{"id":1515,"date":"2010-07-19T08:36:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T08:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=1515"},"modified":"2010-07-19T08:45:42","modified_gmt":"2010-07-19T08:45:42","slug":"swedish-pronouns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedish-pronouns\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Pronouns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\u00a0Singular and Plural<\/td>\n\u00a01 st, 2 nd, 3 rd person<\/td>\n\u00a0Grundform or Personal Pronouns<\/td>\n\u00a0Object forms<\/td>\n\u00a0Possessive<\/td>\n\u00a0Reflexive<\/td>\n\u00a0Reflexive possessive<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0singular:<\/td>\n\u00a01 person<\/td>\n\u00a0jag<\/td>\n\u00a0mig<\/td>\n\u00a0min<\/td>\n\u00a0(verb) + mig<\/td>\n\u00a0min<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a02 person<\/td>\n\u00a0du<\/td>\n\u00a0dig<\/td>\n\u00a0din<\/td>\n\u00a0(verb) + dig<\/td>\n\u00a0din<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a03 person<\/td>\n\u00a0han, hon<\/td>\n\u00a0honom, henne<\/td>\n\u00a0hans, hennes<\/td>\n\u00a0(verb) + sig<\/td>\n\u00a0sin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a03 person neutrum<\/td>\n\u00a0den, det<\/td>\n\u00a0den, det<\/td>\n\u00a0dess<\/td>\n\u00a0(verb) + sig<\/td>\n\u00a0sin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0plural<\/td>\n\u00a01 person<\/td>\n\u00a0vi<\/td>\n\u00a0oss<\/td>\n\u00a0v\u00e5r<\/td>\n\u00a0(verb) + sig<\/td>\n\u00a0v\u00e5r<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a02 person<\/td>\n\u00a0ni<\/td>\n\u00a0er<\/td>\n\u00a0er<\/td>\n\u00a0(verb) + er<\/td>\n\u00a0er<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a03 person<\/td>\n\u00a0de\/dom<\/td>\n\u00a0dem<\/td>\n\u00a0deras<\/td>\n\u00a0(verb) + sig<\/td>\n\u00a0sin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Ok guys. More grammar on the Swedish blog, even though it is hot summer weather and you don\u00b4t want to open your books. I am not just giving you a table but of course some explanations to it. There are some things you should be aware of. I think we can skip the personal pronouns because that is easy but let me give you some examples.<\/p>\n

a., Personal Pronouns<\/strong>;\u00a0Hon<\/strong>\u00a0\u00e4r\u00a0vacker och rolig. She\u00b4s beautiful and funny.\u00a0( In cases like these you don\u00b4t have to put out the personal pronoun two times since you are talking about the same person Marie). \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

b., Object forms<\/strong>; Jag ser honom<\/strong>. I see him<\/strong>. Vi tr\u00e4ffade dem<\/strong> ig\u00e5r. We met them<\/strong> yesterday.\u00a0\u00a0or De v\u00e4ntar p\u00e5 oss<\/strong>. They are waiting for us<\/strong>.\u00a0Har du sett den senaste filmen med Sandra Bullock? Have you seen the latest movie with Sandra Bullock? Nej, jag har inte sett den<\/strong>. (Where den referes to the word movie since it is called en film<\/em> in Swedish so you use the pronoun den<\/strong>. If I hade asked you; Have you seen my umbrella?\u00a0Then the answer would\u00a0have been;\u00a0Nej, jag har inte sett det<\/strong>. Because it is called ett paraply<\/em> in Swedish.<\/p>\n

*Note that in SG\/3 in this case people often use han<\/strong>\/hon<\/strong> instead of honom<\/strong> and henne<\/strong> in spoken language, especially in Western Sweden. However this use is considered incorrect.\u00a0But you can hear it a lot so it is good to know. Some lingvists say that in Old Swedish the forms were hon<\/strong>\/han<\/strong> and not honom<\/strong> and henne<\/strong> so it might be the original form. Another theory is that people know that it should be henne<\/strong>\/honom<\/strong> but we want to save some time when explaining things for example in situations when we both know the object of our conversation: Jag s\u00e5g (han Christian) ig\u00e5r. And then it easily becomes Jag s\u00e5g han ig\u00e5r. But you should stick to Jag s\u00e5g honom<\/strong> ig\u00e5r. That is the correct one or you can say Jag s\u00e5g Christian ig\u00e5r.<\/p>\n

