Introduction to Swedish

Swedish is, just like English (and 43% of the world's languages) a so-called SVO language. This simply means that a sentence is created in this order:

S = SUBJECT (THE ATTACKER, MAIN CHARACTER)

V = VERB (THE ACTION)

O = OBJECT (THE VICTIM)

The ”S” is the one "doing the verb", the main character, in a sentence, the "V" is the action and the "O" is the victim of the action. Example:

”Jag älskar dig” = I love you

JAG = I; SUBJECT (THE ONE LOVING)

ÄLSKAR = LOVE; VERB (ACTION)

DIG = YOU; OBJECT (THE VICTIM OF THE LOVE)

       S               V              O

SUBJECT   VERB     OBJECT

        I           LOVE       YOU

    JAG       ÄLSKAR    DIG

However, the syntax (the word order) changes whether the sentence is a statement or a question...but that's for another day. 

Sincerely,

Madeleine