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Nouns, Articles & Gender

Two genders (en/ett), indefinite/definite articles and the definite article as a suffix
Fem substantivdeklinationer
Five noun declensions based on plural pattern
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Nouns fall into distinct groups by how they form the plural
en flicka → flickor
girl → girls (-or plural)
FLEEK-a → FLEEK-or
A very common feminine-leaning plural pattern
en pojke → pojkar
boy → boys (-ar plural)
POY-keh → POY-kar
Another common plural pattern
en stad → städer
city → cities (-er plural, with vowel change)
stahd → STEH-der
Vowel shift accompanies this plural type
ett äpple → äpplen
apple → apples (-n plural)
EP-leh → EP-len
Vowel-final ett-words typically take -n
ett hus → hus
house → houses (zero plural)
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Many ett-words are identical in singular and plural
en man → män, ett barn → barn
man → men, child → children (irregular plurals)
man → mehn
A handful of high-frequency irregular plurals
-na / -en definite plural suffix
Definite plural suffix depends on declension class
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Which suffix attaches depends on the noun's plural pattern
Sammansatta ord tar sista ledets genus
Compound nouns take the gender of the last component
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The final part of a compound decides en or ett
Adjektiv före substantiv med korrekt artikel
Adjective placement before noun with correct article agreement (preview)
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A first look at how adjectives will need to match the noun