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Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjective agreement with en/ett/plural nouns, comparison with -are/-ast and adverb formation
Fullständigt starkt/svagt adjektivparadigm
Full weak/strong adjective declension paradigm
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Two full parallel adjective inflection systems
Obestämd (stark) vs bestämd (svag) form
Indefinite (strong) vs definite (weak) adjective forms systematically
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Definiteness of the noun phrase determines which form is used
Particip som adjektiv
Present/past participles used as adjectives (agreeing forms)
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Participles follow the same strong/weak agreement rules
Absolut/elativ superlativ
Absolute/elative superlative
som mest, allra + superlative
Expresses "extremely" without a direct point of comparison
ju...desto
comparative construction: the more...the more
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A correlative comparative structure
Fasta adjektiv+preposition-kombinationer
Fixed adjective+preposition combinations
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Certain adjectives habitually pair with specific prepositions
-vis adverbsuffix
the -vis adverbial suffix
vanligtvis (usually), lyckligtvis (fortunately)
A productive way to form sentence adverbs
Komparation av adverb
Comparative/superlative of adverbs
bra→bättre→bäst as adverb too
The same irregular pattern serves as both adjective and adverb
Substantiverat adjektiv
Adjective ellipsis (nominalized adjective)
den gamla (the old woman/lady)
An adjective can stand in for a whole noun phrase
Register: formell vs vardaglig komparation
Register: formal vs colloquial comparative preferences
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Written and spoken Swedish sometimes favor different comparative strategies