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okay reviving the studyblr, ive got to do a dissertation this semester and i am panicking for not having a topic i like yet but! i will have one soon and i will be an academic weapon once again after the constant downfall I've been facing these past couple of semesters

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Swedish noun classes

The group in which a noun belongs determines how its definite article forms and plural forms look like, so it's very useful to know their rules to be able to immediately decline new nouns correctly.

1. Group

-> "en"-words ending with -a

Examples:

en kyrka, kyrkan, kyrkor, kyrkorna

en gurka, gurkan, gurkor, gurkorna

en bana, banan, banor, banorna

2. Group

-> "en"-words ending with -ing

Examples:

en tävling, tävlingen, tävlingar, tävlingarna

en utställning, utställningen, utställningar, utställningarna

en undersökning, undersökningen, undersökningar, undersökningarna

3. Group

-> internationella ord

Examples:

en student, studenten, studenter, studenterna

en minut, minuten, minuter, minuterna

en aktivitet, aktiviteten, aktiviteter, aktiviteterna

4. Group

-> "ett"-words ending in a vowel

Examples:

ett arbete, arbetet, arbeten, arbetena

ett knä, knät, knän, knäna

ett intresse, intresset, intressen, intressena

5. Group

-> "ett"-words ending in a consonant

-> "en"-words ending in -are

Examples:

ett spel, spelet, spel, spelen

ett prov, provet, prov, proven

ett bibliotek, biblioteket, bibliotek, biblioteken

en läkare, läkaren, läkare, läkarna

en arbetare, arbetaren, arbetare, arbetarna

en lärare, läraren, lärare, lärarna

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Swedish grammar: prepositions of time

Hur ofta? -> i (veckan, timmen, månaden, etc.), om (dagen, året, dygnet) -> Jag tränar en gång i månaden / Jag tränar en gång om dagen

Hur länge? -> i / ingen preposition -> Jag tränar i 20-40 minuter / Jag tränar 20-40 minuter

Hur snabbt? -> på -> Jag springer 5 kilometer på 30 minuter

När? (preteritum) -> för ... sedan -> Jag joggade för två veckor sedan

När? (presens futurum) -> om -> Jag ska delta i triatlon om ett halvår

(examples are from the book Rivstart B1+B2 Övningsbok)

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Swedish grammar stuff i always get wrong #2

Here's another post of me explaining Swedish grammar to myself so i will hopefully finally memorise it.

Today's topic: modal verbs, helping verbs & similar constructs

1. ska/skulle = supposed to, will/would, shall/should

Han ska skynda sig./Jag skulle gå hem nu.

2. kan/kunde = be able to, can/could

Du kan börja nu./Hon kunde inte läsa det.

3. bör/borde = should, ought to

Du borde börja tänka på din framtid.

4. vill/ville = want to/wanted to

Ja will gå hem./De ville köpa det.

5. måste = have to, must

Du måste vara tyst.

6. skulle kunna = would be able to, could

Om jag övade svenska skulle jag kunna förstå det här.

7. skulle vilja = would like to

Jag skulle vilja ha en glass.

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Swedish Books about Scandinavian / Nordic Folklore

1. Väsenologi: en faktabok om väsen i nordisk folktro

2. Folktrons väsen (Tora Wall)

3. Svensk folktro A-Ö & Folktrons ABC (Ebbe Schön)

4. John Bauers förtrollande sagovärld

5. Bland tomtar och troll

-> yearly anthology of stories

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hi!!! do you tv shows in swedish you can reccomend? i would try saying this in swedish but all i can come up with is du har rekomendationer för tv program en svenska? which is probably wrong?

Hey! Sorry for the late response!

These are some Swedish TV shows that i watched and enjoyed (i think i recommended most of these before, so i also added some that are on my "to watch" list):

Tv shows for teens/adults:

Bäst i test (season 1 and season 2 on Youtube)

Young Royals (on Netflix)

Folk med ångest (Netflix)

Kärlek & Anarki (Netflix)

Children's tv shows:

the "Mumin" tv show (on Youtube)

Pippi Långstrump (on SVT)

Fixa Rummet (on SVT)

Hatch! (on SVT)

Documentaries:

Skräp (on SVT)

Staden (on SVT)

Den svenska hiphopens pionjärer (on SVT)

De första svenskarna (on SVT)

Julen börjar i Gävle (on SVT)

My "to watch" list:

Sommarskuggan (children's tv show on SVT)

Det svenska modet (documentary on SVT)

Sverige! (documentary on SVT)

Sanning i sagorna (documentary on SVT)

Malmö - en resa i tiden (documentary on SVT)

Hockeyns historia (documentary on SVT)

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Swedish movies & tv shows on Netflix

-> for learning Swedish

🎬 = movie

🖥 = tv series

📖 = based on a book

🌈 = with lgbtq+ characters

❤ = romance

😀 = comedy

.

1. Fyra år till 🎬 🌈 ❤ 😀

2. Young Royals 🖥 🌈 ❤

3. Medicinen 🎬 😀

4. Folk med ångest 🖥 📖 🌈 😀

5. Kärlek & Anarki 🖥 ❤ 😀

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Hi, I wanted to ask you if you have any tips for studying Swedish? Also for how long did you study Swedish?

Hope you have a good day. 🌻

Hej :)

I've been studying Swedish on and off for about 5 or 6 years now.

