glossary Eng/Swe

IS IT STILL CHEATING IF NO ONE

CATCHES YOU?*

Fanny plans to smuggle these books into her exam.

She’s gonna need a bigger bag.

*Yes.

Search below to find Swedish grammatical terms, their corresponding English terms, as well as a definition and an example in each case.

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V W

A

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Active Voice	Aktiv form	[Sentence Structure]	A sentence where the subject performs the action.	“She wrote the book.” (Active voice: She wrote the book.)
Adjective	Adjektiv	[Parts of Speech]	A word that describes a noun.	“She is happy.” (Adjective: happy)
Adverb	Adverb	[Parts of Speech]	A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Often ends in -ly.	“She dances beautifully.” (Adverb: beautifully)
Adverb of Frequency	Frekvensadverb	[Parts of Speech]	Describes how often an action occurs (e.g., always, often, sometimes, never).	“She always dances on Fridays.” (Adverb of frequency: always)
Adverb of Manner	Sättsadverb	[Parts of Speech]	Describes how an action is performed.	“She sings loudly.” (Adverb of manner: loudly.)
Adverb of Time	Tidsadverb	[Parts of Speech]	Describes when an action occurs (e.g., yesterday, today, tomorrow).	“She danced yesterday.” (Adverb of time: yesterday.)
Article	Artikel	[Parts of Speech]	A word that introduces a noun (e.g., a, an, the).	“She has a cat.” (Indefinite article: a.) / “She has the cat.” (Definite article: the.)
Auxiliary Verb (Future with will)	Hjälpverb (Futurum med will)	[Auxiliary Verbs]	Used in Future with will to form predictions or spontaneous decisions.	“She will dance.” (Auxiliary verb: will.)
Auxiliary Verb (Past Simple)	Hjälpverb (Preteritum)	[Past Tenses (Preteritum)]	Used in questions and negatives in Past Simple. The auxiliary verb is did or did not (didn’t).	“Did she dance?” (Auxiliary verb: did.) / “She did not dance.” (Auxiliary verb: did not.)

B

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Base Form	Grundform	[Verb Forms]	The simplest form of a verb, without any inflections.	“She can dance.” (Base form: dance.)

C

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Clause	Sats	[Sentence Components]	A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate.	“She dances.” (Clause: She dances.)
Collocation	Kollokation	[Other Grammatical Terms]	A combination of words that often appear together.	“She made a decision.” (Collocation: made a decision.)
Comma	Kommatecken	[Punctuation]	Used to separate items in a list or clauses in a sentence.	“She dances, sings, and acts.”
Comparative Adjective	Komparativ	[Parts of Speech]	The form of an adjective used to compare two things (usually -er or more).	“She is happier than him.” (Comparative adjective: happier.)
Complement	Komplement	[Sentence Components]	A word or phrase that completes the predicate in a sentence.	“She is happy.” (Complement: happy.)
Conjunction	Konjunktion	[Parts of Speech]	A word that connects clauses or sentences (e.g., and, but, or, because).	“She dances and sings.” (Conjunction: and.)
Countable Noun	Räknebart substantiv	[Parts of Speech]	A noun that can be counted (e.g., cat, book, car).	“She has three cats.” (Countable noun: cats.)

D

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Definite Article	Bestämd artikel	[Parts of Speech]	The article the, used to refer to a specific noun.	“She has the book.” (Definite article: the.)
Dependent Clause	Bisats	[Sentence Components]	A clause that cannot stand alone as a sentence.	“Because she loves dancing, she practices every day.” (Dependent clause: Because she loves dancing.)
Direct Speech	Direkt tal	[Other Grammatical Terms]	The exact words spoken by someone, enclosed in quotation marks.	”She said, ‘I love dancing.’“ (Direct speech: ‘I love dancing.’)

E

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Exclamation Mark	Utropstecken	[Punctuation]	Used to end an exclamatory sentence.	“She dances so well!“

F

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Full Stop (Period)	Punkt	[Punctuation]	Used to end a sentence.	“She dances.“
Future with going to	Futurum med going to	[Future Tenses (Futurum)]	Used for plans or intentions.	“She is going to dance tomorrow.” (This is Future with going to (Futurum med going to)).
Future with will	Futurum med will	[Future Tenses (Futurum)]	Used for predictions or spontaneous decisions.	“She will dance tomorrow.” (This is Future with will (Futurum med will)).

