Hello everyone! Today I bring you very sad news. Because of COVID-19, our international practicum to Sweden has been canceled. All of us are extremely heartbroken at the idea of not being able to go get hands-on experience as educators in a foreign country. We have spent so many hours planning our journey, booking accommodation, doing UVic travel modules, writing scholarship applications, and signing contracts/doing paperwork. I am not sure where this inquiry will go next as I am very sad and don’t know when I will ever make it to Sweden.

My phone stopped working two days ago. After 50 days of practicing Swedish in a row, my streak has died. Here is the final list of words I got up to know.

My ever-growing list of Swedish words/phrases that I have learned on Duolingo:
  • A boy = En pojke
  • A girl = En flicka
  • A woman = En Kvinna
  • I am a woman = Jag är en kvinna
  • A man = En man/ Mannen
  • Drinking = Dricker
  • Water = Vatten
  • Eating = äter
  • And = Och
  • A = Ett
  • Bread = Bröd
  • One book, several books = En bok, flera böcker
  • A menu = En meny
  • You = Du
  • Have = Har
  • A/one/an = En and Ett
  • Newspaper(s) = Tidning(ar)
  • A letter = Ett brev
  • The child = Barnet
  • Milk = Mjolk
  • It = Det
  • Read = Läser
  • She = Hon
  • He = Han
  • Are/Is = är
  • We = Vi
  • You = Du
  • Sandwich = smörgås
  • They = De
  • Rice = Ris
  • Good morning = God morgon!
  • Yes = Ja
  • Please = Snälla
  • So = så
  • Then = då
  • You are welcome = Varsågod
  • Hello = Hej or Hållo
  • Everyone = Alla
  • Welcome = Välkommen
  • I am sorry = Ursäkta
  • Food = mat
  • Pasta = Pasta
  • Breakfast = Frukost
  • Fruit = Frukt
  • Sugar = Socker
  • Cheese = Ost
  • Coffee = Kaffe
  • Lunch = lunch
  • Good bye = Hej då
  • Dog(s) = hund(ar)
  • Moose = älg
  • Cat(s) = Katt(er)
  • Meat = Kott
  • Horse(s) = Häst(er)
  • It = det
  • several = flera
  • does not = inte (for example, hon läser inte brev = she does not read letters)
  • has = har
  • apple(s) = äpple(n)
  • Our tomato = Vår tomat
  • Lemon = citron
  • Her (possessive) = hennes
  • Their = deras
  • soup = soppa
  • my = min
  • your = din
  • his = hans
  • dairy = mejeri, mjölkaffär and mjölkkammare