Gender
In Swedish there are two genders, there are en-words and
ett-words. The
majority of Swedish words are en-words. In the vocabulary lists, nouns
will always be given with their corresponding articles.
Indefinite and Definite Articles
En and ett are the indefinite articles in Swedish, equivalent to the
English 'a'. The indefinite article precedes the noun as in English:
en bok - a book
en student - a student
ett bord - a table
The definite article, however, is suffixed to the noun. En-words take
the suffix -en, and ett-words take the suffix -et. If a
noun already ends in a vowel, it just takes -n or -t
en bok --> boken
a book --> the book
en pojke --> pojken
a boy --> the boy
ett bord --> bordet
a table --> the table
ett äpple --> äpplet
an apple --> the apple
Verbs
Verbs in Swedish are even easier than in English. They don't change
forms for person or number. So while verbs in French, German, Russian,
Hungarian, and more have different forms for I, you, him, etc... and
while English has a different form for he/she (I work, he works), Swedish
has just one form. In the present tense verbs end (with only a handful of
exceptions) in -r. Already you know two verbs: är (is, are)
and har (has, have).
Here are more sample sentences using the grammar you have learned:
Kvinnan har en bok.
The woman has a book.
Vem är pojken?
Who is the boy?
Vad är det? Det är ett äpple.
What is that? It's an apple.
Mannen har brevet. (Notice the 'n' doubles in 'man')
The man has the letter.
Vocabulary
Grammar
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