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LW #43: Ett-nouns in sentences
Last time we learned that when it comes to how ett-nouns change form, we divide them into two groups – check out the suffixes before you start the exercises: ett-nouns that end on indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural a consonant - ett avtal a contract -et avtalet the contracts - avtal contracts -en avtalen the contracts a vowel - ett ansikte a face -t ansiktet the face -n ansikten faces -na ansiktena the faces Here's the link if you need to
Mar 43 min read


LW #42: Ett-nouns
Let's take a break from verbs and change context to nouns. For today's topic, I chose singular nouns. Let's learn how they behave when they change from singular to plural or from indefinite to definite form. I'm sure we all know the difference between singular and plural (en katt, många katter), but it's not always clear what the terms indefinite and definite mean. For example, my mother tongue doesn't have such grammatical constructions. On the other hand, English and Swedis
Feb 252 min read


LW #41: Strong verbs - u & y (2)
Last time we learned about two more groups within the larger group of strong verbs. A reminder: strong verbs have some irregularities compared to the first three verb groups, but their subgroups do follow their own rules, and knowing these rules helps us use those verbs in an easier way. Here are the two subgroups we studied last time and their representatives: 1) verbs whose verb stem contains a u att sjunga Sjung! sjunger sjöng har sjungit to sing att njuta Njut! njuter nj
Feb 183 min read


LW #40: Strong verbs with u & y (1)
Today we have two other groups of strong verbs that exhibit certain regularities when it comes to changing tenses and forms. One is that contains u, and the other contains y in its verb stem. In the second group, there is a variation in perfekt when verbs whose verb stem is based on the vowel y also contain a consonant s. Here are the rules for how to form their tenses and forms: tenses: presens, preteritum, perfekt; forms: infinitiv, imperativ infinitiv imperativ presens pre
Feb 112 min read


LW #39: Strong verbs with long and short "i" (3)
We're going to go through the same lesson about the two subgroups of strong verbs once again – but through some practical examples. You need to know the different tenses and forms of these verbs, which you can find in the first workshop we did on that topic, in the correct answers. Click here to go to the workshop. Just a quick reminder of the rules: 1) The first subgroup of strong verbs we learned about is the one where the verb stem contains a long i followed by 1 consonant
Feb 42 min read


LW #38: Strong verbs with long and short "i" (2)
Let's review the previous lesson! Click here if you want to check out the previous language workshop. Exercises Swedish verbs are organized into ____________ groups (how many). The verbs from the first three groups are called ____________ and the fourth group consists of ____________ and ____________ verbs. The verbs in the fourth group follow the loose patterns from the first three groups. A) true B) false As for the 4th verb group, while ____________ verbs do not follow any
Jan 284 min read


LW #37: Strong verbs with long and short "i" (1)
Strong verbs are verbs in Germanic languages whose tenses we change by changing the vowel in their stem. They do not behave completely irregularly like irregular verbs, but they also do not follow the same patterns as verb groups 1-3 (regular or weak). This is mainly the case in the preteritum and perfekt. Strong and irregular verbs make up the 4th verb group. Examples of verbs in different verb groups: verb group infinitiv presens preteritum perfekt imperativ English 1 att
Jan 212 min read


LW #36: Colors & nouns
Let's learn the colors in Swedish and how to use them with nouns! en-words indefinite singular ett-words indefinite singular en - and -ett-words definite singular indefinite plural definite plural vit (white) vitt vita röd (red) rött röda blå (blue) blått blåa / blå grå (grey) grått gråa / grå gul (yellow) gult gula grön (green) grönt gröna brun (brown) brunt bruna svart (black) svart svarta beige (beige) beige beige, beigea, beiga orange (orange) orange, oranget, orangt oran
Jan 124 min read


LW #35: Cardinal and ordinal numbers - revision
Let's review what we've learned so far about cardinal and ordinal numbers through some exercises! If you need to check out the theory first, you can do so by returning to our two previous workshops: LW #32: Cardinal numbers LW #33: Ordinal numbers Exercises ____________ (eng. ordinal numbers) are words or symbols that indicate the order of something in a list or sequence. ____________ (eng. cardinal numbers) are words or symbols that indicate quantity. "Grundal" and "ordnings
Jan 43 min read
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