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!'''<big>PRONUNCIATION IN</big>''' | !'''<big>PRONUNCIATION IN</big>''' | ||
'''<big>ENGLISH</big>''' | '''<big>ENGLISH</big>''' | ||
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'''<big>PORTUGUESE</big>''' | !'''<big>PORTUGUESE</big>''' | ||
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|A table | |A table | ||
|'''<big>Ett bord</big>''' | |'''<big>Ett bord</big>''' | ||
|'''''eht bohr''''' | |'''''eht bohr''''' | ||
|Une table | |||
|Uma mesa | |Uma mesa | ||
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|'''<big>En hund</big>''' | |'''<big>En hund</big>''' | ||
|'''''ehn hoon''''' | |'''''ehn hoon''''' | ||
|Un chien | |||
|Um cachorro | |Um cachorro | ||
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|'''<big>Ett äpple</big>''' | |'''<big>Ett äpple</big>''' | ||
|'''''eht eh pleh''''' | |'''''eht eh pleh''''' | ||
|Une pomme | |||
|Uma maçã | |Uma maçã | ||
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|'''<big>En skola</big>''' | |'''<big>En skola</big>''' | ||
|'''''ehn skoo lah''''' | |'''''ehn skoo lah''''' | ||
|Une école | |||
|Uma escola | |Uma escola | ||
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|'''<big>Bordet</big>''' | |'''<big>Bordet</big>''' | ||
|'''''bohr deht''''' | |'''''bohr deht''''' | ||
|La table | |||
|A mesa | |A mesa | ||
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|A maçã | |A maçã | ||
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Revision as of 18:13, 8 September 2021
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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 when we want to write about nouns in an indefinite form: En or Ett.
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.
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 |
FRENCH | PORTUGUESE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A table | Ett bord | eht bohr | Une table | Uma mesa |
| A dog | En hund | ehn hoon | Un chien | Um cachorro |
| An apple | Ett äpple | eht eh pleh | Une pomme | Uma maçã |
| A school | En skola | ehn skoo lah | Une école | Uma escola |
| The table | Bordet | bohr deht | La table | A mesa |
| The dog | Hunden | hoon dehn | Le chien | O cachorro |
| The apple | Äpplet | eh pleht | La pomme | A maçã |
| The school | Skolan | skoh lahn | L'école | A escola |
