The Swedish possessive pronouns
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HidePossessive pronouns list
Swedish possessive pronouns are a little bit more complicated since Swedish also has gender. Almost all possessive pronouns come in three froms, en-word, ett-words and plural words. For now let's have a look at the singular forms.
Singular form
| en-form | ett-form | en-form | ett-form | ||
| My | min | mitt | Our | vår | vårt |
| Your | din | ditt | your | er | ert |
| His | hans | hans | their | deras | deras |
| Her | hennes | hennes |
In Swedish, it's a bit more involved than that, simply because the Swedish language has nouns that are divided into "en" and "ett". Since most pronouns act the same as adjectives, the are treated like them. Also, most of them get the “t” ending when accompanying “ett” nouns and “a” ending for plural nouns.
Take a look at these short example;
min bil – my car
mitt hus – my house
mina skor – my shoes
min bil – my car
mitt hus – my house
mina skor – my shoes
Important Note! that these pronouns can also mean ''mine, yours, his, hers, ours and 'theirs''.
- Hon bor i mitt hus (she lives in my house)
- har du din bil (do you have your house)
- vars kaka är det? den är min (who's cake is that ? it's mine)
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Swedish possessive pronoun rule; Min, mitt, mina
Why do we say "mitt brev" (my letter), but "min examen" (my exam) and "mina intressen" (my interests?). The reason behind it is that possessive pronouns agree with the nouns that they belong to, they have the following forms.
| Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (en-words) | (ett-words) | ||
| ex: | en mamma | ett lexikon | kompisar |
| (jag) | min mamma | mitt lexikon | mina kompisar |
| (du) | din mamma | ditt lexikon | dina kompisar |
| (han) | hans mamma | hans lexikon | hans kompisar |
| (hon) | hennes mamma | hennes lexikon | hennes kompisar |
| (den, det) | (dess) | (dess) | (dess) |
| (vi) | vår mamma | vårt lexikon | våra kompisar |
| (ni) | er mamma | ert lexikon | era lexikon |
| (de) | deras mamma | deras lexikon | deras lexikon |