Grammar Lesson 5:

True Friends!

There are words that are spelled only slightly different but mean the same in both English and Swedish:

Book - Bok
Room - Rum
Door - Dörr
Bread - Bröd
Paper - Papper (the material, not newspaper)
Toe - Tå
Hair - Hår
Life - Liv
Muscle - Muskel

Words which are spelled the same in English and Swedish (but they are sometimes pronounced a bit differently):

Trumpet, smoothie, outlet, timeout, feedback, online, policy, lockout, overall, bag, shorts, snacks, jeans, bulldozer, pudding, snowboard, laptop, hand, finger

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