Swedish grammar – explanations for SFI courses C–D

Short explanations with tables and examples. The whole material is available as a free PDF and as a complete edition.

• Ordföljd: word order, V2 and BIFF

  How Swedish word order works in main clauses and subordinate clauses. The V2 rule, inversion, sentence adverbials and BIFF explained with tables and examples.

• Pronomen: pronouns, when to use sin/sitt/sina

  Swedish pronouns made simple: personal, reflexive and possessive forms, the sin/sitt/sina rule, relative pronouns (som, vars, där, vilket) and indefinite pronouns (någon, ingen, all, varje).

• Bisatser: subordinate clauses, conjunctionssample from the complete edition

  Which word starts a subordinate clause? Conjunction, subjunction or adverb, subjunctions grouped by function, indirect questions with som, and the pairs learners mix up.

• Partikelverb: particle verbs and their meaningssample from the complete edition

  Particle verbs are verbs where a stressed particle changes the meaning. A list of common particle verbs with English translations and word order rules.

• Starka verb: strong verbs by vowel patternsample from the complete edition

  Strong and irregular Swedish verbs grouped by vowel pattern, with infinitive, present, preterite, supine and past participle. A free sample from the complete edition.

• Ordförråd: vocabulary, about 1000 wordssample from the complete edition

  A Swedish word list for SFI courses C–D, grouped by theme, with articles, plural forms and fixed prepositions. A free sample from the complete edition.