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Agreed, I am from the Netherlands and I personally do not like our own summers, way too hot and sunny (while that is in a "lucky" case). Studerar svenska för less sunny or hot summers (sorry for not complete svenska)
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I'm glad to hear that! I think it's very useful to listen to songs in the language you're learning.
The names are actually a total coincidence Isn't that odd? His is his Chinese name I think, but mine is an Albanian name I picked from a character in a novel. I think however that it reflects what sounds nice to a Swedish ear.
Historically there was some small Albanian presence in Odessa, Ukraine, and we have a street named Малая Арнаутская after them ;)
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Yes, I didn't know him at all before the course. He's a great guy, I've been very lucky to have him as a co-mod.
Having endured a Swedish winter and experienced the utter joy/bliss/ecstasy of finally seeing spring/summer returning, I completely understand this song now!
There certainly is a point in late winter where the days are dark and long and you really do need to have a faith of sorts that the winter is not never ending... hence “I believe in the summer”. It captures that feeling very well!
BTW Swedish summer is all that is good in the world!!!
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I think about summer would be Jag tänker på sommaren. There's an excellent explanation by Lundgren8 about 'tro', 'tycka' and 'tänka' here: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/5577824
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Yes. Both jag tror på dig and jag tror dig are just fine. (If you mean 'believe in' like in, say, thinking somebody could have a great career, only the first one works, but usually either one is fine).