G

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Gerund	Gerundium	[Other Grammatical Terms]	A verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun.	“Dancing is fun.” (Gerund: Dancing.)

H

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Have/Has/Had	Ha/Har/Hade (hjälpverb)	[Auxiliary Verbs]	Auxiliary verbs used in Present Perfect and Past Perfect tenses.	“She has danced.” (Auxiliary verb: has.) / “She had danced.” (Auxiliary verb: had.)

I

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Idiom	Idiomatiskt uttryck	[Other Grammatical Terms]	A group of words with a meaning that is different from the literal meaning.	“It’s raining cats and dogs.” (Idiom: raining cats and dogs.)
Indefinite Article	Obestämd artikel	[Parts of Speech]	The articles a and an, used to refer to a non-specific noun.	“She has a book.” (Indefinite article: a.)
Independent Clause	Huvudsats	[Sentence Components]	A clause that can stand alone as a sentence.	“She dances every day.” (Independent clause.)
Infinitive	Infinitiv	[Verb Forms]	The base form of the verb, often preceded by to.	“She wants to dance.” (This is the infinitive.)
Interjection	Interjektion	[Parts of Speech]	A word or phrase that expresses strong emotion (e.g., wow, oh, ouch).	“Wow! She dances so well!” (Interjection: Wow!)
Interrogative Sentence	Frågende mening	[Sentence Structure]	A sentence that asks a question.	“Does she dance every day?” (This is an interrogative sentence.)

L

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Linking Verb	Kopplingsverb	[Parts of Speech]	A verb that connects the subject to additional information (e.g., be, seem, become).	“She is happy.” (Linking verb: is.)

N

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Negative Sentence	Nekande mening	[Sentence Structure]	A sentence that negates an action or fact.	“She does not dance every day.” (This is a negative sentence.)
Noun	Substantiv	[Parts of Speech]	A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.	“The cat is sleeping.” (Noun: cat.)

O

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Object	Objekt	[Sentence Components]	The person, place, thing, or idea that receives the action.	“She sees him.” (Object: him.)
Object Pronoun	Objektspronomen	[Parts of Speech]	Pronouns that act as the object of a sentence (e.g., me, you, him, her, it, us, them).	“I see her.” (Object pronoun: her.)

P

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Participle	Particip	[Other Grammatical Terms]	A verb form that can function as an adjective (e.g., dancing, broken).	“The dancing girl is my sister.” (Present participle: dancing.) / “The broken glass is on the floor.” (Past participle: broken.)
Passive Voice	Passiv form	[Sentence Structure]	A sentence where the subject receives the action.	“The book was written by her.” (Passive voice: The book was written by her.)
Past Participle	Perfektparticip	[Verb Forms]	The form of the verb used in Present Perfect and Past Perfect tenses. Regular verbs end in -ed; irregular verbs have unique forms.	“She has danced.” (Regular: dance → danced.) / “She has seen the film.” (Irregular: see → seen.)
Past Simple	Preteritum	[Past Tenses (Preteritum)]	Used for finished actions in the past. Regular verbs add -ed; irregular verbs have unique forms.	“She danced last night.” (This is Past Simple (Preteritum). Regular verb: dance + ed.) / “She saw the film.” (This is Past Simple (Preteritum). Irregular verb: see → saw.)
Phrase	Fras	[Other Grammatical Terms]	A group of words that functions as a single unit but does not contain a subject and predicate.	“In the morning, she dances.” (Phrase: In the morning.)
Plural Noun	Pluralis	[Parts of Speech]	A noun referring to more than one person, place, thing, or idea.	“There are cats.” (Plural noun: cats.)
Possessive Adjective	Possessivt adjektiv	[Parts of Speech]	Adjectives that show ownership (e.g., my, your, his, her, its, our, their).	“Her book is on the table.” (Possessive adjective: her.)
Possessive Pronoun	Possessivt pronomen	[Parts of Speech]	Pronouns that show ownership (e.g., mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs).	“The book is hers.” (Possessive pronoun: hers.)
Predicate	Predikat	[Sentence Components]	The part of the sentence that describes the action or state of the subject.	“She dances every day.” (Predicate: dances every day.)
Preposition	Preposition	[Parts of Speech]	A word that shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word (e.g., in, on, at, by).	“She is in the room.” (Preposition: in.)
Present Continuous	Presens kontinuativ	[Present Tenses (Presens)]	Used for actions happening now or temporary situations.	“She is drinking coffee at the moment.” (This is Present Continuous (Presens kontinuativ).)
Present Perfect	Perfekt	[Perfect Tenses (Perfekt)]	Used for experiences, unfinished time, or recent actions connected to the present. Formed with have/has + past participle.	“She has danced before.” (This is Present Perfect (Perfekt).)
Present Simple	Presens	[Present Tenses (Presens)]	Used for habitual actions, general truths, or permanent situations.	“She drinks coffee every morning.” (This is Present Simple (Presens).)
Punctuation	Skiljetecken	[Punctuation]	Marks used in writing to separate sentences and their elements.	“She dances, sings, and acts.”

