{"id":55,"date":"2008-08-19T23:55:48","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T03:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=55"},"modified":"2008-08-19T23:55:48","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T03:55:48","slug":"a-little-bit-about-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/a-little-bit-about-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Bit About Adjectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s grammar time today, because we can&#8217;t have just fun and games all the time. I want you to learn something really useful here, even if only occasionally. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/useful-words-jobbig\/\" target=\"_blank\">talking about \u201c<strong>jobbig<\/strong>\u201d<\/a> I briefly mentioned the rules regarding Swedish adjectives. That when an adjective describes an \u201c<strong>ett<\/strong>\u201d noun, it gets a \u201c<strong>-t<\/strong>\u201d ending. And when it describes a plural noun, then the ending of that adjective gets an \u201c<strong>-a<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> gr\u00f6n<\/strong> = green, when used with \u201c<strong>en<\/strong>\u201d nouns, indefinite<\/li>\n<li><strong> gr\u00f6nt<\/strong> = green, when used with \u201c<strong>ett<\/strong>\u201d nouns, indefinite<\/li>\n<li><strong> gr\u00f6na<\/strong> = green when used with plural nouns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Seems simple enough. <em>\u201cBut wait!\u201d<\/em> you may say. <em>\u201cIt\u2019s not that simple!\u201d<\/em><br \/>\nAnd you are right. Unfortunately.<\/p>\n<p>There are bunches and bunches of \u201cirregular\u201d adjectives, which do what they please. In some forms they change, or they don\u2019t, or they change in a whole different way altogether.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> liten<\/strong> = small, with \u201c<strong>en<\/strong>\u201d words, indefinite<\/li>\n<li><strong> litet<\/strong> = small, with \u201c<strong>ett<\/strong>\u201d words, indefinite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>but get this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> sm\u00e5<\/strong> = small, with plural words<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, how\u2019s that for funky, huh?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>kort<\/strong> = short, with \u201c<strong>en<\/strong>\u201d words, indefinite<\/li>\n<li><strong> kort<\/strong> = short, with \u201c<strong>ett<\/strong>\u201d words, indefinite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and finally:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> korta<\/strong> = short, with plural nouns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adjectives \u201c<strong>l\u00e4tt<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>tr\u00f6tt<\/strong>\u201d behave in the same way:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> l\u00e4tt\/ l\u00e4tt\/ l\u00e4tta<\/strong> = easy, light<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>tr\u00f6tt\/ tr\u00f6tt\/ tr\u00f6tta<\/strong> = tired<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Among the most common nouns used every day, there is one serious oddity, and that is \u201c<strong>bra<\/strong>\u201d (good). <strong>Bra<\/strong> always stays the same, no matter the noun, like this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> en bra film<\/strong> = a good film<\/li>\n<li><strong> ett bra job<\/strong> = a good job<\/li>\n<li><strong> bra bocker<\/strong> = good books<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then there are some adjectives that change like they\u2019re supposed to, however they do it in a slightly offbeat way. Take a look:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> gammal<\/strong> = old (<strong>en<\/strong> nouns, indefinite)<\/li>\n<li><strong> gammalt<\/strong> = old (<strong>ett<\/strong> nouns, indefinite)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>but watch this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> gamla<\/strong> = old (plural nouns)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Or this one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> vacker<\/strong> = beautiful (<strong>en<\/strong> nouns, indefinite)<\/li>\n<li><strong> vackert<\/strong> = beautiful (<strong>ett<\/strong> nouns, indefinite)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>but something happens here:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> vackra<\/strong> = beautiful (plural)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To make it even more confusing, that \u201cplural\u201d adjective form is also used for definite nouns, both \u201c<strong>en<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>ett<\/strong>\u201d. But we\u2019ll discuss it in another post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s grammar time today, because we can&#8217;t have just fun and games all the time. I want you to learn something really useful here, even if only occasionally. \ud83d\ude42 When talking about \u201cjobbig\u201d I briefly mentioned the rules regarding Swedish adjectives. That when an adjective describes an \u201cett\u201d noun, it gets a \u201c-t\u201d ending. 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