{"id":230,"date":"2009-07-04T06:02:52","date_gmt":"2009-07-04T10:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=230"},"modified":"2009-07-04T06:02:52","modified_gmt":"2009-07-04T10:02:52","slug":"it%e2%80%99s-a-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/it%e2%80%99s-a-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a sin!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, not really a sin, but simply \u201c<strong>sin<\/strong>\u201d. It\u2019s one of those fun \u201cfalse friends\u201d- words that look the same in both English and Swedish, but have different meanings. And we could pretty much leave it at that, but unfortunately, this Swedish \u201c<strong>sin<\/strong>\u201d can be a bit problematic for English speakers.<\/p>\n<p>You see, it\u2019s a possessive pronoun. Yes, another one, I know, I know\u2026 And it\u2019s also of the \u201cnot found in English\u201d variety of personal pronouns, which is precisely why it can be a pain to learn and use it correctly.<\/p>\n<p>So, what is this \u201c<strong>sin<\/strong>\u201d exactly? It may mean \u201chis\u201d or \u201cher\u201d or \u201cits\u201d or \u201ctheir\u201d depending on the subject of the sentence. Because you see, it\u2019s used when the third person possessive pronoun in the sentence refers to the subject of the same clause. Confused? OK, let\u2019s take a look at how it works in real life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00c5sa \u00e4r gift med Jonas.<\/strong> \u2013 \u00c5sa is married to Jonas.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And this lovely couple will now demonstrate when you use \u201c<strong>sin<\/strong>\u201d and when some other possessive pronoun is needed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Jonas bes\u00f6ker sin pappa ofta.<\/strong> \u2013 Jonas often visits his (own) dad.<\/li>\n<li><strong> \u00c5sa ringer hans pappa varje dag.<\/strong> \u2013 \u00c5sa calls his (Jonas\u2019s) dad every day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See what I mean? In the first sentence, because Jonas is the subject and his dad is the object, instead of \u201chis\u201d we need to use \u201c<strong>sin<\/strong>\u201d. It means \u201chis\u201d, but more like \u201chis own\u201d. And that\u2019s basically the gist of it. If you can\u2019t stick \u201cown\u201d after the possessive pronoun in a sentence, then you must use \u201c<strong>hans<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>hennes<\/strong>\u201d or \u201c<strong>deras<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <strong>\u00c5sa<\/strong> will provide us with one more example.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> \u00c5sa tv\u00e4ttar inte sin bil.<\/strong> \u2013 \u00c5sa doesn\u2019t wash her (own) car. <em>(hehehe, she\u2019s just like me!)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong> Jonas \u00e4lskar \u00c5sa, s\u00e5 han tv\u00e4ttar hennes bil.<\/strong> \u2013 Jonas loves \u00c5sa, and so he washes her car. <em>(and Jonas is just like my husband, LOL!)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that\u2019s basically it. You just need to remember that \u201c<strong>sin<\/strong>\u201d can\u2019t be used with the subject. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> Jag k\u00e4nner \u00c5sa.<\/strong> &#8211; I know \u00c5sa.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Hennes man arbetar p\u00e5 v\u00e5rt kontor.<\/strong> \u2013 Her husband works at our office.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See? You can\u2019t say \u201cSin man arbetar p\u00e5 v\u00e5rt kontor\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The easiest way to remember when to use \u201c<strong>sin<\/strong>\u201d and when to use a different possessive pronoun is to keep in mind these two simple sentences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jonas \u00e4lskar sin fru.<\/strong> \u2013 Jonas loves his (own wife).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jonas \u00e4lskar hans fru.<\/strong> \u2013 Jonas loves his (some other guy\u2019s) wife.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And of course, because it\u2019s Swedish \u201c<strong>sin<\/strong>\u201d morphs into \u201c<strong>sitt<\/strong>\u201d when it is used with \u201c<strong>ett<\/strong>\u201d nouns and becomes \u201c<strong>sina<\/strong>\u201d when used with plural nouns.<\/p>\n<p>Now, you see that it&#8217;s important to learn how to use &#8220;<strong>sin<\/strong>&#8221; correctly &#8211; it can help you stay out of trouble when talking about another man&#8217;s wife! \ud83d\ude42 <em>Because otherwise, it&#8217;s a sin!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, not really a sin, but simply \u201csin\u201d. It\u2019s one of those fun \u201cfalse friends\u201d- words that look the same in both English and Swedish, but have different meanings. And we could pretty much leave it at that, but unfortunately, this Swedish \u201csin\u201d can be a bit problematic for English speakers. 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