Q

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Question Mark	Frågetecken	[Punctuation]	Used to end a question.	“Does she dance??“

R

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Regular Verb	Regelbundet verb	[Parts of Speech]	A verb that follows standard conjugation rules (e.g., adding -ed for Past Simple).	“She danced yesterday.” (Regular verb: dance → danced.)

S

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Semicolon	Semikolon	[Punctuation]	Used to separate two closely related independent clauses.	“She loves dancing; she practices every day.”
Singular Noun	Singularis	[Parts of Speech]	A noun referring to one person, place, thing, or idea.	“There is a cat.” (Singular noun: cat.)
Subject	Subjekt	[Sentence Components]	The person, place, thing, or idea that performs the action.	“She dances.” (Subject: she.)
Subject Pronoun	Subjektspronomen	[Parts of Speech]	Pronouns that act as the subject of a sentence (e.g., I, you, he, she, it, we, they).	“She dances.” (Subject pronoun: she.)
Superlative Adjective	Superlativ	[Parts of Speech]	The form of an adjective used to compare three or more things (usually -est or most).	“She is the happiest person I know.” (Superlative adjective: happiest.)

T

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Tenses	Tempus	[Tenses]	Verb forms that indicate the time of an action or state.	“She dances (Present Simple), danced (Past Simple), will dance (Future with will).”

U

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Uncountable Noun	Icke räknebart substantiv	[Parts of Speech]	A noun that cannot be counted (e.g., water, music, happiness).	“She drinks water.” (Uncountable noun: water.)

V

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Verb	Verb	[Parts of Speech]	A word that expresses an action, occurrence, or state of being.	“She dances every day.” (Verb: dances.)
Verb Forms	Verbformer	[Verb Forms]	Different forms of verbs, such as base form, past simple, past participle, and present participle.	“She dances (Present Simple), danced (Past Simple), has danced (Present Perfect).”

W

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Word Order	Ordföljd	[Sentence Structure]	The arrangement of words in a sentence.	“She dances every day.” (Subject + Verb + Object/Adverbial.)

A-Z Summary of Auxiliary Verbs

Term	Swedish Term	Category	Explanation	Example
Auxiliary Verb (Do/Does/Did)	Hjälpverb (Göra/Gör/Gjorde)	[Auxiliary Verbs]	Auxiliary verbs used in Present Simple and Past Simple for questions and negatives.	“Does she dance?” (Auxiliary verb: does.) / “She did not dance.” (Auxiliary verb: did not.)
Auxiliary Verb (Am/Is/Are/Was/Were)	Hjälpverb (Är/Vara)	[Auxiliary Verbs]	Auxiliary verbs used in Present Continuous and Past Continuous.	“She is dancing.” (Auxiliary verb: is.) / “She was dancing.” (Auxiliary verb: was.)