Essential Swedish Grammar

✍ Scribed by Julian Granberry

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 91
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This logical, developmental presentation of the major aspects of Swedish grammar includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension. Designed for adults with limited learning time who wish to acquire the basics of everyday Swedish, this grammar features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
How to Study Essential Swedish Grammar......Page 8
Suggestions for Vocabulary Building......Page 11
List of Abbreviations......Page 13
The Alphabet......Page 14
Strong Secondary Stress......Page 16
Punctuation......Page 17
Normal and Inverted Word Order......Page 19
Position of Adverbs......Page 20
Position of Indirect Objects......Page 21
Interrogative Words......Page 22
Negation......Page 24
Common Nouns......Page 25
First Declension......Page 26
Second Declension......Page 27
Third Declension......Page 28
Fourth Declension......Page 29
Fifth Declension......Page 30
The Definite Article Singular......Page 31
The Definite Article Plural......Page 32
The Genitive Case......Page 34
Table of Noun Forms......Page 35
The Indefinite Declension......Page 36
The Definite Declension......Page 37
The Plural and the Definite Forms of Adjectives......Page 38
Use of the Definite Form of Adjectives......Page 39
Comparison of Adjectives......Page 40
Declension of the Comparative and Superlative......Page 41
Use of the Comparative......Page 42
Comparison of Equality......Page 43
Other Adverbs......Page 44
Comparison of Adverbs......Page 45
Use of Personal Pronouns......Page 46
Possessive Adjectives......Page 47
The Possessive Reflexive Adjective......Page 48
Relative Pronouns......Page 49
Demonstrative Pronouns and Adjectives......Page 50
Other Pronouns......Page 51
Prepositions......Page 53
Coordinating Conjunctions......Page 55
Subordinating Conjunctions......Page 56
The Four Conjugations......Page 58
Second Conjugation......Page 59
Third Conjugation......Page 60
Principal Parts of Common Strong Verbs......Page 61
"To Be"......Page 64
The Future Tense......Page 65
The Present Perfect and Past Perfect......Page 66
The Passive Voice......Page 67
Deponent Verbs......Page 68
Present Participles......Page 69
Past Participles......Page 70
Inseparable Compound Verbs......Page 71
Separable Compound Verbs......Page 72
Table of Verb Forms......Page 73
Telling time......Page 75
Useful Expressions......Page 76
The Parts of Speech......Page 77
Words about Verbs......Page 80
Words about Nouns......Page 83
The Parts of the Sentence......Page 85
Index......Page 88
Back Cover......Page 91