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LENGO · SwedishGrammar lessons
Study “Irregular adjectives: liten, gammal, annan, egen”: read the rule, then use it to complete three sentences from the lesson.
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Irregular adjectives: liten, gammal, annan, egen
A few very common adjectives have irregular forms.
- liten (small): liten with en-words, litet with ett-words, lilla in the definite singular (den lilla flickan) and små in the plural (små barn, de små husen).
- gammal (old): gammalt, plural and definite gamla.
- annan (other): annat, plural and definite andra.
- egen (own): eget, egna. After min, sin and so on it keeps these forms: sitt eget hus (his own house), våra egna barn (our own children).
- ny and blå take -tt: nytt, blått. The plural of blå is blå or blåa.
- Stems in -d or -t: glad → glatt, röd → rött, vit → vitt.
- öppen becomes öppet, and the e drops in öppna.
- bra never changes: ett bra förslag, bra filmer.
Try it yourself
Vi bor i ett (liten) hus.Show answer
Vi bor i ett litet hus.
Rummet är för (liten).Show answer
Rummet är för litet.
Den (liten) flickan sover.Show answer
Den lilla flickan sover.