Skåne Expressions
Skånska, slätten, spettekaka — the far south, and how it differs.
Skåne in fifty lines: Danish until 1658, skorrande r, rapsfält and bokskogar, the bridge commute, ålagillen — Stockholm långt bort, i alla bemärkelser.
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Skåne
Scania
Tip: lit. the same — the southernmost province.
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skånska
the Scanian dialect
Tip: lit. the same — the most recognisable in Sweden.
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ett skorrande r
a rolling R
Tip: lit. the same — from the back of the throat.
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breda diftonger
broad diphthongs
Tip: lit. the same.
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som andra svenskar härmar dåligt
which other Swedes imitate badly
Tip: lit. the same.
- 6
danskt fram till 1658
Danish until 1658
Tip: lit. the same — and it still shows.
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Roskildefreden
the Treaty of Roskilde
Tip: lit. the same.
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slätten
the plain
Tip: lit. the same — flat farmland to the horizon.
- 9
Sveriges bästa jordbruksmark
the best soil in Sweden
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett rapsfält
a field of rapeseed
Tip: lit. the same — yellow in May.
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en sockerbeta
a sugar beet
Tip: lit. the same.
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en väderkvarn
a windmill
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett korsvirkeshus
a half-timbered house
Tip: lit. the same.
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en vitkalkad kyrka
a whitewashed church
Tip: lit. the same.
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en bokskog
a beech forest
Tip: lit. the same — not spruce, down here.
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ljusgrön i maj
light green in May
Tip: lit. the same.
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Öresundsbron
the bridge to Denmark
Tip: lit. the same.
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pendla till Köpenhamn
to commute to Copenhagen
Tip: lit. the same — thirty-five minutes.
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jobba i ett land
to work in one country
Tip: lit. the same.
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och bo i ett annat
and live in another
Tip: lit. the same.
- 21
gränsgångarregler
cross-border tax rules
Tip: lit. the same — and they're complicated.
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en gränskontroll på bron
a border control on the bridge
Tip: lit. the same — since 2015.
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en dansk brytning man förstår
a Danish accent you understand
Tip: lit. the same — Scanians manage better than most.
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en spettekaka
a spit cake
Tip: lit. the same — the tall, fragile local cake.
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ål
eel
Tip: lit. the same.
- 26
ett ålagille
an eel feast
Tip: lit. the same — a coastal tradition.
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gås i november
goose in November
Tip: lit. the same — Mårtensgås.
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svartsoppa först
blood soup first
Tip: lit. the same — and it divides opinion.
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en rapsolja
a rapeseed oil
Tip: lit. the same.
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en äppelodling
an apple orchard
Tip: lit. the same — Kivik.
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cider
cider
Tip: lit. the same.
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en marknad i Kivik
a market in Kivik
Tip: lit. the same.
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ett fiskeläge
a fishing village
Tip: lit. the same.
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en lång sandstrand
a long sandy beach
Tip: lit. the same — Ystad, Falsterbo.
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en flyttfågelplats
a bird migration point
Tip: lit. the same — Falsterbo in September.
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en skeppssättning
a stone ship setting
Tip: lit. the same — Ales stenar.
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en deckarserie inspelad här
a crime series filmed here
Tip: lit. the same — Wallander, The Bridge.
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en tredje stad
a third city
Tip: lit. the same — Malmö.
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en universitetsstad
a university town
Tip: lit. the same — Lund.
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en studentnation
a student nation
Tip: lit. the same.
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en studentkarneval
a spring carnival
Tip: lit. the same — every fourth year.
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en tidig vår
an early spring
Tip: lit. the same — weeks before Stockholm.
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en mild vinter
a mild winter
Tip: lit. the same.
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och regn istället för snö
and rain instead of snow
Tip: lit. the same.
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en vind från sundet
a wind off the sound
Tip: lit. the same.
- 46
en känsla av att vara kontinental
a feeling of being continental
Tip: lit. the same.
- 47
närmare Berlin än Kiruna
closer to Berlin than to Kiruna
Tip: lit. the same — and it's literally true.
- 48
en viss självständighet
a certain independence
Tip: lit. the same.
- 49
Stockholm är långt bort
Stockholm is far away
Tip: lit. the same.
- 50
i alla bemärkelser
in every sense
Tip: lit. the same.