Swedish, explained in English
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Learn Swedish sentence order, pronouns, present-tense verbs, en and ett nouns, and negation. Choose any free lesson to begin.
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Subject pronouns
Use subject pronouns in short statements.
Read and practise Lesson 02Vara in the present: är
Use är for “am”, “is” and “are” in short statements.
Read and practise Lesson 03Subject-first statements
Put the subject, verb and object in order in a simple statement.
Read and practise Lesson 04Regular present tense
Form regular present-tense verbs without changing the form for person or number.
Read and practise Lesson 05Definite singular: en and ett nouns
Form a definite singular noun when its en/ett class is given.
Read and practise Lesson 06Negation in a simple main clause
Place inte after the finite verb in a subject-initial declarative main clause.
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Sounds and letters · 6 topics
- The Swedish alphabet and letter namesAvailable in the app
- Long and short vowels and consonantsAvailable in the app
- The long vowels i, y and uAvailable in the app
- The long vowels å, ä and öAvailable in the app
- Hard and soft k and gAvailable in the app
- The sj and tj sound categoriesAvailable in the app
Foundations · 3 topics
- Subject pronounsFree preview
- Vara in the present: ärFree preview
- Subject-first statementsFree preview
Verbs and time · 10 topics
- Regular present tenseFree preview
- Regular past tenseAvailable in the app
- Perfect: har and supineAvailable in the app
- Future constructionsAvailable in the app
- The s-passiveAvailable in the app
- The past perfectAvailable in the app
- Present counterfactual conditionsAvailable in the app
- Event and state passivesAvailable in the app
- Auxiliary chainsAvailable in the app
- Perfect counterfactual constructionsAvailable in the app
Nouns and agreement · 6 topics
- Definite singular: en and ett nounsFree preview
- Plural noun patternsAvailable in the app
- Adjective agreementAvailable in the app
- Regular comparisonAvailable in the app
- Past participles as noun modifiersAvailable in the app
- Determination across noun-phrase patternsAvailable in the app
Sentences and questions · 8 topics
- Direct questionsAvailable in the app
- Negation in a simple main clauseFree preview
- Negation in subordinate clausesAvailable in the app
- Embedded questionsAvailable in the app
- Infinitives with and without attAvailable in the app
- Concessive clausesAvailable in the app
- Proportional comparisons with ju and destoAvailable in the app
- Fronting and the second-position verbAvailable in the app
Pronouns and reference · 5 topics
- Possessives and local reflexivesAvailable in the app
- Relative clauses with somAvailable in the app
- Reflexive possessives in embedded clausesAvailable in the app
- Possessive and sentential relativesAvailable in the app
- Reflexive and reciprocal reference in infinitivesAvailable in the app
Advanced sentence structures · 7 topics
- Cleft sentencesAvailable in the app
- Negation in embedded infinitive chainsAvailable in the app
- Conditional clauses without omAvailable in the app
- Free participial modifiersAvailable in the app
- Shared auxiliaries in coordinationAvailable in the app
- Reduced concessions with om änAvailable in the app
- Generalizing clauses with question words and änAvailable in the app
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