"The boy has a book."

Translation: Pojken har en bok.

[gerikoh]

Whoa where did that killen come from?

[JaguarFacade59]

En kille is just an other word for a boy. Though I would say it is more informal like the word kid. It can also be used for grown-ups and would then be translated into guy.

[Jordan.Park]

What is the difference between "En" and "Ett"
At first I thought that "En" was used for alive nouns, but this sentence disproved that.
Is "en" "a" and "ett" "an"?

[TheNightAvl]

Nouns in Swedish (and Danish too) belong to either a common (-en nouns) or neuter gender (-ett nouns). Depending on the gender (which usually you'll have to learn,) you use the different articles and definite endings.
en pojke (pojken) [common; -en noun],
ett äpple (äpplet) [neuter; -ett noun]

[Jordan.Park]

Is there anyway to distinguish the gender of the word by looking at it, or must you memorize the genders?

[rhblake]

There really isn't any particular logic behind it, so you'll just have to memorize, I'm afraid. There are however couple of rules that might be helpful. Words related to persons/living things/professions are typically common 'en' nouns: en pojke, flicka, man, kvinna, fotograf, programmerare, hund, häst, anka. (Exception: 'barn' (child) is 'ett'!)

Also, if you have to guess: around 75% of all Swedish nouns are common 'en' nouns!

[ruotsi]

They are for different word genders. Common gender words use the "en" article and neuter gender words use the "ett" article.

[maryinbrasil]

Is "pojken" the same as "en pojke"? Thanks.

[zoldon]

Pojken = the boy
En pojke = a boy

[lovefem]

what is the difference between ar and är, when and how can we use them?

[Zmrzlina]

What do you mean with "ar and är"?

[lovefem]

sorry it seems i had make a mistake. what is the difference between har and här please

[Zmrzlina]

Har = have/has (present tense)

Här = here (location)

[lovefem]

oh, thank you so much and i will note it

[deactivated user]

Varför funkar inte grabben istället för pojken

[rueter.jack]

'pojke' and 'kille' are both accepted for "boy", but what about 'grabbe'?

[megan_h0e]

ok

[Squooshbugle]

How do you know if an object is an 'eat' word or an 'en' word?

[Zmrzlina]

You don't, thus it has to be learnt with each noun.

[c0okiekat]

When i was spelling the boy,first i put pojker,it was wrong,so later when it show up again,i put pojar,it say it was wrong,it was pojker.

[Zmrzlina]

No, it's "pojkar".

[KrisNoun]

En ett so confusing

[AkuromaGeorge]

when do we use bok and boker.

[Miray112345]

I don't understand the diffrence between "ett" and "En" can someone explain?