I'm not sure that i can give you specific tips for learning Swedish, but i can tell you all of the materials and resources i've used so far, maybe some of them are useful to you too :)

when i first started, i watched the free course "Swedish Made Easy - Comfortable in 6 days" by Felix Lättman on Udemy (link)

then i started a German online course which teaches loads of vocab words (i don't know if you're German too, but the course is from sprachenlernen24.de)

I also started the Babbel course (subscription-based, but i highly recommend their courses since they're really good at teaching grammar)

i can also highly recommend the online courses by the Folkuniversitet, they are primarily designed for students to learn grammar, learn to write texts, and practice speaking a lot (link, all courses called "Distans Live" are online courses via Zoom)

in the Folkuniversitet course, we used the books by Rivstart (textbok & övningsbok) which i can also highly recommend

I also had a Swedish penpal for a while to practice writing in Swedish (found them here on tumblr)

now that i'm a bit more advanced i'm using the app Clozemaster to learn more everyday phrases, idioms & sayings

I also recommend the app SVT Play for watching Swedish TV shows to practice listening comprehension (i can recommend IFS and julkalendern "Trolltider")

I also like watching YouTube videos by En Rullande Talkshow (Hampus Hedstrom & Manfred Erlandsson), Random Making Movies, Gordon Dewoon, and Tim & Danny (they're skånsk so they're a little bit harder to understand for beginners)

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ok, this is amazing. I found a great site with short stories in 34 languages!

"WorldStories is a growing collection of stories from around the world. The collection includes retold traditional tales and new short stories in the languages most spoken by UK children.

We are adding new stories, translations, pictures and sound recordings every week. So keep coming back to enjoy new content!"

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my bullet journal/ commonplace book. this is working very great, i love this system!

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Now that we’re about a month into the new year, I find myself losing steam on my resolutions around this time. I thought I’d start a little challenge that is open to anyone to join to help us stay on track and have some fun together! This is the 30-Day New Year Momentum Challenge (#30nym)

What you need to know (but none of this is mandatory to be clear!!):

Open to absolutely anyone, and you can start whenever and post at your own pace

So you can post as often or as little as you want - this is by no means designed to be a 30-days-in-a-row thing (I actually expect this challenge to take up most of my year)

Answer each prompt as a caption to a photo post OR as a standalone prompt (or you can answer a batch of questions as one caption/post, whatever!)

The ultimate goal here is to learn about others’ goals and methods of achieving them + create a teeny little community for our goals

TAG YOUR CHALLENGE POSTS WITH #30NYM and reblog this so more can join/so you can share with the community! Not required at all but this way we can all follow along with each other!!

psst you can also tag em #heyshef if you want me to see them

If this sounds like something you’d be into, prompts are below the cut ↓

please feel free to DM me with any questions/etc about this challenge! and remember to tag your posts with #30nym! im really looking forward to doing some of these challenges over time together ^^

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Since it's been a while since I sang the praises of my favorite book 'Anarchy Works' by Peter Gelderloos: here's a reminder that there is an easy to read anarchism book out there organized around frequently asked questions and it's online for free with the authors consent. I'll copy-paste them all just to showcase how great it is:

Introduction

Anarchy Would Never Work

What exactly is anarchism?

A note on inspiration

The tricky topic of representation

Recommended Reading

1. Human Nature

Aren’t people naturally selfish?

Aren’t people naturally competitive?

Haven’t humans always been patriarchal?

Aren’t people naturally warlike?

Aren’t domination and authority natural?

A broader sense of self

Recommended Reading

2. Decisions

How will decisions be made?

How will decisions be enforced?

Who will settle disputes?

Meeting in the streets

Recommended Reading

3. Economy

Without wages, what is the incentive to work?

Don’t people need bosses and experts?

Who will take out the trash?

Who will take care of the elderly and disabled?

How will people get healthcare?

What about education?

What about technology?

How will exchange work?

What about people who don’t want to give up a consumerist lifestyle?

What about building and organizing large, spread-out infrastructure?

How will cities work?

What about drought, famine, or other catastrophes?

Meeting our needs without keeping count

Recommended Reading

4. Environment

What’s to stop someone from destroying the environment?

What about global environmental problems, like climate change?

The only way to save the planet

Recommended Reading

5. Crime

Who will protect us without police?

What about gangs and bullies?

What’s to stop someone from killing people?

What about rape, domestic violence, and other forms of harm?

Beyond individual justice

Recommended Reading

6. Revolution

How could people organized horizontally possibly overcome the state?

How do we know revolutionaries won’t become new authorities?

How will communities decide to organize themselves at first?

How will reparations for past oppressions be worked out?

How will a common, anti-authoritarian, ecological ethos come about?

A revolution that is many revolutions

Recommended Reading

7. Neighboring Societies

Could an anarchist society defend itself from an authoritarian neighbor?

What will we do about societies that remain patriarchal or racist?

What will prevent constant warfare and feuding?

Networks not borders

Recommended Reading

8. The Future

Won’t the state just reemerge over time?

What about other problems we can’t foresee?

Making Anarchy Work

Recommended Reading

It Works When We Make It Work

There, all you gotta do is click the question and read! Or start at the beginning and read the whole book if you want the best reading experience. It’s one of my favorite books. It doesn’t cover everything but it’s a great place to start.

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Paolo Portoghesi, Apartment Tower, Saint Marinella, Rome, Italy, 1966

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Struggle with getting big projects done (especially if you dread them) while experiencing executive dysfunction? Here is my tip: my therapist told me to break everything down into VERY small pieces. So instead of "I have to write my XYZ" it turns into

1. Pick spot to work.

2. Get materials together needed to work.

3. Go to work spot.

4. Sit down, get materials out.

5. Open any programs necessary to work.

6. Work for 5 minutes. Then 10.

7. Slowly work my way up to pomodoro method.

I know this won't work for everyone but it has been a life saver for me, especially because I get so much serotonin from checking things off my to do list, and then I get to check off 5 things before the work even starts, which makes me feel good about myself. Happy productivity, folks.

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JULY 17 / 23

can’t get enough paint… need to get some more 🤪🤪🤪