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Are you feeling “mojsig” today? How much is “lagom” for you?<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If someone mentions the term \u201crelativity\u201d, and you\u2019ll almost certainly think of Einstein and his famous equation E=MC2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But have you heard of linguistic relativity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, the principle of linguistic relativity proposes that the language we speak shapes how we think and therefore how we see the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is, for all our globalisation and superficial similarities, a native Swedish speaker, for example, may view and interpret the world in fundamentally different ways compared to a native English speaker because of the difference in the language they speak and think in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Debbe McCart.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In my 20-year association with Sweden and the Swedish language, I\u2019ve come across many wonderful words and expressions which simply don\u2019t have a direct equivalent in English, but which I think give an important insight into elements of Swedish culture and why the Scandinavian lifestyle is so attractive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we explore a few of my favourites!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In some cases, Swedish has a beautifully succinct way of saying something that we can only paraphrase clumsily. In others, Swedish expresses a concept or feeling which is just really difficult to convey properly in English!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Untranslatable Swedish Word #1: lagom<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is almost certainly the most well-known, and I think really says something significant about the Swedish way of thinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what does it mean? Well\u2026it sort of means \u201cenough, just enough, enough but not too much, neither too little nor too much, a moderate or sufficient amount\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Lagom” – how much is just enough, but not too much? Photo: Filip Dejaegher.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Serve food to a Swede and ask how much they want on their plate, and they\u2019re quite likely to reply lagom<\/em>. But of course that doesn\u2019t help you at all to know how much you should actually give them! They may be ravenously hungry or always have a large appetite, in which case lagom<\/em> will be quite a lot, or they may have been snacking all morning and not hungry at all, in which case they don\u2019t want very much!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what is lagom<\/em> for me will not be lagom<\/em> for you (and what was lagom<\/em> for me yesterday may not be lagom<\/em> for me tomorrow). As with many things in life, it\u2019s all relative!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Untranslatable Swedish Word #2: sambo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Not a difficult concept, but a very economical way of expressing one, sambo<\/em> is a contraction of samma boende<\/em>, literally \u201csame accommodation\u201d, or perhaps bo tillsammans<\/em> (\u201clive together\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your sambo<\/em> is someone you\u2019re in a romantic relationship with (but not married to) and are also co-habiting with. \u201cLive-in partner\u201d is probably the best translation in English, but much clumsier!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Untranslatable Swedish Word #3: orka<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

One of my personal favourites, orka<\/em> literally means \u201cto cope, to be able to, to manage to\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Jag orkar inte” – I can’t be bothered! Photo: Filip Dejaegher.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In the negative (as in jag orkar inte<\/em>) it could mean that you really are not capable of doing something (because it\u2019s physically or intellectually too hard), but also that you have no enthusiasm or energy for it. and so beautifully and succinctly expresses the English concept of \u201cI can\u2019t be bothered\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve most commonly heard this from children when their parents try to get them to do a chore like the washing up, and sounds best when said in that oh-you’re-being-so-terrible-to-me-to-even-ask-such-a-thing voice that all teenagers can do to perfection!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Untranslatable Swedish Word #4: dygn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This can cause quite a bit of confusion. It means \u201cday\u201d, but in the sense of a 24-period. Swedish has two words for day, da<\/em>g and dygn.<\/em> Dag<\/em> is closer to the English \u201cday\u201d, while dygn<\/em> is closer to \u201cone day and a night\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 dagar<\/em> would therefore be Monday-Wednesday, while 3 dygn<\/em> would be Monday-Thursday!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Adam Evans.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This means we always have to check carefully with our local partners in Sweden regarding tour information. A “7-day dogsled tour<\/a>“, for example, might either mean 7 days\/6 nights (which would be 7 dagar<\/em>) or 8 days\/7 nights (which would be 7 dygn<\/em>)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Untranslatable Swedish Word #5: hinna<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Very useful, this one, meaning something close to \u201chave time for, make time for, reach\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can use it in phrases such as jag kommer att hinna handla innan t\u00e5get g\u00e5r<\/em> (“I\u2019ll have time to shop for groceries before the train goes”) or jag hann inte svara p\u00e5 alla fr\u00e5gorna<\/em> (I didn\u2019t manage to answer all the questions) or jag hoppas att jag hinner fram till aff\u00e4ren innan de st\u00e4ngar<\/em> (“I hope I get to the shop before they close”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Bianca Hodgers.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Untranslatable Swedish Word #6: mojsig<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A well-used word in our house, mojsig<\/em> describes beautifully that warm, satisfied, cosy, sleepy feeling that comes over you on, for example, a Sunday afternoon when you\u2019ve just had a piece of cake, it\u2019s raining outside and the thing you want most in the world is to curl up for a while under a blanket on the sofa!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Feeling “mojsig” – time for a snooze! Photo: Nature Travels.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Untranslatable Swedish Word #7: fika<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Another word you\u2019re likely to have heard, a fika<\/em> is a coffee and cake break with friends. But it is so, so much more than that, and goes to the very heart of Swedish culture and the value it places on work\/life balance, egalitarianism, and time with friends. We won\u2019t say more about it here, because fika<\/em> has a whole article to itself<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And finally…telling the time<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Not really related to the concept of translation, but worth mentioning here because the Swedes have a different way of expressing the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like German, Swedish will take about \u201chalf to\u201d rather than \u201chalf past\u201d, so halv ett<\/em> (“half one”) is 12.30 (“half to one”), not 1.30 (“half past one”).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I particularly love the way they do 25s, because 11.25 is fem i halv tolv<\/em> (“five to half to twelve”), while 11.35 is fem \u00f6ver halv tolv<\/em> (“five past half to twelve”)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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