Say “the book”, “the house” and simple plurals naturally.
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Swedish often adds the definite ending directly to a noun instead of putting a separate word like “the” in front of it.
A common pattern is en bok → boken and ett hus → huset. Plurals have several patterns, so learn common forms as you meet them.
Read the Swedish sentence first, then check the English meaning.
| Swedish | English |
|---|---|
| en bil → bilen | a car → the car |
| ett äpple → äpplet | an apple → the apple |
| en bok → böcker | a book → books |
| en lägenhet → lägenheter | an apartment → apartments |
| ett barn → barn | a child → children |
The plural is not always predictable from the article. For new vocabulary, record the definite and plural forms when they are useful: en bok, boken, böcker.