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When using (ETT or (EN) in Swedish

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Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn WHEN TO USE ETT & EN in Swedish.

Feel free to edit this page by adding new words and expressions !

Good learning ! :)

INDEFINITE FORM

In Swedish we have two words to choose between when we want to write about nouns in indefinite form: En or Ett.

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Examples

• Ett bord = A table
• En hund = A dog
• Ett äpple = An apple
• En skola = A school

COMMON MISTAKE

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

This is not true. There is no grammatical rule to know when to use En or Ett, you just simply have to learn them.

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DEFINITE FORM

When we want a noun to be in definite form we add a suffix to the noun; -en, -n or -et.

For example:

• Ett bord = Bordet
• En hund = Hunden
• Ett äpple = Äpplet
• En skola = Skolan

Here we just add -n since the word already ends with a vowel.

As you might have noticed, you can know which suffix to use by looking at the indefinite article.

• If it's an "En-word", the suffix is -en or -n.
• If it's an "Ett-word", the suffix is -et.

When to use ETT or EN in Swedish (table in several languages)

ENGLISH	SWEDISH	PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLISH	BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
A table	Ett bord	eht bohr	Uma mesa
A dog	En hund	ehn hoon	Um cachorro
An apple	Ett äpple	eht eh pleh	Uma maçã
A school	En skola	ehn skoo lah	Uma escola
The table	Bordet	bohr deht	A mesa
The dog	Hunden	hoon dehn	O cachorro
The apple	Äpplet	eh pleht	A maçã
The school	Skolan	skoh lahn	A escola

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