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Hiking In Tyresta

August 19, 2020July 1, 2020 by Benjamin Soper

Hiking and camping in Tyresta National Park This past weekend my girlfriend and I went out for an overnight camping and hiking trip to Tyresta National Park just south of Stockholm. If you’re into the outdoors, this is definitely a great place to begin checking out nature in Sweden! I’ve been loving the easy access to parks and natural areas all throughout Stockholm, but it just doesn’t compare to truly getting out into the middle of nowhere. (updates – I’ve started creating separate posts for other trips to Tyresta, and to Björnö Naturreservat.) Trail difficulty If you’re new to hiking …

Swedish Verbs – Turning Actions into Titles

August 26, 2020June 30, 2020 by Benjamin Soper

Hey all! I’m back with another Swedish word breakdown post today. This one will be a bit shorter and lighter one the history, but I’ll make up for it next time with a dive into French influences on Swedish, and how to recognize what language a Swedish word likely comes from.

Ships, Friendships, and Landscapes

August 15, 2020June 29, 2020 by Benjamin Soper

Hej allihopa! Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the awesome response to these super nerdy English to Swedish etymology posts. I really didn’t expect that many people to enjoy them, but I will definitely keep writing more! I hope it helps your progress in learning Swedish as much as it does mine. Yesterday I posted about various words relating to writing, scratching, cutting things. I realized those only scratched the surface (hah!), so I want to continue that theme with another cluster of words that still come from the same roots, but relate more to cutting in the sense …

Writing, Dicing, and Slicing

August 15, 2020June 26, 2020 by Benjamin Soper

Hey everyone! Here is another short post on some common similarities between English and Swedish (with a few other languages in the mix). I’d like to make these short etymology summaries a regular thing, as I find studying the history of words and how they relate through different languages helps with memorizing new vocabulary, and uncovers patterns I might not have noticed before. I’ll also work on some word clouds and visualizations to help identify clusters of similar or related words, and at the end of this post will include a vocabulary table of words I’ve written about. I hope …

Midsommar in Sweden – Wreaths, Twists, and Turns

August 15, 2020June 25, 2020 by Benjamin Soper

I’m a language nerd in the process of learning Swedish, and one of the most helpful things I’ve found on this journey is learning how words evolved over time. I’m simply amazed at the amount of common words shared between English and Swedish.