{"product_id":"basic-swedish-9781138779570","title":"Basic Swedish","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBasic Swedish: A Grammar and Workbook\u003c\/em\u003e combines an accessible basic reference grammar and related exercises in one volume, and covers most of the topics that students might expect to deal with in their first year of learning Swedish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of the 25 units discusses one or more grammar topics, with examples that are subsequently practised in the exercises that follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book introduces the contemporary language against a backdrop of Swedish culture, society, geography, customs and history. Each unit ends with a cultural text that outlines an aspect of Swedish culture and exemplifies and consolidates the grammar topic examined in the unit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatures include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eclear grammatical explanations with examples in Swedish and English\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003evocabulary based on a major corpus of written Swedish in order to guarantee authenticity and relevance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ecross-references to other units\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eover 100 exercises with a key to all the correct answers\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003efull vocabulary list at the end of the book.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is suitable both for independent study and for class use. It can be used by absolute beginners and those who have advanced a little further.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface - 1 What makes Swedish familiar? … and a few challenges - 2 Pronunciation - 3 Nouns – gender - 4 Introduction to verbs (present tense) and personal pronouns - 5 Word order – statements and questions - 6 Nouns – \u003cb\u003es\u003c\/b\u003e-genitives and plurals - 7 Numerals, time expressions, days and months - 8 Word order – position of elements in the main clause - 9 Pronouns – personal, possessive and indefinite - 10 Demonstrative pronouns - 11 Verbs – infinitives; two-verb constructions; future forms; imperatives - 12 Word order – short answers; postponing the subject - 13 Adjectives – indefinite forms and indeclinable adjectives- 14 Nouns – forms of articles and article use - 15 Prepositions of place – \u003cb\u003epå\/i, vid, hos\u003c\/b\u003e, etc. - 16 Adjectives – definite forms Types I and II - 17 Comparison of adjectives - 18 Word order – the main and subordinate clause; conjunctions; ‘that’ - 19 Verb conjugations I, II, III – past and perfect tenses - 20 Verb conjugation IV – past and perfect tenses - 21 Adverbs and adjectives; form and comparison of adverbs - 22 Adverbs – location and direction - 23 Word order – main and subordinate clauses; \u003cbr\u003eposition of the clausal adverbial; relative clauses - 24 Verbs– the–\u003cb\u003es\u003c\/b\u003e form, deponents and –\u003cb\u003es\u003c\/b\u003e passives - 25 Word formation – introduction - Key to exercises - Glossary of grammatical terms - Vocabulary list\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019524276567,"sku":"9781138779570","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138779570.jpg?v=1750780523","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/basic-swedish-9781138779570","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}