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Right is good, left is bad! How about sinister ('left' in Latin) vs right as in 'the right thing'? I can't remember the Latin word for right right now, sorry. (no pun intended)

Quirky use of /s/ in Swedish /s/ is primarily used as an affix to make verbs passive: Att se vs att ses ; jag ser vs jag ses 'To see' vs 'to be seen'; 'I see' vs 'I am (being) seen' (It is also possible to say att bli sedd or jag blir sedd , just like in English.) There are some verbs that use /s/ ...

Despite being indo-european, Swedish has got some interesting voice phenomena. Just like Latin there are deponent verbs (passive in form but active in meaning). Also, there are reciprocal verbs, which if put into passive mode translate as "each other". An example: Att se , to see, in 1st person plur...