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Saturday, March 28, 2009

English names that are words in Swedish

Fester - Parties
Rita - To draw (most verbs in Swedish ends with -a)
Ben - Leg AND Legs (this word stays the same in plural)
Tina - To unfreeze, thaw

(in progress, as always...)

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

English words that mean something else in Swedish

Barn - Children
Eleven - The student
Faster - Father's sister
From - Gentle, Pious, Churchy
Gift - (Married or Poisonous)
God - (Tasty)
Kiss - Wee
Mage - (Stomach AND Tummy)
Man - ('One' in the sense of [one would think so...]) We still share the same word for the gender.
Master - Masts (plural)
Sedan - (Ago, Since, Then)
Ska - Shall, Will
Skull - (Sake, Benefit)
Spark - Kick
Talk - Talcum (powder)
Tar - (Taking)


(this list will always be in progress...)