tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39124139947368962862024-03-08T11:35:34.128-08:00Swedish Word ListUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912413994736896286.post-35897057160391621192011-06-20T12:19:00.000-07:002011-06-20T14:56:59.834-07:00en / ett word? Learn it with you word.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Swedish language has two genders<br />
1. Common gender (en)<br />
2. Neuter gender (ett)<br />
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What has it got to do with vocabulary? Well, in Swedish <i style="font-weight: bold;">THE is </i>used in the ending and together with the word.<br />
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So if a noun is an <b><i>en</i></b> word, then you add an <b><u>-en</u></b> at the end of the word<br />
For example: <b><i>en</i></b> hiss (a lift) - hiss<b><i>en</i></b> (the lift)<br />
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Also, the adjectives used with en nouns are in <u>basic forms</u><br />
For example: <b><i>en</i></b> <u>stor</u> stad<br />
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Similarly when a noun is an <b><i>ett</i></b> word, then you add an <b><u>-et</u></b> at the end of the word.<br />
For example: <b><i>ett</i></b> hus (a house) - hus<b><i>et</i></b> (the house)<br />
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The adjective for ett nouns take an <u>-t</u> <u>at the end of the adjective</u><br />
For example: <b><i>ett</i></b> <u>stor<b><i>t</i></b></u> huset<br />
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Finally, the adjectives with the plural forms of the nouns always take <u>-a</u> at the end of the adjective. This is applicable to both en/ett plural nouns.<br />
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For example: <u>dyr<b><i>a</i></b></u> viner (ett vin) / <u>vackr<b><i>a</i></b></u> flickor (en flicka)<br />
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There are some exception to this rule:<br />
If a noun finishes with an<i><b> unstressed vowel</b></i>, then only add <b><i>-n / -t</i></b> at the end.<br />
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There is no hard / fast rule as to which word is en or ett but you will just have to learn and get used to them.<br />
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I think it is easier to learn en / ett with the word itself. Hence, the correlation with vocabulary.<br />
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Hope these tips helps.<br />
Best wishes<br />
Sree</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912413994736896286.post-54045459657069271332011-06-14T12:43:00.000-07:002011-06-14T12:55:20.299-07:00Your Swedish Vocabulary by the Hundreds OVERNIGHT!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I found this link on youtube when I was looking for local Swedish videos. I found it really helpful as it explains how Swedish and English share common vocabulary.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/8A6jhm2HMIk">LINK TO THE VIDEO</a><br />
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When I started to increase my vocabulary it looked so daunting as every word seemed to be different but actually after going through this video, I am more confident on increasing my vocabulary at a faster pace.<br />
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My intention is to<br />
Step 1 - Learn few new words say about 25 each week to start with - commonly to be used in daily life / professional life<br />
Step 2 - To identify words with the technique mentioned in the video - about 10 possibly each week<br />
Step 3 - Try to use them in sentences to put some context.<br />
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Things have been really busy but if I manage to do that on weekly basis, I will upload the vocabulary in the word list section of the blog.<br />
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If any of the readers use another technique, please feel free to leave them in comments.<br />
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Thanks for visiting and hope this helps.<br />
Sreemati<br />
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The video in this blog is courtesy to Professor Paul, please find him on youtube using search word<br />
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