Genitive -s, Pronoun Cases & Word Order

Svenskan har nästan inget kasussystem

Swedish has almost no case system — just a genitive -s suffix

A major structural simplification compared to German

Annas bok

Anna's book (genitive -s)

AN-as book

Add -s directly to the whole name/phrase

Ingen artikeländring i genitiv

No genitive article changes — just add -s to the phrase

Unlike German, there's no separate genitive article form

jag, du, han, hon, vi, ni, de

subject pronouns

Used when the pronoun is the grammatical subject

mig, dig, honom, henne, oss, er, dem

object pronouns

Used when the pronoun is the grammatical object

Jag ser honom.

I see him. (subject vs object pronoun forms)

The only place Swedish nouns/pronouns still show "case"

Ordföljd visar subjekt vs objekt

Word order shows subject vs object for nouns

Nouns themselves carry no case marking except -s

till

to (marks a recipient)

til

Fills the role dative case would play in German

Jag ger boken till dig.

I give the book to you.

till introduces the recipient explicitly

Ingen särskild vokativform

Direct address: no special vocative form

Just use the person's name directly