Swedish guides

Drawn explanations of Swedish grammar and word choice, with example sentences.

• En or ett? Swedish noun genderEvery Swedish noun is an en-word or an ett-word. The noun decides — not the sound that follows.
• Swedish word order: the verb comes secondIn a Swedish main clause the verb is always in slot 2. Put anything else first and the subject moves behind the verb.
• Gå or åka? Saying “go” in SwedishEnglish go is three verbs in Swedish: gå on foot, åka by vehicle, köra when you drive.
• 6 common Swedish mistakes — and the fixThe six slips that give away an English speaker in Swedish, each crossed out and fixed.
• Sin or hans? Swedish has two kinds of 'his'sin = the subject's own. hans / hennes = someone else's. English his covers both.
• Swedish adjective endings: stor, stort, storaen-word: stor. ett-word: stort. Plural or after the: stora.
• Tycker, tror or tänker? Three Swedish verbs for 'think'tycker = my opinion. tror = I believe, I guess. tänker = the thinking itself.
• Ska or kommer att? The Swedish futureska = someone has decided. kommer att = it will just happen.
• Swedish plurals: -or, -ar, -er, -n or nothingFive plural endings. The word's last letter and en/ett pick it: flickor, bilar, studenter, äpplen, hus.
• På or i? Swedish prepositions for placesi = inside, and cities or countries. på = on a surface, open places, islands, and places with a purpose: på jobbet, på bio.