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When using (ETT or (EN) in Swedish

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

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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	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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