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When referring to a noun that is a common gender word (utrum), you use en. For example, en bil (a car), en flicka (a girl), en pojke (a boy). It functions similarly to 'a' or 'an' in English. Remember that Swedish nouns have grammatical gender, and 'en' is for common gender nouns.
A common mistake is confusing en with ett. While both mean 'a/an', ett is used for neuter gender nouns. For example, you would say ett hus (a house), not en hus. Another mistake is using 'en' when the noun is definite, for example, saying en bilarna instead of bilarna (the cars) or en bilen instead of bilen (the car). En is only for indefinite common gender nouns.
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