{"id":1284,"date":"2010-06-04T09:28:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T09:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2010-06-04T09:28:38","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T09:28:38","slug":"swedish-adjective-and-noun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedish-adjective-and-noun\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish adjective and noun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nArticle\/pronoun<\/td>\nForm of\u00a0 adjective<\/td>\nForm of noun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Indefinite article<\/strong><\/td>\n(N\u00e5gon)\/en<\/p>\n

(N\u00e5got<\/strong>)\/ ett<\/p>\n

(N\u00e5gra<\/strong>)\/plural<\/td>\n

(stor)<\/p>\n

(stort<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

(stora<\/strong>)<\/td>\n

Villa<\/p>\n

Hus<\/p>\n

Villor\/hus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Swedish\u00a0 double definite <\/strong>article<\/strong>+adjective<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is typical for Swedish.<\/td>\n

(den)<\/p>\n

(det)<\/p>\n

(de)<\/td>\n

(stora<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

(stora<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

(stora<\/strong>)<\/td>\n

villan<\/strong><\/p>\n

huset<\/strong><\/p>\n

villorna<\/strong>\/husen<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Demonstrative <\/strong>Pronoun+adjective<\/strong><\/p>\n

Both in written and spoken Swedish.<\/td>\n

Den<\/strong> (d\u00e4r\/h\u00e4r)<\/p>\n

Det<\/strong> (d\u00e4r\/h\u00e4r)<\/p>\n

De<\/strong>(d\u00e4r\/h\u00e4r)<\/td>\n

(stora<\/strong>)<\/td>\nvillan<\/p>\n

huset<\/p>\n

villorna\/husen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Possessiva <\/strong>Pronomen+adjective<\/strong><\/td>\nmin<\/strong>\/din<\/strong><\/p>\n

mitt<\/strong><\/p>\n

mina<\/strong><\/td>\n

(stora<\/strong>)<\/td>\nvilla<\/p>\n

hus<\/p>\n

villor\/hus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Genitive form<\/strong>+adjective<\/strong><\/td>\nHans<\/strong>\/hennes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Peters<\/strong><\/p>\n

L\u00e4rarens<\/strong><\/td>\n

(stora<\/strong>)<\/td>\nvilla\/hus<\/p>\n

villor<\/p>\n

hus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Demonstrative <\/strong>Pronoun+adjective<\/strong><\/p>\n

Preferably in Written Swedish*<\/td>\n

Denna<\/strong><\/p>\n

D<\/strong>etta<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dessa<\/strong><\/td>\n

(stora<\/strong>)<\/td>\nvilla<\/p>\n

hus<\/p>\n

villor\/hus<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Other pronouns<\/strong><\/td>\nsamma<\/strong><\/td>\n(stora<\/strong>)<\/td>\nvilla\/hus\/villor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>\nX<\/strong><\/td>\nStora<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stora<\/strong><\/p>\n

Stora<\/strong><\/td>\n

teatern<\/p>\n

torget**<\/p>\n

sj\u00f6arna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

*I would prefer using denna, detta, dessa in written language. However, you can also use them in spoken language, but then maybe you want to be funny or sound old. Don\u00b4t forget that there is no definite form either after these three forms or after possessive pronouns. However, \u00a0you can still hear these words followed by nouns in definite forms when people speak; both in southern and western Sweden. It is dialectal, but no one really would use that in written language. But who knows..maybe from 100 years from now\u2026<\/p>\n

**In Danish you would say stora torg because they don\u00b4t have the double definite articles. Since Sk\u00e5ne used to belong to Denmark back in the days you can still find some traces of that era because in Malm\u00f6 the biggest square named Stora torg and not Stora torget as it would be anywhere else in Sweden.<\/p>\n

Note that you can find adjectives ending with e- instead of \u2013a in both written and spoken language. For example: Den lilla<\/strong> pojken, Den lille<\/strong> pojken. But only if we talk about a male! Hans trevlige v\u00e4n. Here we should note that it\u00b4s about a male. However, Den trevliga pojken\/flickan are the most common ways nowadays to put it. The e-endings are common in southern and western Sweden.<\/p>\n

Homework for you!<\/p>\n