Tag Archives: personal pronouns
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…
Anybody’s “man” – another personal pronoun Posted by Transparent Language on Sep 2, 2009
Since we were talking about personal pronouns the other day, and as I see, it has provoked some very interesting comments, I thought it would be a good idea to continue on the subject. “What? There are even more pronouns in Swedish?” I hear you say. Well, not that many more. Actually, just one more…
Dem Pesky Personal Pronouns Posted by Transparent Language on Aug 26, 2009
The other day I got an email asking me to clarify which form of the third person plural personal pronoun (that would be the Swedish equivalent of “they” in English) was correct. The question, of course, was about “de” and “dom”. Hmmm… it’s an interesting question. Both of those words are pronounced the same –…