#7 Sweden University, class and language

#7 Sweden University, class and language

Now, I am learning Swedish in Halmstad Univ.

I am taking this class for having fun with international friends, not for learning professional Swedish.

So for this post, I want to talk about Sweden class environment and Swedish

* View of Swedish class

** Basically, it is 90 mins class and 3 times in a week.

*** Since this class is for international students, there are variety of global students with different major.

**** Checking attendance is more flexible here than Korea.  2 out of 4 classes are checking attendance and checking attendance at sharp time is just one course lectured by English teacher.

***** Halmstad university is using white board and film projector which I used 15 years ago when I was in elementary school.  My Univ. in Korea is using black board and computer screen.

* My Swedish teacher

** He looks cold, but he has very warm mind

*** He is very tall and I was so amazed with his thick fingers.

**** Average height of twenties Swedish men is 181.5 cm and women is 166.8 cm.

* Swedish keyboard

** All computers in halmstad university library are Apple !

*** Since I've never used any apple products, it was very hard for me to using these computers.

**** As you can see the keyboard, there are some unfamiliar words, A, A and O.

***** More explanation about alphabet is below.

A a /aa/, /ɑː/ B b /be/, /beː/ C c /seh/, /seː/ D d /deh/, /deː/ E e /eh/, /eː/ F f /eff/, /æf/ G g /geh/, /ɡeː/ H h /haw/, /hoː/ I i /ee/, /iː/ J j /jiː/, /iee/

K k /kaw/, /koː/ L l /ell/, /æl/ M m /em/, /æm/ N n /en/, /æn/ O o /oo/, /oː/

P p /peː/ Q q /kuː/ R r /airr/, /ær/ S s /ess/, /æs/ T t /teː/ U u /ew/, /uː/

V v /veː/ W w /deubbelve/  X x /eks/, /æks/ Y y /ew/, /yː/ Z z /sairta/, /ˈtse.tɑ/

A a /aw/, /oː/ A a /ai/, /æː/ O o /ur/, /øː/

* Swedish alphabet

** There are 3 more letters than English alphabet

*** Most of the letter sound similar with English alphabet

**** In Sweden, there are two big reasons that make people learn Swedish very hard.  

One, it is very hard to meet Swedish people in here, since I am here for exchange students.  Most of people I met are people from another countries.  

Second, Swedish are very good at English.  

Even if you meet Swedish, there is no need to speak in Swedish.

***** One idea! I know it will never happen in the future, but I want to tell this to the world for fun.

As I am living here with many people from all around the world, there are some problems in communication.  So, what about all European countries use just English? The languages that European countries using are all in English alphabet and some words look so similar for me, as a Korean. So why don't you just start using English? :)

# This is the end of this post, thank you for reading

# I didn't study hard in Swedish. I don't even speak basic Swedish well, but learning Swedish with international friends are much more fun than just studying Swedish ! Enjoy!

* Some basic Swedish

Hej: Hi

Godmorgon: Good morning

Hej, hur  ar det? : How are you?

Det ar bra: Good

Hej da: Good bye

Tak: Thanks

** One most epic joke for world language ! check this out, I bet you will love this video !!!

http://tvpot.daum.net/v/vdba0rE6vvrrOr6REPItPr8

#6 Life in the bitter cold: Tylosand Beach, Part 1 and bonus story of European Union

#6 Life in the bitter cold: Tylosand Beach, Part 1

* One day Verena knocked my door and said me to go to the beach NEARBY here.

** I said yes, and we went to the beach by bike !

*** See what I saw in there !

* Going to Tylosand beach by bike with Verena (left) and Caro (right)

** In winter, do not ever go there by bike. It is FREEZING!

*** But, it was good to see the scenery while we were going there




* Tylosand beach entrance

** Many people in here took this picture




* Group photo

** It took 30 mins to get here

* I was about to fall from the bike, but didn't

** Picture was took automatically while I was recording video




* Scenery from the top of the hill

** Can you see the stone located at the left corner of this picture?

*** Check this out






* Some signatures were graved on the stone




* Guess what it is

** I took the picture inside of garbage can made of stone

*** It wasn't not on purpose, I was just trying to take the group photo

**** But I found out the life in here !

***** Freezing and bad environment to survive, but there were life in it !





* Group photo again

* As you see the color of this picture, a weather was bad

* Black tea at the winter beach !

** Caro brought this :)

* You will never know how good it was




* Like I said, there were life in this bad environmentt !




* Clock at the beach

** Doing his job silently




* Beautiful color, isn't it?

