day 6. kth and the laundry room.
Today also went well. We studied tone and pitch of the Swedish language in class today (a very good way of confusing all of us), but it's important that we learn it. We also went over sentence order, which is another practical thing. We learned when and where to stress certain words in a phrase, depending on which information is important enough to emphasise when speaking, and we also compared the lilt of Swedish to other languages. With the exception of Norwegian and of tonal languages such as Chinese, Swedish is one of the most singsong or melodic.
As for grammar, compound sentences with dependent clauses have a particular word order to follow, one that I've seen multiple times but still don't always get right! Hopefully, I'll have learnt it by the exam on Friday.
I've already done the written assignment for the day, so I only have the listening, the reading and the optional exercises to do for tonight. I should also read a bit ahead so I can do the homework quickly tomorrow, as I'll be out for nyckelharpa lessons tomorrow afternoon. (In my next post, I'll explain what that is, but for now... it's a mediaeval Swedish instrument. ;) I'll post a photo as well tomorrow or the following day.)
Above: KTH campus this morning.
I'm still solving the problem of booking a laundry room, and the housing office was closed this afternoon, so I'll have to talk to them tomorrow morning before class. I got to the laundry room today, and had to take my umbrella- it's been light rain on and off for today.
I saw a rather humorous sign in the laundry room, actually. I don't mean to mock the translator in an insulting way, but the wording chosen for the English was a bit... funny-sounding. :P Looks like a "Swedism" to me, something that got a bit lost in translation.
My dad finally found tissues sold at a pharmacy! Now I know where to go to buy them. I don't honestly know what I'd do without having him here. He's been so helpful in moving me here, and running errands. Too bad he doesn't get more of a vacation here!
UPDATE kl. 21.00
Dinner was excellent. My dad found a jättefin French restaurant on Grev Turegatan in Östermalmstorg, "Brasserie Godot". I would definitely recommend it to anyone in the area, although it's rather pricey. The food was well worth it, however!
Today also went well. We studied tone and pitch of the Swedish language in class today (a very good way of confusing all of us), but it's important that we learn it. We also went over sentence order, which is another practical thing. We learned when and where to stress certain words in a phrase, depending on which information is important enough to emphasise when speaking, and we also compared the lilt of Swedish to other languages. With the exception of Norwegian and of tonal languages such as Chinese, Swedish is one of the most singsong or melodic.
As for grammar, compound sentences with dependent clauses have a particular word order to follow, one that I've seen multiple times but still don't always get right! Hopefully, I'll have learnt it by the exam on Friday.
I've already done the written assignment for the day, so I only have the listening, the reading and the optional exercises to do for tonight. I should also read a bit ahead so I can do the homework quickly tomorrow, as I'll be out for nyckelharpa lessons tomorrow afternoon. (In my next post, I'll explain what that is, but for now... it's a mediaeval Swedish instrument. ;) I'll post a photo as well tomorrow or the following day.)
Above: KTH campus this morning.
I'm still solving the problem of booking a laundry room, and the housing office was closed this afternoon, so I'll have to talk to them tomorrow morning before class. I got to the laundry room today, and had to take my umbrella- it's been light rain on and off for today.
I saw a rather humorous sign in the laundry room, actually. I don't mean to mock the translator in an insulting way, but the wording chosen for the English was a bit... funny-sounding. :P Looks like a "Swedism" to me, something that got a bit lost in translation.
You can see (if you zoom in on the photo) that perhaps "mangle" wasn't the best English translation of the Swedish word mangla. Oh well.
My dad finally found tissues sold at a pharmacy! Now I know where to go to buy them. I don't honestly know what I'd do without having him here. He's been so helpful in moving me here, and running errands. Too bad he doesn't get more of a vacation here!
UPDATE kl. 21.00
Dinner was excellent. My dad found a jättefin French restaurant on Grev Turegatan in Östermalmstorg, "Brasserie Godot". I would definitely recommend it to anyone in the area, although it's rather pricey. The food was well worth it, however!
After dinner, we wandered a bit on the way back to the tunnelbana station. It's a nice area, busy with people but comparatively quiet to central Stockholm and such. The streets are narrow with a decent amount of parallel parking, but not so much vehicle traffic other than bicycles. There is also plenty of bicycle parking space along the way.
Above: Taken from Grev Sturegatan, heading from the t-bana station toward "Brasserie Godot". It was a nice evening out, despite all the rain and humidity that was on and off today. (The laundry room was unbearably hot, because of a combination of the heat from the dryers and the general humidity in the air outside.)
Above: Taken from Grev Sturegatan, facing a cross-street nearby the t-bana station again. There is a French flag hanging from the French church there. It's a bit of a funny place to put a church, but I suppose it works. I don't know if there's a large French population here, or if a lot of French tourists or part-timers come here. Some families spoke French at the restaurant, as well.
And so ends my dad's last day here in Stockholm. I wish he'd gotten more of a chance to explore and relax (he got around to Gamla Stan this morning, and then it rained on him), but he enjoyed what he got to experience. He also found that the köttbullar (meatballs) at the hotel were excellent, with puréed mashed potatoes and lightly pickled vegetables on the side. Jag ska verkligen sakna honom!
Next time, I'll try not to post to the blog until I've finished for the day, so as to avoid losing update notifications for readers! Back to Swedish homework, now.
Med vänliga hälsningar
/The Swedish Fish
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