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Cornelis Vreeswijk: Some walk in worn out shoes
1968 Music: Cornelis Vreeswijk Lyrics: Cornelis Vreeswijk 🎧 Listen on YouTube Somliga går med trasiga skor Some people walk with broken shoes Säg vad beror det på Tell me what is the reason for it Gud fader som i himmelen bor God the Father who lives in heaven Kanske vill ha det så Maybe wants it that way Gud fader som i himmelen bor God the Father who lives in heaven Blundar och sover sött Sleeps sweetly with His eyes closed Vem bryr sig om ett par trasiga skor Who cares ab
Feb 52 min read


Cornelis Vreeswijk: The ballad about Mr. Fredrik Åkare and the sweet Miss Cecilia Lind
A love ballad about a forbidden love between an older man and a young, soon-to-be 17-year-old girl who met at a village dance, which ignites a spark between them. The beautiful melody is borrowed from a traditional English song Monday Morning and Cornelis' exquisite lyrics draw us into the middle of the story with plenty of detail and emotional charge, providing a realistic depiction of a morally questionable situation that lies before us. It might be that the text is actuall
Feb 52 min read


LW #39: Strong verbs with long and short "i" (3)
We're going to go through the same lesson about the two subgroups of strong verbs once again – but through some practical examples. You need to know the different tenses and forms of these verbs, which you can find in the first workshop we did on that topic, in the correct answers. Click here to go to the workshop. Just a quick reminder of the rules: 1) The first subgroup of strong verbs we learned about is the one where the verb stem contains a long i followed by 1 consonant
Feb 42 min read


Communication
Part 1 How important are good communication skills in life? Rate the importance from 1 to 10 (10 being the highest rating). Explain why you chose that grade. What is your favorite way to communicate, in person, by phone, texting, email, chatting..., and why? Are you better at oral or written communication? What is your least favorite way to communicate, and why? Who is your favorite person to communicate with, and why? Who do you think is a good communicator – what skills doe
Feb 43 min read


LW #38: Strong verbs with long and short "i" (2)
Let's review the previous lesson! Click here if you want to check out the previous language workshop. Exercises Swedish verbs are organized into ____________ groups (how many). The verbs from the first three groups are called ____________ and the fourth group consists of ____________ and ____________ verbs. The verbs in the fourth group follow the loose patterns from the first three groups. A) true B) false As for the 4th verb group, while ____________ verbs do not follow any
Jan 284 min read


Medicine
Part 1 What is medicine? What does a doctor do? What does a nurse do? Are there assistant nurses (undersköterskor) in your home country and do you know what they do in Sweden? Should each country have its own medicine or should everyone agree on how to treat certain conditions? What is a good doctor like in your opinion? What is a good nurse like in your opinion? How important is hygiene when it comes to medicine – is it okay for hospital patients to smell bad and not be wash
Jan 283 min read


LW #37: Strong verbs with long and short "i" (1)
Strong verbs are verbs in Germanic languages whose tenses we change by changing the vowel in their stem. They do not behave completely irregularly like irregular verbs, but they also do not follow the same patterns as verb groups 1-3 (regular or weak). This is mainly the case in the preteritum and perfekt. Strong and irregular verbs make up the 4th verb group. Examples of verbs in different verb groups: verb group infinitiv presens preteritum perfekt imperativ English 1 att
Jan 212 min read


Business
Part 1 Have you ever had or would you ever want to have your own business? Why yes or why not? If you had your own business, what would it be and why? What kind of person should an entrepreneur be? What are the most important things that influence whether a particular company becomes successful? Are there any companies that you particularly like and what do you like about them? Do you think it is difficult to be an entrepreneur? Why yes or why not? What are the advantages of
Jan 214 min read


LW #36: Colors & nouns
Let's learn the colors in Swedish and how to use them with nouns! en-words indefinite singular ett-words indefinite singular en - and -ett-words definite singular indefinite plural definite plural vit (white) vitt vita röd (red) rött röda blå (blue) blått blåa / blå grå (grey) grått gråa / grå gul (yellow) gult gula grön (green) grönt gröna brun (brown) brunt bruna svart (black) svart svarta beige (beige) beige beige, beigea, beiga orange (orange) orange, oranget, orangt oran
Jan 124 min read
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