Swedish Basics - En and Ett (Swedish genders)

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[jab]

"People are eN-words" I will remember that for sure

[bjornsan]

I found this video because I'm, as a Swede was wondering if there is a rule for this.
One thing I found is that if it's an En-ord you always use den, din and min.
If it's an Ett-ord you always use det, ditt and mitt.
One word that changes meaning depending on if you use en or ett is plan. Ett plan = A plane. En plan = A plan.

[croonch]

I sort of had an idea that this was how it was. I've always been slightly confused though since I'm learning Swedish on Duolingo and they never explain anything. Tack så mycket :)

[erexford]

This is the best explanation of "ett" and "en" I have ever seen. And, thanks for the great advice about diving in and trying to speak Swedish no matter what!!

[DaveArchetype]

Thanks for the vids man. I'm learning swedish on YouTube and Duolingo and could not find anything about the nouns and genders so far

[anapacelli]

That really made sense to me. I’ve only been studying for a couple of months. And I was totally confused by this, thanks for clearing it up. Incidentally, I am totally blind, and although I can’t see what’s on the screen, you explained enough, so that I understand exactly. You do this by repeating things, and that’s a wonderful thing for me! Love your channel. Tack

[jabe]

this helps a lot! also love that jazz music in the background, very relaxing!

[trinityw]

Thankyou so much can’t find anything this simple on the whole bloody internet

[japanmania]

TAK!!
This is my first time learning Svenska, and I find your videos useful . I have been learning for about 3 weeks.

[jeanninem.]

Thanks Joakim your videos really are helping me.Tack igen🙏

[saintpearl]

Thanks for this I'm using Duolingo to learn swedish I started a few days ago and as far as I know so far Duolingo doesn't teach the grammar rules so I have to find YouTube videos for that. That's why before watching this video I didn't even know that nouns had genders in Swedish.

[thetrunkinator]

So long story short: Ett is used for places and En is used for people EXCEPT child which is Ett and anything that is not people or places like table, chair, lamp etc.. is most likely En
Correct me if I am wrong btw

[theladthattakescontent]

Thank you! I’m learning Swedish and these super confused me! Helped a lot!

[suzumee]

Heyy, Im trying to learn swedish, and actually I remember that there are some tips for learners if it comes to nouns with neuter gender, so I would like to share and verify if its correct :) There is a group in where most of the verbs will take common gender (EN) but there are exeptions in case : While noun ends with UM, ERI

For example: UM ending

Ett rum - Rumet
Ett album - Albumet
Ett museum - Mueet
Ett datum - Datumet
En universum - Universumet

ERI ending

Ett Batteri - Batteriet
Ett Bageri - Bageriet

Ett Bildgalleri - Bildgalleriet
Ett Mejeri - Mejeriet
Ett Plågeri - Plågeriet

Let me know what you folk think about it ! Would be cool to verify the knowledge :)

[Nikita]

1:50 - me, as a native Russian speaker with three genders, complex inflection and six cases: 😌

[sunnymeadow]

Tak for the video! Most of the languages I speak have Masculine, Feminine and Neuter genders, so I was pretty confused by common gender in Swedish! I have a better grasp on it now, thank you!

[erickeduardobenitez]

Thanks, dude . This is very useful. :)

[davidisrael]

People are en words but not a child. I got caught out as I tried to use this rule and then told I needed to use ett. I've just started to learn Swedish yesterday in the hope I can understand some of my music and for when I visit Sweden. Plus it's not the standard route one of doing French, German or Spanish etc. At least I know some basics at the moment.

[amirmanistar]

You explained It very easily and fluently.

[Iemonic]

ive heard that every word that ends with "a" is common gender (en)