Miscellaneous

When to use min and mitt in Swedish?

When to use min and mitt in Swedish?

“min” is used for n-gender (en, -n – en bil, bilen, min bil) and “mitt” for t-gender (ett, -t, ett hus, huset, mitt hus). The plural possessive is “mina”, regardless of gender.

When to use mitt in Swedish?

“Min” is used on “en” nouns. “Mitt” is used on “ett” nouns. “Mina” is “min” and “mitt” in plural.

What is the difference between en and ett in Swedish?

74% of all nouns are en nouns and 26% are ett nouns. Most clearly, if a noun ends in “a” it is an en noun 98% of the time. For words ending in “m” or “p”, they are more likely than most nouns to be an ett noun, but still more likely to be an en noun.

Is Swedish easy to learn?

Swedish is one of the easier languages for an English native speaker to learn, with a lot of vocabulary and grammar in common. Still, there are some tricky components, from the melodic rhythm to complicated compounds.

What is en in Swedish?

En (Swedish article) = An (English article) Ett (Swedish article) = A (English article)

Is Swedish worth learning?

For what it is worth, Swedish is the most useful Scandinavian language to learn. Knowing some Swedish can help you decipher written Norwegian and Danish to a great extent. Swedish is also commonly understood in Finland, and the main spoken language in many places in southern and western Finnish coasts.

Is Swedish harder than German?

German has a lot in common with Swedish in terms of vocabulary. Many words visibly have the same roots, but grammatically, Swedish looks more like English than German. For an English speaker, Swedish is without doubt the easier language to learn.

How do you say 4 in Swedish?

Schack is an exception and it is never pronounced with German sch like in schwartz or English sh like in shoot….Swedish numbers 1-100 Posted by Tibor on Apr 7, 2010 in Swedish Language.

0 noll [nɔl:]
2 Två [tvo:]
3 Tre [tre:]
4 Fyra [fy:ra]
5 Fem [fem]

Does Swedish have masculine feminine?

Swedish once had three genders—masculine, feminine and neuter. Though the three-gender system is preserved in many dialects and traces of it still exist in certain expressions, masculine and feminine nouns have today merged into the common gender in the standard language.

Is Dutch easier to learn than Swedish?

Despite superficial first impressions that suggest the contrary, Swedish is simpler to learn than Dutch in terms of grammar en pronunciation. Swedish has a similar sound inventory to English. Vocabulary-wise, Dutch has (being a fellow West-Germanic language) more similarities.