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Genitive -s, Pronoun Cases & Word Order

Swedish's minimal case system: the genitive -s, subject/object pronoun forms and word order
Gruppgenitiv vs enkel genitiv
Group genitive vs simple genitive: syntactic scope of -s
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The suffix can attach after a whole phrase, not just one word
Indirekt objekt utan preposition vs till+objekt
Indirect object without preposition vs till + object
register/verb-specific patterns
Choice often depends on the specific verb and formality level
Kasusstyrning från specifika prepositioner
Case government by specific prepositions (fixed phrases)
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A handful of fixed prepositional phrases behave somewhat rigidly
Genitiv -s vs sin/sitt/sina
Choosing between genitive -s and reflexive possessive
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Reflexive possessives are required when referring back to the subject
Sveriges huvudstad
fixed genitive expressions: Sweden's capital
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Common, lexicalized genitive phrases
Historik: fornsvenskans fyra kasus kollapsade
Case syncretism history: Old Swedish's four cases collapsed
to almost none
A dramatic simplification over the language's history
Pronomenkasus som sista resten av kasussystemet
Pronoun case retention as the last vestige of the old case system
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Pronouns preserve what nouns have almost entirely lost
Ordföljd som primär kodning av grammatiska relationer
Word order as the primary encoder of grammatical relations
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With minimal case marking, word order carries most of the load
Övning: pronomenformer efter prepositioner
Practising case selection: pronoun forms after prepositions
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The clearest place learners must still track "case" in Swedish
Jämförelse: svenska vs tyska kasussystem
Comparing Swedish's near-caseless system to German's four cases
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A useful reference point if you've studied German