Intermediate Swedish

Ian Hinchliffe is a translator based in Sweden and has previously taught Swedish at universities in the UK as well as in Norway.Philip Holmes is Reader Emeritus in Scandinavian Studies at the University of Hull, UK, and is now a translator and language editor.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsPreface Intonation, sentence stress, word stress and accent Pronunciation, assimilation; ‘French’ g– and j–; spelling of words in –m, –n Nouns, article use Nouns, irregular plural, plurals in –er or –ar?; count and non-count, collective Adjectives, definite declension Types 3, 4 Adjectival nouns; nationality words Pronouns, reflexive possessives hans/sin Verbs, irregular weak verbs, r-stem verbs Verbs, strong verbs, minor series Verbs, use of tenses The infinitive in Swedish and English Verbs, transitive, intransitive and reflexive Verbs, past participles and the passive, position of passive agents Time expressions prepositions Pronouns, interrogative, relative and determinative Translating ‘that’ Translating the verb ‘to be’ and some other English verbs Adverbs, amplifiers and ju, nog, väl, nämligen Preposition or no preposition in Swedish or English, translating ‘of’ Pronouns and adverbs in main clauses and sub clauses: ingen/inte någon Present participles Particle verbs Word order, subordinate clauses with main clause order, main clauses with sub clause order Word order, unstressed object pronouns Word order, duplication, emphasis and ellipsis Word formation Diderichsen’s Sentence ModelKey to ExercisesGlossary of grammatical terms