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Informationen zum Autor Ian Hinchliffe , a former lecturer in Swedish, is a freelance translator, copywriter and founder member of the Swedish Association of Professional Translators. Philip Holmes, Reader Emeritus in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Hull, UK, was for many years also a freelance language editor and translator. Zusammenfassung This fully revised third edition of Swedish: An Essential Grammar incorporates changes proposed to Swedish grammar by Svenska Akademiens grammatik. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Symbols and abbreviations used in the text Introduction 0.1 Some advice for the beginner 0.2 Similarities between Swedish and English 0.2.1 Vocabulary 0.2.2 Grammar Chapter 1 Pronunciation 1.1 Vowels 1.1.1 Stressed vowels and their pronunciation 1.1.2 Pronunciation of unstressed vowels 1.1.3 Vowel length 1.1.4 Syllable length 1.2 Consonants and consonant groups 1.2.1 s, z, c, sc 1.2.2 j, gj, dj, hj, lj 1.2.3 r, t, l, x, w 1.2.4 g, k, sk 1.2.5 ng, gn, kn, mn 1.2.6 rs, rd, rt, rn, rl 1.2.7 Omitting -d, -g, -t, -k, -l 1.2.8 Omitting -e 1.2.9 Voiced consonants pronounced unvoiced before -s, -t 1.2.10 Complete assimilation of -t- 1.2.11 Written and spoken forms of some common words 1.2.12 Assimilation Chapter 2 Stress and accent 2.1 Sentence stress 2.2 Word stress 2.3 Accent 2.4 Functions of accent 1 and accent 2 2.5 Rules for accent 1 and accent 2 Chapter 3 Nouns 3.1 Gender and noun type 3.1.1 Gender 3.1.2 Gender rules 3.1.3 Types of noun 3.2 Indefinite declension 3.2.1 Indefinite forms 3.2.2 Plurals 3.2.3 Plurals – predictability 3.2.4 Rules for predicting plural forms 3.3 Plural forms 3.3.1 Plurals in - or (first declension) 3.3.2 Plurals in - ar (second declension) 3.3.3 Plurals in - er (third declension) 3.3.4 Plurals in - r (fourth declension) 3.3.5 Plurals in - n (fifth declension) 3.3.6 Zero plurals (no plural ending, sixth declension) 3.3.7 Plurals in - s (seventh declension) 3.3.8 Collective nouns 3.3.9 Nouns with no plural form or no singular form 3.4 Differences in number between Swedish and English 3.4.1 Differences in number 3.5 Definite declension 3.5.1 Forms with end article singular 3.5.2 Forms with end article plural 3.6 Article use 3.6.1 End article in Swedish, no article in English 3.6.2 End article in Swedish, indefinite article in English 3.6.3 No article in Swedish, definite article in English 3.6.4 No article in Swedish, indefinite article in English 3.6.5 End article in Swedish, possessive pronoun in English 3.6.6 Article use with demonstrative pronouns 3.6.7 No article after the possessive 3.7 Genitives 3.7.1 The genitive Chapter 4 Adjectives 4.1 Adjectives in outline 4.2 Indefinite declension 4.2.1 Indefinite forms – regular 4.2.2 Indefinite forms – variations 4.2.3 Indeclinable adjectives 4.2.4 Indefinite constructions 4.2.5 Agreement and lack of agreement 4.3 Definite declension 4.3.1 Definite form of the adjective: -e or -a ? 4.3.2 Definite construction Type 1 – den nya bilen 4.3.3 Definite construction Type 2 – firmans nya bil 4.3.4 Definite construction Type 3 – svenska språket 4.3.5 Definite construction Type ...
