A1 · Iniciante Capítulo 10

Describing Your World

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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.

O que você vai aprender

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.

Exemplos-chave (8)

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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

Dicas e truques (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

Vocabulário-chave (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

Erros comuns

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

Wrong: En stor hus
Correto: Ett stort hus

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

Wrong: Bilen är stora
Correto: Bilen är stor

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

Wrong: Stort huset
Correto: 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

Prática rápida (10)

Fill in the blank: En ___ bil.

röd / rött / röda

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: röd
En-word takes base form.

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: De ___ bilarna.

röd / röda

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

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Attributive Adjectives

Choose the correct form.

Det ___ huset (stor).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: stora
Definite form 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

Fill in the correct ending.

Huset är ___ (röd).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: rött
Ett-word needs -t.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Predicative Adjectives

Correct the sentence: En rött bil.

Find and fix the mistake:

En röd bil / En rött bil

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: En röd bil
En-word doesn't take -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

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

Fill in the blank.

Den ___ bilen (röd).

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

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Adjective Agreement

Score: /10

Perguntas comuns (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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