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"Talk sometimes in a foreign language, not to forget how bad you know it."
- Boleslav Paszkowski
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SWEDISH
1948 - 2015
Henning Georg Mankell was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels. He was also a social critic and activist.
One of the most famous characters developed by Hennig Mankell is Kurt Wallander, a fictional police inspector
living and working in Ystad, Sweden. In the novels, he solves shocking murders with his colleagues.
The novels have an underlying question: "What went wrong with Swedish society? "The series has won many awards, including the German Crime Prize and the British 2001 CWA Gold Dagger forSidetracked.
The ninth book, The Pyramid, is a prequel: a collection of five novellas (Wallander's First Case, The Man with the Mask, The Man on the Beach, The Death of the Photographer, The Pyramid) about Wallander's past, with the last one ending just before the start of Faceless Killers. Ten years after The Pyramid, Mankell published another Wallander novel, The Troubled Man, which he said would definitely be the last in the series.
UNIT 3: Physical Characteristics
English
Swedish:
Transcription:
Dialogue 2
You: - .................../e.g. Good evening/!
................../How are you doing/?
Mr. Mankell: - Bara bra, tack!
- Hur är vädret (weather) idag (today)?
[vɛ:dret] [idɑ:g]
You: - .................../e.g. The sky is clear/.
Mr. Mankell: - Vad heter du?
You: - ................../My name is... e.g. Mr. Bean/.
Mr. Mankell: - Du är snygg.
[dʉː eː snʉːg]
Mr. Bean: - Pardon?
Please meet Kurt Wallender, a fictional character developed
by Henning Mankell through a series of novels, murder mysteries, about a homicide detective in the small city of Ystad, on the southern coast of Sweden.
Kurt is a flawed character, which is part of his appeal.
So, choose your words carefully.
Let's start with greetings.
He said you are pretty.
Mr. Bean - pretty?..
Anyway, let's see how someone's appearance
can be described for you could compliment him back.
Here are some examples:
She is small
Det är blåsigt
[hʊn eː ˈliːˌtɛn]
I am ugly
Jag är ful
[ˈjɑː eː fʉːl]
We are strong
Vi är starka
[vi: eː starka]
Now, you are ready
to compliment the man back.
She is not old
Hon är inte gammal
[hʊn eː ˈɪnˌtɛ gamal]
English
Swedish:
Transcription:
I am not young
Jag är inte ung
[ja: e: ˈɪnˌtɛ ɵŋ]
Now, let's continue and put
this conversation to an end.
They are weak
De är svaga
[di: eː svaga]
Dialogue 3
He is big
Han är stor
[han eː stu:r]
English
Swedish:
Transcription:
You (pl.) are ill
Ni är sjuka
[ni: eː ɧʉka]
You (sing.) are not clean
Du är inte ren
[dʉː e: ˈɪnˌtɛ ren]
He is not healthy
Han är inte hälsosamt
[han eː ˈxelsosamt]
Dialogue 1
Mr. Mankell: - Du är snygg.
Mr. Bean: - ............../Thank you/.
..................../You are big/.
Mr. Mankell: - Pardon?
English
Swedish:
Transcription:
Ok, "you are big" is not really a compliment.
Now, let's learn how to say that someone is not big.
Negative Sentence
The Swedish equivalent of the English phrase
"he is not" is
"Han är inte"
Here are some examples:
Mr. Bean: - ..................../You are not big/.
..................../You are pretty/.
Mr. Mankell: - Tack. Vi ses!
Mr. Bean: - ..................../e.g. Have a good day/.
Strong adjectives are used
after the indefinite article and the words:
någon (a, some, any),
ingen (no),
en annan (another),
vilken (what a), and all (all)
as well as after the verbs to be and to become (vara and bli).
Strong adjectives:
The basic rule for strong adjectives is to add
- t for neuter nouns and
- a for plural nouns
I kbow, there is a lot to learn
but try to remember as much as you can.
You'll need that in future.
Swedish Adjectives
There are two types of adjectives: strong and weak
Weak adjectives are used
with the definite article, demonstratives,
possessive adjectives or a possessive noun.
Weak adjectives:
The basic rule for weak adjectives is to add
- a for all nouns
