Comments on: Swedish Possessive Pronouns http://www.transparent.com/swedish/swedish-possessive-pronouns/ Language and Culture of the Swedish-Speaking World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:27:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dhiraj Pallin http://www.transparent.com/swedish/swedish-possessive-pronouns/comment-page-1/#comment-4497 Dhiraj Pallin Tue, 20 Sep 2011 23:20:06 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=229#comment-4497 How do you use hans for nouns that have the same plural as the stem... e.g. his sword - hans svärd his swords - ???? How do you use hans for nouns that have the same plural as the stem… e.g.

his sword – hans svärd
his swords – ????

]]> By: David http://www.transparent.com/swedish/swedish-possessive-pronouns/comment-page-1/#comment-791 David Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:01:31 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=229#comment-791 And of course, most Swedish speakers do not say "vår - vårt - våra; er - ert - era" in everyday parlance but "våran - vårat - våra; eran - erat - era". And just to make things a bit more confusing, if you encounter someone who is to be addressed with Your+title (as in "Your Majesty") you must always use "Ers" instead of "Er" (but standard Ert in the exceedingly few cases where the title has neuter gender)... And of course, most Swedish speakers do not say “vår – vårt – våra; er – ert – era” in everyday parlance but “våran – vårat – våra; eran – erat – era”. And just to make things a bit more confusing, if you encounter someone who is to be addressed with Your+title (as in “Your Majesty”) you must always use “Ers” instead of “Er” (but standard Ert in the exceedingly few cases where the title has neuter gender)…

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