Sentence Structure
Main Clauses
What makes a main clause in Swedish: how basic sentences are built and why verb position drives word order.
The V2 Rule
Why the verb comes second in Swedish statements — the V2 rule, and how word order shifts when a sentence opens with time or place.
Subordinate Clauses
Swedish subordinate clauses, the words that introduce them, and why word order changes after att, eftersom, om, när, and som.
Nouns
En and Ett
En or ett? A clear guide to Swedish grammatical gender and how it shapes articles, adjectives, and more.
Indefinite Articles
When to use en or ett, how adjectives agree with noun gender, and when Swedish skips the article altogether.
The Definite Form
How the Swedish definite form works, and how en and ett nouns take their definite ending.
Plurals
Swedish plural endings explained, including stem-vowel changes — best learned alongside each noun.
Definite Plural
The Swedish definite plural, from the -na and -en endings to the trickier -a cases.
Compound Nouns
Swedish compound nouns: why the last word sets the gender, and why they're always written as one.
Verbs
Present Tense
The Swedish present tense, used for actions now, habits, facts, and even future plans.
Past Tense
The Swedish past tense (preteritum): talking about past actions, events, and states, with examples from five verb conjugation groups.
Perfect and Past Perfect
Learn how Swedish forms the perfect and past perfect with har, hade, and the supine form of the verb.
Future Tense
Learn how Swedish expresses the future with ska, kommer att, tänker, and the present tense with future time expressions.
Helper Verbs
Learn how Swedish helper verbs work, how they combine with infinitives without att, and how they change the meaning of the main verb.
The Imperative Mood
Learn how the Swedish imperative mood works, how it is formed from the verb stem, and how it is used for commands, instructions, and requests.