Nouns svenska

Question 1

Grupp 1:

10% of all nouns. All en-words. Majority end with -a in sing which is dropped before plural ending -or

Answer 1

en klocka, klockan, klockor, klockorna

en penna, en gurka, en väska, en karta

Question 2

Grupp 2:
40% of all nouns. All en-words except one (finger). Many one -syllable + nouns ending in unstressed -el, -en, -er, -ing, -ning, -dom. Many nouns ending in vowel (not a). Often Swedish words.

Answer 2

en buss, bussen, bussar, bussarna

en lök, en pojke, en jordgubbe, en fru, en syster, en spegel, en cyklel, en nyckel

Question 3

Grupp 3:
20% of all nouns. Often international nouns with stress on final syllable. Some common nouns (+land) has vowel change in plural.

Answer 3

en telefon, telefonen, telefoner, telefonerna

en melon, en dator, en bok, en stad, ett kafé, ett land

Question 4

Grupp 4:

5% of all nouns. All ett-words ending in an unstressed vowel in singular.

Answer 4

ett äpple, äpplet, äpplen, äpplena

ett piano

Question 5

Grupp 5:

25% of all nouns. Often ett-words that end in a consonant or en-words that end in -are, -er, -ande, -ende

Answer 5

ett brev, brevet, brev, breven

ett päron, ett papper, ett fönster, en lärare, en man