Archive for 'Grammar'
Vilken vs. Vilket Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 5, 2010
We all know our en and ett words by now right? ett hus en bil ett äpple en familj ett bord en flodhäst ett skrivbord en penna ett näbbdjur en telefon There’s no real rule to knowing the en and ett words (except that there are many more en words than ett words so when…
Hej from a brand-new member! Posted by Stephen Maconi on Sep 29, 2010
My name is Steve, and I’m happy to announce that I’ve just joined the Swedish Blog Team here at Transparent.com! From now on, I’ll be posting video entries to assist you in your studies of Sweden and its wonderful language and culture. I guess a better way to introduce myself might be to present to…
Förlora, Tappa, Mista Posted by Tibor on Aug 24, 2010
You guys have been asking what the difference is between these three verbs. Let me try to explain it in a nutshell for you. All these three verbs could be translated as “to lose”. Well all three verbs are near in meaning, but förlora and mista are closer synonyms. Förlora: You use the verb in cases where…
Swedish Pronouns Posted by Tibor on Jul 19, 2010
Singular and Plural 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd person Grundform or Personal Pronouns Object forms Possessive Reflexive Reflexive possessive singular: 1 person jag mig min (verb) + mig min 2 person du dig din (verb) + dig din 3 person han, hon honom, henne hans, hennes (verb) + sig sin 3…
Swedish adjective and noun Posted by Tibor on Jun 4, 2010
Article/pronoun Form of adjective Form of noun Indefinite article (Någon)/en (Något)/ ett (Några)/plural (stor) (stort) (stora) Villa Hus Villor/hus Swedish double definite article+adjective This is typical for Swedish. (den) (det) (de) (stora) (stora) (stora) villan huset villorna/husen Demonstrative Pronoun+adjective Both in written and spoken Swedish. Den (där/här) Det (där/här) De(där/här) (stora) villan huset villorna/husen…
Swedish prepositions: i Posted by jennie on May 31, 2010
Bad news first. No, we did not make it into the Eurovision Song Contest final for the first time ever and it was a huge shock for a Eurovision loving country like Sweden. But hey, better luck next year and let’s look forward to the Fifa World Cup in only two weeks…oh, that’s right! Sweden did not…
Swedish prepositions: på Posted by jennie on May 27, 2010
Alright, time to get down and dirty with “På”. I wrote earlier this week that Swedes seem to love “Till”, but we have a pretty good love affair with “på” as well. I have bee thinking, reading, asking and googling to find as many ways as possible to use “på” and I am pretty sure…