svenska
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Old Norse
[edit]Adjective
[edit]svenska
- strong feminine accusative singular of svenskr
- strong masculine accusative plural of svenskr
- weak masculine oblique singular of svenskr
- weak feminine nominative singular of svenskr
- weak neuter all cases singular of svenskr
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]svenska
Noun
[edit]svenska c
- (uncountable) Swedish (language)
- Talar du svenska?
- Do you speak Swedish?
- Hon talar inte (så mycket) svenska
- She doesn't speak (much) Swedish
- Ursäkta, min svenska är inte så bra
- Excuse me, my Swedish isn't very good [is not so good]
- Hur säger man det på svenska?
- How do you say that / it in Swedish?
- Vad heter det på svenska?
- What is that / it called in Swedish? ["What is that / it named in Swedish?" – "Vad kallas det på svenska?" (What is that / it called in Swedish?) is also perfectly clear, but a bit less idiomatic]
- Det kan vara svårt att öva sin svenska när folk byter till engelska
- It can be difficult to practice your Swedish when people switch to English
- Alla talar svenska
- Everyone speaks Swedish [common phrase on posters and covers and the like for dubbed movies]
- lånord i svenskan
- loan words in [the] Swedish [Definite corresponds to thinking of a language as an "entity" – compare "in the Swedish language"]
- a female Swede
- två svenskor
- two Swedish women
Declension
[edit]Declension of svenska
Derived terms
[edit]- finlandssvenska
- fornsvenska
- kanslisvenska
- nusvenska
- nysvenska
- runsvenska
- svensktalande
- svenskspråkig
References
[edit]- svenska in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- svenska in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- svenska in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- svenska on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv
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