"A little boy"

Translation: En liten pojke

[Lauraodbeke]

I don't understand when to use lille vs. liten. They both mean "little", but I guess the former is used to denote an amount, as in a little sugar?

[Blehg]

An amount is lite. "Lite socker" a little sugar

liten is indefinite and predicative (used after 'is'). "En liten hund" a small dog, "Min hund är liten" my dog is small.

lilla is definite. "Den lilla hunden" the small dog

[Duppis234668]

So is liten with hund, pojke, flicka and lilla with hunden, pojken, flickan?

[Super-Svensk]

Yep!

[NatalieBoa3]

So why can't we say "En lille pojke"? Can't we use lille for males?

[ezupo1]

I am almost sure that en lille pojke works perfectly but let' s listen to a native´s opinion.

[ezupo1]

it seems that lille, lilla are for definites and possesives only.

[Mittenpunkt]

What is wrong with "en små pojke"?

[Una_cerveza]

Små is used for plurals.

[britt668621]

Why liten if its not pojken
Why does lille have the n on the end?