• b0gl
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    10 months ago

    Have you learned the Swedish word “gift” yet?

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      10 months ago

      Skank right? Or rather “skänk” with the sharp exhale emphasis on the sk- pronounced as wh- (similar to “who”). Hard to describe phonetically. But still lol.

      My favorite is the Swedish word for fast or quick

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        10 months ago

        Gift is poison, toxin or married

        Skänk is a small table or with an a (skänka) it’s gifting

        Edit: I just realized Skänk can be used as a verb in old fashioned speech, as in “skänk mig en gåva” which would translate to “gift me a gift”

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          Yep still learning. Constantly being humbled lol. I wish I could immerse myself completely in the language and culture to really hammer it in, for however long it takes.