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Inflections and putting spaces where they don't belong.

Here are a few sentences (more to come), of where you should and should not put spaces within Swedish sentences/words:

a = should not be said
b = should be said

1a) Kassa medarbetare - Bad co-workers
1b) Kassamedarbetare - Tellers

2a) Här börjar kassa kön - The bad queue starts here
2b) Här börjar kassakön - The head of the queue starts here

3a) Vi behöver ett bygg till stånd - We need a build to boner
3b) Vi behöver ett byggtillstånd - We need a building permit

4a) Matt tvätt - Tired laundry
4b) Mattvätt - Carpet cleaning or carpet cleaner

5a) Brun hårig sjuk sköterska - Brown hairy sick nurse
5b) Brunhårig sjuksköterska - Brown-haired nurse



More to come!