svenska
Old Norse
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editsvenska
Swedish
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editsvenska
Noun
editsvenska c
- (uncountable) Swedish (language)
- Talar du svenska?
- Do you speak Swedish?
- (literally, “Speak you Swedish?”)
- Hon talar inte (så mycket) svenska
- She doesn't speak (much) Swedish
- (literally, “She speaks not (so much) Swedish”)
- Ursäkta, min svenska är inte så bra
- Excuse me, my Swedish isn't very good
- (literally, “Excuse, my Swedish is not so good”)
- Hur säger man det på svenska?
- How do you say that / it in Swedish?
- (literally, “How says one that on [the idiomatic preposition] Swedish?”)
- Vad heter det på svenska?
- What is that / it called in Swedish?
- (literally, “What is-named that on [the idiomatic preposition] Swedish? ["Vad kallas det på svenska?" (What is-called that on Swedish?) is also perfectly clear, but a bit less idiomatic]”)
- Det kan vara svårt att öva sin svenska när folk byter till engelska
- It can be difficult to practice your Swedish when people switch to English
- (literally, “It can be difficult to practice one's Swedish when people switch to English”)
- Alla talar svenska
- Everyone speaks Swedish [common phrase on posters and covers and the like for dubbed movies]
- lånord i svenskan
- loan words in [the] Swedish [Definite corresponds to thinking of a language as an "entity" – compare "in the Swedish language"]
- a female Swede
- två svenskor
- two Swedish women
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | svenska | svenskas |
definite | svenskan | svenskans | |
plural | indefinite | svenskor | svenskors |
definite | svenskorna | svenskornas |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- svenska on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv
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