** Harmony of sand and snow




* Fences

* Tylosand beach

** Even see water was frozen

*** I tasted the ice, but it wasn't salty and I think that's why the water was frozen

* Prickle

** Everyone has there own way to survive

* There were not many people at Tylosand beach

** We and just some elders

*** I don't know why there are only elders were coming, even though it was freezing !

**** I guess that people get more lonely when they get old. That's why these people came out to see something, even though it is this cold

# This is the end of the story at Tylosand beach

## I am keeping trying to find something different at the same place that people visit.

### What I found at this trip is "Everyone has their own way of survival"

#### If there are problems outside and you can not fix the problems, just change yourself 

* I visited here one more time and I have more fun at there.

** If you want to see what I did for fun, visit "MOON BLOG"

*** Thanks :)

Bonus story !

Check this out pictures and find out the difference !

 

* Did you find it?

** One car has a "F" sign and the other car has "S" sign on their number plate

*** F means France and S means Sweden

**** Since European Union adjoins each other, they can move to another country by car

***** The letter sign indicates that where they are from

****** Hope to get a sign and go to North Korea and China by car one day !

#5 Exchange Food: Cream Pasta

#5 Exchange Food: Cream Pasta

 

* While we were walking to our dorm, we saw some elders are having trouble

** They are trying to put their washing machine to their house, but looks bit hard for them

*** So we helped them :)

And I learned how to cook pasta

Tought by Chef Dinae

 

* Boil water with some salt

 

* Fry some meat to put in pasta

 

* Seperate egg's yellow part to put in noodle

 

* Boil noddle

 

* Let hot noodle cool

 

* Cut some onions to put pasta

 

* Fry onions :)

 

* Becareful when you cut onion :)

 

* This is cream souce

 

* Fry cream souce with onion & pork

 

* This is extra cheese to put in pasta

 

* Put egg's yellow part after you finish pasta

* Bon appetit :)

** Our family is getting bigger !

* So far we had two steak nights and one Korean dinner night

** If you want to check it, please visit "MOON BLOG"

*** Thanks

#4 Most Beautiful Thing: Daily Life

#4 Most Beautiful Thing: Daily Life

* Kitchen
** This is the place that people get around, eat meals and talk.

*** Also this is the place that party held.

**** In here meeting good kitchen mate is as important as meeting good roommate.

* Kitchen mates

** From right, Sydney from France, Saskia from Dutch, me, Choi from Korea, Diane from French.

*** We are good kitchen mates like family.

**** We eat, go class, work out and party together.

***** I think we are the best kitchen mate in this dorm :)

****** As exchange students, we exchange food, languages.

******* We already had French dinner twice. I am also thinking about Korean dinner night.

******** I think that these people are the most important asset for me during exchange student life than any other experiences in Sweden.

********* For human, best experience only comes from human.

* Typical meal in here.

** Potato, egg and sausage.

*** Easy to cook and delicious.

**** My kitchen mates are always telling me that why I eat same thing everyday.

***** I just don't like cooking :(




* Playing ice  hockey at school

** At the first time when I saw this scene, I was amazed that kids are playing hockey at shcool

*** However, think about this.

**** Sweden is cold and tons of snow, but boys want to go outside and play with ball.

***** The best sport for this weather is just ice hockey !

****** Different environment has different life style.





* Waiting to take pictures for student ID card.

** Every procedure in here is very slow.

*** If you are impatient person, here is not a good country for you.

**** Anyway, I choosed to come here and have to get used to this environment.

***** I wait looooooooooooooooooong time and got my student ID card !




* My student ID in halmstad University.

** Cool picture, isn't it? :)




* Kitchen mates!

** We gathered and had good time

*** At the first time, it was hard to understand European English.

**** But I am getting used to this.




* Choi Mixes
** This is the first thing we do

*** We made some vodka mixes' list for Choi !




* Me and my big boy Sydney :)



* Verena from Germany



* carolin from Germany. Also known as Caro :)

* Table game

** Write a celebrity's name on paper and put it into your forehead.

*** Then I guess my celebrity on my forehead by asking questions.

**** This is not a big funny game, but still we could have some good time together and I think that having a good time is the most important thing.

* Our life is consist of special events in small portion.

** Most of our life is consist of just these kinds of daily life.

*** If you think your daily life is beautiful, then most of my life will be beautiful too.

**** I am also having a hard time here to find an internship and job, but if I don't enjoy these things, I can't enjoy everything. 

***** Find something special in your daily life ! Your life will be more special :)

* This is the end of my #4 post, if you want to see more about life in here, visit "MOON BLOG"

** Thanks :)