# Short Stories in Swedish for Beginners
Author:: Olly Richards
## Highlights
> This kind of reading for pleasure in order to learn a language is generally known as ‘extensive reading’. It is very different from reading a textbook in which dialogues or texts are meant to be read in detail with the aim of understanding every word. That kind of reading to reach specific learning aims or do tasks is referred to as ‘intensive reading’. To put it another way, the intensive reading in textbooks usually helps you with grammar rules and specific vocabulary, whereas reading stories extensively helps show you natural language in use. ([Location 60](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081N3GWCH&location=60))
> Vi ska åka till Sverige. ([Location 130](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081N3GWCH&location=130))
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> verkligen really uppmuntra to encourage förvånad surprised duscha to take a shower skynda sig to hurry flygplats airport kuvert envelope ha användning för to make use of vända sig om to turn around nervös nervous, worried särskilt particularly, above all för nöjes skull for fun krama to hug vinka to wave ([Location 192](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081N3GWCH&location=192))
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Title: Short Stories in Swedish for Beginners
Author: Olly Richards
Tags: readwise, books
date: 2024-01-30
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# Short Stories in Swedish for Beginners
Author:: Olly Richards
## AI-Generated Summary
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## Highlights
> This kind of reading for pleasure in order to learn a language is generally known as ‘extensive reading’. It is very different from reading a textbook in which dialogues or texts are meant to be read in detail with the aim of understanding every word. That kind of reading to reach specific learning aims or do tasks is referred to as ‘intensive reading’. To put it another way, the intensive reading in textbooks usually helps you with grammar rules and specific vocabulary, whereas reading stories extensively helps show you natural language in use. ([Location 60](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081N3GWCH&location=60))
> Vi ska åka till Sverige. ([Location 130](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081N3GWCH&location=130))
> galen mad, crazy köttbulle meatball förberedelse preparation ropa to call ytterdörr front door färdig ready, prepared kraftigt byggd strong-built duktig good, clever företag company författare author, writer mål goal ([Location 186](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081N3GWCH&location=186))
> verkligen really uppmuntra to encourage förvånad surprised duscha to take a shower skynda sig to hurry flygplats airport kuvert envelope ha användning för to make use of vända sig om to turn around nervös nervous, worried särskilt particularly, above all för nöjes skull for fun krama to hug vinka to wave ([Location 192](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B081N3GWCH&location=192))