Tag Archives: Swedish grammar
Swedish Possessive Pronouns – Min, Mitt, Mina Posted by Marcus Cederström on Apr 12, 2016
In my last post, The Swedish Definite Form – Demonstrative Pronouns, I messed up. I wrote the following sentence: Detta röda hus är min. This red house is mine. See what I did wrong? Min. It should have been mitt. Detta röda hus är mitt. Why? Because hus is an ett-word. Ett hus. When…
The Swedish Definite Form – Demonstrative Pronouns Posted by Marcus Cederström on Mar 31, 2016
The Swedish language can be a bit tricky when working with the definite to describe something. As Stephen points out in “Why the double-definite in Swedish?” you’ll notice, if you haven’t already, that when you’re using an adjective to describe a noun in the definite form you’re going to double up on your definiteness. For…
Three Common Swedish Mistakes Posted by Marcus Cederström on Sep 25, 2015
Learning a language can be difficult and early on (and even later on) there are some common mistakes that you’ll make again and again. That’s ok. But some of them can be easily remedied. Let’s take a look at three common Swedish mistakes. Svart vs. svårt One pesky letter. That’s all it takes sometimes to…
Super Scary Prepositions: Vid Posted by Marcus Cederström on Aug 25, 2015
This is the third post in a very infrequent series about prepositions. We’ve covered the preposition till and the preposition under in the past, and now it’s time for vid. Prepositions are incredibly difficult to get right when learning a new language. Unfortunately, they’re also very important to greater levels of understanding. But don’t worry!…
Super Scary Prepositions: Under Posted by Marcus Cederström on Feb 16, 2015
This is the second post in the “Super Scary Prepositions” series. The first, written around Halloween inspired the name. Since prepositions are scary at any time of the year, I’m going to stick with the title and just call it a series. Anyway, if you missed the first one, it was about the preposition till…
Super Scary Prepositions: Till Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 31, 2014
It’s Halloween. A time for super scary creatures. And super scary parts of grammar. Nothing scares me more than prepositions. I hate them. There, I said it. I hate prepositions. I mess them up in Swedish and English. And I’ve been speaking both of those languages for a lot of years. A lot of teachers…
Answering Yes and No Questions in Swedish Posted by Marcus Cederström on Oct 27, 2014
Det is an important word in Swedish. It’s a common word with a lot of uses and a few different meanings. If you missed Steve’s posts about this and that, definitely click on through to find out more about how det is used: Swedish Grammar: This and that, Part 1 Swedish Grammar: This and that…