Since we were talking about personal pronouns the other day, and as I see, it has provoked some very interesting comments, I thought it would be a good idea to continue on the subject.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat? There are even more pronouns in Swedish?\u201d<\/em> I hear you say.<\/p>\n Well, not that many more. Actually, just one more that I think I should mention on here. And depending on how you look at it, it may not even be a pronoun at all. Yes, I\u2019m talking about \u201cman<\/strong>\u201d. Not just any man, but the one that is normally translated into English as \u201cone\u201d. Well, it\u2019s translated as \u201cone\u201d if we want to go all formal, but normally, it becomes something like \u201cyou\u201d or \u201cthey\u201d or \u201cwe\u201d, or simply \u201cpeople\u201d in English. In other words, this \u201cman<\/strong>\u201d thingie is used when we want to talk about people in general and nobody in particular.<\/p>\n And it looks like that:<\/p>\n Here\u2019s another example:<\/p>\n And another:<\/p>\n So that\u2019s the easy part. The not so easy part could be the objective form of \u201cman<\/strong>\u201d, which is \u201cen<\/strong>\u201d. Like this:<\/p>\n But, if the object refers back to the subject, then the reflexive \u201csig<\/strong>\u201d bit is used. Like this:<\/p>\n I always try to abide by the K.I.S.S. principle when discussing grammar, because that\u2019s what most people learning a foreign language need. But if you feel the need to elaborate on this very \u201cpersonal\u201d subject, the comments are all yours. Go wild! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since we were talking about personal pronouns the other day, and as I see, it has provoked some very interesting comments, I thought it would be a good idea to continue on the subject. \u201cWhat? There are even more pronouns in Swedish?\u201d I hear you say. Well, not that many more. Actually, just one more…<\/p>\n\n
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