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LW #61: Verb group 4 - strong and irregular verbs (4)
The quiz is based on the exercises from this language workshop. If you want to prepare for the quiz, go through the exercises first. Exercises Check the verb forms and tenses in the table and correct any that are written incorrectly. infinitiv infinitive imperativ imperative presens present tense preteritum past tense perfekt present perfect tense att gå to go Gå! går gåt har gått att göra to do Göra! görar gjörde har gjört att ha to have Har! har hade har haft att heta to be
Jul 73 min read


LW #60: Verb group 4 - strong and irregular verbs (3)
The quiz is based on the exercises from this language workshop. If you want to prepare for the quiz, go through the exercises first. We continue with 8 more verbs from group 4: att gå, att göra, att ha, att heta, att hålla, att komma, att kunna, att le Exercises Try to fill in the table with what you know so far. You can check the completed table among the correct answers below. infinitiv infinitive imperativ imperative presens present tense preteritum past tense perfekt pres
Jun 255 min read


LW #59: Verb group 4 - strong and irregular verbs (2)
Last time we learned about the forms and tenses of these strong and irregular verbs: att be, att bära, att dra, att dö, att falla, att få, att ge, att gråta Let's review what we learned! (LW #58) Exercises Write the present tenses formed by adding "-r" to the infinitive. ____________, ____________, ____________, ____________, ____________ These verbs consist of ______ syllable(s). Write the present tenses formed by removing "-a" from the infinitive and adding "-er". _________
Jun 233 min read


LW #58: Verb group 4 - strong and irregular verbs (1)
In the next few lessons we will learn about some strong and irregular verbs. Strong and irregular verbs belong to verb group 4 and they exhibit much more irregularities than the verbs in the first three groups when it comes to verb forms (infinitiv, imperativ) and tenses (presens, preteritum, perfekt). The irregular verbs are considered to show more irregularities than the strong verbs. The changes in the latter concern mainly the vowel in the verb stem (the main part of the
Jun 157 min read


LW #57: "De" & "dem"
We use "de" when "de" is the doer of the action in the sentence. In all other cases, it is "dem". You can recognize these latter cases by the prepositions that often come before "dem", such as av, för, med, hos etc. Exercises Fill in the blank spaces with "de" or "dem". Peter ville att ______ skulle träna med ______. Peter wanted ______ to train with ______. Susan gav ______ ett vackert gammalt bord. Susan gave ______ a beautiful old table. Vem ska göra det om inte ______? Wh
Jun 42 min read


LW #56: "Inte" in a subordinate clause
Another common mistake when it comes to word order is that we put inte after the verb in the subordinate clause (a subordinate clause is a part of the sentence that begins for example with words like om, som, när, där, att etc.). In Swedish, inte comes before the verb in the subordinate clause. For example: Jag sa att jag inte vill sjunga. not: Jag sa att jag vill inte sjunga. Exercises Which sentences are not correct? a) Han sa att han inte vill träffa mig. a) He said he doe
May 312 min read


LW #55: Word order when we don't start with the subject
Usually we start our sentences with a subject, a noun or pronoun, that performs the action in the sentence. Then we add the predicate (a verb), which can be one word or more depending on the type of verb we are using or its tense. And then we add other things like an object (a noun or pronoun on which the object is performed) or a part of the sentence that gives us more information about when, where or how the action was performed. For example: Johan träffade sina vänner igår
May 204 min read


LW #54: Fler & mer
Yes, there is a difference, and it is one of the common mistakes even good Swedish speakers make. In English there is no such difference, but in Swedish we use fler when the noun is countable, and then the noun is put in the plural, and we use mer when the noun is uncountable. For example: fler personer mer socker Exercises Which ones are combined with which ones? bord, kärlek, luft, vatten, fönster, boll table, love, air, water, window, ball mer: __________, __________, ____
May 112 min read


LW #53: Här/hit, där/dit, var/vart, hemma/hem, ute/ut - review
no change of place: här, där, var, hemma, ute moving to another place: hit, dit, vart, hem, ut Exercises Jonas besökte oss förra veckan. Han semestrade __________ förra året också. Jonas visited us last week. He vacationed here last year too. A. här B. var C. dit Hans föräldrar bad honom att inte flytta __________, men han sa att hans hem nu är __________. His parents asked him not to move there, but he said his home is there now. A. här, dit B. vart, hemma C. dit, där Jag ve
May 75 min read
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