Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
15 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Which alphabet do both Swedish and English use? |
The Latin alphabet |
|
|
English and Swedish are both closely related. What type of languages are they both? |
Germanic languages |
|
|
The English words “house”, “can”, “have”, “was”, and “we” all have very similar equivalents in Swedish, and all of these words have the same origin. What are words with the same origin called? |
Cognates |
|
|
Swedish and English have both taken words from other languages, such as “information”, “audio” and “democracy”. What are words which are borrowed from other languages called? |
Loan words |
|
|
Is word order in English and in Swedish fundamentally different or similar? |
Similar. Swedish and English both put the subject first then the verb, and finally the object. For instance in, “I love you”, “I” comes first, then “love”, then “you”. |
|
|
In Swedish, sentences can be flipped so that the object comes first, then the verb, and the subject. What is this word order called? |
Inverted word order |
|
|
What is the verb form called when you say “you are cheating”? |
The present continuous |
|
|
What is the verb form called when you simply say “you cheat”? |
The simple present |
|
|
What is the technical term for the words “a” and “an”? |
Indefinite articles |
|
|
When is the indefinite article “a” used in English? |
“A” is only used before consonant sounds such as “a car”. |
|
|
When is the indefinite article “an” used in English? |
“An” is used before vowel sounds such as “an owl” or “an hour”. |
|
|
What grammatical gender is “en” in Swedish? |
Common gender |
|
|
What grammatical gender is “ett” in Swedish? |
Neutral gender |
|
|
What are words from different languages called when they look like they have the same meaning but don’t? |
False friends |
|
|
Do English and Swedish make distinctions between genders in personal pronouns? |
Yes, but not all personal pronouns. They distinguish between “he”, “she” and “it”. |
