{"id":7319,"date":"2016-04-12T17:25:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T17:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/?p=7319"},"modified":"2016-04-09T22:42:17","modified_gmt":"2016-04-09T22:42:17","slug":"swedish-possessive-pronouns-min-mitt-mina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/swedish\/swedish-possessive-pronouns-min-mitt-mina\/","title":{"rendered":"Swedish Possessive Pronouns \u2013 Min, Mitt, Mina"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Stugan \u00e4r inte min.\u00a0The Stuga<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Mats Hagwall<\/a>. Licensed under CC BY 2.0<\/a> via Flickr<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

In my last post, The Swedish Definite Form \u2013 Demonstrative Pronouns<\/a>, I messed up. I wrote the following sentence: Detta r\u00f6da hus \u00e4r min<\/em>. This red house is mine.<\/p>\n

See what I did wrong? Min<\/em>. It should have been mitt<\/em>. Detta r\u00f6da hus \u00e4r mitt<\/em>. Why? Because hus<\/em> is an ett<\/em>-word. Ett hus<\/em>.<\/p>\n

When you\u2019re working with possessive pronouns in English, it\u2019s pretty easy. My dog, my house, my cars. Your dog, your house, your cars. Her dog, her house, her cars. You get the idea. The possessive pronoun doesn\u2019t change much. It doesn’t care about en<\/em>– or ett<\/em>-words or even if a word is singular or plural.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a little different in Swedish. Just like so many aspects of Swedish grammar, you have to make sure that the nouns you\u2019re working with match with the rest of your sentence, whether that is an adjective, a demonstrative pronoun, or a possessive pronoun like min<\/em>, mitt<\/em>, mina<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at a few examples:
\nHar du sett mitt<\/strong> barn<\/em>? Have you seen my child?
\nHon \u00e4lskar min<\/strong> hund<\/em>. She loves my dog.
\nJag vill skriva en bok om mina<\/strong> barn och mina<\/strong> hundar<\/em>. I want to write a book about my children and my dogs.<\/p>\n

In the plural, you\u2019re going to use mina<\/em> whether the noun you\u2019re describing is an en<\/em>-word or an ett<\/em>-word so even though barn<\/em> is an ett<\/em>-word and hund<\/em> is an en<\/em>-word, when you\u2019re talking about them in their plural forms, they will both be described using mina<\/em>. Mina barn<\/em>. Mina hundar<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There are a whole bunch of possessive pronouns in Swedish and the rules are going to be the same. Have an en<\/em>-word that you want to possess? Or maybe an ett<\/em>-word? Maybe it\u2019s even a plural! Take a look at the chart below for the different forms of Swedish possessive pronouns:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Engelska<\/strong><\/td>\nSvenska (en)<\/strong><\/td>\nSvenska (ett)<\/strong><\/td>\nSvenska (plural)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
my<\/td>\nmin<\/td>\nmitt<\/td>\nmina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
your (singular)<\/td>\ndin<\/td>\nditt<\/td>\ndina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
his<\/td>\nhans<\/td>\nhans<\/td>\nhans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
her<\/td>\nhennes<\/td>\nhennes<\/td>\nhennes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
gender-neutral<\/td>\nhens<\/td>\nhens<\/td>\nhens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
its<\/td>\ndess<\/td>\ndess<\/td>\ndess<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
our<\/td>\nv\u00e5r<\/td>\nv\u00e5rt<\/td>\nv\u00e5ra<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
your (plural)<\/td>\ner<\/td>\nert<\/td>\nera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
their<\/td>\nderas<\/td>\nderas<\/td>\nderas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

P.S. Seriously, if you see something and it seems wrong, leave a comment! If it\u2019s a typo and we just messed up, we\u2019ll fix it. If it\u2019s not wrong, we\u2019ll be happy to explain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

In my last post, The Swedish Definite Form \u2013 Demonstrative Pronouns, I messed up. I wrote the following sentence: Detta r\u00f6da hus \u00e4r min. This red house is mine. See what I did wrong? Min. It should have been mitt. Detta r\u00f6da hus \u00e4r mitt. Why? Because hus is an ett-word. Ett hus. When…<\/p>\n

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