| Anders: à h, titta hÀr. Det Àr en snygg bil. | Oh, look here, that is a nice looking car. |
| Markus: Glöm det, den Àr alldeles för dyr. | Forget it, it is far too expensive. |
| Anders: Just ja, synd. Men fÀrgen var bra. Jag gillar mörkblÄa bilar. | Oh yeah pity, but the colour was good, I like dark blue cars. |
| Markus: Jag ocksÄ men svart gillar jag Ànnu bÀttre. Det ser sÄ elegant ut. | Me too but I like black even better, it looks so elegant. |
| Anders: Mina förÀldrar har en röd bil. Det Àr fruktansvÀrt. | My parents have a red car. It's terrible. |
| Markus: Haha ja, min brorsa kör en grön volvo. Det Àr minst lika hemskt. Jag gillar inga bilar med konstiga fÀrger. | Ha yea, my brother drives a green Volvo. It's just as terrible. I don't like cars with weird colours. |
| Anders: Den hÀr dÄ? | What about this one. |
| Markus: à h, bÄde sportig och elegant. Och priset Àr ocksÄ bra. Men (hmm), nej, den har redan gÄtt för mÄnga mil. DÀrför Àr den sÄ billig. Vi tittar vidare. | Oh, both sporty and elegant and the price is good too. But no, it has already gone too many miles. That's why it's so cheap. Let's look further. |
| Anders: Titta hÀr, en svart Saab 9-3. Den skulle passa dig! Den Àr redan tio Är gammal men har allt som du behöver. | Look here. A black Saab 9-3. It would suit you. It is already 10 years old but has everything you need. |
| Markus: Jo det stÀmmer. Jag tar och ringer direkt. | Yes that's right, I will call immediately. |
| alldeles | adv. | entirely | ||||
| bil (en) | noun | car | ||||
| billig | adj. | low cost, cheap | ||||
| bÄde och | conj. | both and | ||||
| elegant | adj. | elegant | ||||
| fruktansvÀrd | adj. | awful | ||||
| fÀrg (en) | noun | colour, color | ||||
| glömma | verb | forget | ||||
| grön | adj. | green | ||||
| hemsk | adj. | terrible | ||||
| konstig | adj. | weird | ||||
| köra | verb | drive | ||||
| lika | adv. | just as | ||||
| mil (en) | noun | 10 km | ||||
| minst | adv. | at least | ||||
| mörkblÄ | adj. | dark blue | ||||
| passa | verb | fit | ||||
| pris (ett) | noun | price, prize | ||||
| röd | adj. | red | ||||
| sportig | adj. | sporty | ||||
| stÀmma | verb | be right | ||||
| synd | interj. | too bad | ||||
| vidare | adv. | further | ||||
| Ànnu | adv. | yet |
Next to an en-word (Utrum) the adjective is used in its basic form, like you would find it in a dictionary, and stays that way:
| en stor bil | a big car |
With ett-words (Neuter) the basic form of the adjective gets a -t at the end:
| ett stort hus | a big house |
In plural both genders look the same:
| tvÄ stora bilar | two big cars |
| tvÄ stora hus | two big houses |
This construction, when the adjective preceeds the noun, is called the predicative form. However in this lesson we also talked about the attributive construction. The adjective is placed after the noun and there is also a verb in there:
| >Bilen Àr stor. | The car is big. |
| Huset Àr stort. | The house is big. |
| Bilarna Àr stora. | The cars are big. |
| Husen Àr stora. | The houses are big. |
All regular adjectives are also changed in this manner:
| N-word | T-word | Plural |
| – (basic form) | -t | -a |
| stor | stort | stora |
We do, however, have a lot of irregular adjectives too. To know, how these are declined, we’ve collected a few important rules for you:
Adjectives with one syllable, ending on a long vowel:
| ny | nytt | nya | new |
Adjectives with one syllable, ending on a long voewl + d:
| god | gott | goda | good/delicious |
Adjectives ending on a consonant + d:
| hÄrd | hÄrt | hÄrda | hard |
Adjective ending on a vowel + m:
| dum | dumt | dumma | dumb |
Adjective ending on a consonant + t:
| intressant | intressant | intressanta | interesting |
Adjectives ending on -nn:
| sann | sant | sanna | true |
Adjective ending on a vowel + tt:
| trött | trött | trött | tired |
Unchangable adjectives:
| bra | bra | bra | good |
Other words in this group are words like extra, fel, kul, gratis and a couple of colours.
Adjective ending on -er, -el, -en drop the -e- in plural:
| vacker | vackert | vackra | beautiful |
| enkel | enkelt | enkla | easy |
| vuxen | vuxet | vuxna | grown up |
here three important adjectives:
| liten | litet | smÄ | small |
| gammal | gammalt | gamla | old |
| rÀdd | -* | rÀdda | afraid |
And hier a list of the most important colours:
| röd | rött | röda | red |
| blÄ | blÄtt | blÄ(a) | blue |
| grön | grönt | gröna | green |
| gul | gult | gula | yellow |
| orange | orange | orange | orange |
| vit | vitt | vita | white |
| svart | svart | svart | black |
| grÄ | grÄtt | grÄ(a) | grey |
| brun | brunt | bruna | brown |
| lila | lila | lila | purple |
| rosa | rosa | rosa | pink |
| ljusblÄ* | ljusblÄtt | ljusblÄ(a) | light blue |
| mörkblÄ* | mörkblÄtt | mörkblÄ(a) | dark blue |
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