Swedish possessive pronouns: a review lesson
What the lesson covers
This Swedish lesson focused on possessive pronouns, explaining their different forms like "min/mitt" (my) and "din/ditt" (your) based on whether the noun is an "en" or "ett" word. It also clarified the use of "sin" versus "hennes/hans" when referring to a subject's own possession or someone else's. The lesson reinforced common phrases for location ("i mitt rum," "på kontoret"), waiting ("väntar på"), and provided practice with sentences involving directions ("till ditt hus," "nära dig") and imperative forms ("säg till mig").
Vocabulary in this lesson
60 words. Inside Lingolib each one is tappable in the transcript and saved to your library with one tap.
- att gå
- to go
- att skriva
- to write
- att säga
- to say
- bil
- car
- de
- They
- deras
- their
- dess
- its
- detta
- this
- dig
- you
- din
- your
- ditt
- your
- du
- you
- effekt
- effect
- en
- a/an (common gender)
- er
- your (plural)
- ert
- your (plural)
- ett
- a/an (neuter)
- för
- for
- går
- goes/is going
- hans
- his
- har
- has/have
- hennes
- her
- hon
- She
- hus
- house
- här
- here
- i
- in
- imorgon
- tomorrow
- inte
- not
- ja
- yes
- jag
- I
- kan
- can / to be able to
- kommer
- comes/is coming
- kontoret
- the office
- köpa
- buy
- köpte
- bought
- mig
- me
- min
- my
- mitt
- my
- nu
- now
- när
- when
- nära
- near
- också
- also
- om
- if
- pengar
- money
- på
- at/on
- rum
- room
- saknar
- lacks
- sin
- reflexive possessive (his/her/its own)
- skriv
- write (imperative)
- snälla
- please
- säg
- say (imperative)
- till
- to
- var
- where
- vilket
- which
- vill
- want / wants
- vår
- our
- vårt
- our
- vän
- friend
- väntar
- waits/is waiting
- är
- am / is / are
How the lesson starts
The opening of the lesson transcript. The rest is in the course, synced to the video.
Practice makes perfect, so let's keep on practicing.
How do you say "a room"?
Rum. Ett rum. "I'm in my room. Where are you?" Jag är i mitt rum, var är du?
"She's at the office. She is waiting for her friend." "She is at the office. She's waiting for her friend." And to say "waiting for", you'd say "väntar på".
Like saying waiting on her friend.
She's waiting on her friend, she's waiting for her friend.
The video plays beside a transcript that follows it line by line. Swedish words are underlined; tap one and the video pauses, the meaning appears, and the word goes into your library. At the end there is a five-question quiz written from this exact lesson, and every word can be practised out loud.