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*En skola = A school | *En skola = A school | ||
== | ==IS THERE A GRAMMATICAL RULE?== | ||
*En (Swedish article) = An (English article) | *En (Swedish article) = An (English article) | ||
*Ett (Swedish article) = A (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'''. | This is not true. There is '''no grammatical rule''' to know when to use En or Ett, you just simply '''have to learn them'''. | ||
==GOOD NEWS: THERE ARE SOME GUIDELINES== | |||
However, there are some guidelines that can help you to predict the gender. | |||
*Most of the human beings and animals are en nouns. (Exceptions: ett barn, ett djur, ett bi, ett lejon ). | |||
*Days, months, seasons are en nouns (Exception: ett dygn). | |||
*Most of the nouns that end in -ad, -are, -dom, -else, -het, -ing, -ning, -ion, -ism, -lek, -nad, -or are en nouns. | |||
*Most of the nouns that end in -ande, -ende, -ek, -em, -iv, -um are ett nouns. Names of continents, countries, provinces, towns are ett nouns. | |||
== '''DEFINITE FORM''' == | == '''DEFINITE FORM''' == | ||
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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
IS THERE A GRAMMATICAL RULE?
- 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.
GOOD NEWS: THERE ARE SOME GUIDELINES
However, there are some guidelines that can help you to predict the gender.
- Most of the human beings and animals are en nouns. (Exceptions: ett barn, ett djur, ett bi, ett lejon ).
- Days, months, seasons are en nouns (Exception: ett dygn).
- Most of the nouns that end in -ad, -are, -dom, -else, -het, -ing, -ning, -ion, -ism, -lek, -nad, -or are en nouns.
- Most of the nouns that end in -ande, -ende, -ek, -em, -iv, -um are ett nouns. Names of continents, countries, provinces, towns are ett nouns.
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 |
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