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In the previous post you’ve got to know the most necessary adjectives in Swedish. Today let’s try to learn the whole grammar of adjectives in two pages.
Click here to open Adjectives grammar tables in PDF format.
If you’re not sure, you can check all forms of adjectives on Wiktionary page: https://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/se
Read the list below with English translation, watch and listen the video, and test your knowledge at the end! Learning top 100 Swedish adjectives is a solid foundation for simple conversations.
Watch and listen:
Test your knowledge here: https://www.elevspel.se/amnen/svenska/669-mera-motsatser.html
Click here to open Adjectives grammar tables in PDF format.
Read:
| Adjektiv | in English | Motsatser | in English |
| torr | dry | vått | wet |
| kall | cold | varm | warm |
| het | hot | kall | cold |
| lång | long | kort | short |
| ljus | light | mörk | dark |
| rolig | funny | tråkig | boring |
| ledsen | sad | glad | happy |
| randig | striped | rutig | checkered |
| rund | round | platt | flat |
| bred | wide | smal | narrow |
| tjock | thick, big | smal | thin |
| fet | fat | tunn | thin |
| rak | straight | krokig | crooked |
| rak | straight | sned | oblique, inclined |
| enkel | easy, simple | svår | difficult |
| äkta | real, genuine | falsk | false, fake |
| rätt | right | fel | wrong |
| frisk | healthy, fresh | sjuk | sick |
| stark | strong | svag | weak |
| lätt | lightweight | tung | heavy |
| stor | big | liten | small |
| bra | good | dålig | bad |
| ilsken | angry (bad person) | snäll | kind |
| vacker | beautiful | ful | ugly |
| mätt | not hungry | hungrig | hungry |
| lugn | calm | orolig | worried |
| tyst | silent | ljudlig | loud |
| pigg | alert, fresh | trött | tired |
| ung | young | gammal | old |
| ny | new | gammal | old |
| död | death | levande | live |
| hel | whole, full, unbroken | trasig | broken |
| mjuk | soft | hård | hard |
| ren | clean | smutsig | dirty |
| ledig | free, not reserved | upptagen | busy, reserved |
| billig | cheap | dyr | expensive |
| rik | rich | fattig | poor |
| öppen | open | stäng | closed |
| hög | high | låg | low |
| blond | blonde | mörk | dark |
| slät | flat, smooth | skrynklig | wrinkly |
| full | full, complete | tom | empty |
| lätt | easy | svår | difficult |
| säker | 1. safe; 2. sure | farlig | dangerous |
| snabb | fast | långsam | slow |
| ätlig | eatable | oätlig | uneatable, inedible |
| legitim | legitimate | olaglig | not legitimate |
| vild | wild | tam | tame |
| formell | formal | informell | informal |
| grund | shallow | djup | deep |