Swedish Pronouns

In this lesson, you'll learn the Swedish personal and demonstrative pronouns. Personal pronouns in Swedish have a subject, object, reflexive, and possessive form, and each of these will be covered in the lesson.

You'll also learn some Swedish words for household items.

Flashcards and a quiz are included to help you learn the vocabulary included in this lesson.

Personal Pronouns

Swedish Subject	Swedish Object	Swedish Possessive	English
jag	mig	min, mitt, mina	I
du	dig	din, ditt, dina	you (one person)
han	honom	hans	he
hon	henne	hennes	she
den, det	den, det	dess	it
vi	oss	vår, vårt, våra	we
ni	er	er, ert, era	you (plural)
de	dem	deras	they

The g in jag is often not pronounced. Mig is pronounced may and dig is pronounced day. De is often pronounced dom or in some areas dee.

The possessive forms of some pronouns vary depending on whether the noun that follows is common, neuter, or plural.

Examples

Mina händer är kalla	My hands are cold
Mitt bord är nytt	My table is new
Min stol är bekväm	My chair is comfortable

Reflexive Pronouns

Reflexives pronouns are used when the object of a sentence is the same as the subject of the sentence. In Swedish there are many verbs that require using a reflexive pronoun. These are called reflexive verbs.

The following table lists the reflexive pronouns.

Swedish	English
mig	myself
dig	yourself
sig	himself/herself/itself
oss	ourselves
er	yourselves
sig	theirselves

Demonstrative Pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are pronouns that point to a specific object. The demonstrative pronouns in English are this, these, that, and those.

Swedish	English
den här / det här	this
de här	these
den där / det där	that
de där	those

Examples

Jag vill ha den här	I want this one.
Jag vill ha de här	I want these ones
Jag vill ha den där	I want that one
Jag vill ha de där	I want those ones

House and Home Vocabulary

In this section, you learn some Swedish vocabulary related to the house and home. The Swedish word is given for each of the following images along with the indefinite article. The plural form is given in parentheses. For example: en dörr (ar). In this case en dörr means a door, and dörrar means doors. (-) means there is no plural form of the noun. See the lesson on nouns for more information about the plural of nouns in Swedish.