PREPOSITIONS

PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions are words that describe spatial or temporal relations. In other words, words such as: on, under, to, and from.

Prepositions in Swedish are used very similarly to their English counterparts.

Many times they will be literal translations of each other:

-Äpplet är på bordet. (The apple is on the table.)

-Barnet är under bordet. (The child is under the table.)

But sometimes the translations don't match at all:

-Jag är på stan. (literally: I am on the city)

This means that while prepositions many times are very similar in the two languages you are going to have to learn them the hard way: through practice and experience.

But there's no need to be discouraged by this! Remember, a lot of them are similar to English and there are not very many prepositions in either Swedish or English. Just make sure to keep at it and you will be speaking great Swedish in no time!

Good luck!