Swedish: An Essential GrammarThis fully revised second edition of Swedish: An Essential grammar incorporates the changes proposed to the Swedish grammar by Svenska Akademiens Grammatik. All examples have been fully updated, the bibliography has been expanded and a number of tables clarified. Swedish: An Essential grammar provides a fresh and accessible description of the language. It is suitable for independent study or for class-based students. The explanations are free of jargon and emphasis has been placed in the areas of Swedish that pose a particular challenge for English-speaking learners. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Pronunciation | 5 |
Stress and accent | 23 |
Nouns | 32 |
Adjectives | 55 |
Pronouns | 78 |
Numerals | 93 |
Verbs | 100 |
Conjunctions | 175 |
Word order and sentence structure | 182 |
Word formation | 207 |
Orthography | 217 |
Punctuation | 220 |
Written and spoken Swedish | 225 |
Linguistic terms | 229 |
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Common terms and phrases
accent adjective adverbs åka åker åkte älskar bilen boken bordet clausal adverbial complement compounds Conj conjugation consonant constructions count nouns declension end article English expressions finite verb flickan förra gender genitive gick girl hade huset idag ikväll imorgon Indefinite declension infinitive and different Infinitive Present Past inflected klockan köpt köpte kronor länge lärare loanwords mest modal nästa neuter nouns NFV O/C OA non-finite verb Non-neuter Neuter Plural Note Notice noun phrase object Olle omitted order and sentence passive Past participle Past Supine Past past tense pluperfect tense position possessive preposition Present Past Supine pronouns pronunciation reflexive reflexive pronouns satt sentence element singular sitter sjuk skickade skriva spoken Swedish springa stem Stockholm stort Stressed vowels subordinate clause subordinating conjunction suffix superlative supine Supine Past participle syllable tänker topic Translations två unstressed usually v-questions vackert vecka word order written Swedish