Plural Nouns
Plural Nouns
Building on the en/ett gender from the last lesson, plurals split along the same line — en-words and ett-words each take their own set of plural endings.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
en-words usually add -ar or -or
en pojke → pojkar, en flicka → flickor
a boy → boys, a girl → girls
Most en-words take -ar in the plural, like en pojke (a boy) → pojkar. A smaller group takes -or instead, like en flicka (a girl) → flickor — and a few, like en katt (a cat) → katter, take -er instead. There's no single rule that predicts which ending a given en-word takes — you'll learn each noun's plural as you meet it, the same way you already learned each noun's en/ett gender.
ett-words often don't change at all in the indefinite plural
ett hus → hus, ett bord → bord
a house → houses, a table → tables
A large share of ett-words stay completely unchanged in the plural: ett hus (a house) → hus (houses) — identical to the singular, with only the missing ett and context showing it's now plural. This is a genuine simplification compared to en-words, which almost always add something.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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- a boy
- English
- boys
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- a girl
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- girls
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- a cat
- English
- cats
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- a house
- English
- houses
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- a table
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- tables