Basic Swedish: Nouns / Substantiv
basicswedish.blogspot.com › 2010 › 10Oct 09, 2010 · "Noun declension" is the modification of a word, based on singular vs. plural, grammatical case and noun gender. Let's start with grammatical cases. There are only two cases in Swedish: "nominative" and "genitive", which are similar to English. The genitive case is the form of the word that indicatives who is the owner of the noun.
Swedish grammar - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swedish_grammarNouns have one of two grammatical genders: common (utrum) and neuter (neutrum), which determine their definite forms as well as the form of any adjectives and articles used to describe them. Noun gender is largely arbitrary and must be memorized; however, around three quarters of all Swedish nouns are common gender. Living beings are often common nouns, like in en katt "a cat", en häst "a horse", en fluga "a fly", etc.
Swedish Grammar - LiU
www.lysator.liu.se › language › Languagesin Swedish is pronounced in a way that is somewhat difficult to describe with reference to English, which has no sound similar to it. Closest is perhaps the long /o/ in English "two", "too" and "you", but more fronted, with the tip of the tongue touching the lower front teeth. For those familiar
Swedish grammar - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Swedish_grammarIt is customary to classify Swedish nouns into five declensions based on their plural indefinite endings: -or, -ar, - (e)r, -n, and no ending. Nouns of the first declension are all of the common gender (historically feminine). The majority of these nouns end in -a in the singular and replace it with -or in the plural.