http://www.transparent.com/swedish/swedish-possessive-pronouns/ Swedish Language and Culture Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:21:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/swedish-possessive-pronouns/#comment-2075 David Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:01:31 +0000 http://www.transparent.com/swedish/?p=229#comment-2075 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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