Swedish Nouns
Welcome to the third Swedish lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Swedish to help you practice your daily phrases.
potatoes  potatisar | tomatoes tomater | onions lökar | carrots morötter |
fruits frukter | apples äpplen | bananas bananer | oranges apelsiner |
Nouns Grammar Rules
In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.
| Grammar + Rules | Swedish |
|---|---|
| do you have milk? [verb + noun] | har du mjölk? |
| I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] | jag har mjölk och kaffe |
| he has three apples [number + plural noun] | han har tre äpplen |
| she only has one apple [number + singular noun] | hon har bara ett äpple |
| we live in a small house [adjective + noun] | vi bor i ett litet hus |
| I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] | jag gillar vår frukost |
The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.
bread bröd | milk mjölk | butter smör | cheese ost |
coffee kaffe | sandwich smörgås | meat kött | chicken kyckling |
fish fisk | breakfast frukost | lunch lunch | dinner middag |
Conversation in Swedish
Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.
| English | Swedish |
|---|---|
| Do you speak (English/ Swedish)? | talar du (engelska/svenska)? |
| Just a little | bara lite |
| I like Swedish | jag tycker om svenska |
| Can I practice with you? | kan jag öva med dig? |
| How old are you? | hur gammal är du? |
| I'm thirty three years old | jag är trettiotre år |
| It was nice talking to you | det var trevligt att prata med dig! |
I hope you enjoyed this lesson about the nouns in Swedish. If you have any question about this lesson please contact me here. Now check the next lesson below.
| Swedish Plural |
Inspirational Quote: A coward gets scared and quits. A hero gets scared, but still goes on. |