Lesson One!
Vocabulary:
Vad?- what? (Pronounced without a d)
Är- are or is (pronounced without an r)
Det- it or this (pronounced without a t)
Vem?- who?
En bok- a book
Ett bord- a table
Ett äpple- an apple
Ett brev- a letter
Har- has or have
En student- a student
En pojke- a boy
En flicka- a girl
En man- a man or husband
En kvinna- a woman
Här- here
Try to translate!
En student har en bok.
Ven har en bok?
En kvinna är här.
Grammar
Gender:
In Swedish there are two genders. There are en- words and there are ett- words.
Indefinite Articles
En and ett are the indefinite articles in Sweden, like a is a indefinite article in America or the UK.
Unlike the US or the UK the indefinite article is connected to the noun (person, place, or thing). If the noun already ends in a vowel it takes the suffix -n or -t.
Swedish: En bok - boken
English: a book- the book
Swedish- en pojke - pojken
English- a boy - the boy
Swedish: en bord - bordet
English- a table - the table
Swedish- ett äpple - äpplet
English- a apple - the apple
Verbs
Swedish verbs have only one form making them much easier than verbs of many other languages including English.
Present tense verbs mainly end in -r. We already know two verbs; har and är.
Examples:
Kvinnan har en bok.
The woman had a book.
Vem är pojken?
Who is the boy?
Vad är det? Det är en äpple.
What is that? This is an apple.
Mannen har brevet.
The man has the letter.
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