c., Possessive Pronouns<\/strong>; There is never best\u00e4md form i.e definite form of nouns\u00a0after these pronouns. For example: Mitt<\/strong> hus (since it is called ett hus<\/em> in Swedish), Min<\/strong> kamera (since it is called en kamera<\/em> in Swedish), or V\u00e5ra <\/strong>hus or v\u00e5ra<\/strong> kameror in plural. Find the\u00a0explanation and tables about Swedish plurals here<\/a>.\u00a0 It is also good to know that in\u00a0PL1 and 2 forms can be pronounced as v\u00e5ran<\/strong> and eran<\/strong> but v\u00e5r<\/strong> and er<\/strong> are also common of course. Only in spoken language but in written we always\u00a0stick to\u00a0the rules! Also note that I haven\u00b4t added the t-forms like v\u00e5rt <\/strong>hus, ert<\/strong> hus\u00a0and the plurals like v\u00e5ra\u00a0<\/strong>hus\u00a0and era <\/strong>hus\u00a0in the table but they are in use. The forms are always depended on the article of the noun. If it is ett hus<\/em> then you\u00b4ll get v\u00e5rt<\/strong>, ert<\/strong>, if it is for example en bil, en man, en\u00a0dotter<\/em>\u00a0you would get v\u00e5r<\/strong> and er<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

d., Reflexive Pronouns<\/strong>; You have some reflexive forms and might\u00a0have some\u00a0reflexive verbs\u00a0in\u00a0your language as well (like in German for example), but they seldom match with Swedish or they have other functions in other languages,\u00a0so I recommend you to learn the reflexive verbs\/phrases by heart like for instance: kamma sig<\/strong> (we say: to comb oneself), tv\u00e4ttar sig<\/strong> (to wash oneself)\u00a0l\u00e4gger sig <\/strong>(to lie down). Jag \u00e4r j\u00e4ttetr\u00f6tt och \u00a0ska l\u00e4gga mig<\/strong> en stund. I am very tired I\u00b4ll lie down<\/strong> a bit. Note that in English you use a so called phrasal verb (verb + preposition)\u00a0to express this action. You wouldn\u00b4t say in English\u00a0“I lie myself but it is exactly what\u00a0you say in Swedish”.<\/p>\n

Jag l\u00e4gger mig, Du l\u00e4gger dig, Han\/Hon\/Den\/Det l\u00e4gger sig, Vi l\u00e4gger oss, Ni l\u00e4gger er, De l\u00e4gger sig.<\/p>\n

e., Reflexive possessive; <\/strong>In this case to make a huge and hard topic blog short I would say that you should think about (one\u00b4s own) in English whenever using or hearing these constructions in Swedish. For example. Hon kom med sitt<\/strong> barn p\u00e5 m\u00f6tet. She came with her (own) child to the meeting while Hon kom med hennes<\/strong> barn p\u00e5 m\u00f6tet. She came with her (another woman\u00b4s child)<\/strong> child<\/strong> to the meeting. Don\u00b4t mix the two! Think always about that it is yours\/someone else\u00b4s\u00a0own something you talk about. You use sitt in case of t-forms like in the example and sin in case of n-forms like. Han k\u00f6rde sin<\/strong> bl\u00e5a bil. He drove his (own)<\/strong> blue car. Also note that I havn\u00b4t added sina<\/strong> in plural in this table. It functions as a plural form for both sitt <\/strong>and sin. <\/strong>For example: Hon kom med sina<\/strong> d\u00f6ttrar<\/strong> p\u00e5 m\u00f6tet. She came with her (own) daughters<\/strong> to the meeting or Hon s\u00e5lde sina tv\u00e5 hus<\/strong> i M\u00e1laga. She sold her two (own) houses<\/strong> in M\u00e1laga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Singular and Plural \u00a01 st, 2 nd, 3 rd person \u00a0Grundform or Personal Pronouns \u00a0Object forms \u00a0Possessive \u00a0Reflexive \u00a0Reflexive possessive \u00a0singular: \u00a01 person \u00a0jag \u00a0mig \u00a0min \u00a0(verb) + mig \u00a0min \u00a0 \u00a02 person \u00a0du \u00a0dig \u00a0din \u00a0(verb) + dig \u00a0din \u00a0 \u00a03 person \u00a0han, hon \u00a0honom, henne \u00a0hans, hennes \u00a0(verb) + sig \u00a0sin \u00a0 \u00a03…<\/p>\n

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