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vijayjohn wrote:I wonder, is Swedish the only Scandinavian language that uses a cognate of sätt in the sense of 'way' or 'manner'? Is it related to set?
vijayjohn wrote:OK, då ska vi börja lära oss lite svenska. Vi ses här igen nästa vika!
h34 wrote:I think there is a cognate in Danish. Even though the closest Danish equivalent to sätt (used as a noun) seems to be måde, you can say på sæt og vis ('in a way', 'to an extent', Swedish på sätt och vis), although AFAIK på en måde is used much more often.
vijayjohn wrote:OK, då ska vi börja lära oss lite svenska. Vi ses här igen nästa vika!
Menar du "nästa vecka"? "Vika" låter isländskt.
vijayjohn wrote: Is sæt a noun in Danish? Wiktionary seems to say it's just the imperative of sætte.
vijayjohn wrote:Well...actually, no one has done anything yet, but maybe we can try going through Chapter 1 by August 13 instead? Or even August 20. If anybody's still interested.
vijayjohn wrote:Sorry, I haven't actually seen the video yet, but I just wanted to ask: Is you or anyone else still interested in trying to go through the first chapter of Colloquial Swedish? (Or have you already done that and/or more? ).
Tack!
vijayjohn wrote:Tried to go through the first chapter of the book and the video again, but still don't get much of the video
Antea wrote:Still difficult to understand it all. Some words and sentences I can’t even recognise them. I think I understand 40% or 50%, after listening to it twice.
https://youtu.be/qiw9F2BWxGE
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