“Pakistan” verbs in Swedish What is “PaKiSTan X” verbs? There is a group of verbs in the Swedish language, which sometimes are called “Pakistan” verbs. The official grammar name is verb group 2b. Otherwise, there are 5 Swedish verb groups: 1, 2a, 2b, 3 and 4. But there are two practical reasons why “group 2b” is…
Swedish Verbs A – J K – T U – Ö A – J Edit Infinitiv Grupp Imperativ Presens Preteritum Supinum Translation acceptera 1 acceptera accepterar accepterade accepterat accept agera 1 agera agerar agerade agerat act akta 1 akta aktar aktade aktat be careful with, take care of, guard, protect amma 1 amma ammar ammade…
What is the difference between sämre and värre ? In English, both “sämre” and “värre” mean “worse,” the comparative form of something bad. But in Swedish, there are two kinds of “worse,” so called “sämre” and värre,” that are used in different contexts. When we compare something that can be good but also can be…
Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Relative Clauses in Swedish Grmmar terminology Part of Speech Noun / Substantiv Gender (grammatical) Sometimes, Swedish nouns appear in indefinite form after the definite article. For example, you may see “den tid” instead of “den tiden“, as many of you have learned. Why is a Swedish noun written in indefinite form after…
Traces of the Old Genitive Case in Swedish Grmmar terminology Part of Speech Noun / Substantiv Gender (grammatical) Swedish, like many Germanic languages, once had a more complex case system. Historically, it included four cases: nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative. Today, only remnants of the genitive case remain in standard Swedish, typically marked by…
Difference between lite, liten, lilla and små Grmmar terminology Part of Speech Noun / Substantiv Singularis / Singular Pluralis / Plural Indefinite form (of noun) Definite form (of noun) Article (grammatical) Gender (grammatical) Common Gender – Utrum Neuter Gender – Neutrum Agreement (grammatical) / Kongruens What is the difference between “lite” and “liten” ? In…
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Infinitive marker “att” in Swedish How do you use “att in Swedish and When to use ‘att’ before a verb? One of the biggest confusions in the Swedish language for English speakers is when to use the infinitive maker “att” which is equal to English “to” like in “to do”, “to eat” or “to be”. Even…
Difference between flera and fler What is the difference between fler and flera? The answer is that there is no difference between “fler” and “flera” and they can be used interchangeably if they refer to “more” in the sentence, when you compare, or they refer to “further”, or “additional”, like “one more” or “many more”….
What is the difference between lång and länge in Swedish language? A short answer is that “lång” is an adjective and “länge” is an adverb. The adjective lång means “long or tall”, while the adverb länge means “for a long time”. People may get confused with “lång” and “länge” because we deal with adjectives and…
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