A1 · Débutant Chapitre 10

Describing Your World

4 Règles totales
48 exemples
1 min
Règles dans ce chapitre Pratique rapide

Chapter in 30 Seconds

Master the art of describing the world around you with precision and confidence.

  • Identify gender and number in Swedish nouns.
  • Apply correct adjective endings to match your nouns.
  • Construct descriptive sentences using both attributive and predicative positions.
Paint your world with words.

Ce que tu vas apprendre

Basic adjectives and their agreement with nouns. Learners will practice matching adjectives to the gender and number of the noun.

  • Adjective Agreement
    Match your adjective to the noun: base for 'en', -t for 'ett', and -a for everything plural.
  • Attributive Adjectives
    Match your adjective ending to the gender and number of the noun you are describing.
  • Predicative Adjectives
    Match your adjective ending to the gender and number of the noun it describes.
  • Adjective Endings
    Match your adjective to the noun's gender and number by adding -t for ett-words or -a for plurals.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: Use basic adjectives to describe common objects and people correctly.

Exemples clés (8)

1

En stor hund.

A big dog.

Adjective Agreement
2

Ett stort hus.

A big house.

Adjective Agreement
3

En röd bil

A red car

Attributive Adjectives
4

Ett rött hus

A red house

Attributive Adjectives
5

Bilen är röd.

The car is red.

Predicative Adjectives
6

Huset är rött.

The house is red.

Predicative Adjectives
7

En stor bil.

A big car.

Adjective Endings
8

Ett stort hus.

A big house.

Adjective Endings

Conseils et astuces (4)

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Learn the article

Always learn the noun with 'en' or 'ett'.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement
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Learn the article

Always learn the noun with its article (en/ett). It makes the adjective rule automatic.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Attributive Adjectives
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Learn the article

Always learn the noun with its article (en/ett). It makes adjective agreement automatic.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Predicative Adjectives
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Learn the article

Always learn the noun with its article (en/ett). It makes the adjective rule automatic.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Endings

Vocabulaire clé (6)

stor big liten small röd red gammal old fin nice/pretty hus house

Real-World Preview

home

Describing a room

Review Summary

  • En -> base form; Ett -> add -t
  • All genders -> add -a

Erreurs courantes

You used the 'en' article with an 'ett' word, and forgot the -t ending for the adjective.

Wrong: En stor hus
Correct: Ett stort hus

You used the plural -a ending for a singular noun.

Wrong: Bilen är stora
Correct: Bilen är stor

When using a definite article (the), adjectives always take the -a ending.

Wrong: Stort huset
Correct: Det stora huset

Next Steps

You are doing amazing! Keep building your Swedish vocabulary and don't be afraid to make mistakes.

Label items in your house with post-it notes using adjectives

Continue to: Family and Possessions

Pratique rapide (10)

Fill in the blank.

Den ___ bilen (röd).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: röda
Definite form uses -a.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

De röd bilarna.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: De röda bilarna
Definite plural uses -a.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement

Choose the correct form.

Ett ___ hus (stor).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: stort
Ett-word adds -t.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Många röd bilar.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Många röda bilar
Plural needs -a.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement

Fill in the blank: Ett ___ barn.

glad / glatt

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: glatt
Ett-word takes -t.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Attributive Adjectives

Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Bilen är röd.
En-word uses base.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Predicative Adjectives

Choose the correct form: Ett ___ hus.

a) stor b) stort c) stora d) store

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: stort
Ett-word singular adds -t.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Endings

Choose the correct form: Ett ___ hus.

stor / stort / stora

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: stort
Ett-word takes -t.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Attributive Adjectives

Fix the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

Barnen är glatt.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Barnen är glada.
Plural needs -a.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Predicative Adjectives

Choose the correct form: De ___ bilarna.

röd / röda

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: röda
Definite plural takes -a.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Attributive Adjectives

Score: /10

Questions fréquentes (6)

It's a historical feature of Germanic languages.
You have to memorize it with the noun.
To show agreement with the noun's gender and number.
You don't add another -t.
Some adjectives, like 'bra', are indeclinable.
You have to memorize the article with the noun.
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