Sometimes Swedish pronunciation can be a bit tricky.\u00a0 \u00c4r sounds like e, dagen sounds like dawn, sedan sounds like sen.\u00a0 Plenty of letter are ignored.\u00a0 Then of course, there is de.\u00a0 Which sounds like dom.\u00a0 And dem, which also sounds like dom.\u00a0 Both are pronouns, one however, de is a subject, while dem is an object.\u00a0 No problem right?<\/p>\n
When speaking, there isn\u2019t a problem.\u00a0 No one hears the difference between de and dem.\u00a0 When writing though, there can be a problem.<\/p>\n
There are ways around all of this, the first being just knowing what part of the sentence is your subject, what part of your sentence is the object.<\/p>\n
In English subject pronouns are our common, I, you, he, she, it, we, you guys, and they.<\/p>\n
Subject pronouns are me, you, him, her, it, us, you guys, and them.<\/p>\n
| Subjekt<\/span><\/td>\n | Objekt <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| Jag<\/td>\n | Mig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Du<\/td>\n | Dig<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Han<\/td>\n | Honom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Hon<\/td>\n | Henne<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Den<\/td>\n | Den<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Det<\/td>\n | Det<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Vi<\/td>\n | Oss<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | Ni<\/td>\n | Er<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | De<\/td>\n | Dem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n | So, if you were to say I love you in Swedish. We get to use both our subject, I, and our object you, giving us: Jag \u00e4lskar dig.<\/p>\n Then comes the tricky one: de vs. dem.<\/p>\n First, a sentence using dem as an object:<\/p>\n Jag vill prata med dem. (I want to talk with them.)<\/p>\n And now, a sentence using de as a subject:<\/p>\n De vill prata med mig. (They want to talk with me.)<\/p>\n It\u2019s important to keep your subjects and objects in line, especially when writing de vs. dem.\u00a0 Of course when all else fails, if you find yourself using de when you should be using dem, just blame it on a typo.\u00a0 It wouldn\u2019t be the first time a letter was left of of a word.\u00a0 (See what I did there?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes Swedish pronunciation can be a bit tricky.\u00a0 \u00c4r sounds like e, dagen sounds like dawn, sedan sounds like sen.\u00a0 Plenty of letter are ignored.\u00a0 Then of course, there is de.\u00a0 Which sounds like dom.\u00a0 And dem, which also sounds like dom.\u00a0 Both are pronouns, one however, de is a subject, while dem is an…<\/p>\n |