who speak one of these could understand the two others.
There are lots of English words in Swedish, as a consequence of the Viking invasion of the GB in the 12th century.
There are three characters in the Swedish language that is not used in English. These are å (that could be seen as a mix between a and o), ä (a mix between a and e) and ö (that is a mix of o and e).

5 juin 2007

Friday, May 11th

We met (for the last time) at 8.30 AM at school to receive the orders about the left in the evening. We put our luggage in the school depositery, then we had a (quite boring) class about Swedish traditions and fests. At 11, Isaure, Johanne, Cécile, Valentine and I went to Slussen in order to eat at Mc Donald's and go (for the last time too) shopping. We saw nice things :
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We did it because we had nothing else to do. After 3 hours of shopping, we stayed at school with the others until 5.30 PM. We took the subway to go to T-Centralen and run to the coach station to go to Arlanda Airport. We said goodbye to our penfriends and we jumped into the coach to get our plane. We registered our luggage and we got into the plane 15 min. late. We sit in the plane and made work our cameras :

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We landed in Paris at midnight, and we took the coach during 5 hours. The most of us slept during the travel, and we arrived at St Vincent at 4 AM. We got home without saying goodbye to the teachers BECAUSE WHEN YOU JUST WOKE UP IT IS A BIT HARD TO THINK !

5 juin 2007

Thursday, May 10th

We met at 8.30 AM in school, and this time the pupils of 2nd year had an mathmatics exam. At 9, we get off and we took the subway, the train and finally, the bus to go at Drottningholm, the royal residence and castle. Once there, we visited the Royal Theatre :
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(the photos weren't allowed so I took a picture of a picture)
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After that, we got lots of time to spend in the Royal gardens :


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We went back to Stockholm by boat, and we saw the capital's archipelago :

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We could also see the municipal building from the outside :


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After that ride, Clothilde, Marion, Alexandre and I went to shopping (another time) and to Mc Donald's (to take advantage of the prices). I came back on my own at 6 PM, and Fatou said me that there was a party on the evening in Hélène's penfriend's house. We took the train to go there with Isaure and Palina, her penfriend. Once everybody was there, we walked during 30 mn to go to the party. There was the most part of the students, and we watch Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain in French, subtitled in Swedish. At the end, a Swedish father brought us to the train station and we got back to home at midnight.

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