Basic Swedish [1 ed.] 9781351169660

Basic Swedish: A Grammar and Workbook combines an accessible basic reference grammar and related exercises in one volume

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English Year 2018

Table of contents :
Preface
1 What makes Swedish familiar? … and a few challenges
2 Pronunciation
3 Nouns – gender
4 Introduction to verbs (present tense) and personal pronouns
5 Word order – statements and questions
6 Nouns – s-genitives and plurals
7 Numerals, time expressions, days and months
8 Word order – position of elements in the main clause
9 Pronouns – personal, possessive and indefinite
10 Demonstrative pronouns
11 Verbs – infinitives; two-verb constructions; future forms; imperatives
12 Word order – short answers; postponing the subject
13 Adjectives – indefinite forms and indeclinable adjectives
14 Nouns – forms of articles and article use
15 Prepositions of place – på/i, vid, hos, etc.
16 Adjectives – definite forms Types I and II
17 Comparison of adjectives
18 Word order – the main and subordinate clause; conjunctions; ‘that’
19 Verb conjugations I, II, III – past and perfect tenses
20 Verb conjugation IV – past and perfect tenses
21 Adverbs and adjectives; form and comparison of adverbs
22 Adverbs – location and direction
23 Word order – main and subordinate clauses; position of the clausal adverbial; relative clauses
24 Verbs– the–s form, deponents and –s passives
25 Word formation – introduction
Key to exercises
Glossary of grammatical terms
Vocabulary list

Basic Swedish [1 ed.]
9781351169660

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